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243 Cards in this Set
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actuate
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Motivate
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adjuration
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Solemn urging
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adventitious
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accidental; casual
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agog
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highly excited; intensily curious
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alimentary
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supply nurishment
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allay
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calm; pacify
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amenable
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readily managed; willing to be led
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aplumb
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poise; assurance
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apocryphal
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spurious; not authentic
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apothegm
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pithy; compact saying
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application
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dilligent attention
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aria
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operatic solo
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asunder
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into parts; apart
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auspicious
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favoring success
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barefaced
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shameless; bold; unconcealed
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baroque
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highly ornate
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bawdy
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indecent; obscene; ribald
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beholden
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obligated; indebted
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belabor
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explain or go over excessively; assail verbally
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bemused
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confused; lost in thought; preoccupied
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beset
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harrass or trouble; hem in
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besmirch
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soil; defile
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blandish
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cojole; coax with flatery
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blowhard
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talkative boaster
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bluff
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rough but good natured
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bowdlerize
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expurgate; clean offensive parts
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brook
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tolerate; endure
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cant
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insincere expression of piety; jargon of theives
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captious
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faultfinding
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contravene
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contradict; oppose; break (the law)
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controvert
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oppose with arguments; refute; contradict
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contumacious
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disobedient; resisting authority
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compunction
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remorse
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cull
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pick out; reject
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deprecate
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express disapproval; protest against ; belittle
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desultory
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aimless; haphazard; digressing at random; not keen
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diaphonous
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sheer; transparent
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distrait
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inattentive; distracted by anxiety
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dote
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be excessively fond of; uncritical; show mental decline
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dulcet
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sweet sounding
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edify
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instruct, correct morally
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effete
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lacking vigor; worn out; sterile
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ennui
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boredom
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epigram
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witty thought or saying; usually short
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excrable
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very bad
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ewe
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female sheep
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execrate
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curse; express abhorance
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expostulation
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protest; remonstrance
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extenuate
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weaken; mitigate
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factitious
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artificial; sham
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fastidious
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difficult to please; squeamish
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feckless
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febble and ineffective; careless; useless
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felicitous
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apt; suitibly expressed
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felicity
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happiness; approriate
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fell
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cruel; deadly
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forbearance
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patience
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forswear
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renounce; abandon
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froward
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difficult to deal with; stubborn
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fulminate
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denounce thunderously; explode
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furtive
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stealthy; sneeky
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gall
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annoy; chafe
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gauche
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clumsy and uncouth
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gaunt
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thin; barren
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guffaw
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boisterous laughter
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gull
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trick; hoodwink
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halcyon
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calm; peaceful
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horatory
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encouraging; exhortive
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hovel
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shack; small house
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immolate
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offer as a sacrifice
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impecunious
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without money
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impetuous
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violent; hasty; rash
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impetus
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moving force; incentive
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imponderable
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cant be assessed
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importunate
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urging; demanding
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impugn
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dispute or contradict
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inexorable
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relentless; unyeilding
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iniqitous
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wicked; immoral
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inordinate
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unrestrained; excessive
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inscrutable
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impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
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invective
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abuse
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inveigh
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denounce; censure; invective
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inviolable
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secure from corruption, attack, or violation
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irreproachable
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blameless; impeccable
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jaunt
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trip or short journey
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junta
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cabal
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knave
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untrustworthy person; rouge; scoundrel
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lascivious
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lustful
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legerdemain
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sleight of hand
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lithe
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flexible; supple
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lugubrious
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mournful
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macabre
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gruesome; grisly
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magnate
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person of prominence or influence
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malady
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illness
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malfeasance
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wrongdoing
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manifold
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numerous; varied
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mannered
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affected
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manumit
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free from bondage
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matrix
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point of orgin; mold or die; array of #'s
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mealymouthed
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indirect in speech, hyocritical; evasive
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medley
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mixture
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meretricious
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flashy; tawdry
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mincing
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affectedly dainty; delicate, beutiful
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miscreant
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wretch; villian
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missive
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letter
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mordant
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biting; sarcastic
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mortify
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humiliate
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mote
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small speck
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montebank
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charlatan
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natty
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neatly or smartly dressed
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nettle
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annoy; vex
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nonplus
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perplex, and bring to a halt
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nostrum
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questionable medicine
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nugatory
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futile; worthless
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oblique
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indirect; slanting
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obloquy
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slander; disgrace; infamy
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obtuse
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blunt; stupid
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odium
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detestation; hatefullness
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ominous
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threatening
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opulence
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extreme wealth
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orthography
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correct spelling
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ostensible
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apparent; proffessed; pretended; not sincere
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overweening
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arrogant; presumptuous
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pall
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grow tiresom
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palliate
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ease pain; make less severe
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paltry
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insignificant; petty
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pan
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criticize harshly
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panegyric
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formal praise
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parlance
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language; jargon
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parquete
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floor mad of would strips in a mosaic like pattern
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pathos
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tender sorrow; pity; quality of art that brings about these
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pecuinary
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pertaining to money
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pejorative
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negative in connotation; belittling
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peregrination
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journey
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pernicious
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very distructive
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peroration
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conclusion of an orration
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perspicacious
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astute
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perspicuity
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clearness of expression; not ambiguous
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pert
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insolent; rude; forward
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pestilential
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causing plauge; baneful
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petulant
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touchy; peevish
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philatelist
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stampcollecter
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philology
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study of language
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pillory
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punish; subject to criticism
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pine
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languish; yearn for
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pinion
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restrain
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pith
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core; essensce
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pithy
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consice;meaningful
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plenary
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complete; not qualified
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ponderous
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weighty; unwieldy
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postulate
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self evident truth
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poultice
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soothing application applied to sore
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prate
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speak foolishly; boast idly
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preclude
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make impossible; eliminate
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precocious
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advanced in development
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preen
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make oneself tidy
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prefatory
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introductory
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prim
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very precise and formal
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privation
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hardship; wont
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privy
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secret
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prolixity
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verbosity; wordy
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prophylactic
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prevents disease
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propitious
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favorable
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prosaic
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dull and unimaginitive; factual
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prosody
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art of making verse
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prurient
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having lustful thoughts
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putative
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supposed; reputed
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quaff
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drink with relish
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querulous
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whining
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queue
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line
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rakish
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stylish; sporty
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recondite
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abstruse; profound; secret
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recriminations
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countercharges
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redolent
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fragrent
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regatta
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boat race
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rent
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rip
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repine
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fret; complain
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reprobation
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severe disapproval
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requite
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repay revenge
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retinue
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following
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retiring
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modest; shy
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rococo
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highly ornate
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rostrum
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pulpit; platform
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rote
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repitition
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rue
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regret; mourn
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sallow
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sickly in color; yellow
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sartorial
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pertaining to tailors
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scad
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a great quantity
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scotch
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hinder; thwart
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scurvy
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despicable
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scuttle
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sink
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seine
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net for catching fish
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sententious
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terse; conscise; preachy
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sheaf
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bundle of stalks
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sibyilne
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prophetic; ornacular
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sinecure
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well paid position with little responsibility
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skinflint
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stingy person
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skulduggery
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dishonest behavior
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skulk
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move furtively and secretly
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slake
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quench
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slovenly
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untidy
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spate
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sudden flood
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staid
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sober; sedate
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stint
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thrifty
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stodgy
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stuffy; boringly conservateve
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stricture
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critical comments
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sublimate
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refine; purify
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suborn
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persuade to act unlawfully
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succor
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aid; assist; comfort
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sunder
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seperate; part
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sundry
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various; several
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supercilious
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arrogant; condescending
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supererogatory
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superfluous; more than needed
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suppliant
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entreating; beseeching
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surreptiitious
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secret; furtive; sneaky
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syllogism
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specious argument
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tarry
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delay
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tautological
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neelesly repetitive
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temporize
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act evasively to gain time
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tendentious
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biased; having an aim
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tiller
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handle of a boat rutter
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tipple
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drink (alcohol) frequently
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traduce
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expose to slander
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transport
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strong emotion
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tumid
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swollen; pompous
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turgid
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swollen; distended
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umbrage
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resentment; anger
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uncuous
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insincerly suave; sycophantic
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unexceptionable
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not offering basis for comparison; entirely acceptable
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unobtrusive
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not blatent
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unrequited
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not reciprocated
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unwonted
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unaccustomed
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vagary
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caprice; whim
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vapid
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dull; insipid
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venal
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capable of being bribed
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venial
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forgivable; trivial
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verbiage
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pompous array of words
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verve
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enthusiasm
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vicissitude
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change of fortune
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vitiate
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spoil the effect of; make inoperable
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whelp
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young dog; wolf; tiger
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winsome
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agreeable; gratious
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wont
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custom; habitual procedure
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yen
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longing; urge
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