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pertaining to food, nutrition, or digestion
syn: nourishing, nutritive
Alimentary
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the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
syn:loan-sharking, interest
usury
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agreement
syn:accord, concurrence
concord
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able to recover quickly after illness or bad luck; able to bounce back to shape
syn:fexible, elastic
resilient
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to speak loudly and vehemently
syn:perorate, rant, rave
declaim
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one who gives opinions in an authoritative manner
syn:critic
pundit
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pertaining to a flood
syn:waterlogged
diluvial
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to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful
syn:prohibit, ban
proscribe
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soothing, especially to skin
syn:softening, mollifying
emollient
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a ruler; one who wields great power
syn:leader, dominator
potentate
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to take up and support as a cause; to marry
syn:champion, adopt
epouse
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overused and trite remark
syn:cliché
platitude
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to shun; to avoid
syn:evade, escape
eschew
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crude or coarse, characteristic of commoners
plebeian
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marked by disrespectful lightheartedness or casualness
syn:pert, disrespectful
flippant
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an outstandingly clear or typical example
syn:model
paradigm
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by chance, specially by favorable chance
syn:accidental
fortuitous
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relating to a palace; magnificent
syn:grand, stately
palatial
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frantic, frenzied
syn:feverish
frenetic
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a tribute, a song or expression of praise
paean
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a temporary lating of the usual operations of government or control
syn:hiatus, interruption
interregnum
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a feeling of unease of depression
syn:discomfort, unhappiness
malaise
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firmly established, especially with repect to a habit or attitude
syn:habitual, chronic
inveterate
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a very small perosn or thing
syn:diminutive, small
lilliputian
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