Ap English (11/12)

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To attack, expecially to attck the turth or integrity of someting

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Impugn

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To revere; to treat as something holy, expecially becuase of great age

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Venerate

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To scold, usually in disappointment

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Reproach

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To bring into existance; to create, to cause

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Engender

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To make better or more tollerable

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Ameliorate

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Excessive love of one's body or oneself

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Narcissism

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A strong taste or liking for something

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Penchant

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One who attacks popular beliefs or institutions

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Inconoclast

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A dull or trite remark; a cliche

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Platitude

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The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe

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Nihilism

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To attack, expecially to attck the turth or integrity of someting

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Impugn

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To revere; to treat as something holy, expecially becuase of great age

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Venerate

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To scold, usually in disappointment

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Reproach

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To bring into existance; to create, to cause

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Engender

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To make better or more tollerable

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Ameliorate

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Excessive love of one's body or oneself

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Narcissism

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A strong taste or liking for something

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Penchant

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One who attacks popular beliefs or institutions

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Inconoclast

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A dull or trite remark; a cliche

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Platitude

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The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe

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Nihilism

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Painfully emotinal; extremely moving; sharp or astute

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Poignant

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Incapable of being reformed

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Incorrigible

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Humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous

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Facetious

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Extra; unnecessary; redundant

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Superfluous

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Arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claming that something is beyond dispute

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Dogmatic

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Hating human kind

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Misanthropic

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Overly dramatic; theatrical

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Histrionic

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Native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous

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Endemic

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Hardworking; busy; quite dilligent

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Assiduous

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Stressing usefulness or utility above all other qualities; pragmatic

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Utilitarian

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To belittle; to say uncomplimentary this about

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Disparage

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To make worse

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Exacerbate

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To soothe; to pacify, to ease the pain of ; to relieve

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Assauge

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To dry out

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Desiccate

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To convert from one religion or doctrine to another; to recruit converts to a religion or doctrine

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Proselytize

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Wild living; excessice intemperance

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Debauchery

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Something not typical; a deveation from the standard

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Aberration

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Substitute

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Surrogate

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Surplus; overabundance

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Glut

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A military action undertaken in revenge for another; an acto of taking "an eye for an eye"

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Reprisal

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In name only; insignificant

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Nominal

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Charming in a rustic way; natually peaceful

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Idyllic

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Timid; lacking in self-confidence

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Diffident

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Unimaginiative; banal

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Pedestrian

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Favorable; promising; pointing to a good result

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Auspicious

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Rude; cranky; illl-tempered

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Petulant

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Of doubtful authenticity; ficticious; spurious

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Apocryphal

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Required; necessary

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Requisite

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Eater to believe; gullible

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Credulous

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Lazy

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Indolent