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to abate
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to deplete
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to abdicate
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to give up the power
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de facto
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by force, not legally
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aberrant
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deviating from the norms
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deviant
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aberrant
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an aberration
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a deviation from the norms or order
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to hold in abeyance
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to suspend a procedure.
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abject poverty
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extremely miserable and pitiful poverty.
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to abjure
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to abandon for ever
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allegiance
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loyalty to a country
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abscission
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rupture
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to abscise
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to cut off
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to abscond
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to run away, with money
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abstemious
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life with moderate in appetite
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intoxicating
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sth that makes us drunk
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abysmal
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severe, very bad,dreadful
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free market
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a market that is not controlled by the government.
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capitalism
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an economic system in which the free market has been applied.
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accretion
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growth, production
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igneous
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related to the production of rocks from molten material.
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to accrue in interest
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to accumulate in intransitive concept.
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monopolistic
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controlling the whole market.
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to be adamant that
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uncompromising
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adjunct of sth
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attachment to sth
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to admonish to
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to remind, to warn.
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to adulterate
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to corrupt by manipulating the structure.
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affected
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not confident or natural, phony
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to feel an affinity for so.
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to have a kindred spirit with so.
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to admonish for
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to reprimand for
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to be adamant about
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to be uncompromising
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to aggrandize
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to make larger and greater
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aggregate(adj)
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amounting to a mass
the aggregate wealth the aggregate ideas |
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to aggregate
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to accumulate to a mass, intransitive,
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aggregate(n)
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accumulated mass
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alacrity
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enthusiasm
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to allay
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to soothe anxiety or fear.
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allure
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the power of persuading others to do things.
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to entice
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to tempt
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charm
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the quality of being cool
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lobby
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a group in the that is in favor of a particular political goals.
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to allure
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to attract and entice by charm.
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alluring
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powerfully attractive
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to amalgamate
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to combine to a united whole
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ambivalence
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doubtfulness about a particular decision.
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public esteem
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social respect
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to be pure ambrosia
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to be absouloutly delicious
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ambrosia
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the food of the gods
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ambrosial food
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extremely deliciousfood
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nectar
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the drink of the gods
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to ameliorate
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to improve a process
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to be amenable to sth
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accepting
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amulet
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the piece of jewellery worn to protect fro evil spirits
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anachronism
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sth that is out of the appropriate time
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analgesic
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the medication that allays the pain
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anarchy
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the absence of govrnment and the state of disorder
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Dionysos
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the god of wine
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tenable idea
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reasonable-IP
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anodyne(n)
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sth that soothes pain--not medical
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anodyne(adj)
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pain-soothing
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platitude
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cliche
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anomaly
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the deviation from the social norms-IP
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anomalous behavior
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aberrant behavior
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antecedent
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the prior counterpart-noun
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antediluvian
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prehistoric
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antipathy
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dislike or hatred
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hostility
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strong anger towards sth
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protagonist
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the main character in a film or play
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apathy
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the state of indifference
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apathetic point of view
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adj
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welfare state
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social security system, a country that has a welfare state.
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apex
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the peak
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classicism
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the aesthetic tradition that values simplicity and order
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Augustans
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satire-Alexander Pop
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apogee
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apex or the most successful part of a stream
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Ottoman
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a famous empire!-IP
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apothegm
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a witty saying
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to appease
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to calm down-transitive
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sage
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wise as a result of experience--sage apothegm
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apathy on sth
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indifference for sth
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anomalous results
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data far from expected
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appellation
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the official name or title, with the appellation.
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to apprise
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to inform, to keep the reader apprised of a fact.
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approbation
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honor, medal
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apropos
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relevant, apropos of nothing
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arabesque
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a special position of the ballerina
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ballerina
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so who performs a ballet
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ardor
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the passion inside
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arduous
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laborious
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apposite
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directly to the point and relevant
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to appropriate
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to take the possession of sth from its owner
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to confiscate
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to appropriate
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argot
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the usual speech among a particular group of people.
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to arrest
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to stop a process-to arrest the respiration
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respiration
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the process of breathing
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marxism
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the changes in the history is the result of struggles between social classes
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capitalism
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the bussiness belongs to private not to the governmental firms
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commodity
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products or goods
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to alienate
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to keep away
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bourgeois
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adj, related to the rich part of the society.
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artless
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guileless, without trying to pretend
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ascetic
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noun, sb who practices self-denial
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ascetic
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adj, self-denying, ascetic lifestyle
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asceticism
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the idea of slef-denying
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asperity
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harshness
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aspersion
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slander, to cast aspersion on sb
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assiduous
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diligent
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territory
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a land that is cotrolled by a government
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to assuage
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to relieve a bad situation
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anguish
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the mental pain
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bereavement
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the loss of relatives
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astringent
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severely powerful and effective
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venomous
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full of hatred and anger
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astrigent comment
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severe but not venomous
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preeminence
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the quality of being the first of the kind
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to bid sb farewell
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to say goodbye
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asylum
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a place of shelter
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atavism
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the reapearance of a trait after a period of abscence
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to attenuate
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to weaken, attenuate signals
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audacious
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daring, brave audacious surprise attacks
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austere
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unadorned, my grandfather's previous house
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austere
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strict and stern--used to show disapproval
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deism
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god the watch maker
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avarice
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greed
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to aver
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to affirm or to say confidently
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guru
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a hindu religious leader
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yoga
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practice for higher awareness and union with god
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avocation
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a secondary job
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avuncular
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like an uncle-positive
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benevolent
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kind and generous,IS
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axiomatic
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taken for granted
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uniformitariasm
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the Earth is being shaped gradually due to geological processes
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catastrophism
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the Earth shaped as a result of a catastrophic event
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bacchanailian
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pertaining to frenzied reverly
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eve
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the night before an important day-the New Year's Eve
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banal
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commonplace-IP-boring
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trite
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banal
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banter
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friendly conversation-to engage in some banter-to exchange banter
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a bard
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a poet
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bawdy
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pertaining to sex-bawdy jokes
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obscene
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bawdy
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pilgrim
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some one who goes to a holy place-mashhad pilgrims
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to beatify
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to give eternal bliss to so--IP--
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beatification
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the second step to the last in sainthood
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to bedizen
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to dress in a showy manner
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French aristocrate
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the famous dressing style for royals in the seventeenth century in France
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behemoth
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a powerful large creature-a commercial behemoth
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to outstrip sb
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to knock out a rival in competitveness
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to belie
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to contradict a fact
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canonization
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the death of the body in favor of the soul
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beneficent
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doing good-IP
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theologian
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IP
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omnipotent
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all-power
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to bifurcate
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to seperate to two-the road or the river bifurcated-intranstive
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blandishment
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coaxing with flattery
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blase
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unconcerned
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indulgence
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the habit of doing whatever one wants.
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to bolster sth
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to give a boost to sth
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to sag
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to become weaker-sagging popularity
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boorish
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rude-boorish behavior-not suitable for formal occasions
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bovine
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cowlike
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brazen
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bold-Falahati
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to broach
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to mention for the first time-to broach the subject
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lacrosse
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a game played by a stick at the end of which there is a net.
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to persecute
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to deliberately annoy sb-persecutor
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bucolic
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the character of the contryside-bucalic area
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to burgeon
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to flourish
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to burnish
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to polish-to burnish one's reputation.
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to buttress
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to reinforce-prosecute
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cacophonous
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unpleasent or harsh-cacophonous music, cacophonous hen yard
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a cacophony
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an unpleasent noise
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aficionado
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particularly enthusiastics and followers-IP
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to cadge
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to beg
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callous
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thick-skinned
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calumny
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aspersion
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malicious
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cruel
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thou
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you(poem)
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shalt
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shall(poem)
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chaste
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not showing sexual feelings
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canard
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false secret news, IP
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canon
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criterion-literary works
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canon law
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laws of the christian church.
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canonical, IP
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belonging to a group of literary works, subjected to the canon law, del dot v
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Rocco
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architecture style that likes arabesque
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poultry
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birds kept in farm for nutritional usages, IP
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indispensable
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unavoidable, used for people or facilities
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stunt
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a dangerous or fatal action under taken to call people's attentions.
actors' stunts |
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cant
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insencere talk-argot for secret communication
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cantankerous
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so who complains about everything
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irritable
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so who gets annoyed quickly
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capricious
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moody-capricious decisions-hardambil
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fickle
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capricious
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caprice
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desire-usually the false ones-a life governed by caprice
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captious
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fault-finding
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pedantic
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paying unnecessary attention to unimportant details-IP
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cardinal
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fundamentally important
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yogi
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so who teaches yoga to others
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carnal
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pertaining physical desires
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nirvana
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the last stage in understanding in buddhism that is achieved by yoga
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to carp
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to find faults
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utilitarian
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the best action is the one which benefits the largest number of people.
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cartography
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the science of making maps
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topography
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the shape of a land
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caste
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on part of the social stratification-n-IP
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caste(adj)
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caste system-hierarchy-caste society
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heredity
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caste in Hindu society
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compulsive
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subconscious
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Brahmans
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priests and teachers in Hindu society.
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Ksatriyas
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noblemen and Dukes in Hindu society
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Vaisyas
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traders and merchants in Hindu society.
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Sudras
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laborers in Hindu society.
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Harijans
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the untouchables in the Hindu society.
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desperate
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trying what way possible- to desperately do sth.
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aristocracy, IS
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the caste of aristocrats.
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to castigate
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to punish as a boss.
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sell-out
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disrespect to particular expectations- to be a sell-out to commercial interests.
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Neville Chamberlain, IP
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the British prime minister known for his appeasement policy with Hitler in 30s
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cataclysm, IS
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riot-the french industrial revolution-geological catastrophe
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varied
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sth that is varied includes decent configuration of variety of things or people.
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Romanticism
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a revolt against classicism
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the Romantics
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the people who are in favor of Romanticism.
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revolt
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a revolt against classicism- an absolute refusal to accept sth
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to usher in
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to cause sth to start
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Romantic movement
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a movement in the literature and art, coincident with the industerial revolution in France.
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libertarian
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so who thinks that one should be able to think and do whatever they want unless constraining other's freedom.
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categorical
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absolute-no exceptions-categorically forbidden
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caucus
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a small group in an organization
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causal
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involving a cause-causal relationship
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caustic
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sarcastically biting
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celestial
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pertaining to sky- celestial objects-the celestial
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sublime
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deeply affecting
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Doppler Effect
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the frequency and wavelength of a wave changes due to the motion of the source or reciever.
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centrifugal
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moving away from the center
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centripetal
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exactly opposite of centrifugal
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to champion
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to defend and support underdogs in a heroic manner.
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to be chastened
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to be punishment by the mistake
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chicanery
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fraud
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audit
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investigation for checking the fraud- to order an audit
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alleged
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accused to, claimed- alleged crime
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chivalry
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the quality of being gentleman for women
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expedition, IS
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mission-- to go on an expedition
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Crusade
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Expeditions from the side of the Christians to get Palestine from the Muslims
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heathens
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people who are not connected to the largel accepted religions
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churlish
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boorish, unfriendly
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courteous
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polite and showing respect, IP
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roundabout
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adj-indirect-not clear-roundabout way of saying sth
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circuitous
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roundabout- circuitous path, hike, ride, IP
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clairvoyant
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psychic
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psychic
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so who predicts the future
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clamor
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noisy outcry
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to clamor
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to make a loud noise
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to cry out
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to say sth loudly specially disapproval because of its particular importance--to cry out for
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a clique
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a caucus
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to confine
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to restrict-to imprison
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secluded
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apart from the others, denj
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to cloister
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to confine in a secluded place- to cloister yourself in a country house
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to congeal
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the blood congeals and it gets thicker
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to coagulate
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to congeal-the blood coagulates
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compliant
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yielding-- to be compliant with sb
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compunction
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the bad feeling after a guilt, me after the guilt
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myopia
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nearsightedness, uses concave glasses
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conciliatory
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trying to resume the friendliness--to adopt a conciliatory statements, gesture or approach
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to concoct
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to come up with, to fabricate sth to justify
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concurrently
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coincidently
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concommitant
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existing concurrently with a causal relationship, tohfe
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to rebut
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to refute a statement or a charge, rebuttal
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homo sapiens
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the humankind as exists now
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cognitive
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intellectual and intelligent
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hominids
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chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and humans- pertaing to the himinidae
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to condone
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to overlook, to forgive, IP
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ahimsa
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a belief which opposes violance of any kind, in Hinduism the belief that any harm to the living things is forbidden
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to confound
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to mix-up, to be confounded= to be perplexed
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congenial
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suited, confortable, and friendly-good life
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awe
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fearful respect
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conjugal
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relating to marriage,IS--the conjugal happiness
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yielding
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so who always waits to see what would others offer him to due, mirsaleh
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battalion
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a large group of soldiers
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formidable
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very powerful or impressive and frightening-khafan
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to feud
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to quarrel for a long run-ata and marjan
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collusion
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secret agreement among two or more people to do sth illegal.
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meticulous
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concerned about the unimportant details and checking for everything to be done correctly.
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to accompany so
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to go along with so to a place
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trance
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haparut--to fall into a trance, to be in a trance all day.
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connoisseur
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an expert person in an area--an art connoisseur, connoisseur of art
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conscript, IS(noun or verb)
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so who is expected to go to military service
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to conscript
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to compulsorily enroll sb for the military service
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conscription
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the process of enrolling sb compulsorily for military service
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War of 1812
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a war fought between the British Empire and the U.S
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Daniel Webster
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a political leader before the civil war who tried to avoid the civil war
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stalemate
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a deadlock
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to avert
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to avoid
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to consecrate
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to declare sacred for a religious place or person
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contention
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assertion
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ethical relativism
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there is no objective right or wrong
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Fredrich Nietzsche
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his doctrine "superman", he contends that the morality centered on the christianity should be replaced with the morality centered on the individual.
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contentious
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contravertial, quarrelsome
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contiguous
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neighboring--contiguous states
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continence
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chastity
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contrite
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regretful--contrite criminal/ contrite apology
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rebellious
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disobediant person
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contumacious
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rebellious
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conundrum
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tapbaja
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combat
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fight during war-- hand to hand combat, unarmed combat, mortal combat
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naivete
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innocence
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conventional
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commonplace(today)
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a guerrilla
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a member of a small unofficial military group
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Henri Rousseau
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a pioneer painter from jungles
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guerrilla war
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no front line as conventional wars
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to converge
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their interests converge
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sociable
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friendly, tending to be communicating
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convivial
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sociable--a convivial atmosphere
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convoluted, IS
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complex
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to unravel
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to explain a convoluted concept in a reasonable way
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copious, IP
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in abundance
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parched
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dry because of hot weather
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coquette, IP
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a woman who flirts
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to flirt
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to show sexual attraction to so
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cornucopia
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in abundance-- cornucopia of sth
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cosmology
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the study of theory of the universe's origin
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to downplay
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to degrade
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congruent
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consistent
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cosmos
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the total universe
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to embody
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to include, to have
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to intimidate
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to make so. frighteened and not confident
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cosmic
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related to the total universe
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quantum theory
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the matter and energy both have the properties of particles and waves
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Renaissance
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revolution in Europe happening between 14th and 17th century
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covert
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secret, hidden
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amid
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while noisy confusing things are going on
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fanfare
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copious discussions and advertisements over an issue
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edifice
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a huge building
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legacy
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inheritance
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contrived
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false-- sth seems contrived to so.
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to feel awe for sb
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to have respect for sb
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to be in awe of sb
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to feel awe at that person
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to hold sb in awe
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to have a great respect for that person
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yielding
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willing to obey others' demands--pakhme
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to fall in to a trance
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a condition in which you seem to be slept but you hear.
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to be in a trance all day
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not concentrated
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to clamor for sth/ to clamor to do sth
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to demand sth
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