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of or like
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equine
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horses
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bovine
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cows
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ovine
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sheeps
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lupine
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wolf
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serpentine
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snakes
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piscine
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fish
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asinine
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stupid, donkey
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para:
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alongside, next to
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parable
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story that teaches a moral lesson
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paraphrase
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summary
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paragon
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model on standard of excellence
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paramount
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supreme
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praplegic
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paralyzed from waist down
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paramour
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mistress
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oxymoron
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pair of words that act as a paradox
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ist
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one who
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pessinist
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one who expects the worst
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optimist
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one who expects the best
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optometrist
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one who prescibes eyeglasses
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ophthalmologist
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eye doctor
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optician
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one who make eye glasses
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alarmist
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one who always worries
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terrist
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one who uses fear as a weapon
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pacifist
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one who wont fight
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nepotist
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one who favors relatives/ friends
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syn;
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the same as
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synonym
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word with the same meaning
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synopsis
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summary
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synthesize
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to blend
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synthetic
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artificial
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synchronize
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to coordinate in time
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synecdoche
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refer to part of a whole
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syndactyly
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web-footed or fingered
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voc
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to call
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vocal
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oral, spoken
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vociferous
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loud, talkative
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vociferate
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to talk noisily and needlessly
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vocation
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a career
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avocation
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hobby
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invocation
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prayer at the beginning
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leg
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law
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legality
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technical, minor point of law
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legitimate
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recognized by the law or state
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relegate
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to assign a task or chore
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delegate
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to assign responsibility
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deleget
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one assigned to a group
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legacy
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that which is left behind
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colleague
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partner
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cian
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one who
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pediatricain
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children doctor
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obstetrician
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doctor who delivers babies
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patrician
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an aristocrat, upper class citizen
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plebian
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low class citizen
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statistician
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one who complies statistics
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nat
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birth
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postnatal
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after giving birth
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prenatal
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before giving birth
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natal
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dealing with birth
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neonate
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newborn child, less than one month old
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innate
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natural, comes from birth
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naticism
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showing favor to native inhabitants
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naive
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just born, innocently ignorant
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naivete
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innocence
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uni
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one
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unison
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as one together
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unique
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one of a kind
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unidectral
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left or right handed
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uniparous
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producing only one offspring at a time
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unanimous
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being of one mind
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anonymous
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not named or identified
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pend
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to weigh or hang
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pendant
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jewelry that hands from the neck
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pendent
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hanging down
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pending
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not yet completed or decided
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impending
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about to happen
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dependednt
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relies on others
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appendage
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an addition that hangs on
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inter
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between, across
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interstate
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between a state
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intercede
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to come between two parties ( mediate)
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intervene
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to come between two parties (butt in)
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interim
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the time between
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interlude
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the time in between (specific)
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intermittent
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off and on
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interjection
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something that is thrown in
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intra, intro
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within, inside of
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intrasstate
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within a state
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intramural
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within the wall of he insitution
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intravenous
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through the veins
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introvert
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one who is shy
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introspect
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to meditate
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intinsic
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natural, comes from within
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hab
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to have or live
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habit
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a constant behavior
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habiual
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caused by habit
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habitat
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environment
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rehabilitate
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to give someone new life
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habitable/ inhabitable
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can be lived in
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uninhabitable
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cant be lived in
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cohabit
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to living togethergnos
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gnos
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to know
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agnostic
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is not sure there is a god
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diagnosis
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knowing from symptoms
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prognosis
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a prediction
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prognosticate
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to predict
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cognition
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knowledge, learning
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cognitive
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relating to, involved in
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cognizant
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aware or mindful
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incognito
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in disguise
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mat:
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mother
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maternal
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motherly
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maternity
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motherhood
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matriarch
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woman who is the head of the family
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matriarchy
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a family or clan governed by a women
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matron
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distinguished women
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matronymic
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name from a female relative or ancestor
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matricide
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killing ones mother
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alma mater
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school from which you graduate
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matriculate
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to enroll in college
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soph
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wisdom
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sophic
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wise or intellectual mode
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sophistry
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clever yet flawed reasoning
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sohpomore
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second year person "wise fool"
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sophomoric
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foolish, immature, unsophisticated
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sophisticated
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complex, worldy
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philosopher
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one who seeks wisdom or enlightenment
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cide
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to kill
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homicide
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to kill a human
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patricide
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killing ones father
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fratricide
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killing ones brother, countryman
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sororicide
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killing ones sister
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parricide
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killing ones parents
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regicide
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killing a king or queen
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genocide
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killing a national, religious group
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infanticide
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killing ones child
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spermicide
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killing spermatozoa
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sub
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under
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subsidize
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to pay or support with public money
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subsidy
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financial assistance from one party another
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subsidiary
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a company which is of a larger company
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subvert
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to undermine, over throw slowly
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subversive
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undermining, revolutionary
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subliminal
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subconscious, dont realize what is happening
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mal
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bad, evil
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malediction
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a curse
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malevolent
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evily, wicked
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malevolence
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evilness, wickedness, harmful intent
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malice
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desire to do harm
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malicous
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deliberately harmful
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malignant
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dangerous
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malign
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to speak evil of
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maladroit
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clumsy or awkward
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malapropism
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verbal blunder
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ana
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backwards
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anachronism
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something in the wrong time period
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anagram
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word made by scrambling letters
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ananym
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word spelled backwards
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palindrome
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word, verse, sentence, # that reads backwards or forward
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al
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other
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alias
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an assumed or fake name
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alibi
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an excuse for being elsewhere
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alter
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to change or adjust
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alteration
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an adjustment
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altercation
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quarrel or dispute
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alter ego
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the other self, best friend
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et alia
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and other (people)
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et cetera
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and other (things)
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duc
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to lead or draw
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deduction
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something subtracted, conclusion
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deduce
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to conclude, to figure by logic
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deduct
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to subtract
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induction
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enrollment
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induct
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to enroll or enlist
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induce
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to start
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conducive
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promotes or leads
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seduce
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to empt or lure
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path
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feeling
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pathology
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study of disease
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pathological
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altered or caused by disease
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psychopath
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mentally ill
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sympathy
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sharing ones sorrows
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empathy
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understanding, ones feelings
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apathy
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a lack of feeling or concern
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pathos
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an unbearable sorrow
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pathetic
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causes great sorrow
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bi
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two
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biannual
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twice a year
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biennial
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every 2 years
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biweekly
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2 times a week
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bimonthly
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every two months
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bilingual
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speak 2 languages
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bisexual
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prefers either gender
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biparous
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has multiple births
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ist
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ones who does
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protagonist
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side of conflict u favor
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antagonist
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side of conflict u appose
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realist
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ones who sees things as they really are
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idealist
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sees things as the want them to be
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naturalist
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one who love nature
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genealogist
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one who traces family trees
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pat
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father
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patrician
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upper class aristocrat
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paternal
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fatherly
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patronymic
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name from ones father
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expatriate
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to leave ones country
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patron
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a customer
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patronize
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to talk down to
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partriarch
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a father as the head of a clan or family
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vis/vid
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to see
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sia
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a permit " to see" or visit another country
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vista
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a distant, from afar
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envision
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to imagine or see in ones mind
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visage
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to look or expression on ones face
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providence
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an act of luck, fate or god
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vis-a-vis
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eye to eye
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temp
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time
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tempo
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beat or rhythm
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temporary
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for the time being
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temporal
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limited time
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protem
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substitute, for the time being
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contemporary
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new or modern person in the same time period
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extemporaneous
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spur of the moment
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tempus fugit
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"time flies"
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corp
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body
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corpse
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dead body
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corps
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body of people
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espirit de corps
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team spirit
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corpulent
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obese or overweight
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corpulence
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obesity
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habeas corpus
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an order to bring before the court
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corpus delicti
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main body of facts
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corporal
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physical punishment
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corporeal
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relating to or involving the physical body
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corporeality
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material or physical rather then spiritual
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chron
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time
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anachronism
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person or thing that is in the wrong time period
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synchronize
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to operate in unison
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chronological
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arranged by time
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chronology
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series arranged by time
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chronometer
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an accurate piece, clock
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chronicle
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record, history of time
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chronic
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constant, all the time
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fac
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to make
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manufactor
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to make by hand
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factor
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piece or element
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faculties
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abilities
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facile
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easy
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facilitate
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to make easier
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ex post facto
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after the fact
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facsimile
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a copy, duplicate
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fax
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copy, duplicate
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faction
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a group of dissentients
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dict
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to speak
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benedict
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newly married man who has long been a long bachelor
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maledict
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curse
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diction
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clear speaking
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indict
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to charge formally for a crime
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indicative
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indicates, points to something
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dictum
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a noteworthy statement
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