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  • 101unfǽle — adj wicked, unlovely, unholy, evil …

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  • 102cultural relativism — The view that perception of the world is inevitably determined by the writer s background and environment. It is held by some modern scholars that the thought world of the writers of the Bible is so different from that of the modern Western world …

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  • 103homely — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. plain; simple, homespun, rustic, unpretentious, down to earth. See simpleness, ugliness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Unpretentious] Syn. snug, simple, cozy; see modest 2 . 2. [Ill favored] Syn. plain …

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  • 104plain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. simple, unornamented (see simpleness); homely (see ugliness). n. prairie, tableland, steppe, savanna, tundra, heath, pampas, mesa, llana; meadow, pasture, field. See land, horizontal.Ant., fancy. II …

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  • 105tasteless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. insipid, flat; inelegant; inept, clumsy, vulgar, savorless, unappetizing. See insipidity, vulgarity, inelegance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking flavor] Syn. unsavory, dull, bland, unseasoned,… …

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  • 106ugliness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Repulsive appearance Nouns 1. ugliness, deformity, disfigurement, blemish; inelegance; want or lack of symmetry, distortion; impression; homeliness, plainness, unloveliness; grotesqueness; unsightliness …

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  • 107ugly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. repulsive (see ugliness); disagreeable, unpleasant; mean, hostile, quarrelsome. See unsavoriness, contention. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Ill favored] Syn. unsightly, loathsome, hideous, homely,… …

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  • 108unattractive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ugly, homely, plain, unsightly. See ugliness. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. repulsive, homely, plain, hideous. see ugly III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not handsome or beautiful: homely,… …

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  • 109uncomely — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not handsome or beautiful: homely, plain, unattractive, unlovely. Idioms: not much for looks, not much to look at, short on looks. See BEAUTIFUL …

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  • 110Ugliness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ugliness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ugliness ugliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 deformity deformity inelegance Sgm: N 1 acomia acomia Sgm: N 1 disfigurement disfigurement &c.(blemish) 848 Sgm: N 1 …

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