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Sequel
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Continuation
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Subordinate
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One subject to another's authority.
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Tangential
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Only superficially relevant.
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Terminate
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Conclude.
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Ultimate
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Last, coming to end.
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Continuity
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Condition of being without a stop.
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Converge
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To approach from different directions.
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Initiate
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To begin.
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Pivotal
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Central or crucial.
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Crux
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The basic or essential feature of something.
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Providential
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Resulting from divine will.
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Quirk
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A peculiarity of behavior.
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Serendipity
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Abilities to make discoveries by chance.
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Vagary
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A wild notion.
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Vicissitude
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A change, usually sudden or unexpected.
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Amulet
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An object worn to bring luck or protection.
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Capricious
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Subject to sudden changes.
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Fatalism
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The view that events are determined by fate.
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Incantation
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Set of words spoken as magic charms.
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Propitious
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Presenting favorable circumstances.
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Parlance
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A particular manner of speech.
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Patois
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A nonstandard dialect of a language.
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Polyglot
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Many groups speaking different languages.
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Solecism
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The ungrammatical usage of a word.
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Vulgar
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Spoken by common people.
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Appellation
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A title or name that identifies.
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Diphthong
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A speech that consists of two vowels.
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Eponym
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A person for whom something is named.
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Linguistics
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The study of speech.
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Neologism
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A newly made-up word or expression.
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Compliance
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Doing as another wishes.
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Propitiate
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To reduce or prevent the anger of.
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Tractable
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Easily managed or controlled.
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Volition
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An act of willing, choosing, or deciding.
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Willfulness
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Unreasonable stubbornness.
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Accommodating
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Obliging
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Accord
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Agreement
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Acquiesce
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To consent or apply passively.
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Adamant
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Firm and unyielding in propose or agreement.
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Camaraderie
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The spirit of loyalty among friends.
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Diminish
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To make smaller or less.
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Infinitesimal
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Immeasurably tiny.
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Modicum
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A small amount or quality.
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Prodigious
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Impressively great in size or extent.
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Quota
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A proportionally share assigned to a group.
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Abound
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To be great in number or account.
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Amplitude
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Magnitude
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Augment
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To make greater, as in size and quantity.
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Brevity
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Briefness of duration.
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Commensurate
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Of the same size, extent, or duration.
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Inexplicable
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Incapable of being explained.
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Plight
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A condition or situation of difficulty or adversity.
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Replica
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A copy or reproduction of a work of art.
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Replicate
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To duplicate, copy or repeat.
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Supple
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Readily bent, pliant.
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Complicity
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Involvement as an accomplice in a crime.
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Deploy
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To station systematically over an area.
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Explicate
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To explain.
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Implicate
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To involve or connect incriminatingly.
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Implicit
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Implied although not expressed.
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Rebuke
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Criticize or reprimand sharply.
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Scurrilous
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Using or expressed in vulgar language.
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Spurn
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To reject or refuse disdainfully.
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Vitriolic
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Bitterly severe or harsh.
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Vituperation
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Sustained and bitter attack.
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Aspersion
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A damaging or false statement.
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Deprecate
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To express disapproval of.
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Deride
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To laugh at in scorn.
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Execrable
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Very bad.
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Ostracize
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To banish or exclude from a group.
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Exigent
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Requiring immediate attention or remedy.
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Imperious
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Arrogantly domineering or overbearing.
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Injunction
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A command.
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Mendicant
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A Beggar.
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Query
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A question.
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Beseech
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To address an earnest or urgent request to.
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Blandishment
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The act of coaxing by flattery.
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Cajole
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To coax gently and persistently.
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Elicit
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To bring out, evoke.
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Enjoin
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To direct with authority or emphasis.
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Facile
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Done or achieved with little effort.
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Incompetent
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Not capable.
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Proficient
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Performing a skill with facility.
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Inept
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Awkward
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Propensity
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An innate inclination; Tendency.
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Acuity
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Acuteness of perception. Keeness.
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Consummate
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Supremely accomplished or skilled.
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Deft
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Skillful, adroit.
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Cunning
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Skill or adeptness in performance.
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Endowment
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A natural gift or quality.
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Perspicuity
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Quality of being clearly expressed.
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Prospective
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Likely to become or be.
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Specious
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Having the ring of truth but actually false.
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Specter
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A phantom; Apparition.
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Spectrum
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A broad range of related qualities or ideas.
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Auspices
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Protection or support; Patronage.
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Auspicious
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Attended by favorable circumstances.
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Circumspect
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Heedful of circumstances.
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Despicable
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Deserving of scorn or contempt.
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Introspective
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Self-examining.
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Recant
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A formal disavowal or retraction of.
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Recoup
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To receive an equivalent for.
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Renunciation
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Giving something up.
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Rescind.
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To make void.
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Waive
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To relinquish.
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Abdicate
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To relinquish formally.
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Abnegate
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Renounce.
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Catharsis
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A purifying cleansing or release of tension.
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Countermand
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To cancel or reverse.
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Absolve
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To pronounce clear of blame or guilt.
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Invalid
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Without force, truth, or law.
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Invaluable
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Of inestimable use or help.
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Prevail
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To be greater in strength or influence.
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Valedictory
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Bidding farewell.
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Vanquish
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To defeat in a battle or competition.
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Ambivalence
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Existence of conflicting ideas.
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Avail
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Use, benefit, or advantage.
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Equivalent
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Equal in quantity, meaning, or value.
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Evaluation
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Act of judging.
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Evince
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To show exhibit.
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Emissary
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Agent who represents interest of a group.
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Entente
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An agreement between two or more governments.
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Machiavellian
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Of an amoral political doctrine.
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Protocol
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Ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats.
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Status quo
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The existing state of affairs.
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Arbitration
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The impartial settlement of a dispute.
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Attache
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A person assigned to a diplomatic office.
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Consulate
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The premises occupied by a consul.
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Covenant
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A binding agreement made by two parties.
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Discretion
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Quality of exhibiting a cautious reserve.
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Contentious
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Quarrelsome
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Dissension
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A difference of opinion.
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Rancor
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Bitter, long-lasting resentment.
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Retribution
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Something demanded in repayment.
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Schism
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A separation or division into factions.
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Affront
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To insult intentionally.
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Altercation
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A heated and noisy quarrel.
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Antagonist
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One who opposes another.
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Bellicose
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Warlike manner or temperament.
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Breach
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A breaking up or disruption of friendly relations.
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Facsimile
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An exact reproduction or copy.
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Gregarious
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Enjoying Company of others.
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Inherent
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Existing as a natural, essential part.
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Segregate
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To isolate or separate from others.
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Semblance
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Form
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Adhere
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To stick fast or together by.
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Aggregate
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Gathered together into a mass.
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Dissimulate
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To conceal under a false appearance.
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Egregious
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Outstandingly bad, flagrant.
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Ensemble
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Any unit that contributes to a single effect.
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Optimum
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Best.
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Peerless
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Unmatched.
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Quintessence
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The most complete instance.
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Sublime
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Supreme
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Zenith
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Peak.
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Culminate
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To reach the highest degree or point.
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Eclipse
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To obscure or overshadow the importance of.
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Epitome
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The typical or perfect example of an entire class or type.
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Impeccable
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Without flaw.
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Inimitable
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Impossible to imitate or copy.
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Infer
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To conclude from evidence.
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Precede
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To come before in time.
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Proceed
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To go forward or onward.
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Revenge
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Vengeance.
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Uninterested
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Indifferent.
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Affect
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To have an influence on.
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Avenge
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To take revenge or get satisfaction for.
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Disinterested
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Free of bias or self interest.
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Effect
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Something brought about by a cause or agent.
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Imply
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To express or say indirectly.
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Fiance
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A man engaged or married.
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Fidelity
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Faithfulness to obligations or duties.
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Infidel
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One who does not accept a particular faith.
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Jurisdiction
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Authority, power, or control.
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Perjure
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To give false testimony under oath.
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Abjure
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To command solemnly as under oath.
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Affidavit
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Written document before an official.
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Confident
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A person to whom secrets are confided.
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Conjure
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To produce as if magic.
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Fealty
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The loyalty of a vessel to the lord.
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Recapitulate
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To repeat in concise form.
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Redundant
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Exceeding what is necessary or natural.
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Rendition
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An interpretation of a musical score.
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Sham
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Something false or empty that is supposed to be genuine.
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Simulation
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An imitation
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Banal
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Trite
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Emulate
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To strive
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Mimicry
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The close imitation of speech of another.
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Prototype
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An original type or form that serves as a model.
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Platitude
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A trite remark or statement.
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Eschew
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Shun
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Evasion
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The act of escaping or avoiding by cleverness.
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Malinger
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To pretend to be ill to avoid work.
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Oblique
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Indirect, not straightforward.
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Shirk
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To neglect.
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Abeyance
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The condition of being temporarily set aside.
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Abstemious
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Sparing, moderate.
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Circuitous
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Being or taking a roundabout course.
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Circumvent
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To avoid by or as if passing around.
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Elude
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To escape from, as if by cunning or daring.
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Presage
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To indicate or warn in advance.
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Quest
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The act or instance of seeking or pursuing something.
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Requisite
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Required.
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Sagacity
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Keenness of perception; wisdom.
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Surrogate
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Something that takes place of another.
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Abrogate
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To abolish or annul by authority.
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Conquistador
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A conqueror.
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Inquisitive
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Eager to learn.
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Perquisite
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A payment received in addition to a regular wage.
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Acquisition
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The process of gaining possession.
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Liability
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Condition of being legally responsible.
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Mandatory
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Required.
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Negligence
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Lack of proper care or attention.
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Onerous
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Troublesome.
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Remiss
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Lax in duty.
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Accountable
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Required to answer for one's actions.
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Commitment
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Emotional or intellectual obligation.
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Default
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Failure to fulfill an obligation.
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Feckless
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Careless.
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Incumbent
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Imposed as an obligation or duty.
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Libretto
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The text of an opera or other dramatic musical work.
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Motif
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A repeated significant phrase that identifies an idea.
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Octave
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The musical interval of eight full tons.
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Sonata
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An instrumental musical composition.
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Staccato
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In music, cut short crisply.
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A Cappella
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Without musical accompaniment.
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Aria
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An elaborate vocal piece sung by a single voice.
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Cadence
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Balanced, rhythmic beat of poetry, dance or music.
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Crescendo
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A gradually increase, especially in volume.
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Dissonance
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A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds.
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Germination
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The process of beginning to grow.
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Horticultural
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The art of cultivation.
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Lichen
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Plants consisting of a fungus and certain algae.
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Sylvan
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Abounding in trees; wooded.
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Verdant
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Green with vegetation.
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Arboreal
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Pertaining or resembling a tree.
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Burgeon
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To put forth new buds, leaves, or branches.
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Deciduous
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Losing foliage after the growing season.
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Fauna
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Animals of a certain region, period, or environment.
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Flora
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Plants of a certain region, period, or environment.
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Chicanery
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Deception by trickery.
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Feign
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To give a false appearance of.
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Insidious
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Spreading harmfully in subtle manner.
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Rectitude
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Righteousness.
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Apocryphal
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Of doubtful authorship or authority.
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Bona fide
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Done or made in good faith.
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Candor
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Frankness in expression.
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Cant
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Insincerely pious language.
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Charlatan
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A person who pretends to possess skill.
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Veritable
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True.
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Relative
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Having pertinence or relevance.
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Ruminate
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To meditate at length.
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Surmise
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To conclude without significant evidence.
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Tenet
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Opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true.
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Theoretical
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Of conclusion reached through logic.
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Abstruse
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Difficult to understand.
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Acumen
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Quickness and accuracy of judgment.
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Ascertain
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To discover through examination.
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Cerebral
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Characterized by reason other than emotion.
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Faculty
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Any of the powers possessed by the human mind.
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Conglomerate
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A corporation.
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Liquidate.
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To settle the affair or, pay off.
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Lucrative
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Profitable; Producing wealth.
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Recompense
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Payment made in returning of something done.
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Accrue
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To increase or grow; Accumulate.
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Security
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Written evidence of ownership.
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Audit
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To examine, verify, or correct.
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Cartel
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A combination of independent businesses.
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Collateral.
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Property pledged to secure a loan.
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Commodity
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An article of trade that can be transported.
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Modulate
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To regulate, adjust, or adapt.
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Protean
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Readily taking on a different shape or form.
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Sporadic
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Occurring at different intervals.
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Transmute
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To change from one form to another.
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Volatile
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Changeable.
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Evolve
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To develop or achieve gradually.
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Immutable
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Not subject or susceptible to change.
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Inveterate
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Long-standing;deep-rooted.
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Malleable
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Capable of being altered or influenced.
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Metamorphosis
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A marked change or appearance.
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Perchance
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Perhaps.
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Preposterous
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Contrary to nature or reason.
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Presumably
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By reasonable assumption.
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Proclivity
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A natural inclination or tendency.
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Prone
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Tending;Inclined.
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Contingent
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Dependent upon conditions or events.
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Eventuality
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A possible event or outcome.
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Feasible
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Capable of being accomplished.
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Implausible
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Not valid, likely, or acceptable.
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Inconceivable
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Incapable of being imagined.
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Panacea
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A remedy of all diseases or evils; cure-all.
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Pernicious
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Tending to cause death or injury.
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Salutary
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Designed to effect an improvement.
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Toxic
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Poisonous
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Vitiate
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To impair the value or quality of.
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Adulterate
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To make impure or inferior.
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Bane
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A cause of death, destruction, or ruin.
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Boon
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Something beneficial that is bestowed; blessing.
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Exorcise
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To expel.
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Inimical
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Injurious or harmful in effect.
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