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byass


bias; propensity or inclination.
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pathetic


affecting the passions; moving.
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good offices


acts of good, voluntarily tendered.
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touched with contempt


affected by another's undervaluing or scorn.
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pungent


piercing, sharp.
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sensibility


quickness of perception; a disposition to being easily or strongly affected; delicacy.
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nobler arts


the liberal arts or sciences. "Arts that respect the mind were ever reputed nobler than those that serve the body"—Ben Jonson (quoted in Samuel Johnson's
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relish


taste; delight in; power of perceiving excellence.
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incommodious


inconvenient; vexatious.
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melancholy


pensiveness; quietly serious thoughtfulness, sadness, or longing.
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