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accord
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an agreement between parties
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noun
other forms:accordable/accorder |
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affable
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being pleasant and at ease in talking to others
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adjective
other forms:affability/ affableness/affably |
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amorous
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of, relating to, or caused by love
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adjective
other forms:amorously/amorousness/amorosity |
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askance
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with a side glance of disapproval
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adverb
other forms:askant |
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chide
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to speak disapprovingly to; to scold
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verb
other forms:chided/chid/ chidden/chiding |
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contemptible
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deserving of contempt, despicable
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adjective
other forms:contemptibility/ contemptibleness/contemptibly |
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disdain
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a feeling of contempt for something regarded as beneath one
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noun
other forms:disdained/ disdaining/disdains |
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divert
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to turn aside from a course or direction
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verb
other forms:divertedly/diverter/divertible |
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flout
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to treat with contemptuous disregard
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verb
other forms:flouter/floutingly |
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insidious
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working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy matter
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adjective
other forms:insidiously/insidiousness |
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insolence
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arrogance or rudeness in speech or conduct
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noun
other forms:none |
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intuitive
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knowing or understanding without conscious reasoning
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adjective
other forms:intuitively/ intuitiveness |
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largess
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liberal giving; a generous gift
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noun
other forms:none |
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peruse
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to examine or study attentively and in detail
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verb
other forms:perusable/ peruser |
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profusion
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a great abundance; a lavish display
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noun
other forms:profuse |
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shrewd
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marked by cleverness
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adjective
other forms:shrewdly/shrewdness |
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suffuse
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to spread through or over, as with liquid, color, or light
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verb
other forms:suffusive/suffusion/suffusedly |
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teem
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to become filled to overflowing; abound
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verb
other forms:teemer, teeming, teemed |
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thrive
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to grow vigorously; to do well
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verb
other forms:thriver, thriving, thrivingly |
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toil
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to labor continuously, work strenuously
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verb
other forms: toiled/toiling/toils |
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vent
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to give often forceful or emotional expression to, i.e., vent one’s anger
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verb
other forms:vented/venting/vents |
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voluble
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characterized by ready or rapid speech
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adjective
other forms:volubility/volubleness /volubly |
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ward
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to deflect (usually used with off), i.e., ward off a cold
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verb
other forms:warded/warding/ wards |
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whit
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the smallest part imaginable, i.e., cared not a whit
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noun
other forms: "not a wit" |
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yield
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to give forth by or as if by a natural process, especially by cultivation
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verb
other forms:yielded/yielding/ yields |
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urb
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city
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urban
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anthrop
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man
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anthropology
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vore
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to eat
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carnivore
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pac
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peace
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pacify
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op
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eye/sight
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optimal
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eu
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good/well
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euphony
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id, idio
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personal
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idiom
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lingua
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language/tongue
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lingual
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logos. logy
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world
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biology
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terri
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earth
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territory
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crani
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skull
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cranium
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culp
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guilty
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culprit
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levis
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light
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levitate
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demos
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people
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democracy
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theo
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god
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theology
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lav, luv
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to wash
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lavatory
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nasc, nat
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to be born
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nativity
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mnes
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memory
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amnesia
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linea
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line
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linear
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ambi, amphi
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both
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amphibious
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andro
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man
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android
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belli
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war
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belligerent
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contra
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against
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contradicting
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dyn
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power
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dynasty
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lec, lex, lek
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word
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dyslexia
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