saturate
verbTo fill or soak thoroughly until no more can readily be absorbed.
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Clear all filtersTo fill or soak thoroughly until no more can readily be absorbed.
A person with extensive learning or exceptional knowledge in a field.
To enjoy or appreciate something attentively.
Causing strong moral disapproval or appearing shockingly excessive.
A limited supply of something in relation to demand or need.
Showing the careful study, knowledge, or methods associated with scholarship.
Open contempt or mocking disrespect.
Relating to scrofula; figuratively, morally corrupt or sordid.
Careful and conscientious about accuracy or proper conduct.
To examine closely and carefully.
Coarsely abusive or damaging, often through false accusations.
To produce and release a substance; in another sense, to hide something.
Not religious or concerned with religious matters.
Calm, dignified, and unhurried.
Involving much sitting and little physical movement.
Encouraging rebellion against established government or authority.
Preoccupied with one's own thoughts, concerns, or interests.
The practice of refusing oneself a pleasure or desire, often for a larger purpose.
Refusal of personal pleasure
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Belittling one's own abilities or achievements, often humorously.
Clear without requiring further explanation or proof.
Having or displaying an exaggerated sense of one's own significance.
Inflated sense of importance
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Convinced of one's own moral superiority, often intolerantly.
The study or interpretation of meaning in language.
The study or interpretation of meaning in language
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An outward appearance or limited likeness that may not reflect the full reality.
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