menial
adjectiveRequiring little skill and traditionally assigned low status.
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Clear all filtersRequiring little skill and traditionally assigned low status.
Changing mood or behavior quickly and unpredictably.
Attractively showy but lacking genuine worth.
Worth, quality, or a sound reason that deserves recognition or consideration.
A substantial transformation in form or character.
Substantial transformation
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Very careful and attentive to detail.
Careful about details
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An unpleasant or oppressive atmosphere, sometimes imagined as a vapor.
An unpleasant or oppressive atmosphere, sometimes imagined as a vapor
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To reduce something as much as possible, or to present it as less important.
Reduce to a minimum
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A person who dislikes or distrusts humankind.
A mistaken understanding of a situation or statement.
Mistaken understanding
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An incorrect belief or understanding.
Incorrect belief
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To interpret something incorrectly.
Excessively unwilling to spend or share money or resources.
To understand or explain the meaning of something incorrectly.
To read something incorrectly or form a mistaken understanding of a situation.
A false or misleading account of facts, views, or events.
A book containing texts and instructions for the celebration of Mass.
A book containing texts and instructions for the celebration of Mass
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To reduce the severity, seriousness, or harmful effect of something.
One word family: also includes mitigation.
Make less severe
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To make or become less intense, extreme, or severe.
Reduce intensity
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Restraint that avoids excess or extremes.
A small amount of something desirable.
To calm anger or soften someone's attitude.
Relating to money or its use and supply.
An informal name or nickname.
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