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| suggested or implied meaning of a word or expression | ||
| long-lasting and recurrent; characterized by long suffering | ||
| to prevent; to make impossible, especially beforehand | ||
| wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; one who is wasteful and self-indulgent | ||
| lacking energy or vitality; sluggish | ||
| the pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess | ||
| to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken | ||
| to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle | ||
| eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice. | ||
| absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement | ||
| to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase | ||
| disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved | ||
| without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling | ||
| opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system | ||
| to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence | ||
| to praise highly; laud; eulogize | ||
| a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation; a person of puzzling or contradictory character | ||
| having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial | ||
| to reject as having no authority or binding force | ||
| a word, expression, or custom that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others |
