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Adjure
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to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty
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Affidavit
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a written declaration upon oath made before an authorized official
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Fealty
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the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal
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Infidel
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a person who does not accept a particular faith, esp. Christianity
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Perjure
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to render (oneself) guilty of swearing falsely or of willfully making a false statement under oath or solemn affirmation
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Disinterested
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free of bias; impartial
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Culminate
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to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development; climax
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Epitome
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a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class
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Inimitable
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incapable of being imitated or copied; surpassing imitation; matchless
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Peerless
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having no equal; matchless; unrivaled
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Quintessence
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the purest or most typical instance
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Sublime
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supreme or outstanding
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Zenith
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highest point
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Abrogate
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to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal
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Perquisite
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an incidental payment, benefit, privilege, or advantage over and above regular income, salary, or wages
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Presage
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something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication
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Requisite
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required or necessary for a particular purpose, position
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Sagacity
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acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment
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Surrogate
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one that takes the place of another; a substitute
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Abeyance
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temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension
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Abstemious
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sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet
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Circuitous
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indirect
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Circumvent
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to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting
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Elude
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to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery
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Eschew
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avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
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Evasion
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an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something
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Malinger
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to pretend to be ill or injured to avoid duty or work
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Shirk
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neglect or put off
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Banal
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lack of originality; trite
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Emulate
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to strive to equal or excel: usually through imitation
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Mimicry
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close copy or imitation of the speech, gesture, or expression of another
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Platitude
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a flat, dull, or trite remark
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Recapitulate
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to repeat in concise form
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Aroboreal
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pertaining to or resembling a tree
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Burgeon
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to put forth new buds, leaves, or branches; sprout
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Deciduous
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shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs
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Fauna
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the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole
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Germination
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to develop into a plant or individual, as a seed, spore, or bulb
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Lichen
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any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
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Sylvan
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consisting of or abounding in woods or trees; wooded
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Verdant
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green with vegetation
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Feckless
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careless; irresponsible
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Incumbent
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holding an indicated position, role, office
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Onerous
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troublesome, oppressive, burdensome
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Remiss
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lax in attending to duty' exhibiting carelessness
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Accrue
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to increase or grow
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Audit
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an official examination and verification of accounts and records, esp. of financial accounts
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Cartel
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a combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members
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Collateral
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security pledged for the payment of a loan
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Commodity
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an article of trade
ex. a male model's life is a precious, precious commodity. just because they have chisled abs and stunning features doesnt mean they too, can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident. |
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Conglomerate
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a corporation consisting of a number of subsidiary companies or divisions in a variety of unrelated industries, usually as a result of merger or acquisition
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Liquidate
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to settle or pay (a debt)
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Recompense
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to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid
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Security
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a document indicating ownership or creditorship; a stock certificate or bond
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Abtruse
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difficult to understand
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Acumen
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quickness and accuracy of judgement
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Ascertain
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to discover through examination or expiramentation; determine
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Cerebral
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characterized by thought and reason rather than emotion or action
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Faculty
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one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, or speech
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Ruminate
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to ponder
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Surmise
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to come to a conclusion without sufficient evidence
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Tenet
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any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., esp. one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement
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Apocryphal
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of doubtful authorship or authenticity
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Candor
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frankness of expression; straightforwardness
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Cant
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insincerely pious language, the use of trite ideas
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Charlatan
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a person who pretends to have skill or knowledge
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Chicanery
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deception by trickery
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Recititude
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moral uprightness
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Veritable
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unquestionable, true
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Adulterate
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to make impure or inferior by adding extraneous, unusual, or improper ingredients
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Boon
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blessing
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Inimical
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injurious or harmful in effect
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Panacea
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a remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; cure-all
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Pernicious
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tending to cause death or serious injury
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Salutary
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remedial; favorable to health
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Vitiate
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to impair the value or quality of; to corrupt morally; debase
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Contingent
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dependent on conditions; conditional
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Implausible
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not valid, likely, or acceptable
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Proclivity
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a tendency
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Immutable
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not subject to change
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Inveterate
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firmly established; deep-rooted
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Modulate
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regulate, adjust, or adapt
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Protean
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readily taking on a different form, shape, or character; variable
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Transmute
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to transform
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Volatile
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changeable, inconstant; fickle
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