to reduce or lower, as in rank office, reputation, prestige | ||
to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; humiliate | ||
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, value | ||
to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like | ||
departing from the right, normal, or usual course; abnormal, deviant | ||
a person who is equally guilty in the crime of another; person who encourages; aide, help | ||
temporary in activity, cessation, or suspension | ||
to refuse or deny oneself; renounce; denouncement; self-sacrifice; self-denial | ||
to regard with intense aversion or loathing; hate; scold | ||
failing to succeed; unfruitful; unsuccessful; obsolete | ||
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing; to reduce; to wear down in spirit | ||
to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents; to reduce in scope | ||
to free from guilt or blame or their consequences | ||
sparing or moderate in eating or drinking | ||
forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, esp. from the use of alcohol; restraint | ||
thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual substances | ||
hard to understand; obscure; complex | ||
immeasurably deep or great | ||
to give consent, approval, or adherence; succumb, agree, give in to | ||
any award, honor, or laudatory notice | ||
bitter in temper, mood, or tone | ||
the highest point; summit; peak | ||
sharp or biting to the taste or smell | ||
caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc. | ||
sharpness, acuteness, or keenness in performance | ||
keen insight, shrewdness in mental capabilities, ability to understand and reason, to discern | ||
a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb | ||
very skilled at something that is a level of acquired skill but not physical activity; proficient; expert | ||
to caution, advise, or counsel against something | ||
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body |
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