disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant
to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout; a complete collapse or failure
reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested
to become milder; lessen in severity
unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; sure to occur, happen, or come
to look upon or treat with contempt; to think unworthy of notice
the undue use of exaggeration or display; the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse including figures of speech
characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; exceeding what is usual or natural
using language easily and fluently; having facility with words
to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding; show plainly; to prove; put beyond doubt or question
a summary of a text, scientific article, document or speech
to combine and form a collection or mass
producing offspring abundantly; producing in large quantities or with great frequency
worked out with great care and nicety of detail; marked by intricate and often excessive detail; complicated
implied, rather than expressly stated; unquestioning or unreserved; to bring out the drama implicit in the occasion
a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress
uncertainty or fluctuation caused by an inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite, conflicting things
opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed
to relieve temporarily from anything distressing or trying; give an interval of relief from; to grant delay in the carrying out of a punishment
to read through with thoroughness or care; to survey or examine in detail
having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech
marked by tedium; long and tiresome
a person who spends, or has spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravagance
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish or omit
of considerable amount or quantity
causing fear, apprehension, or dread; of awesome strength and size; intimidating; arousing feelings of awe or admiration because of grandeur
calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled or clear
authoritative permission or approval, as for an action; something that serves to support an action or condition
departing from the most direct way; without definite course; departing from the proper or accepted way
tending to promote some proposed or desired object; conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right
a person who shows a great deal of enthusiasm, a fanatic
to squander, especially in pleasure
concealed or secret, disguised
to go around or bypass, to avoid by artfulness or deception; to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap
haughty, disdainful, or supercilious, offhand or unceremonious
permission, approval, or agreement; agreement in sentiment or opinion, a course of action
careful attention; notice; observation
to stay attached, cleave or cling; to hold closely or firmly
lacking in vigor or vitality; lacking in spirit or interest; listless; drooping or flagging from weakness or fatigue
not possessing something, untouched by or destitute
to refrain from claiming or insisting on; to give up or forgo; to relinquish intentionally
a matter of conjecture, an idea or thought of something as being possible or likely
impeding, stopping or preventing
having its original purity; of or pertaining to the earliest period or state; primitive
to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity; to stoop or deign to do something
the escape of steam or gases from the cylinder of an engine; the parts of an engine through which the exhaust is ejected.
a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; a skillful or artful contrivance or expedient
to speak harmful untruths about; slander or defame
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power, or any tyrant or oppressor
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition; to consign or commit a matter or task
to tear down; demolish or level to the ground; to shave or scrape off
a person who favors the equal division of landed property and the advancement of agricultural groups
to drink a beverage copiously and heartily
a waterfall descending over a steep, rocky surface; a type of firework resembling a waterfall in effect
to suffer the pangs of childbirth; be in labor, to toil or exert oneself
to take a winding or indirect course; to wander aimlessly or ramble
to occur at the same time or coincide or agree in time; to go on, move or operate at the same rate and exactly together
to twist or bend out of shape or position; to twist about, as in pain
the state of being agitated or excited
to come together; assemble
denoting a business or stock whose income, value, or earnings fluctuate widely according to variations in the economy or the cycle of the seasons
a gear with a small number of teeth engaging with a rack or larger gear; a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear
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