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innocuous |
harmless; without harmful effect or qualities |
innocent, efficacious |
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dearth |
scarcity; lack |
desert, death |
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debacle |
a sudden and utter breakdown; an overwhelming and ruinous turn of events |
debate, break |
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debility |
weakness; loss of strength; infirmity |
no ability, disability |
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debonair |
pleasant and gracious; suave |
heir, bond |
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couch |
to put into words; to express appropriately; to phrase; a piece of furniture--a sofa |
coach, potato |
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covert |
secret; hidden |
cult, cover |
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cowers |
shrinks away from in fear; cringes |
novice, new |
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innovation |
something new; the act or process of creating new things or ideas |
decay, decimate |
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decadence |
a process, condition, or time of cultural or moral decline |
XX, decay |
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deciduous |
shedding or falling off seasonally |
decline,decrease |
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decimate |
to destroy or kill a large number; literally: to kill one out of every ten |
die, decapitate |
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increment |
an addition; the amount of increase |
inch, money |
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euphony |
the quality or pleasantness in sound |
euphoria, symphony |
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evanescent |
tending to fade like vapor; ephemeral |
evaporated, scent |
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crass |
unrefined; common; vulgar |
gas, rash |
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craven |
cowardly |
cringe, caves in |
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excerpt |
To select or take out from; a passage taken out of a book, article, etc. |
exclude, cut |
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exemplary |
admirable; commendable |
complimentary, example |
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exigency |
a problem or situation requiring immediate attention |
urgency, extreme |
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excoriate |
to criticize harshly; to censure; (literally: to tear off a strip of skin) |
execute, exorcist |
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amnesia |
loss of memory |
alzeihmers, ancient |
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cumbersome |
clumsy or difficult to manage; unwieldy |
encumber, clamor |
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cupidity |
extreme selfishness; avarice; greed |
cupid, stingy |
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cursory |
not thorough; superficial; hasty |
concentrated, scurry |
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cynic |
one who believes that all humans are insincere & selfish; a sarcastic person |
sin, critic |
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hypothetical |
based on only theory or supposition; assumed but not proved |
hypothesis, theory |
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amorphous |
shapeless; with no special form |
morph, amoeba |
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excruciating |
extremely painful; agonizing |
crucify, exucute |
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incubus |
anything greatly oppressive; a nightmare; a mythological, night-visiting evil spirit |
incidious, sucubus |
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inculcate |
to teach or impress by frequent repetition; to instill |
calcuator, implant |
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exiguous |
scanty; small; insufficient |
XS, anorexic |
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exorcised |
freed from evil spirits by chanted words or other rites |
exorcism, Emily Rose |
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exotic |
strangely enticing or fascinating; not native; foreign |
external, toxic |
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incumbent |
required as one's duty or obligation; one holding an office or position |
income, cop |
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mundane |
worldly; ordinary; uninspired or uninspiring |
monday, mud |
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munificent |
excessively generous; very liberal; lavish |
magnificent, money |
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mutability |
tendency to change; inconsistency |
mutate, mutilate |
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hyperbole |
extreme exaggeration in expression; overstatement |
hyper,super bowl |
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hypercritical |
faultfinding; carping |
cynic,particular |
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hypochondriac |
One who is unduly anxious over personal health; one who imagines illnesses |
chronic, crazy |
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indefatigable |
not able to be fatigued; never tiring; unflagging |
no fatigue, energizer bunny |
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expedient |
advisable at the moment; useful but not necessarily right; such an action or means |
expedia.com, immediate |
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explicit |
distinctly stated; specific |
explicate, explain |
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execrable |
detestable; revolting; abominable; deserving to be cursed |
inexcusable, crabby |
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preposterous |
contrary to common sense; absurd; ridiculous |
imposter, poser |
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credible |
believable; trustworthy |
reliable, credit |
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credulous |
willing to believe too readily; trusting of scant evidence; gullible |
reliable, credit |
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criterion |
a standard for judging; a recognized requirement; a model or essential measure |
written rule,critique |
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console |
to lessen sadness or disappointment; the keyboard of an organ, computer, etc.; a cabinet |
solo, comfort |
