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admonish

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to criticize or rebuke gently for a fault

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aroma

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a typically pleasant scent or smell

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beseech

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to beg or plead

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botany

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the scientific study of plants

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bulbous

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like or relating to a bulb, especially round like a bulb

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bureaucracy

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government through administrative organizations or departments

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candor

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honesty/straightforwardness especially being honest about something displeasant

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caricature

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a representation, often a drawing that exaggerates or distorts features of a subject

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complacence

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a sense of contentment with the current state or situation; not desiring change

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contemptuous

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thinking poorly of; scornful or disdainful

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corrode

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to slowly destroy; to break down over time, as by acid

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culprit

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the person responsible for an unlawful or unallowable act; the guilty party

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derision

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offensive attitude or speech; ridicule

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diffidence

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not trusting or believing in one's self, self doubt

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duplicity

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purposeful misrepresentaton to deceive or defraud

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effrontery

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boldness; audacity

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elasticity

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the physical property of matter wherein matter returns to its original form after being replaced

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equilibrium

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balance

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gullible

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easily fooled or tricked

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hustle

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to rush; act with urgency

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hypocrisy

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professing beliefs or acting in opposition to one's true beliefs or actions; insincerity

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impetus

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a factor that causes action

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inconceivable

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unimaginable or unthinkable

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insipid

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lacking in taste or culture

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ire

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anger

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jaundice

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a yellow discoloration of the skin and tissues caused by a medical condition, such as hepatitis

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kernel

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in a plant, a grain or seed often edible and found inside the plant

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lapse

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the act of falling from a righteous or just position, a slight or temporary moral failure

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lithe

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moving or bending easily; graceful and fluid in motion

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massacre

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a mass killing or slaughter, especially the unnecessary killing of many

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meager

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a small amount often less than is needed

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metamorphosis

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a change in form or shape, often from one stage of development to another, as a caterpillar turning into a butterfly

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outrage

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an action that is outlandishly offensive or vicious

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philosophize

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to express an attitude or moral position; to espouse a philosophy

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queue

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a line; a group of people waiting in order

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querelous

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tending to whine/ complain; disagreeable

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rectitude

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correctness or uprightness

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salient

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noticeable/ important; standing out

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suffrage

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the legal right to vote

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surmise

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to guess, imagine, or deduce

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unctuous

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smarmy or greasy

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vapid

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lacking in liveliness and flavor; dull

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veto

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the action of the President of the
United States, according to the provision in the constitution, to reject a law passed by congress

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virtuoso

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a person who is supremely skilled in a fine act

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voluble

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easily and readily speaking; fluent

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waif

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a person especially a child, with no home or prospect

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zealot

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a person who is fanatical or holds extreme passionate views on a particular topic, especially a religion

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conflagration

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an extensive fire

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ravenous

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extremely hunger, filled with hunger that cannot be satisfied

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embroil

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to entangle in a disagreement, argument or conflict