salient
adjectiveEspecially noticeable or important.
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Clear all filtersEspecially noticeable or important.
Making a self-righteous display of moral superiority.
Displaying moral superiority
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A person with extensive learning or exceptional knowledge in a field.
Involving much sitting and little physical movement.
Able to read and write only at a limited or elementary level.
A feeling, attitude, or opinion, especially one shared or expressed about a subject.
Following another person's ideas uncritically.
A habitually lazy or inactive person.
Dirty, degraded, or morally disreputable.
Dirty and neglected
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Appearing convincing or correct while actually being misleading or unsound.
Arising naturally or suddenly without advance planning or outside prompting.
A written law formally enacted by a legislative body.
Outstanding or exceptionally good; also relating to stars.
Exceptionally good
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Unnaturally formal or awkward in expression.
To redirect an impulse into a socially acceptable or constructive activity.
Below the required or generally accepted level of quality.
Juicy and tender, especially of food.
An assumption or proposal accepted provisionally without proof.
Following an organized method or plan.
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