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aberrant
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ECCENTRIC/DISSIMILAR
deviate from the norm |
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anachronism
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ECCENTRIC/DISSIMILAR
out of place in time |
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anomalous
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ECCENTRIC/DISSIMILAR
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iconoclast
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ECCENTRIC/DISSIMILAR
dislike tradition |
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discrete
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ECCENTRIC/DISSIMILAR
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eclectic
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ECCENTRIC/DISSIMILAR
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esoteric
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ECCENTRIC/DISSIMILAR
only known by few |
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absolve
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FORGIVE
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acquit
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FORGIVE
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exculpate
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FORGIVE
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exonerate
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FORGIVE
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expiate
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FORGIVE
make ammends; atone |
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palliate
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FORGIVE
to relieve or lesson or eliminated, allay |
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redress
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FORGIVE
to set right;make amends |
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vindicate
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FORGIVE
to clear of blame |
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chortle
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FUNNY
chuckle |
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droll
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FUNNY
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facetious
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FUNNY
inappropriate levity; sauceful |
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flippant
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FUNNY
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gibe
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FUNNY
heckling |
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jocular
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FUNNY
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levity
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FUNNY
inappropriate lack of seriousness |
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ludicrous
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FUNNY
hilarious bc of absurdity |
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raillery
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FUNNY
good natured banter |
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riposte
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FUNNY
sharp reply in speech or action |
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simper
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FUNNY
smile coyly |
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abatement
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GAPS/OPENINGS
lesson, reduce, deduct |
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aperture
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GAPS/OPENINGS
gap, opening in a camera |
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fissure
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GAPS/OPENINGS
splitting/separating |
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hiatus
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GAPS/OPENINGS
gap or interruption |
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interregnum
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GAPS/OPENINGS
period of temporary suspension for gov't control |
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interstice
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GAPS/OPENINGS
small space btwn 2 things or parts |
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lull
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GAPS/OPENINGS
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orifice
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GAPS/OPENINGS
opening to cavity or passage of body |
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rent
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GAPS/OPENINGS
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respite
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GAPS/OPENINGS
short interval of rest |
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rift
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GAPS/OPENINGS
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capricious
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CHANGING QUICKLY
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mercurial
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CHANGING QUICKLY
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volatile
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CHANGING QUICKLY
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counterpart
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COPY
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emulate
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COPY
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facsimile
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COPY
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factitious
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FALSEHOOD
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paradigm
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COPY
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precursor
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COPY
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quintessence
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COPY
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simulated
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COPY
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vicarious
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COPY
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bereave
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DEATH/MOURNING
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cadaver
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DEATH/MOURNING
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defunct
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DEATH/MOURNING
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demise
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DEATH/MOURNING
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dolorous
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DEATH/MOURNING
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elegy
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DEATH/MOURNING
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knell
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DEATH/MOURNING
to give forth a mourning sound |
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lament
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DEATH/MOURNING
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macabre
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DEATH/MOURNING
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moribund
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DEATH/MOURNING
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obsequies
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DEATH/MOURNING
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sepulchral
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DEATH/MOURNING
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wraith
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DEATH/MOURNING
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apocryphal
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FALSEHOOD
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canard
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FALSEHOOD
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chicanery
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FALSEHOOD
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dissemble
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FALSEHOOD
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duplicity
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FALSEHOOD
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equivocate
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FALSEHOOD
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erroneous
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FALSEHOOD
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ersatz
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FALSEHOOD
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fallacious
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FALSEHOOD
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feigned
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FALSEHOOD
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guile
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FALSEHOOD
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mendacious/mendacity
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FALSEHOOD
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perfidy
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FALSEHOOD
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prevaricate
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FALSEHOOD
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specious
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FALSEHOOD
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spurious
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FALSEHOOD
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abet
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ASSIST
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advocate
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ASSIST
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ancillary
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ASSIST
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bolster
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ASSIST
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corroborate
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ASSIST
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countenance
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ASSIST
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espouse
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ASSIST
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mainstay
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ASSIST
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munificent
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ASSIST
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proponent
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ASSIST
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stalwart
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ASSIST
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sustenance
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ASSIST
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apace
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ACT QUICKLY
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abrupt
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ACT QUICKLY
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headlong
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ACT QUICKLY
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impetuous
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ACT QUICKLY
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precipitate
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ACT QUICKLY
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abnegate
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DENYING OF SELF
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abstain
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DENYING OF SELF
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ascetic
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DENYING OF SELF
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spartan
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DENYING OF SELF
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stoic
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DENYING OF SELF
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temperate
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DENYING OF SELF
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burgeoning
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BEGINNING/YOUNG
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callow
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BEGINNING/YOUNG
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engender
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BEGINNING/YOUNG
bring into existence; procreate |
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inchoate
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BEGINNING/YOUNG
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incipient
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BEGINNING/YOUNG
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nascent
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BEGINNING/YOUNG
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acerbic
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BITING IN WIT
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acidulous
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BITING IN WIT
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acrimonious
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BITING IN WIT
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asperity
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BITING IN WIT
severity; harsh |
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caustic
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BITING IN WIT
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mordacious
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BITING IN WIT
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mordant
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BITING IN WIT
trenchant |
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trenchant
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BITING IN WIT
clear cut or distinct forceful, effective, vigorous |
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banal
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BORING
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fatuous
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BORING
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hackneyed
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BORING
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insipid
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BORING
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mundane
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BORING
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pedestrian
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BORING
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platitude
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BORING
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prosaic
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BORING
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quotidian
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BORING
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trite
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BORING
obvious |
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ardor/ardent
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FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL
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doctrinaire
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FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL
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fervid
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FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL
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partisan
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FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL
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tendentious
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FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL
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zealot
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FAVORING/NOT IMPARTIAL
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dilettante
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BEGINNER
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fledging
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BEGINNER
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neophyte
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BEGINNER
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novitiate
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BEGINNER
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proselyte
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BEGINNER
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tyro
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BEGINNER
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bilious
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BAD MOOD
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dudgeon
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BAD MOOD
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irascible
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BAD MOOD
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pettish
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BAD MOOD
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petulant
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BAD MOOD
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pique
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BAD MOOD
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querulous
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BAD MOOD
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umbrage
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BAD MOOD
or shade |
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waspish
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BAD MOOD
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abash
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EMBARRASS
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chagrin
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EMBARRASS
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compunction
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EMBARRASS
uneasy bc of guilt "i shouldn't have done that" |
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contrition
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EMBARRASS
repentence;remorse |
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diffidence
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EMBARRASS
lack of confidence |
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expiate
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EMBARRASS
make ammends |
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foible
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EMBARRASS
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gaucherie
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EMBARRASS
lack of tact; awkward |
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rue
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EMBARRASS
regret, sorrow "i wish i never did that" |
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tantamount
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EQUAL
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distaff
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FAMILY
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endogamous
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FAMILY
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progenitor
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FAMILY
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scion
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FAMILY
heir |
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compendium
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ABBREVIATED COMMUNICATION
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curtail
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ABBREVIATED COMMUNICATION
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limpid
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EASY TO UNDERSTAND
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pellucid
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EASY TO UNDERSTAND
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abstruse
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HARD TO UNDERSTAND
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arcane
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HARD TO UNDERSTAND
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recondite
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HARD TO UNDERSTAND
abstruse |
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turbid
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HARD TO UNDERSTAND
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inscrutable
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HARD TO UNDERSTAND
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despotic
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DICTORIAL
a tyrant |
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hegemonic
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DICTORIAL
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imperious
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DICTORIAL
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peremptory
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DICTORIAL
not allowing contradiction |
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depraved
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CAROUSAL
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dissipated
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CAROUSAL
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iniquity
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CAROUSAL
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libertine
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CAROUSAL
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libidinous
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CAROUSAL
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licentious
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CAROUSAL
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reprobate
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CAROUSAL
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ribald
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CAROUSAL
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salacious
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CAROUSAL
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sordid
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CAROUSAL
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turpitude
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CAROUSAL
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