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to depart clandestiny; to steal off and hide
deviating from the norm
(noun form: aberration)
eager and enthusiastic willingness
deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality
(adj. form: anomalous)
an expression of approval or praise
strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)
without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)
taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)
following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun form: canon)
inclined to change one´s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
trickery or subterfuge
an informed an astute judge in matters of taste; expert
complex or complicated
to undeceive; to set right
conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
extreme boldness; presumptuousness
well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)
to weaken; to reduce in vitality
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj. form. equivocal)
very learned; scholarly (noum form: erudition)
exonerate; to clear of blame
urgent, pressing; requering immediate action or attention
improvised; done without preparation
intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
to loudly attack or denounce
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
accustumed to accepting something undesirable
easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)
clear; easily understood
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous)
associated with war and armed forces
of the world; typical or concerned with the ordinary
coming into being; in early development stages
vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
harmful, injurious
lacking sharpness of intellect; nor clear or precise in thought or expression
to anticipate and make unnecessary
troubling; burdensome
a song or hymm of praise and thanksgiving
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or commic effect, esp. in literature and art
recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly
intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form: perfidious)
cursory; done without care or interest
acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
acting with excessive haste or impulse
to cause or happen before antecipated or required
a disposition in favor of something; preference
foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form: prescient)
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
to retract, esp. a previously held belief
to disprove; to successfully argue against
to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
quite; reserved; relluctant to express thoughts and feelings
concerned and attentive; eager
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul
occurring only occasionally, or in sattered instances
to waste by spending or using irresponsably not moving, active, or in motion: at rest
to stun; baffle, or amaze
to block; to thwart
the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)
a force that causes rotation
winding, twisting; excessively complicated
fierce and cruel; eager to fight
truthfulness, honesty
extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
having an isatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
to lessen in intensity or degree
an expression of praise
excessive praise; inense adoration
dealing with; appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
to make better or more tolerable
one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion
greed, esp. for wealth (adj. form: avaricious)
a universally recognized principle (adj. form: axiomatic)
to grow rapidly or flourish
rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance (adj. form: cacophonous)
an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature (adj. form: canonical)
severe criticism or punishment (verb form: castigate)
a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change
burning or stinging; causing corrosion
wary; cautions; sparing
appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
the willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj. form: complaisant)
argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness (noun form: contrition)
deserving blame (noun form: culpability)
smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
to question or oppose
intended to teach or instruct
cautions reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. form: discreet)
free of bias or self-interest; impartial
