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equipoise
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equal distribution of weight
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errant
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traveling or given to traveling, peripatetic <an errant knight>
2 a: straying outside the proper path or bounds <an errant calf> b: moving about aimlessly or irregularly <an errant breeze> c: behaving wrongly <an errant child adj |
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eschew
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to shun or avoid
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estimable
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worthy, formidable
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evince
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to show clearly, to indicate
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excoriate
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to censure scathingly; to upbraid
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exegesis
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a critical examination; explication
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exemplar
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typical or standard specimen
model, paradigm noun |
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expatiate
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to descant; to discourse; to write about at length
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expiate
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to atone or make amends for
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expostulate
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to argue earnestly in order to dissuade, correct or protest
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expurgate
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to remove obscenity; censor; to purify
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exscind
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to cut out or extirpate
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extant
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existing; not destroyed or lost
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extirpate
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to destroy; exterminate; to cut out; to exscind
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fallow
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inactive, untilled, dormant
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fatuous
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silly, inanely foolish
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feckless
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ineffectual, irresponsible
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felicitous
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well chosen, suitably expressed, apt, apropos
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fetid
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stinking; smelly
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fetter
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to put in chains
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filigree
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an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns
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florid
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flowery; ruddy; ornate
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foment
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to incite; to rouse
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forbearance
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patience and willingness to wait
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