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passing esp. quickly in and out of existence; transitory

to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature, esp. to a higher form

1. burlesque translation or imitation usually grotesquely incongruous in style or treatment 2. a debased distorted, or grossly inferior imitation

1. affected w/ timidity; timorous 2. exceedingly sensitive; easily shaken or disordered.

1. keen, sharp 2. vigorously effective and articulate; also caustic 3. sharply perceptive; penetrating, clear-cut

feeling or displaying ferocity; cruel, savage 2. deadly, destructive 3. scathingly harsh; vitriolic 4. aggressively self-assertive; belligerent

1. being in a state of distension; swollen, tumid 2. excessively embellished in style or language; bombastic, pompous

inherent baseness; depravity

existing or being everywhere at the same time; widespread

1. shade, shadow 2. indistinct indication; hint, suspicion 3. feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult.

1. fatty, oily; smooth and greasy in texture or appearance 2. full of unction; revealing or marked by a smug ingratiating and false earnestness or spirituality

adj. having a wavy surface or edge v. to form or move in waves; fluctuate

1. to criticize severely, find fault with 2. to reproach severely, scold

marked by forceful energy; powerful. intensely emotional

of, relating or aspiring to usefulness

to sway through lack of equilibrium; oscillate. to waver in mind, will, or feeling

1. emptied or lacking content 2. marked by lack of ideas or intelligence 3. devoid of serious occupation, idle

lacking liveliness, tang, briskness; flat, dull

having discrete markings of different colors; diversified

superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, display, or effect

calling forth respect through age, character and attainments; conveying an impression of aged goodness and benevolence

to regard w/ reverential respect of admiring deference

1. devotion to the truth 2. power of conveying or perceiving the truth 3. conforming w/ truth or fact 4. something true

1. green in tint or color; green w/ growing plants 2. unripe in experience or judgment; green

trace, mark or visible sign left by something

1. serving instead of someone or something else 2. performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the other's benefit or advantage 3. experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another.

quality of being changeable; mutability 2. favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance; a difficulty of life, career, or an action that is beyond one's control

watchful, alert of danger

to lower in estimation or importance; to utter slanderous and abusive statements against

• 1. avenge 2. to free from allegation or blame 3. defend
• vindictive