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ABATE
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TO DECREASE; REDUCE
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ABDICATE
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TO GIVE UP A POSITION, RIGHT, OR POWER
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ABERRANT
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DEVIATING FROM WHAT IS NORMAL
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ABEYANCE
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TEMPORARY SUPPRESSION OR SUSPENSION
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ABJECT
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MISERABLE; PITIFUL
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ABJURE
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TO REJECT; ABANDON FORMALLY
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ABSCISSION
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N. THE ACT OF CUTTING; THE NATURAL SEPARATION OF A LEAF OR OTHER PART OF A PLANT
V. TO CUT OFF OR AWAY (ABSCISE) |
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ABSCOND
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TO DEPART SECRETLY
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ABSTEMIOUS
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MODERATE IN APPETITE
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ABSTINENCE
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THE GIVING UP OF CERTAIN PLEASURES
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ABYSMAL
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VERY BAD
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ACCRETION
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GROWTH IN SIZE OR INCREASE IN AMOUNT
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ACCRUE
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TO ACCUMULATE; GROW BY ADDITIONS
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ADAMANT
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UNCOMPROMISING; UNYIELDING
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ADJUNCT
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SOMETHING ADDED, ATTACHED, OR JOINED
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ADMONISH
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TO CAUTION OR REPRIMAND
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ADULTERATE
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TO CORRUPT OR MAKE IMPURE
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AESTHETIC
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ADJ. RELATING TO BEAUTY OR ART
N. A CONCEPTION OF WHAT IS ARTISTICALLY BEAUTIFUL |
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AFFECTED
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PRETENTIOUS, PHONY
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AFFINITY
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FONDNESS; LIKING; SIMILARITY
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AGGRANDIZE
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TO MAKE LARGER OR GREATER
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AGGREGATE
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ADJ. AMOUNTING TO A WHOLE; TOTAL
V. TO COLLECT INTO A MASS N. COLLECTIVE MASS OR SUM |
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ALACRITY
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CHEERFUL WILLINGNESS; EAGERNESS; SPEED
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ALCHEMY
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MEDIEVAL CHEMICAL PHILOSOPHY BASED ON CHANGING METAL INTO GOLD; A SEEMINGLY MAGICAL POWER OR PROCESS OF TRANSMUTATION
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ALLAY
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TO LESSEN; EASE; SOOTHE
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ALLEVIATE
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TO RELIEVE; IMPROVE PARTIALLY
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ALLOY
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A COMBINATION; A MIXTURE OF TWO OR MORE METALS
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ALLURE
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THE POWER TO ENTICE BY CHARM
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AMALGAMATE
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TO COMBINE INTO A UNIFIED WHOLE
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AMBIGUOUS
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UNCLEAR OR DOUBTFUL IN MEANING
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AMBIVALENCE
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THE STATE OF HAVING CONFLICTING EMOTIONAL ATTITUDES
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AMBROSIA
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SOMETHING DELICIOUS; THE FOOD OF THE GODS
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AMELIORATE
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TO IMPROVE
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AMENABLE
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AGREEABLE; COOPERATIVE; SUITED
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AMENITY
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SOMETHING THAT INCREASES COMFORT
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AMULET
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ORNAMENT WORN AS A CHARM AGAINST EVIL SPIRITS
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ANACHRONISM
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SOMETHING OUT OF THE PROPER TIME
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ANALGESIC
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MEDICATION THAT REDUCES OR ELIMATES PAIN
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ANALOGOUS
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ADJ. COMPARABLE
N. A SIMILARITY IN SOME WAYS BETWEEN THINGS THAT ARE OTHERWISE DISSIMILAR (ANALOGY) |
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ANARCHY
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N. ABSENCE OF GOVERNMENT; STATE OF DISORDER
ADJ. LACKING ORDER OR CONTROL (ANARCHIC) |
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ANODYNE
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N. SOMETHING THAT CALMS OR SOOTHES PAIN
ADJ. RELAXING, OR CAPABLE OF SOOTHING PAIN |
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ANOMALOUS
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IRREGULAR; DEVIATING FROM THE NORM
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ANTECEDENT
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SOMETHING THAT COMES BEFORE
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ANTEDILUVIAN
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PREHISTORIC
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ANTIPATHY
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DISLIKE; HOSTILITY
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APATHY
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INDIFFERENCE
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APEX
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THE HIGHEST POINT
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APOGEE
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THE POINT IN AN ORBIT MOST DISTANT FROM THE BODY BEING ORBITED; THE HIGHEST POINT
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APOTHEGM
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A TERSE, WITTY SAYING
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APPEASE
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TO CALM; PACIFY; PLACATE
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APPELLATION
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NAME
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APPOSITE
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STRINKINGLY APPROPRIATE AND RELEVANT
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APPRISE
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TO INFORM
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APPROBATION
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PRAISE; APPROVAL
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APPROPRIATE
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TO TAKE POSSESSION FOR ONE'S OWN USE; CONFISCATE
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APROPOS
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RELEVANT
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ARABESQUE
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ORNATE DESIGN FEATURING INTERTWINED CURVES; A BALLET POSITION IN WHICH ONE LEG IS EXTENDED IN BACK WHILE THE OTHER SUPPORTS THE WEIGHT OF THE BODY
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ARCHEOLOGY
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THE STUDY OF MATERIAL EVIDENCE OF PAST HUMAN LIFE
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ARDOR
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GREAT EMOTION OR PASSION
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ARDUOUS
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EXTREMELY DIFFICULT; LABORIOUS
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ARGOT
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A SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY USED BY A GROUP
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ARREST
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TO STOP; TO SEIZE
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ARTIFACT
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ITEM MADE BY HUMAN CRAFT
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ARTLESS
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GUILELESS; NATURAL
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ASCETIC
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N. ONE WHO PRACTICES SELF-DENIAL
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ASPERITY
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SEVERITY; HARSHNESS; IRRITABILITY
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ASPERSION
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SLANDER; FALSE RUMOR
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ASSIDUOUS
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DILIGENT; HARD-WORKING
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ASSUAGE
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TO MAKE LESS SEVERE
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ASTRINGENT
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HARSH; SEVERE
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ASYLUM
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PLACE OF REFUGE OR SHELTER
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ATAVISM
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IN BIOLOGY, THE REAPPEARANCE OF A CHARACTERISTIC IN AN ORGANISM AFTER SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF ABSENCE; INDIVIDUAL OR A PART THAT EXHIBITS ATAVISM; RETURN OF A TRAIT AFTER A PERIOD OF ABSENCE
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ATTENUATE
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TO WEAKEN
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AUDACIOUS
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BOLD; DARING
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AUSTERE
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STERN; UNADORNED
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AUTONOMOUS
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SELF-GOVERNING; INDEPENDENT
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AVARICE
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GREED
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AVER
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TO AFFIRM; DECLARE TO BE TRUE
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AVOCATION
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SECONDARY OCCUPATION
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AVUNCULAR
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LIKE AN UNCLE, BENEVOLENT AND TOLERANT
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AXIOMATIC
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TAKEN FOR GRANTED
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BACCHANALIAN
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PERTAINING TO RIOTOUS OR DRUNKEN FESTIVITY; PERTAINING TO REVELRY
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BANAL
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COMMONPLACE; TRITE
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BANTER
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PLAYFUL CONVERSATION
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BARD
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POET
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BAWDY
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OBSCENE
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BEATIFY
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TO SANCTIFY; TO BLESS; TO ASCRIBE A VIRTUE TO
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BEDIZEN
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TO DRESS IN A VULGAR; SHOWY MANNER
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BEHEMOTH
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HUGE CREATURE; ANYTHING VERY LARGE AND POWERFUL
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BELIE
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TO CONTRADICT; MISREPRESENT; GIVE A FALSE IMPRESSION
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BENEFICENT
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KINDLY; DOING GOOD
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BIFURCATE
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TO DIVIDE INTO TWO PARTS
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BLANDISHMENT
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N. FLATTERY
V. TO COAX WITH FLATTERY (BLANDISH) |
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BLASE
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BORED BECAUSE OF FREQUENT INDULGENCE; UNCONCERNED
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BOLSTER
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TO GIVE A BOOST TO; PROP UP; SUPPORT
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BOMBASTIC
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POMPOUS; USING INFLATED LANGUAGE
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BOORISH
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RUDE; INSENSITIVE
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BOVINE
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COWLIKE
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BRAZEN
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BOLD; SHAMELESS
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BROACH
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TO MENTION FOR THE FIRST TIME
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BUCOLIC
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CHARACTERISTIC OF THE COUNTRYSIDE; RUSTIC; PASTORAL
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BURGEON
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TO FLOURISH
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BURNISH
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TO POLISH
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BUTTRESS
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TO REINFORCE; SUPPORT
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CACOPHONOUS
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UNPLEASANT OR HARSH-SOUNDING
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CADGE
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TO BEG; SPONGE
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CALLOUS
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THICK-SKINNED; INSENSITIVE
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CALUMNY
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FALSE AND MALICIOUS ACCUSATION; SLANDER
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CANARD
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FALSE, DELIBERATELY MISLEADING STORY
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CANON
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AN ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLE; A BASIS OR STANDARD FOR JUDGMENT; A GROUP OF LITERARY WORKS
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CANT
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INSINCERE TALK; LANGUAGE OF A PARTICULAR GROUP
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CANTANKEROUS
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IRRITABLE; ILL-HUMORED
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CAPRICIOUS
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ADJ. FICKLE
N. INCLINATION TO CHANGE ONE'S MIND COMPULSIVELY |
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CAPTIOUS
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FAULTFINDING; INTENDED TO ENTRAP, AS IN AN ARGUMENT
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CARDINAL
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OF FOREMOST IMPORTANCE
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CARNAL
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OF THE FLESH OR BODY; RELATED TO PHYSICAL APPETITES
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CARPING
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TO FIND FAULT; COMPLAIN
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CARTOGRAPHY
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SCIENCE OF MAKING MAPS
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CASTE
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ANY OF THE HEREDITARY SOCIAL CLASSES OF HINDU SOCIETY; SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
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CASTIGATION
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PUNISHMENT; CHASTISEMENT; CRITICISM
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CATACLYSM
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A VIOLENT UPHEAVAL THAT CAUSES GREAT DESTRUCTION AND CHANGE
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CATALYST
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SOMETHING CAUSING CHANGE
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CATEGORICAL
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ABSOLUTE; WITHOUT EXCEPTION
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CAUCUS
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SMALLER GROUP WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION
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CAUSAL
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INVOLVING A CAUSE
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CAUSTIC
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SARCASTICALLY BITING; BURNING
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CELESTIAL
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CONCERNING THE SKY OR HEAVENS; SUBLIME
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CENTRIFUGAL
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MOVING AWAY FROM A CENTER
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CENTRIPETAL
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MOVING OR DIRECTED TOWARD A CENTER
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CHAMPION
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TO DEFEND OR SUPPORT
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CHASTEN
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TO CORRECT BY PUNISHMENT OR REPROOF; TO RESTRAIN OR SUBDUE
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CHICANERY
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TRICKERY; FRAUD
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CHIVALRY
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THE QUALITIES IDEALIZED BY KNIGHTHOOD SUCH AS BRAVERY AND GALLANTRY TOWARD WOMEN
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CHURLISH
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RUDE; BOORISH
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CIRCUITOUS
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ROUNDABOUT
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CLAIRVOYANT
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ONE WHO CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE; PSYCHIC
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CLAMOR
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NOISY OUTCRY
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CLIQUE
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A SMALL, EXCLUSIVE GROUP
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COAGULATE
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THICKEN; CONGEAL
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CLOISTER
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V. TO CONFINE; SECLUDE
N. MONASTERY OR CONVENT ADJ. SHUT AWAY FROM THE WORLD (CLOISTERED) |
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COALESCE
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TO CAUSE TO BEOME ONE
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CODA
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CONCLUDING PART OF A LITERARY OR MUSICAL COMPOSITION; SOMETHING THAT SUMMARIZES OR CONCLUDES
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CODIFY
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SYSTEMATIZE
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COGNIZANT
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INFORMED; CONSCIOUS; AWARE
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COLLAGE
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ARTISTIC COMPOSITION OF MATERIALS PASTED OVER A SURFACE; AN ASSEMBLAGE OF DIVERSE ELEMENTS
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COMMENSURATE
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PROPORTIONAL
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COMPENDIUM
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BRIEF, COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY
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COMPLACENT
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SELF-SATISFIED
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COMPLAISANT
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OVERLY POLITE; WILLING TO PLEASE; OBLIGING
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COMPLEMENT
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SOMETHING THAT COMPLETES OR MAKES UP A WHOLE
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COMPLIANT
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YIELDING
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COMPUNCTION
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UNEASINESS CAUSED BY GUILT
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CONCAVE
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CURVING INWARD
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CONCILIATORY
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OVERCOMING DISTRUST OR HOSTILITY
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CONCOCT
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INVENT
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CONCOMITANT
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EXISTING CONCURRENTLY
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CONDONE
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TO OVERLOOK VOLUTARILY; FORGIVE
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CONFOUND
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TO BAFFLE; PERPLEX; MIX UP
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CONGENIAL
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SIMILAR IN TASTES AND HABITS; FRIENDLY; SUITED TO
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CONJUGAL
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PERTAINING TO MARRIAGE AGREEMENT
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CONNOISSEUR
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A PERSON POSSESSING EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OR TRAINING; A PERSON OF INFORMED AND DISCRIMINATING TASTE
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CONSCRIPT
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N. PERSON COMPULSORILY ENROLLED FOR MILITARY SERVICE
V. TO ENROLL A PERSON FOR MILITARY SERVICE |
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CONSECRATE
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TO DECLARE SACRED
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CONTEND
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V. TO ASSERT
N. AN ASSERTION (CONTENTION) |
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CONTENTIOUS
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QUARRELSOME; CAUSING QUARRELS
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CONTINENCE
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SELF-CONTROL; ABSTENTION FROM SEXUAL ACTIVITY
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CONTRITE
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VERY SORROWFUL FOR A WRONG
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CONTUMACIOUS
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DISOBEDIENT; REBELLIOUS
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CONUNDRUM
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RIDDLE; PUZZLE WITH NO SOLUTION
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CONTIGUOUS
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TOUCHING, NEIGHBORING; CONNECTING WITHOUT A BREAK
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CONVENTION
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N. PRACTICE WIDELY OBSERVED IN A GROUP; CUSTOM; ACCEPTED TECHNIQUE OR DEVICE
ADJ. CUSTOMARY OR COMMONPLACE (CONVENTIONAL) |
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CONVERGE
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TO APPROACH; COME TOGETHER; TEND TO MEET
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CONVEX
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CURVED OUTWARD
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CONVIVIAL
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SOCIABLE
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CONVOLUTED
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TWISTED; COMPLICATED
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COPIOUS
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ABUNDANT; PLENTIFUL
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COQUETTE
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WOMAN WHO FLIRTS
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CORNUCOPIA
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HORN OVERFLOWING WITH FRUIT AND GRAIN; STATE OF ABUNDANCE
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COSMOLOGY
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STUDY OF THE UNIVERSE AS A TOTALITY;THEORY OF THE ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
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COVERT
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HIDDEN; SECRET
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COVETOUS
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DESIRING SOMETHING OWNED BY ANOTHER
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COZEN
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TO MISLEAD BY TRICK OR FRAUD; DECEIVE
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CRAVEN
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COWARDLY
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CREDENCE
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ACCEPTANCE OF SOMETHING AS TRUE
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CREDO
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STATEMENT OF BELIEF OR PRINCIPLE; CREED
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DAUNT
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TO DISCOURAGE; INTIMIDATE; DISHEARTEN
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DEARTH
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SCARCITY
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DEBAUCHERY
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CORRUPTION
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DECORUM
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PROPER BEHAVIOR
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DEFAME
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TO MALIGN; HARM SOMEONE'S REPUTATION
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DEFAULT
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TO FAIL TO ACT
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DEFERENCE
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RESPECT; REGARD FOR ANOTHER'S WISH
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DEFUNCT
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NO LONGER EXISTING
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DELINEATE
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TO REPRESENT OR DEPICT
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DEMOGRAPHIC
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RELATED TO POPULATION BALANCE
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DEMOTIC
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PERTAINING TO PEOPLE
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DEMUR
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TO EXPRESS DOUBT
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DENIGRATE
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TO SLUR SOMEONE'S REPUTATION
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DENIZEN
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AN INHABITANT; A REGULAR VISITOR
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DENOUEMENT
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OUTCOME; UNRAVELING OF THE PLOT OF A PLAY OR WORK OF LITERATURE
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DERIDE
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TO MOCK
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DERIVATIVE
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SOMETHING DERIVED; UNORIGINAL
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DESICCATE
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TO DRY COMPLETELY
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DESUETUDE
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STATE OF DISUSE
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DESULTORY
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RANDOM; DISCONNECTED; RAMBLING
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DETERRENT
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SOMETHING THAT DISCOURAGES OR HINDERS
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DETRACTION
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THE ACT OF TAKING AWAY; DEROGATORY COMMENT ON A PERSON'S CHARACTER
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DIAPHANOUS
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TRANSPARENT; FINE-TEXTURED; INSUBSTANTIAL; VAGUE
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DIATRIBE
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BITTER VERBAL ATTACK
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DICHOTOMY
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DIVISION INTO TWO USUALLY CONTRADICTORY PARTS
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DIFFIDENCE
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SHYNESS; LACK OF CONFIDENCE
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DIFFUSE
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V. TO SPREAD OUT
ADJ. WORDY; RAMBLING; SPREAD OUT |
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DIGRESSION
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ACT OF STRAYING FROM THE MAIN POINT
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DIRGE
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FUNERAL HYMN
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DISABUSE
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TO FREE FROM MISCONCEPTION
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DISCERNING
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PERCEPTIVE; EXHIBITING KEEN INSIGHT AND GOOD JUDGMENT
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DISCOMFIT
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TO MAKE UNEASY; DISCONCERT
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DISCORDANT
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NOT IN TUNE
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DISCREDIT
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TO DISHONOR; DISGRACE; CAUSE TO BE DOUBTED
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DISCREPANCY
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
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DISCRETE
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CONSTITUTING A SEPARATE THING; DISTINCT
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DISCRETION
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QUALITY OF SHOWING SELF-RESTRAINT IN SPEECH OR ACTIONS; CIRCUMSPECTION; FREEDOM TO ACT ON ONE'S OWN
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DISINGENUOUS
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NOT CANDID; CRAFTY
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DISINTERESTED
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UNPREJUDICED; OBJECTION
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DISJOINTED
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LACKING ORDER OR COHERENCE; DISLOCATED
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DISMISS
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PUT AWAY FROM CONSIDERATION; REJECT
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DISPARAGE
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TO BELITTLE
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DISPARATE
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DISSIMILAR
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DISSEMBLE
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TO PRETEND; DISGUISE ONE'S MOTINVES
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DISSEMINATE
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TO SPREAD; SCATTER; DISPERSE
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DISSIDENT
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PERSON WHO DISAGREES ABOUT BELIEF, ETC.
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DISSOLUTION
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DISINTEGRATION; DEBAUCHERY
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DISSONANCE
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DISCORD; LACK OF HARMONY
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DISTEND
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TO EXPAND; SWELL OUT
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DISTILL
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EXTRACT THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
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DISTRAIT
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INATTENTIVE; PREOCCUPIED
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DIVERGE
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TO VARY; GO IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FROM THE SAME POINT
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DIVEST
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TO STRIP; DEPRIVE; RID
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DIVULGE
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TO MAKE KNOWN SOMETHING THAT IS SECRET
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DOCTRINAIRE
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RELATING TO A PERSON WHO CANNOT COMPROMISE ABOUT POINTS OF A THEORY OR DOCTRINE; DOGMATIC; UNYIELDING
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DOCUMENT
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TO PROVIDE WITH WRITTEN EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT
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DOGGEREL
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POOR VERSE
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DOGMATIC
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STATING OPINIONS WITHOUT PROOF
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DORMANT
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INACTIVE
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DROSS
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WASTE; WORTHLESS MATTER; TRIVIAL MATTER
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DUPE
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TO DECEIVE; TRICK
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EBULLIENT
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EXHILARATED; ENTHUSIASTIC
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ECLECTIC
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SELECTING FROM VARIOUS SOURCES
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EFFERVESCENCE
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STATE OF HIGH SPIRITS OR LIVELINESS; THE PROCESS OF BUBBLING AS GAS ESCAPES
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EFFETE
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DEPLETED OF VITALITY; OVERREFINED; DECADENT
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EFFICACY
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EFFICIENCY; EFFECTIVENESS
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EFFRONTERY
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SHAMELESS BOLDNESS; PRESUMPTUOUSNESS
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EGOISM
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THE TENDENCY TO SEE THING IN RELATION TO ONESELF; SELF-CENTERED
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EGOTISTICAL
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EXCESSIVELY SELF-CENTERED; CONCEITED
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ELEGY
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POEM OR SONG EXPRESSING LAMENTATION
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ELICIT
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TO PROVOKE; DRAW OUT
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ELIXIR
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A SUBSTANCE BELIEVED TO HAVE THE POWER TO CURE ILLS
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ELYSIAN
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BLISSFUL; DELIGHTFUL
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EMACIATED
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THIN AND WASTED
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EMBELLISH
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TO ADORN; DECORATE; ENHANCE; MAKE MORE ATTRACTIVE BY ADDING DETAILS
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EMOLLIENT
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ADJ. SOOTHING; MOLLIFYING
N. AN AGENT THAT SOOTHES OR MAKES MORE ACCEPTABLE |
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EMPIRICAL
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DERIVED OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENT
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EMULATE
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TO IMITATE; COPY
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ENCOMIUM
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A FORMAL EXPRESSION OF PRAISE
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ENDEMIC
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INHERENT; BELONGING TO AN AREA
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ENERVATE
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TO WEAKEN
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ENGENDER
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TO CAUSE; PRODUCE
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ENHANCE
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TO INCREASE; IMPROVE
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ENTOMOLOGY
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THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF INSECTS
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ENUCIATE
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TO PRONOUNCE CLEARLY
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EPHEMERAL
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SHORT-LIVED; FLEETING
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EPISTEMOLOGY
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BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY THAT EXAMINES THE NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE
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EQUABLE
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STEADY; UNVARYING; SERENE
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EQUANIMITY
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COMPOSURE; CALMNESS
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EQUIVOCATION
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TO INTENTIONALLY USE VAGUE LANGUAGE
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ERRANT
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MISTAKEN; STRAYING FROM THE PROPER COURSE
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ERUDITE
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LEARNED; SCHOLARLY
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ESOTERIC
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HARD TO UNDERSTAND; KNOWN ONLY TO A FEW
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ESSAY
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TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT; SUBJECT TO A TEST
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ESTIMABLE
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ADMIRABLE; POSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE
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ETHNOCENTRIC
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BASED ON THE ATTITUDE THAT ONE'S GROUP IS SUPERIOR
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ETIOLOGY
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CAUSES OR ORIGINS
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ETYMOLOGY
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ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF A WORD
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EUGENICS
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STUDY OF FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE HEREDITARY QUALITIES OF THE HUMAN RACE AND WAYS TO IMPROVE THESE QUALITIES
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EULOGY
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HIGH PRAISE, ESPECIALLY OF A PERSON WHO HAS RECENTLY DIED
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EUPHEMISM
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USE OF AGREEABLE OR INOFFENSIVE LANGUAGE IN PLACE OF UNPLEASANT OR OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE
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EUPHORIA
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A FEELING OF EXTREME HAPPINESS
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EUTHANASIA
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MERCY KILLING
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EVINCE
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TO SHOW PLAINLY; BE AN INDICATION OF
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EVOCATIVE
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TENDING TO CALL TO MIND OR PRODUCE A REACTION
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EXACERBATE
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TO AGGRAVATE; MAKE WORSE
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EXACT
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V. TO FORCE THE PAYMENT OF; DEMAND AND OBTAIN BY AUTHORITY
ADJ. EXTREMELY DEMANDING (EXACTING) |
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EXCULPATE
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TO CLEAR OF BLAME; VINDICATE
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EXECRABLE
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DETESTABLE; ABHORRENT
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EXHORT
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TO URGE BY STRONG APPEALS
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EXIGENCY
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CRISIS; URGENT REQUIREMENTS
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EXISTENTIAL
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HAVING TO DO WITH EXISTENCE; BASED ON EXPERIENCE; HAVING TO DO WITH THE PHILOSOPHY OF EXISTENTIALISM
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EXORCISE
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TO EXPEL EVIL SPIRITS; FREE FROM BAD INFLUENCES
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EXPATIATE
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TO SPEAK OR WRITE AT LENGTH
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EXPATRIATE
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TO SEND INTO EXILE
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EXPIATE
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TO ATONE FOR
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EXPLICATE
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TO EXPLAIN; INTERPRET; CLARIFY
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EXPOSITORY
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EXPLANATORY
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EXTANT
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IN EXISTENCE; NOT LOST
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EXTEMPORANEOUS
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UNREHEARSED
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EXTIRPATE
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TO ROOT UP; TO DESTROY
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EXTRANEOUS
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NOT ESSENTIAL
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EXTRAPOLATION
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THE ACT OF ESTIMATION BY PROJECTING KNOWN INFORMATION
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EXTRINSIC
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NOT INHERENT OR ESSENTIAL
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FACETIOUS
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HUMOROUS
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FACILITATE
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TO MAKE LESS DIFFICULT
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FACTOTUM
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A PERSON WHO DOES ALL SORTS OF WORK; A HANDYMAN
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FALLACIOUS
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BASED ON A FALSE IDEA OR FACT; MISLEADING
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FALLOW
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PLOWED BUT NOT SOWED; UNCULTIVATED
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FATUOUS
|
FOOLISHLY SELF-SATISFIED
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FAUNA
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ANIMALS OF A PERIOD OR REGION
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FAWNING
|
SEEKING FAVOR BY FLATTERY
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FELICITOUS
|
SUITABLY EXPRESSED; APPROPRIATE; WELL-CHOSEN
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FERAL
|
EXISTING IN A WILD OR UNTAMED STATE
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FERVOR
|
N. WARMTH AND INTENSITY OF EMOTION
ADJ. FULL OF STRONG EMOTION OR IMPASSIONED (FERVENT) |
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FETID
|
HAVING A BAD SMELL
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FETTER
|
V. TO BIND; CONFINE
N. SOMETHING THAT RESTRICTS OR RESTRAINS |
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FIAT
|
ARBITRARY ORDER; AUTHORIZATION
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FIDELITY
|
LOYALTY; EXACT CORRESPONDENCE
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FILIBUSTER
|
USE OF OBSTRUCTIVE TACTICS IN A LEGISLATURE TO BLOCK PASSAGE OF A LAW
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FINESSE
|
TO HANDLE WITH A DECEPTIVE OR EVASIVE STRATEGY; TO USE FINESSE, THAT IS, REFINEMENT IN PERFORMANCE
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FISSURE
|
CREVICE
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FLAG
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TO DROOP; GROW WEAK
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FLEDGLING
|
BEGINNER; NOVICE
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FLORA
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PLANTS OF A REGION OR ERA
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FLORID
|
RUDDY; REDDISH; FLOWERY
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FLOURISH
|
N. AN EMBELLISHMENT OR ORNAMENTATION
V. MEANING TO GROW VIGOROUSLY, OR TO THRIVE |
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FLOUT
|
TO TREAT SCORNFULLY
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FLUX
|
FLOWING; A CONTINUOUS MOVING
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FOMENT
|
TO INCITE; AROUSE
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FORBEARANCE
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PATIENCE
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FORESTALL
|
TO PREVENT; DELAY
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FORMIDABLE
|
MENACING; THREATENING
|
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FORSWEAR
|
RENOUNCE; REPUDIATE
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FOUNDER
|
TO SINK; FAIL; COLLAPSE
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FRACAS
|
A LOUD QUARREL; BRAWL
|
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|
FRACTIOUS
|
QUARRELSOME; UNRULY; REBELLIOUS
|
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FRESCO
|
A PAINTING DONE ON PLASTER
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FRIEZE
|
ORNAMENTAL BAND ON A WALL
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FROWARD
|
STUBBORNLY CONTRARY; OBSTINATELY DISOBEDIENT
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FRUGALITY
|
THRIFT
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FULMINATE
|
TO ATTACK LOUDLY; DENOUNCE
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FULSOME
|
SO EXCESSIVE AS TO BE DISGUSTING
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FUSION
|
UNION; SYNTHESIS
|
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FUTILE
|
INEFFECTIVE; USELESS; FRUITLESS
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GAINSAY
|
TO DENY; DISPUTE; OPPOSE
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GAMBOL
|
TO FROLIC; LEAP PLAYFULLY
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|
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GARRULOUS
|
VERY TALKATIVE; WORDY
|
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GAUCHE
|
COARSE AND UNCOUTH; CLUMSY
|
|
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GENIALITY
|
CHEERFULNESS; KINDLINESS; SOCIABILITY
|
|
|
GERRYMANDER
|
TO DIVIDE AN AREA INTO VOTING DISTRICTS IN A WAY THAT FAVORS A POLITICAL PARTY
|
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GLIB
|
FLUENT IN AN INSINCERE WAY; OFFHAND
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|
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GOAD
|
TO PROD; URGE ON
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GOSSAMER
|
SHEER; LIGHT AND DELICATE, LIKE COBWEBS
|
|
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GOUGE
|
TO TEAR OUT; SCOOP OUT; OVERCHARGE
|
|
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GRANDILOQUENT
|
POMPOUS; BOMBASTIC
|
|
|
GREGARIOUS
|
SOCIABLE
|
|
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GROUSE
|
TO COMPLAIN
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|
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GUILELESS
|
FREE OF CUNNING OR DECEIT; ARTLESS
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GUISE
|
OUTWARD APPEARANCE; FALSE APPEARANCE; PRETENSE
|
|
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GULLIBLE
|
EASILY DECEIVED
|
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GUSTATORY
|
AFFECTING THE SENSE OF TASTE
|
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HALCYON
|
CALM AND PEACEFUL; HAPPY; GOLDEN; PROSPEROUS
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HALLOWED
|
HOLY; SACRED
|
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HARANGUE
|
LONG, POMPOUS SPEECH; TIRADE
|
|
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HARROWING
|
EXTREMELY DISTRESSING; TERRIFYING
|
|
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HERBIVOROUS
|
RELATING TO A HERBIVORE, AN ANIMAL THAT FEEDS MAINLY ON PLANTS
|
|
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HERMETIC
|
TIGHTLY SEALED; MAGICAL
|
|
|
HETERODOX
|
UNORTHODOX; NOT WIDELY ACCEPTED
|
|
|
HIEROGLYPHICS
|
A SYSTEM OF WRITING IN WHICH PICTORIAL SYMBOLS REPRESENT MEANING OR SOUNDS; WRITING OR SYMBOLS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO DECIPHER; THE SYMBOLS USED IN ADVANCED MATHEMATICS
|
|
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HIRSUTE
|
COVERED WITH HAIR
|
|
|
HISTRIONIC
|
RELATING TO EXAGGERATED EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR CALCULATED FOR EFFECT; THEATRICAL ARTS OR PERFORMANCES
|
|
|
HOMEOSTASIS
|
AUTOMATIC MAINTENANCE BY AN ORGANISM OF NORMAL TEMPERATURE, CHEMICAL BALANCE, ETC. WITHIN ITSELF
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|
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HOMILY
|
SERMON; TEDIOUS MORALIZING LECTURE; PLATITUDE
|
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|
HOMOGENEOUS
|
COMPOSED OF IDENTICAL PARTS; UNIFORM IN COMPOSITION
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HYPERBOLE
|
PURPOSEFUL EXAGGERATION FOR EFFECT
|
|
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ICONOCLASTIC
|
ATTACKING CHERISHED TRADITION
|
|
|
IDOLATRY
|
IDOL WORSHIP; BLIND OR EXCESSIVE DEVOTION
|
|
|
IGNEOUS
|
PRODUCED BY FIRE; VOLCANIC
|
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IMBROGLIO
|
COMPLICATED SITUATION; AN ENTANGLEMENT
|
|
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IMMUTABLE
|
UNCHANGEABLE
|
|
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IMPAIR
|
TO DAMAGE; INJURE
|
|
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IMPASSIVE
|
SHOWING NO EMOTION
|
|
|
IMPECUNIOUS
|
POOR; HAVING NO MONEY
|
|
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IMPEDE
|
TO HINDER; BLOCK
|
|
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IMPERMEABLE
|
IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE
|
|
|
IMPERTURBABLE
|
NOT EASILY DISTURBED
|
|
|
IMPERVIOUS
|
IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE; INCAPABLE OF BEING AFFECTED
|
|
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IMPINGE
|
TO STRIKE; ENCROACH
|
|
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IMPLACABLE
|
INFLEXIBLE; INCAPABLE OF BEING PLEASED
|
|
|
IMPLAUSIBLE
|
UNLIKELY; UNBELIEVABLE
|
|
|
IMPLICIT
|
IMPLIED; UNDERSTOOD BUT NOT STATED
|
|
|
IMPLODE
|
COLLAPSE INWARD VIOLENTLY
|
|
|
IMPRECATION
|
CURSE
|
|
|
IMPUTE
|
TO RELATE TO A PARTICULAR CAUSE OR SOURCE; ATTRIBUTE THE FAULT TO; ASSIGN AS A CHARACTERISTIC
|
|
|
INADVERTENTLY
|
CARELESSLY; UNINTENTIONALLY
|
|
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INCARNATE
|
HAVING BODILY FORM
|
|
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INCHOATE
|
IMPERFECTLY FORMED OR FORMULATED
|
|
|
INCONGRUITY
|
STATE OF NOT FITTING
|
|
|
INCONSEQUENTIAL
|
INSIGNIFICANT; UNIMPORTANT
|
|
|
INCORPORATE
|
INTRODUCE SOMETHING INTO ANOTHER THING ALREADY IN EXISTENCE; COMBINE
|
|
|
INCURSION
|
SUDDEN INVASION
|
|
|
INDETERMINATE
|
UNCERTAIN; INDEFINITE
|
|
|
INDIGENCE
|
POVERTY
|
|
|
INDOLENT
|
HABITUALLY LAZY; IDLE
|
|
|
INELUCTABLE
|
NOT TO BE AVOIDED OR ESCAPED; INEVITABLE
|
|
|
INERT
|
UNABLE TO MOVE; SLUGGISH
|
|
|
INGENUOUS
|
NAIVE AND TRUSTING; LACKING SOPHISTICATION
|
|
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INHERENT
|
FIRMLY ESTABLISHED BY NATURE OR HABIT
|
|
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INNOCUOUS
|
HARMLESS
|
|
|
INSENSIBLE
|
UNCONSCIOUS; UNRESPONSIVE
|
|
|
INSINUATE
|
TO SUGGEST; SAY INDIRECTLY; IMPLY
|
|
|
INSIPID
|
LACKING IN FLAVOR; DULL
|
|
|
INSOUCIANT
|
INDIFFERENT; LACKING CONCERN OR CARE
|
|
|
INSULARITY
|
NARROW-MINDEDNESS; ISOLATION
|
|
|
INSUPERABLE
|
INSURMOUNTABLE; UNCONQUERABLE
|
|
|
INTANGIBLE
|
NOT MATERIAL
|
|
|
INTERDICT
|
TO FORBID; PROHIBIT; TO CONFRONT AND HALT THE ACTIVITIES, ADVANCE, OR ENTRY OF
|
|
|
INTERNECINE
|
DEADLY TO BOTH SIDES
|
|
|
INTERPOLATE
|
TO INSERT; CHANGE BY ADDING NEW WORDS OR MATERIAL
|
|
|
INTERREGNUM
|
INTERVAL BETWEEN REIGNS; GAP IN CONTINUITY
|
|
|
INTIMATE
|
MARKED BY CLOSE ACQUAINTANCE
|
|
|
INTRACTABLE
|
NOT EASILY MANAGED
|
|
|
INTRANSIGENCE
|
STUBBORNNESS; REFUSAL TO COMPROMISE
|
|
|
INTROSPECTIVE
|
CONTEMPLATING ONE'S OWN THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
|
|
|
INUNDATE
|
TO COVER WITH WATER; OVERWHELM
|
|
|
INURED
|
HARDENED; ACCUSTOMED; USED TO
|
|
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INVECTIVE
|
VERBAL ABUSE
|
|
|
INVEIGH
|
TO DISAPPROVE; PROTEST VEHEMENTLY
|
|
|
INVEIGLE
|
TO WIN OVER BY FLATTERY OR COAXING
|
|
|
INVETERATE
|
CONFIRMED; LONG-STANDING; DEEPLY ROOTED
|
|
|
INVIDIOUS
|
LIKELY TO PROVOKE ILL WILL; OFFENSIVE
|
|
|
IRASCIBLE
|
EASILY ANGERED
|
|
|
IRRESOLUTE
|
UNSURE OF HOW TO ACT; WEAK
|
|
|
ITINERANT
|
WANDERING FROM PLACE TO PLACE; UNSETTLED
|
|
|
ITINERARY
|
ROUTE OF A TRAVELER'S JOURNEY
|
|
|
JAUNDICED
|
HAVING A YELLOWISH DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN; AFFECTED BY ENVY, RESENTMENT, OR HOSTILITY
|
|
|
JIBE
|
TO BE IN AGREEMENT
|
|
|
JOCOSE
|
FOND OF JOKING; JOCULAR; PLAYFUL
|
|
|
JUGGERNAUT
|
HUGE FORCE DESTROYING EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH
|
|
|
JUNTA
|
GROUP OF PEOPLE UNITED IN POLITIC INTRIGUE
|
|
|
JUXTAPOSE
|
PLACE SIDE BY SIDE
|
|
|
KUDOS
|
FAME; GLORY; GONOR
|
|
|
LABILE
|
LIKELY TO CHANGE
|
|
|
LACONIC
|
USING FEW WORDS
|
|
|
LAMBASTE
|
TO THRASH VERBALLY OR PHYSICALLY
|
|
|
LASCIVIOUS
|
LUSTFUL
|
|
|
LASSITUDE
|
LETHARGY; SLUGGISHNESS
|
|
|
LATENT
|
PRESENT BUT HIDDEN; POTENTIAL
|
|
|
LAUD
|
TO PRAISE
|
|
|
LETHARGIC
|
INACTIVE
|
|
|
LEVEE
|
AN EMBANKMENT THAT PREVENTS A RIVER FROM OVERFLOWING
|
|
|
LEVITY
|
LIGHT MANNER OR ATTITUDE
|
|
|
LIBERAL
|
TOLERANT; BROAD-MINDED; GENEROUS; LAVISH
|
|
|
LIBERTINE
|
ONE WITHOUT MORAL RESTRAINT
|
|
|
LIBIDO
|
SEXUAL DESIRE
|
|
|
LILLIPUTIAN
|
EXTREMELY SMALL
|
|
|
LIMN
|
TO DRAW; DESCRIBE
|
|
|
LIMPID
|
CLEAR; TRANSPARENT
|
|
|
LINGUISTIC
|
PERTAINING TO LANGUAGE
|
|
|
LITANY
|
LENGTHY RECITATION; REPETITIVE CHANT
|
|
|
LITERATI
|
SCHOLARLY OR LEARNED PERSONS
|
|
|
LITIGATION
|
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
|
|
|
LOG
|
RECORD OF A VOYAGE; RECORD OF DAILY ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
LOQUACIOUS
|
TALKATIVE
|
|
|
LUCID
|
BRIGHT; CLEAR; INTELLIGIBLE
|
|
|
LUCRE
|
MONEY OR PROFITS
|
|
|
LUMINOUS
|
BRIGHT; BRILLIANT; GLOWING
|
|
|
LUSTROUS
|
SHINING
|
|
|
MACHIAVELLIAN
|
CRAFTY; DOUBLE-DEALING
|
|
|
MACHINATIONS
|
PLOTS OR SCHEMES
|
|
|
MAELSTROM
|
WHIRLPOOL; TURMOIL
|
|
|
MAGNANIMITY
|
GENEROSITY; NOBILITY
|
|
|
MALIGN
|
TO SPEAK EVIL OF
|
|
|
MALINGER
|
TO FEIGN ILLNESS TO ESCAPE DUTY
|
|
|
MALLEABLE
|
CAPABLE OF BEING SHAPED BY POUNDING; IMPRESSIONABLE
|
|
|
MAVERICK
|
DISSENTER
|
|
|
MEGALOMANIA
|
DELUSIONS OF POWER OR IMPORTANCE
|
|
|
MENAGERIE
|
A VARIETY OF ANIMALS KEPT TOGETHER
|
|
|
MENDACIOUS
|
DISHONEST
|
|
|
MENDICANT
|
BEGGAR
|
|
|
MERETRICIOUS
|
GAUDY; PLAUSIBLE BUT FALSE; SPECIOUS
|
|
|
MESMERIZE
|
TO HYPNOTIZE
|
|
|
METAMORPHOSIS
|
CHANGE; TRANSFORMATION
|
|
|
METAPHYSICS
|
A BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY THAT INVESTIGATES THE ULTIMATE NATURE OF REALITY
|
|
|
METEOROLOGICAL
|
CONCERNED WITH THE WEATHER
|
|
|
METICULOUS
|
VERY CAREFUL; FASTIDIOUS
|
|
|
METTLE
|
COURAGE; ENDURANCE
|
|
|
METTLESOME
|
FULL OF COURAGE AND FORTITUDE; SPIRITED
|
|
|
MICROCOSM
|
A SMALL SYSTEM HAVING ANALOGIES TO A LARGER SYSTEM; SMALL WORLD
|
|
|
MILITATE
|
TO WORK AGAINST
|
|
|
MINATORY
|
THREATENING; MENACING
|
|
|
MINUSCULE
|
VERY SMALL
|
|
|
MINUTIA
|
PETTY DETAILS
|
|
|
MISANTHROPE
|
ONE WHO HATES HUMANITY
|
|
|
MISCELLANY
|
MIXTURE OF WRITINGS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS
|
|
|
MISCREANT
|
VILLAIN; CRIMINAL
|
|
|
MISOGYNIST
|
ONE WHO HATES WOMEN
|
|
|
MITIGATE
|
TO CAUSE TO BECOME LESS HARSH; SEVERE, OR PAINFUL; ALLEVIATE
|
|
|
MNEMONIC
|
ADJ. RELATED TO MEMORY; ASSISTING MEMORY
N. A SYSTEM THAT DEVELOPS AND IMPROVES THE MEMORY |
|
|
MODICUM
|
LIMITED QUANTITY
|
|
|
MOLLIFY
|
SOOTHE
|
|
|
MONOLITHIC
|
SOLID AND UNIFORM; CONSTITUTING A SINGLE, UNIFIED WHOLE
|
|
|
MOROSE
|
ILL-HUMORED; SULLEN
|
|
|
MOTLEY
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MANY COLORED; MADE UP OF MANY PARTS
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MULTIFARIOUS
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DIVERSE
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MUNDANE
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WORLDLY AS OPPOSED TO SPIRITUAL; CONCERNED WITH THE ORDINARY
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NECROMANCY
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BLACK MAGIC
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NEGATE
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TO CANCEL OUT; NULLIFY
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NEOLOGISM
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NEW WORD OR EXPRESSION
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NEOPHYTE
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NOVICE; BEGINNER
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NEXUS
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A MEANS OF CONNECTION; A CONNECTED GROUP OR SERIES; A CENTER
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NONPLUSSED
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BEWILDERED
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NOSTALGIA
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SENTIMENTAL LONGING FOR A PAST TIME
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NOSTRUM
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MEDICINE OR REMEDY OF DOUBTFUL EFFECTIVENESS; SUPPOSED CURE
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NUGATORY
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TRIFLING; INVALID
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OBDURATE
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STUBBORN
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OBSEQUIOUS
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OVERLY SUBMISSIVE
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OBSEQUY
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FUNERAL CEREMONY (OFTEN USED IN THE PLURAL, OBSEQUIES)
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OBVIATE
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TO MAKE UNNECESSARY; TO ANTICIPATE AND PREVENT
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OCCLUDE
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TO SHUT; BLOCK
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OCCULT
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RELATING TO PRACTICES CONNECTED WITH SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENA
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ODYSSEY
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A LONG ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE; A QUEST
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OFFICIOUS
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TOO HELPFUL; MEDDLESOME
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OLFACTORY
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CONCERNING THE SENSE OF SMELL
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OLIGARCHY
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FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH POWER BELONGS TO ONLY A FEW LEADERS
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ONEROUS
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BURDENSOME
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ONOMATOPOEIA
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FORMATION OR USE OF WORDS THAT IMITATE SOUNDS OF THE ACTIONS THEY REFER TO
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OPPROBRIUM
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DISGRACE; CONTEMPT
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ORNITHOLOGIST
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SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES BIRDS
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OSCILLATE
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TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH
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OSTENTATIOUS
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SHOWY; TRYING TO ATTRACT ATTENTION; PRETENTIOUS
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OVERWEENING
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PRESUMPTUOUS; ARROGANT; OVERBEARING
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PAEAN
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SONG OF JOY OR TRIUMPH; A FERVENT EXPRESSION OF JOY
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PALEONTOLOGY
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STUDY OF PAST GEOLOGICAL ERAS THROUGH FOSSIL REMAINS
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PALLID
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LACKING COLOR OR LIVELINESS
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PANEGYRIC
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ELABORATE PRAISE; FORMAL HYMN OF PRAISE
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PARAGON
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MODEL OF EXCELLENCE OR PERFECTION
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PARTISAN
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ONE-SIDED; COMMITTED TO A PARTY, GROUP. OR CAUSE; PREJUDICED
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PATHOLOGICAL
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DEPARTING FROM NORMAL CONDITION
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PATOIS
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A REGIONAL DIALECT; NONSTANDARD SPEECH; JARGON
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PAUCITY
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SCARCITY
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PEDANTIC
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SHOWING OFF LEARNING
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PELLUCID
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TRANSPARENT; TRANSLUCENT; EASILY UNDERSTOOD
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PENCHANT
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INCLINATION
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PENURTY
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EXTREME POVERTY
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PEREGRINATION
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A WANDERING FROM PLACE TO PLACE
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PEREMPTORY
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IMPERATIVE; LEAVING NO CHOICE
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PERENNIAL
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PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS; PERSISTENT
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PERFIDIOUS
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FAITHLESS; DISLOYAL; UNTRUSTWORTHY
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PERFUNCTORY
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SUPERFICIAL; NOT THOROUGH; PERFORMED REALLY AS A DUTY
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PERIGEE
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POINT IN AN ORBIT THAT IS CLOSEST TO THE EARTH
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PERMEABLE
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PENETRABLE
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PERTURB
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TO DISTURB GREATLY; MAKE UNEASY OR ANXIOUS; CAUSE A BODY TO DEVIATE FROM ITS REGULAR ORBIT
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PERVASIVE
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SPREAD THROUGHOUT EVERY PART
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PETULANT
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RUDE; PEEVISH
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PHLEGMATIC
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CALM IN TEMPERAMENT; SLUGGISH
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PHOENIX
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MYTHICAL, IMMORTAL BIRD THAT LIVES FOR 500 YEARS, BURNS ITSELF TO DEATH, AND RISES FROM THE ASHES; ANYTHING THAT IS RESTORED AFTER SUFFERING GREAT DESTRUCTION
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PHYSIOGNOMY
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FACIAL FEATURES
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PIETY
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DEVOUTNESS
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PIQUANT
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APPEALINGLY STIMULATING; PLEASANTLY PUNGENT; ATTRATIVE
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PIQUE
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N. FLEETING FEELING OF HURT PRIDE
V. TO PROVOKE OR AROUSE |
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PLACATE
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TO LESSEN ANOTHER'S ANGER; TO PACIFY
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PLACID
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CALM
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PLAINTIVE
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MELANCHOLY; MOURNFUL
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PLASTICITY
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CONDITION OF BEING ABLE TO BE SHAPED OR FORMED; PLIABILITY
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PLATITUDE
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STALE, OVERUSED EXPRESSION
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PLATONIC
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SPIRITUAL; WITHOUT SENSUAL DESIRE; THEORETICAL
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PLETHORA
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EXCESS; OVERABUNDANCE
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PLUMB
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TO DETERMINE THE DEPTH; TO EXAMINE DEEPLY
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PLUME
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TO CONGRATULATE ONESELF IN A SELF-SATISFIED WAY
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PLUMMET
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TO FALL; PLUNGE
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PLUTOCRACY
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SOCIETY RULED BY THE WEALTHY
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POROUS
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FULL OF HOLES; PERMEABLE TO LIQUIDS
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POSEUR
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PERSON WHO AFFECTS AN ATTITUDE OR IDENTITY TO IMPRESS OTHERS
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PRAGMATIC
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PRACTICAL
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PRATE
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TO TALK IDLY; CHATTER
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PRATTLE
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MEANINGLESS, FOOLISH TALK
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PREAMBLE
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PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
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PRECARIOUS
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UNCERTAIN
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PRECEPT
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PRINCIPLE; LAW
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PRECIPITATE
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V. TO CAUSE TO HAPPEN; THROW DOWN FROM A HEIGHT
ADJ. RASH; HASTY SUDDEN |
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PRECURSOR
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FORERUNNER; PREDECESSOR
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PREEMPT
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TO SUPERSEDE; APPROPRIATE FOR ONESELF
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PREHENSILE
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CAPABLE OF GRASPING
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PREMONITION
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FOREWARNING; PRESENTIMENT
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PRESAGE
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TO FORETELL; INDICATE IN ADVANCE
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PRESUMPTUOUS
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RUDE; IMPROPERLY BOLD
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PRETERNATURAL
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BEYOND THE NORMAL COURSE OF NATURE; SUPERNATURAL
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PREVARICATE
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TO QUIBBLE; EVADE THE TRUTH
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PRIMORDIAL
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ORIGINAL; EXISTING FROM THE BEGINNING
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PRISTINE
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UNTOUCHED; UNCORRUPTED
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PROBITY
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HONESTY; HIGH-MINDEDNESS
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PROBLEMATIC
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POSING A PROBLEM; DOUBTFUL; UNSETTLED
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PRODIGAL
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WASTEFUL; EXTRAVAGANT; LAVISH
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PROFOUND
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DEEP; NOT SUPERFICIAL
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PROHIBITIVE
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SO HIGH AS TO PREVENT THE PURCHASE OR USE OF; PREVENTING; FORBIDDING
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PROLIFERATE
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TO INCREASE RAPIDLY
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PROPITIATE
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TO WIN OVER; APPEASE
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PROPENSITY
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INCLINATION; TENDENCY
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PROPRIETY
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CORRECT CONDUCT; FITNESS
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PROSCRIBE
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V. TO CONDEMN; FORBID OUTLAW
ADJ. RELATING TO PROHIBITION |
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PROVIDENT
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PROVIDING FOR FUTURE NEEDS; FRUGAL
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PUISSANT
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POWERFUL
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PUNCTILIOUS
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CAREFUL IN OBSERVING RULES OF BEHAVIOR OR CEREMONY
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PUNGENT
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STRONG OR SHARP IN SMELL OR TASTE; PENETRATING; CAUSTIC; TO THE POINT
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PURPORT
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V. TO PROFESS; SUPPOSE; CLAIM
N. MEANING INTENDED OR IMPLIED |
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PUSILLANIMOUS
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COWARDLY
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QUAGMIRE
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MARSH; DIFFICULT SITUATION
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QUAIL
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TO COWER; LOSE HEART
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QUALIFIED
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LIMITED; RESTRICTED
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QUALM
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SUDDEN FEELING OF FAINTNESS OR NAUSEA; UNEASY FEELING ABOUT THE RIGHTNESS OF ACTIONS
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QUERY
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TO QUESTION
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QUIBBLE
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TO ARGUE OVER INSIGNIFICANT AND IRRELEVANT DETAILS
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QUIESCENT
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INACTIVE; STILL
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QUORUM
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NUMBER OF MEMBERS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT A MEETING
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RACONTEUR
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WITTY, SKILLFUL STORYTELLER
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RAIL
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TO SCOLD WITH BITTER OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE
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RAIMENT
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CLOTHING
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RAMIFICATION
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IMPLICATION; OUTGROWTH; CONSEQUENCE
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RAREFIED
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REFINED
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RATIONALE
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FUNDAMENTAL REASON
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REBUS
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PUZZLE IN WHICH PICTURES OR SYMBOLS REPRESENT WORDS
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RECALCITRANT
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RESISTING AUTHORITY OR CONTROL
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RECANT
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TO RETRACT A STATEMENT OR OPINION
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RECLUSE
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PERSON WHO LIVES IN SECLUSION AND OFTEN IN SOLITUDE
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RECONDITE
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ABSTRUSE; PROFOUND
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REDOUBTABLE
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FORMIDABLE; AROUSING FEAR; WORTHY OF RESPECT
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REFRACTORY
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STUBBORN; UNMANAGEABLE; RESISTING ORDINARY METHODS OF TREATMENT
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REFRACT
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DEFLECT LIGHT OR SOUND
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REFULGENT
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BRIGHTLY SHINING; RESPLENDENT
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REFUTE
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TO CONTRADICT; DISAPPROVE
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REGALE
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ENTERTAIN
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RELEGATE
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TO CONSIGN TO AN INFERIOR POSITION
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REMONSTRATE
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TO OBJECT OR PROTEST
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RENEGE
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TO GO BACK ON ONE'S WORD
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REPARATION
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AMENDS; COMPENSATION
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REPINE
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FRET; COMPLAIN
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REPRISE
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REPETITION, ESPECIALLY OF A PIECE OF MUSIC
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REPROACH
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TO FIND FAULT WITH; BLAME
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REPROBATE
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MORALLY UNPRINCIPLED PERSON
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REPUDIATE
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TO REJECT AS HAVING NO AUTHORITY
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RESCIND
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TO CANCEL
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RESOLUTION
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DETERMINATION; RESOLVE
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RESOLVE
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DETERMINATION; FIRMNESS OF PURPOSE
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RETICENT
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NOT SPEAKING FREELY; RESERVED; RELUCTANT
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REVERENT
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EXPRESSING DEEP RESPECT; WORSHIPFUL
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RIPOSTE
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RETALIATORY ACTION OR RETORT
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ROCOCO
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EXCESSIVELY ORNATE; HIGHLY DECORATED; STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EUROPE
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RUBRIC
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TITLE OR HEADING; CATEGORY; ESTABLISHED MODE OF PROCEDURE OR CONDUCT; PROTOCOL
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RUE
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TO REGRET
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RUSE
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TRICK; CRAFTY STRATAGEM; SUBTERFUGE
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SAGE
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WISE
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SALACIOUS
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LASCIVIOUS; LUSTFUL
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SALUBRIOUS
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HEALTHFUL
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SALUTARY
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EXPECTING AN IMPROVEMENT; FAVORABLE TO HEALTH
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SANCTION
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V. TO APPROVE; RATIFY; PERMIT
N. APPROVAL; RATIFICATION; PERMISSION; PENALIZE |
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SARDONIC
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CYNICAL; SCORNFULLY MOCKING
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SARTORIAL
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PERTAINING TO TAILORS
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SATIATE
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TO SATISFY
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SATURATE
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TO SOAK THOROUGHLY; IMBUE THROUGHOUT
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SATURNINE
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GLOOMY
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SATYR
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A CREATURE THAT IS HALF-MAN, HALF-BEAST WITH THE HORNS AND LEGS OF A GOAT; IT IS A FOLLOWER OF DIONYSOS; A LECHER
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SAVOR
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TO ENJOY; HAVE A DISTINCTIVE FLAVOR OR SMELL
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SCHEMATIC
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RELATING TO OR IN THE FORM OF AN OUTLINE OR DIAGRAM
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SECRETE
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PRODUCE AND RELEASE SUBSTANCE INTO AN ORGANISM
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SEDITION
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BEHAVIOR PROMPTING REBELLION
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SEDULOUS
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DILIGENT
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SEISMIC
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RELATING TO EARTHQUAKES; EARTHSHAKING
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SENSUAL
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RELATING TO THE SENSES; GRATIFYING THE PHYSICAL SENSES, ESPECIALLY SEXUAL APPETITES
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SENSUOUS
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RELATING TO THE SENSES; OPERATING THROUGH THE SENSES
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SENTIENT
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AWARE; CONSCIOUS; ABLE TO PERCEIVE
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SERVILE
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SUBMISSIVE; OBEDIENT
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SEXTANT
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NAVIGATION TOOL THAT DETERMINES LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
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SHARD
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A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS OR POTTERY
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SIDEREAL
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RELATING TO THE STARS
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SIMIAN
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APELIKE; RELATING TO APES
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SIMILE
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COMPARISON OF ONE THING WITH ANOTHER USING "LIKE" OR "AS"
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SINECURE
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WELL-PAYING JOB OR OFFICE THAT REQUIRES LITTLE OR NO WORK
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SINGULAR
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UNIQUE; EXTRAORDINARY; ODD
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SINUOUS
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WINDING; INTRICATE; COMPLEX
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SKEPTIC
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ONE WHO DOUBTS
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SOBRIETY
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SERIOUSNESS
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SODDEN
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THOROUGHLY SOAKED; SATURATED
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SOLICITOUS
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CONCERNED; ATTENTIVE; EAGER
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SOLILOQUY
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LITERARY OR DRAMATIC SPEECH BY ONE CHARACTER, NOT ADDRESSED TO OTHERS
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SOLVENT
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ABLE TO MEET FINANCIAL OBLIGATION
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SOMATIC
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RELATING TO OR AFFECTING THE BODY; CORPOREAL
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SOPORIFIC
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SLEEP PRODUCING
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SORDID
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FILTHY; CONTEMPTIBLE AND CORRUPT
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SPECIOUS
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SEEMING TO BE LOGICAL AND SOUND, BUT NOT REALLY SO
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SPECTRUM
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BAND OF COLORS PRODUCED WHEN SUNLIGHT PASSES THROUGH A PRISM; A BROAD RANGE OF RELATED IDEAS OR OBJECTS
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SPENDTHRIFT
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N. PERSON WHO SPENDS MONEY RECKLESSLY
ADJ. WASTEFUL AND EXTRAVAGANT |
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SPORADIC
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IRREGULAR
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SQUALOR
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FILTHY, WRETCHED CONDITION
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STACCATO
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MARKED BY ABRUPT, CLEAR-CUT SOUNDS
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STANCH
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TO STOP OR CHECK THE FLOW OF
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STENTORIAN
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EXTREMELY LOUD
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STIGMA
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MARK OF DISGRACE OR INFERIORITY
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STINT
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V. TO BE SPARING
N. A PERIOD OF TIME SPENT DOING SOMETHING |
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STIPULATE
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TO SPECIFY AS AN ESSENTIAL CONDITION
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STOLID
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HAVING OR SHOWING LITTLE EMOTION
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STRATIFIED
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ARRANGED IN LAYERS
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STRIATED
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MARKED WITH THIN, NARROW GROOVES OR CHANNELS
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STRICTURE
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SOMETHING THAT RESTRAINS; NEGATIVE CRITICISM
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STRIDENT
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LOUD; HARSH; UNPLEASANTLY NOISY
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STRUT
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TO SWAGGER; DISPLAY TO IMPRESS OTHERS
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STULTIFY
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TO IMPAIR OR REDUCE TO USELESSNESS
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STUPEFY
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TO DULL THE SENSES OF; STUN; ASTONISH
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STYGIAN
|
DARK AND GLOOMY; HELLISH
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SUBPOENA
|
NOTICE ORDERING SOMEONE TO APPEAR IN COURT
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SUBSIDE
|
TO SETTLE DOWN; GROW QUIET
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SUBSTANTIATE
|
TO SUPPORT WITH PROOF OR EVIDENCE
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SUBSTANTIVE
|
ESSENTIAL; PERTAINING TO THE SUBSTANCE
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SUBSUME
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TO INCLUDE; INCORPORATE
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SUBVERSIVE
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INTENDED TO UNDERMINE OR OVERTHROW, ESPECIALLY AN ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENT
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SUCCOR
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RELIEF; HELP IN TIME OF DISTRESS OR WANT
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SUFFRAGE
|
THE RIGHT TO VOTE
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SUNDRY
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VARIOUS
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SUPERSEDE
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TO REPLACE, ESPECIALLY TO DISPLACE AS INFERIOR OR ANTIQUATED
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SUPINE
|
LYING ON THE BACK; MARKED BY LETHARGY
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SUPPLANT
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TO REPLACE; SUBSTITUTE
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SUPPLIANT
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BESEECHING
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SUPPLICANT
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ONE WHO ASKS HUMBLY AND EARNESTLY
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SUPPOSITION
|
THE ACT OF ASSUMING TO BE TRUE OR REAL
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SYLLOGISM
|
A FORM OF DEDUCTIVE REASONING THAT HAS A MAJOR PREMISE, A MINOR PREMISE, AND A CONCLUSION
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SYLVAN
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RELATED TO THE WOODS OR FOREST
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TACIT
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SILENTLY UNDERSTOOD; IMPLIED
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TALISMAN
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CHARM TO BRING GOOD LUCK AND AVERT MISFORTUNE
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TANGENTIAL
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PERIPHERAL; DIGRESSING
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TAUTOLOGY
|
UNNECESSARY REPETITION
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TAXONOMY
|
SCIENCE OF CLASSIFICATION; IN BIOLOGY, THE PROCESS OF CLASSIFYING ORGANSIMS IN CATEGORIES
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TENET
|
BELIEF; DOCTRINE
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TENUOUS
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WEAK; INSUBSTANTIAL
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TERRESTRIAL
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EARTHLY; COMMONPLACE
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THEOCRACY
|
GOVERNMENT BY PRIESTS REPRESENTING A GOD
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THESPIAN
|
AN ACTOR OR ACTRESS
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TIMBRE
|
THE CHARACTERISTIC QUALITY OF SOUND PRODUCED BY A PARTICULAR INSTRUMENT OR VOICE; TONE COLOR
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TIRADE
|
LONG, VIOLENT SPEECH; VERBAL ASSAULT
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TOADY
|
FLATTERER; HANGER-ON; YES-MAN
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TOME
|
BOOK, USUALLY LARGE AND ACADEMIC
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TORPOR
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LETHARGY; DORMANCY; SLUGGISHNESS
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TORQUE
|
A TURNING OR TWISTING FORCE; THE MOMENT OF A FORCE; THE MEASURE OF A FORCE'S TENDENCY TO PRODUCE TWISTING OR TURNING AND ROTATION AROUND AN AXIS
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TORTUOUS
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HAVING MANY TWISTS AND TURNS; HIGHLY COMPLEX
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TOUT
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TO PROMOTE OR PRAISE ENERGETICALLY
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TRACTABLE
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OBEDIENT; YIELDING
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TRANSGRESSION
|
ACT OF TRESPASSING OR VIOLATING A LAW OR RULE
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TRANSIENT
|
TEMPORARY; SHORT-LIVED; FLEETING
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TRANSLUCENT
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PARTIALLY TRANSPARENT
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TRAVAIL
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N. WORK, ESPECIALLY ARDUOUS WORK; TRIBULATION; ANGUISH
V. TO WORK STRENUOUSLY |
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TRAVESTY
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PARODY; EXAGGERATED IMITATION; CARICATURE
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TREATISE
|
ARTICLE TREATING A SUBJECT SYSTEMATICALLY AND THOROUGHLY
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TREMULOUS
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TREMBLING; QUIVERING; FRUGAL; TIMID
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TREPIDATION
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FEAR AND ANXIETY
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TRUCULENCE
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AGGRESSIVENESS; FEROCITY
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TRYST
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN LOVERS TO MEET; RENDEZVOUS
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ANOMIE
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A SOCIAL CONDITION MARKED BY A BREAKDOWN OF SOCIAL NORMS
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TUMID
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SWOLLEN; DISTENDED
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TURBID
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MUDDY; OPAQUE; IN A STATE OF GREAT CONFUSION
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TURGID
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SWOLLEN; BLOATED; POMPOUS
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TUTELARY
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SERVING AS A GUARDIAN OR PROTECTOR
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UNCANNY
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MYSTERIOUS; STRANGE
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UNDULATING
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MOVING IN WAVES
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UNFEIGNED
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NOT FALSE; NOT MADE UP; GENUINE
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UNTENABLE
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INDEFENSIBLE
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UNTOWARD
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NOT FAVORABLE; TROUBLESOME; ADVERSE; UNRULY
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USURY
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PRACTICE OF LENDING MONEY AT EXORBITANT RATES
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VACILLATE
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TO WAVER; OSCILLATE
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VACUOUS
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EMPTY; VOID; LACKING INTELLIGENCE; PURPOSELESS
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VALEDICTORY
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PERTAINING TO A FAREWELL
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VAPID
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TASTELESS; DULL
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VARIEGATED
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VARIED; MARKED WITH DIFFERENT COLORS
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VAUNT
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TO BOAST; BRAG
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VENAL
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BRIBABLE; MERCENARY; CORRUPTIBLE
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VENDETTA
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PROLONGED FEUD MARKED BY BITTER HOSTILITY
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VENERATE
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V. TO ADORE; HONOR; RESPECT
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VERACIOUS
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TRUTHFUL; ACCURATE
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VERBOSE
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WORDY
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VERTIGO
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DIZZINESS
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VEXATION
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IRRITATION; ANNOYANCE; CONFUSION; PUZZLEMENT
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VIABLE
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PRACTICABLE; CAPABLE OF DEVELOPING
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VINDICTIVE
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SPITEFUL; VENGEFUL; UNFORGIVING
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VIRTUOSO
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SOMEONE WITH MASTERLY SKILLS; EXPERT MUSICIAN
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VISAGE
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COUNTENANCE; APPEARANCE; ASPECT
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VISCOUS
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THICK, SYRUPY, AND STICKY
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VITIATE
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TO IMPAIR THE QUALITY OF; CORRUPT MORALLY; MAKE INOPERATIVE
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VITUPERATIVE
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USING OR CONTAINING HARSH, ABUSIVE CENSURE
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VIVISECTION
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DISSECTION; SURGERY; OR PAINFUL EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED ON A LIVING ANIMAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
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VOGUE
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PREVAILING FASHION OR PRACTICE
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VOLATILE
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TENDING TO VARY FREQUENTLY; FICKLE
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VORTEX
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WHIRLPOOL; WHIRLWIND; CENTER OF TURBULENCE
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WARRANTED
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ADJ. JUSTIFIED
V. TO ATTEST TO THE ACCURACY OR QUALITY; JUSTIFY; GRANT AUTHORIZATION |
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WARY
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CAREFUL; CAUTIOUS
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WELTER
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TO WALLOW OR ROLL; TOSS ABOUT; BE IN TURMOIL
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WHIMSICAL
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FANCIFUL; UNPREDICTABLE
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WHIMSY
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PLAYFUL OR FANCIFUL IDEA
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WISTFUL
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VAGUELY LONGING; SADLY THOUGHTFUL
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ZEALOT
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ONE WHO IS FANATICALLY DEVOTED TO A CAUSE
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ZEALOTRY
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FANATICISM
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DE FACTO
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IN FACT, WHETHER BY RIGHT OR NOT; EXERCISING POWER WITHOUT BEING LEGALLY ESTABLISHED
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DEVIANT
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A PERSON WHOSE BEHAVIOR DIFFERS FROM THE ACCEPTED STANDARDS OF SOCIETY
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DEFER
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TO SUBMIT TO THE WISHES OF ANOTHER DUE TO RESPECT OR RECOGNITION OF THE PERSON'S AUTHORITY OR KNOWLEDGE
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PLATONIC
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SPIRITUAL, WITHOUT SENSUAL DESIRE, OR THEORETICAL
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DISCERN
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TO PERCEIVE SOMETHING OBSCURE
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BIONICS
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THE APPLICATION OF BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES TO THE THE DESIGN OF ELECTRICAL OR ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
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HEURISTIC
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RELATING TO A SPECULATIVE FORMULATION GUIDING THE INVESTIGATION OR SOLUTION OF A PROBLEM; EDUCATIONAL METHOD IN WHICH STUDENTS LEARN FROM THEIR OWN INVESTIGATIONS
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EQUITABLE
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FAIR; JUST; IMPARTIAL
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GUILE
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DECEPTION OR TRICKERY
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REDUCTIONISTIC
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ATTEMPTING TO EXPLAIN COMPLEX PHENOMENA BY SIMPLE PRINCIPLES
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INERTIA
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DISINCLINATION TO ACTION OR CHANGE
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PATHOS
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A QUALITY THAT CAUSES A FEELING OF PITY OR SORROW
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PEDANT
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UNINSPIRED, BORING ACADEMIC
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