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amenable |
willing to follow advice; liable |
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berate |
scold sharply |
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carnage |
large-scale slaughter or loss of life |
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credulous |
gullible |
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criterion |
a test; standard for judgement and evaluation |
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deplete |
to use up; drain |
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expatiate |
to expand on; to move about freely |
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extraneous |
foreign; irrevelant |
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infirmity |
weakness or ailment; defect |
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jejune |
lacking in nutritive value; immature or juvenile |
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obdurate |
stubborn, unyielding |
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potpourri |
collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; general mixture; petals mixed w. spices for scent |
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precocious |
showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity) |
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sadistic |
delighting in cruelty |
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sententitious |
self-righteous; saying much in few words |
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supplicate |
to beg earnestly and humbly |
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surfeit |
an excess or overindulgence; (v) to feed or supply w. anything to excess |
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tortuous |
winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved; devious |
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turgid |
swollen, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language |