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To become less intense or severe.

Enthusiastic public praise or approval.

Refusing to change one's position; unyielding.

To stick firmly to a surface, or to follow a rule or belief closely.

Characterized by opposition or conflict.

A noisy argument or disagreement.

Motivated by unselfish concern for others.

A short, entertaining account of a real incident.

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone.

Showing active hostility or opposition.

Old-fashioned or outdated.

Extremely dry, especially of land or climate.

Commanding respect through recognized expertise or confidence.

Ruling with unlimited personal authority.

Self-governing; independent of outside control.

Pleasantly warm and mild.

Not producing plant life; unable to support growth.

Shy and easily embarrassed.

Owing gratitude or obligation to someone.

Coming later than it should have.

To scold someone angrily and at length.

Deprived of or lacking something, often painfully.

Abundant or generously plentiful.

A bold, swaggering manner meant to impress or intimidate.

A feeling of trust and friendship among a group.

Honest and direct, without holding back.

Of central importance; fundamental.

To move swiftly and out of control, often lurching from side to side.

Causing or accelerating significant change.

Extremely harmful or damaging.

A loud, confused noise, often of shouting or protest.

A group of people sharing a common trait, often studied together.

Characteristic of informal, everyday speech.

To praise formally, or to entrust something to someone.

To express sympathy with someone's misfortune.

To hide something from view or knowledge.

To express strong disapproval of, or to sentence to punishment.

Showing an attitude of superiority toward others.

A person who conforms to prevailing standards or attitudes.

To confuse or perplex.

To thicken or solidify, as a liquid cools.

To hand over or commit to a particular fate or condition.

A person who takes an opposing view, often just to be different.

Based on general agreement or common practice; not unusual.

Warm and friendly, especially in a polite, formal way.

Not openly acknowledged or displayed; secret.

Belief in or acceptance of something as true.

A gradual increase in intensity or loudness.

To reach a climax or final result.

Rudely brief in speech or manner.

Feeling intimidated or discouraged.

To lower the quality, value, or reputation of something.

To expose a claim or belief as false.

Settling an issue clearly, or able to make decisions quickly and firmly.

A conclusion reached through logical reasoning.

The act of damaging someone's reputation through false statements.

Boldly resisting authority or opposition.

Lacking a necessary quality or amount.

To treat as a god; to idolize.

Sad and depressed, especially after disappointment.

Extremely delicious or delightful.

To assign a task or responsibility to someone else.

Careful consideration before making a decision.

To mislead someone, especially themselves, into believing something false.

The end or death of something.

To make something clearer and easier to understand.

To remove someone from power, or to question under oath.

The complete loss of hope.

Deeply religious or earnestly committed to a cause.

Spread out over a wide area; not concentrated.

To become or make wider or larger.

To make known or reveal information.

To unsettle or disturb someone's composure.

Disagreement or lack of harmony.

Showing scorn or contempt.

To deprive someone of a right, especially the right to vote.

To cause someone to lose hope or enthusiasm.

Untidy in appearance; disordered.

Lacking order or coherence; disconnected.

A feeling of alarm or discouragement.

Causing a loss of one's sense of direction or clarity.

A person who openly opposes official policy.

To persuade someone not to do something.

To extract the essential meaning or most important part of something.

Deeply upset and agitated.

Showing persistent determination.

Asserting control over others in a forceful way.

To gradually decrease in size or amount.

Thinking mainly of oneself; self-centered.

Extremely happy and excited.

Fluent and persuasive in speaking or writing.

In an early, undeveloped stage.

Famous and respected within a particular field.

To include a wide range of things within its scope.

To preserve a right, tradition, or idea as sacred or protected.

To happen as a result of something else.

To captivate someone's attention completely.

An earnest or humble request.

To pronounce words clearly and distinctly.

Words inscribed on a tombstone in memory of the person buried there.

A descriptive word or phrase used to characterize someone, often disparagingly.

Respect and admiration; to regard highly.

No longer close or in contact, especially within a family.

A speech praising someone, especially at a funeral.

To demand and obtain something, or precisely accurate.

Making great demands on skill or attention; very strict.

To irritate someone intensely.

To go beyond a limit, expectation, or amount.

Serving as a desirable model; outstandingly good.

To obtain something through force or threats.

Exceeding what is reasonable or necessary, especially in spending.

The face of a building, or a false outward appearance.

A small, organized group within a larger one, often in dispute with it.

A mistaken belief based on flawed reasoning.

Believing that events are predetermined and cannot be changed.

To understand something fully, often after difficulty.

Possible to do easily or practically.

To pretend to feel or experience something.

Skillful, subtle handling of a situation.

A feeling that something bad is about to happen.

To abandon or give up on someone or something.

Abandoned or deserted.

To strengthen something against attack or difficulty.

Forming a basis or foundation; fundamental.

Open and direct in speech.

Careful about spending money or using resources.

Forming a necessary base or core part of something.

Producing no useful result; pointless.

To gather or collect, especially support or praise.

To struggle to deal with a difficult problem.

Seriousness or importance, or the force that pulls objects together.

Cunning or deceit used to manipulate others.

Easily deceived or tricked.

Done regularly, as a settled or fixed practice.

Risky or dangerous.

Special honor or respect shown publicly.

To refine or perfect a skill over time.

Unfriendly and antagonistic.

Excessive pride or self-confidence.

Lacking excitement; dull and monotonous.

Perfectly clean or without flaw.

The state of not moving or doing anything; being idle.

Happening as a minor accompaniment to something else.

Unable to exist or work together without conflict.

To formally charge someone with a crime.

Originating naturally in a particular place; native.

Not clearly outlined or perceived; vague.

Diligent and hardworking.

Not producing the intended result.

Certain to happen; impossible to avoid.

Featuring new methods or ideas; original.

Lacking flavor, spirit, or interest; bland and dull.

To gradually establish an idea or feeling in someone's mind.

Linked together in a network or system.

To stop something or someone briefly, breaking continuity.

To create something new that didn't exist before.

To push or bump against roughly, especially in a crowd.

To express deep sorrow or regret.

To praise highly.

Conforming to accepted rules or standards; genuine.

Clear and easy to understand.

Absurd or ridiculous.

Able to be handled or controlled without excessive difficulty.

Courage and resilience in a difficult situation.

Average in amount or intensity; or, to make something less extreme.

Gloomy and unsociable.

Lacking foresight; short-sighted in judgment.

The lowest point of something.

Not well known, or hard to see/understand; to hide from view.

To block or get in the way of something.

Slow to understand; lacking sharpness of mind.

Pale, especially from illness or fear.

To become aware of or notice something through the senses or mind.

To spread throughout something.

Calm and peaceful, undisturbed.

To suppress or put an end to.

Deep, lasting bitterness or resentment.

To completely destroy a structure, usually by demolition.

To sharply criticize someone.

No longer needed because it's excessive or repeats something already said.

To prove a claim or theory to be wrong.

Self-control that holds back a stronger action or reaction.

To regard with deep respect or admiration.

Calm and peaceful.

To form a theory or guess without firm evidence.

Coming after something else in time.

Long, slow, and tiresome; boring.

Brief and to the point, sometimes curt.

To change markedly in form, appearance, or nature.

Overused and unoriginal.

Untidy, especially in appearance.

Made to lose courage or self-control.

Sophisticated and refined in manner.

Physical strength and energy.

To voluntarily give up a right or claim.

To be uncertain, hesitating between choices.

Clever and skilled at deception.

Intense anger.

To twist the body in pain or discomfort.

Great enthusiasm or enjoyment.