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·         Absolve

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v-- to clear from blame

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·         Abstemious

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"adj-- moderate, sparing"

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·         Accentuate

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adj-- to emphasize

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·         Accrue

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v-- to grow or accumulate in the coarse of time

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·         Annotation

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" n-- an explanatory comment, especially for literary work"

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·         Antediluvian

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adj-- relating to ancient times

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·         Bedlam

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n-- a state of uproar and confusion

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·         Caricature

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n-- a representation un which the subject’s characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated

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·         Censurable

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adj-- deserving blame or correction

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·         Clangor

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n-- a loud ringing noise

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·         Contiguous

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" adj-- side by side, touching"

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·         Contingent

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adj-- dependant on certain events or conditions

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·         Corroborate

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v-- to confirm

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·         Covert

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adj-- purposely kept secret

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·         Cupidity

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n-- an eager desire for something

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·         Debonair

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" adj-- pleasant, courteous, lighthearted"

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·         Deleterious

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adj-- harmful

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·         Denizen

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n-- an inhabitant

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·         Discursive

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adj-- passing aimlessly from one place to another

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·         Disseminate

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v-- to scatter widely

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·         Dowdy

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adj-- poorly dressed

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·         Dun

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v-- to demand insistently

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·         Efficacious

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adj-- effective

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·         Enhance

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v-- to increase the value or desirability of

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·         Enthrall

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v-- to imprison

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·         Equanimity

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n-- calmness

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·         Extenuate

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v-- to lessen the seriousness of an offense by making partial excuses

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·         Exude

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v-- to ooze out

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·         Florid

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adj-- highly colored

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·         Foist

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v-- to impose by fraud

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·         Fortuitous

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adj-- accidental

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·         Gauche

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adj-- awkward

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·         Gist

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adj-- the main point

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·         Gratuitous

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adj-- freely given

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·         Heresy

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n-- an opinion different from accepted belief

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·         Imperious

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adj-- seeking to dominate

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·         Implicit

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adj-- implied or understood though unexpressed

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·         Incisive

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" adj-- sharp, keen"

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·         Inculcate

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v-- to impress on the mind by repetition

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·         Inimical

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" adj-- unfriendly, hostile"

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·         Invective

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n-- abusive language

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·         Motley

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adj-- showing a great variety

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·         Munificent

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" adj-- extremely generous, lavish"

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·         Ostentatious

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adj-- showy

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·         Palpable

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adj-- capable of being touched

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·         Paragon

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n-- a model of perfection

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·         Paraphrase

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v-- to restate in other words

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·         Perceptive

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adj-- having sympathetic insight or understanding

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·         Pernicious

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adj-- extremely harmful

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·         Politic

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adj-- shrewdly conceived and developed

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·         Preeminent

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" adj-- superior, outstanding"

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·         Procrastinate

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v-- to put off until later

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·         Prosaic

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" adj-- dull, ordinary"

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·         Provocative

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adj-- arousing desire

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·         Quail

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v-- to shrink back in fear

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·         Recondite

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adj-- exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding

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·         Redundant

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" adj-- wordy, repetitive"

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·         Reprobate

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" n-- a vicious, unprincipled person"

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·         Salient

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" adj-- prominent, standing out"

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·         Sanctimonious

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adj-- making a show of righteousness; hypocritically moralistic

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·         Scintillating

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" adj-- sparkling, twinkling"

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·         Sear

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v-- to make or become dry and withered

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·         Sedentary

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adj-- remaining in one place

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·         Specious

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" adj-- deceptive, apparently good but lacking real merit"

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·         Winsome

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" adj-- charming, attractive, pleasing"