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exploit
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sibylline
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serrated
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having a row of sharp points along the edge>You really need a knife with a -------- edge for cutting bread.
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cohere
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to unite or to hold together as a unit>His vision is of a world that ------s through human connection rather than rules.
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wistful
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sad and thinking about something that is impossible or in the past>a ------- smile
I thought about those days in Spain and grew -------. |
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game (adj.)
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willing to do things that are new, risky or difficult>It was a difficult challenge, but Roberta was ----.
She's ---- for anything. |
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spurn
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conservatory(conservatoire)
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malcontent
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killjoy
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discourse
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bifurcated
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lucrative
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qualms
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fusion
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clarion
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traverse
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cherubic
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parasite
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decomposition
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industrious
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metallurgical
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dutiful(duteous)
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indices
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disband
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supposititious
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despot
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topple
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apprise
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tardy
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sheer
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optician
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deposition
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legend
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aseptic
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farce
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acrid
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raconteur
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reduce
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dart
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scholarly
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full of learning; erudite; like a scholar; Ex. scholarly journal
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cohesion
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epoch
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canard
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toss
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phalanx
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bar
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lineaments
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compelling
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choreography
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furor
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obituary
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dialectical
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oratorio
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sloth
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simian
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inter
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supersede
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coroner
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public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes
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perspicuity
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succulent
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ransack
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dorsal
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protean
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conscientious
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gape
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perverse
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nexus
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mercantile
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inestimable
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impossible to estimate; (apprec) invaluable; of immeasurable worth
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quixotic
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antipathy
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chaste
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incident
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distraught
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recreant
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disport
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proxy
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leave-taking
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tender
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brunt
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junta
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materialism
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analgesic
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jurisprudence
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dossier
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transparent
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virulent
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bluster
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capacious
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conspiracy
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lectern
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aria
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unique
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posterity
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pacifist
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