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(n) an accusation in response to one from someone else

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recrimination

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(adj) obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

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obsequious

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(adj) disappointed by someone or something previously respected or admired; disillusioned

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disenchanted

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(adj) conducive to success; favourable / giving or being a sign of future success

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auspicious

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(adj) making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible

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conducive

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(adj) attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive / suggestive of guilty nervousness

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furtive

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(v) dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question

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impugn

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(adj) generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person

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magnanimous

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(adj) (of a line of reasoning) apparently but not actually valid / not being what it purports to be; false or fake

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spurious

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(v) make (someone) drunk; intoxicate

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inebriate (one becomes inebriated, and is inebriate)

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(n) public disgrace arising from shameful conduct. Harsh criticism or censure

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opprobrium

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(v) express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement

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censure

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(v) make (something) clear; explain

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eludicate

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(adj) having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire

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lecherous

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(adj) deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

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ignominious

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(adj) evil in nature or effect (v) speak about someone in a spitefully critical manner

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malign

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(adj) in a state of extreme happiness / at a high or powerful rank or status

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exalted

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(n) reductio ad absurdum

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a form of argument that attempts to establish a claim by showing that the opposite scenario would lead to absurdity or contradiction

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libido

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a person’s overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity.

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(adj) enduring pain and hardship without showing one’s feelings or complaining

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stoic / stoical

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(adj) well known, respected, and admired for past achievements

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illustrious

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(adj) unable to be felt by touch, intangible

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impalpable

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(adj) very pale, thin, or bony

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cadaverous

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(adj) filled with or showing great emotion

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impassioned

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(adj) persisting tirelessly, unwearying

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indefatigable

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(n) a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class

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prerogative

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(adj) aggressively greedy or grasping

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rapacious

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(adj) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics

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mercenary

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(adj) excessively interested in acquiring money or material things

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acquisitive

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(adj) having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain

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avaricious

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(adj) shining brightly; radiant / of a person: emanating joy or goodness

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effulgent

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(v) cause someone to act in a particular way; motivate / cause a machine to operate

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actuate

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(adj) characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress

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ostentatious

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(adj) extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless

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gaudy

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(v) corroborate

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confirm or give support to a statement/theory/finding

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(adj) too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words / (religious) not to be uttered

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ineffable

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(v) make a marriage/relationship complete by having sexual intercourse

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consummate

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(adj) showing great skill and flair

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consummate

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(adj) explicitly; unambiguously / for a specific purpose; solely

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expressly

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(n) a deep-seated feeling of aversion

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antipathy

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(n) the state of being widespread or constantly encountered, e.g. the internet / the presence of God everywhere at the same time

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omnipresence

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(adj) not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does

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disingenuous

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(v) (in psychoanalytic theory) divert or modify an instinctual impulse into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity - e.g. libido into productive work

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sublimate

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(v) publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm

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lampoon

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(adj) childishly sulky or bad-tempered

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petulant

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(adj) gloomy; dismal / relating to a tomb

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sepulchral

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(n) interment

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the burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites

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(adj) having a smoothly rising and falling form or outline

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undulating

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(n) the process of a liquid slowly passing through a filter - how coffee is usually made

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percolation

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(v) spoil something which is valued or respected / treat a sacred place or thing with violent disrespect, e.g. unearth a grave

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desecrate

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(v) intervene on behalf of another

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intercede

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(n) astigmatism

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defect in the eye / in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature, which results in distorted images

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(adj) modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

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diffident

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(adj) having or showing a dislike of other people; unsociable

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misanthropic, uncongenial

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(adj) very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail / very concerned about matters of cleanliness

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fastidious

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(adj) understood or implied without being directly stated

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tacit

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(v) overwhelm someone with things to be dealt with / flood

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inundate

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(n) a thing presented or offered to a god / the presentation of bread and wine to God in the Eucharist

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oblation

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(n) Eucharist

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the Christian service, ceremony, or sacrament commemorating the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed

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(v) make or declare something sacred; dedicate formally to a religious purpose

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consecrateq

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(v) charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way

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beguile

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(n) lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern

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apathy

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(adj) forming a very small remnant of something that was once greater or more noticeable, e.g. “he felt a vestigial flicker of anger from last night” / (of an organ / part of the body) rudimentary, having become functionless in the course of evolution

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vestigial

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(adj) experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person / acting or done for another

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vicarious

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(v) reduce the force, effect or value of something

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attenuate

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(n) a sudden attack or outburst of a particular emotion or activity / a sudden recurrence or attack of a disease

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paroxysm

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(v) cause surprise or confusion, especially by not according with expectations / mix up something with something else

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confound

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(adj) extremely unpleasant; repulsive

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odious, repugnant, abhorrent

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(n) ruminant

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a contemplative person; a person given to meditation / an even-toed ungulate mammal that chews the cud regurgitated from its rumen: cattle, sheep, antelopes, deer, giraffes and their relatives

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(adj) outstandingly bad; shocking

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agregrious

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(adj) sporadic

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occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated

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(adj) unable to take effective action; helpless, powerless

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impotent

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(adj) kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of

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surreptitious

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(adj) holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action

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pertinacious

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(n) onanism

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masturbation

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(n) coitus interruptus

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sex in which the penis is withdrawn before ejaculation

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(adj) very unwilling to spend money or use resources

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parsimonious

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(adj) lacking sense or initiative; foolish

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gormless

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(adj) not showing a serious or respectful attitude

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flippant

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(n) the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held

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dissent

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(n) complete and utter ruin / a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unrepentant person passes after death

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perdition

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(v) examine carefully or at length / read something, typically in a thorough or careful way

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peruse

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(n) an act of retaliation

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reprisal

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(adj) skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully

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wily

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(v) show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified / clear someone of blame or suspicion

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vindicate

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(n) perfidy

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the state of being deceitful and untrustworthy / in war: a form of deception in which one side promises to act in good faith with the intention of breaking that promise once the unsuspecting enemy is exposed

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(adj) denoting a task that can never be completed

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sisyphean

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(n) recovery from an illness or medical treatment; recuperation

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convalescence

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(adj) untruthful

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mendacious

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(n) patient self-control; restraint and tolerance

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forbearance

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(adj) deserving blame, guilty

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culpable

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(adj) unable to be affected by / (of a material) not allowing fluid to pass through

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impervious

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(n) the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence / the ethical theory that pleasure is the highest good and proper aim of human life

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hedonism

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(adj) tyrannical, dictatorial

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despotic

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(adj) tyrannical

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exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way

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(adj) cheerful and full of energy

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ebullient

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(adv) in a forceful, passionate, or intense manner: with great feeling

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vehemently

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(n) a person’s authoritative approval / an official licence issued by the Roman Catholic Church to print an ecclesiastical or religious book

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imprimatur

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(adj) ecclesiastical

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relating to the Christian Church or its clergy

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(n) philhellenism

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the love of Greek culture: an intellectual fashion prominent mostly at the turn of the 19th century

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(adj) denoting a slight and pardonable fault or offence / a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace

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venial

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(adj) a sharp and forthright comment or style of speaking

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acerbic

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(v) demand/specify a requirement/condition, typically as part of an agreement

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stipulate

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(n) excessive pride in oneself / an ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor

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conceit

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(n) a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts

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philistine

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(v) provoke or annoy someone so as to stimulate an action or reaction (origin: to drive an animal with a spiked stick)

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goad

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(adj) making a show of being morally superior to other people

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sanctimonious

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(v) darken or cover with or as if with a cloud; obscure

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obnubilate

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(adj) describes a sound which is pleasingly smooth and musical to hear

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mellifluous

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(noun) future generations of people / someone’s descendents

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posterity

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(n) renovating a house/district so that it conforms to middle-class taste / making a person/activity more refined/polite

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gentrification

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