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165 Cards in this Set
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conjecture
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infer on basis of insufficent data
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conjugal
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pertaining marriage
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connivance
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pretense of ignorance or wrong
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connubial
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pertaining to marriage
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consanguinity
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kinship
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consequential
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pompous
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consign
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deliver officially
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consonance
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harmony
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consummate
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adj. wholly without flaw
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contagion
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infection
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contiguous
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adjacent to
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continence
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self-restraint
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contingent
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dependent on
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contravene
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v contradict
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controvort
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v. oppose with argument
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contumacious
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disobidient
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conversant
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familiar with
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convex
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curving outward
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convivial
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festive, gay
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copious
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plentiful
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coquette
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N. flirt
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cordon
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extended line of fortification
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cornice
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projected molding on building
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corporeal
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adj. bodily, material
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corpulent
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very fat
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corrugated
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ridged
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coterie
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group that meets socially
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contenance
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V. approve, tolerate
N. face |
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cow
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V. terrorize
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coy
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shy, modest
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cozen
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V. cheat
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craven
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cowardly
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credulity
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N. belief on slight evidence, gullibility
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crone
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N. hag
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crotchy
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eccentric, whimsical
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crux
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N. essential point
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cull
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v. pick out
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culpable
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deserving blame
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culvert
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artificial channel for water
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cumbersome
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heavy
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cupidity
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N. greed
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curmudgeon
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N. churlism, miserly individual
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cynosure
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N. object of general attention
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deadpan
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adj impassive
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dearth
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scarcity
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debilitate
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weaken
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debonair
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suave, urban
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debutante
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N. young women formal entrence
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decadence
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deacy
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deciduous
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adj. falling of
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decollete
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having a low cut neckline
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defer
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give in respectifully
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deign
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condescend, stoop
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deliniate
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portray, scetch
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delve
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v. dig investigate
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demotic
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pertaining to people
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denouement
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N. outcome
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denigrate
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blacken
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deride
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V. redicule
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derivative
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adj. unoriginal
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descry
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v. catch sight of
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desiccate
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v. dry up
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desolate
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v. rob of joy
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desultory
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aimless, haphazard
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diadem
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n. crown
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diaphanous
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sheer, transparent
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diatribe
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bitter scolding
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dictum
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N. authorirative and weighty statement
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diffidence
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N shyness
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diffuse
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wordy
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dimuinution
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N. lessoning
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dinghy
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N. Small boat
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dint
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N. means, effort
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disabuse
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correct a false impression
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discursive
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digressing, rambling
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discerning
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mentally quick and observent
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discrete
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adj. seperate, unconnected
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disheveled
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adj. untidy
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disingeneous
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lacking candor, insincere
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disinter
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v. dig up
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disinterested
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unprejusticed
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dissemble
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V. disguise, pretend
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disparage
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v. belittle
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disparate
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adj unrelated
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disport
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v. amuse
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disputatious
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adj argumentative
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disquietude
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N uneasyness
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disquisition
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formal systematic inquiry
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dissolution
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disintegration, looseness in morals
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distend
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v.expand, swell out
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dissimulate
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v. pretend, conceal by feigning
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distill
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v. purify
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distrait
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inattentive
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diurnal
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daily
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divest
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v. strip deprive
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docket
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program as for trial
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doleful
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mournful
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dolt
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stupid person
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dormer
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window projecting from roof
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dowdy
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slovenly, untidy
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droll
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queer and amusing
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dross
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waste matter, worthless impurities
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dulcet
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sweet sounding
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duplicity
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N. double dealing
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dyspeptic
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adj suffering from indigestion
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eclectic
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selective
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ebullient
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showing excitement
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edify
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v. instruct, correct morally
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effervescence
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inner excitement of exuberance
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effete
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lacking vigor, worn out
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effigy
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N. dumby The mob showed its irritation by hanging the judge in effigy.
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effluvium
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noxious smell
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effrontry
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shameless boldness, inpudence
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egregious
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notroious, back
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eellipsis
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omission of words from text
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elucidate
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v. explain, enlightened
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elysian
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relating to paradise
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emaciated
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thin and wasted
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embed
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v enclose, place in something
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emollient
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soothing or softening remedy
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encomium
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high praise
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encomiastic
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prasing
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enervate
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v. weaken
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enjoin
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command, order, forbid
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ennui
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N. boredom
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ensconce
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v. settle confortabl
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entomology
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study of insects
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entree
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entrance
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epicure
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conoisseur of food and drink
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epigram
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witty throught or saying
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equable
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unifrom, steady
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equitable
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fair, impartial
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equivocate
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v. lie, mislead
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eschew
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v. avoid
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esoteric
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hard to understand
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estimable
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admirable
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etheral
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light, heavenly
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ethnology
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study of human kind
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etymology
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study of word parts
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eugenic
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improvement of race
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euphony
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sweet sound
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evocative
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evoke
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exculpate
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v. clear from blaim
culprit |
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execrate
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v. curse, express adhorrence for
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exigency
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urgent situation
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exiguous
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small, minute
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exonerate
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exculpate, aquit
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expatiate
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talk at length
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expatriate
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N exile
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expiate
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make ammends for
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discerning
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mentally quick and observent
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discrete
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adj. seperate, unconnected
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disheveled
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adj. untidy
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disingeneous
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lacking candor, insincere
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disinter
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v. dig up
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disinterested
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unprejusticed
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dissemble
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V. disguise, pretend
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disparage
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v. belittle
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disparate
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adj unrelated
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disport
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v. amuse
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disputatious
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adj argumentative
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disquietude
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N uneasyness
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disquisition
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formal systematic inquiry
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dissolution
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disintegration, looseness in morals
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distend
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v.expand, swell out
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