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1075 Cards in this Set
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abase
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humiliate
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abdicate
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yield
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aberration
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abnormality
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abeyance
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temp. postpone
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abhor
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hate
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ablution
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cleanse
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aboveboard
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honest
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abrade
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to wear away
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abrogate
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repeal
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abscond
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leave secretly
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abstemious
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moderate eater
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abut
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rest on
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accede
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to agree to
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acclivity
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upward slope
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acerbic
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sharp
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acme
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peak
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acquiesce
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agree
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acrid
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bitter sarcasm
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acrimonious
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harsh action
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acrophobia
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fear heights
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actuate
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put in motion
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addendum
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supplement added
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addled
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confused
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adipose
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fatty
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adjunct
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assistant
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admonish
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warn
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ado(nis)
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trouble(man)
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adroit
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clever
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adventitious
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nonessential
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aegis
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shield
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affable
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friendly
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affectation
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phony attitude
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aggrandize
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enlarge
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aggregate
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gather
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agoraphobia
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fear open
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ague
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fever
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alacrity
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lively willingness
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alimentary
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nourishment
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allay
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to calm
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allegory
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symbolic literature
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alluvial
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sand deposit
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ambient
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surrounding all sides
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ambrosial
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pleasing sense
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ambivalence
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conflicting emotion
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ambulatory
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moving
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ambuscade
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secret attack
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amity
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friendship
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amorphous
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shapeless
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anachronism
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out of timestep
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analgesic
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painkiller
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anathema
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curse
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ancillary
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helping
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anent
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regarding
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animus
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hostile feeling
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anneal
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heath then cool (blacksmith)
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anomalous
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inconsistent
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anon
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soon
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antediluvian
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old-fashioned
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antipodes
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opposite sides
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apathy
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feel nothing
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aperture
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opening
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aphasia
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speech loss
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apiary
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bee home
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aplomb
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poise
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apocryphal
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doubtful
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apoplexy
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sudden coma
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apostate
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give up belief
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apothecary, apparition
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druggist, ghost
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apothegm
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brief instructions
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append
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attach
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appellation
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a name
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apposite
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appropriate
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approbation
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approval
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apropos
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relevant
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aquiline
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eagle hook
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arbor
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shaded area
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aria
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opera solo
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arrears
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in debt
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artifice
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trick
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ascetic
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deny body
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aseptic
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without bacteria
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askance
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look suspicious
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asperity
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roughness
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assay
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try test
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assent
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accept
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assiduity
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care
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assuage
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to calm
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astringent
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shrinks tissue
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atavistic
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atavan ancestor
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aseptic
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without bacteria
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attrition
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wear down
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askance
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look suspicious
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asperity
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roughness
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assay
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try test
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assent
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accept
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assiduity
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care
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assuage
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to calm
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astringent
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shrinks tissue
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atavistic
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atavan ancestor
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attrition
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wear down
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augment
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make greater
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augur
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predict
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august
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majestic
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auspicious
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favorable
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austere
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self-disciplined
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autumnal
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declining mature
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avarice
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greed
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aver
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declare
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aversion
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intense dislike
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avid
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enthusiastic
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avocation
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hobby
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avoirdupois
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heavy weight
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axiom, azure
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true, blue
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badinage
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teasing talk
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bagatelle
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little value
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baleful
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menacing
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bandy
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to exchange
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bane
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cause of harm
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bark
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boat
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baroque
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overdecorated
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bastion
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strong defense
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bauble
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useless showy
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bawdy
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humorously obscene
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beget
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to produce
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begrudge
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resent success
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beguile
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to charm
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beleaguer
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annoy encircle
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benignant
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gentle
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bestride
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to mount
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bibulous
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absorbent alcoholic
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billious
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bad temper
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bilk
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to cheat
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bivouac
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temp. shelter
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blandishment
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flattery
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blithe
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lighthearted
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bon mot
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witty remark
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boor
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rude person
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boreal
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northern
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bovine
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cows
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bowdlerize
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to censor
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brine
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saltwater
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browbeat
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bully
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bruit
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spread news
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brusque
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abrupt
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bucolic
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rural
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bugbear
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causes fear
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bulwark
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strong defense
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bumptious
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arrogant
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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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cabal
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small group
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cache
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hiding place
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cacophony
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unpleasant sound
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cadaverous
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pale
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caesura
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pause
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cajole
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to coax
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callow
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young
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calumny
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false accusation
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canard
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rumor
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canter
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smooth
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capacious
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roomy
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capricious
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erratic
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carapace
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shell
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carouse
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noisy drunken party
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carrion
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decaying flesh
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carte blanche
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use one's judgement
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castigate
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punish
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cataclysm
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violent change
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caustic
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severely critical
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cauterize
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to burn
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caveat
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warning
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cavil
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to quibble
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cavort
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to frolic
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celerity
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speed
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chaff
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worthless matter
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charnel
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tomb
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chary
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careful
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chattel
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slave
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chimerical
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fantasy
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churlish
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ill-bred
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cipher
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zero value
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clangor
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harsh ringing
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cloistered
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secluded
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coffer
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strong box
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cogent
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convincing
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cogitate
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think carefully
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cognomen
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last name
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colloquial, colloquy
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informal, conversation
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comely
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attractive
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commodious
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roomy
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compulsory
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required
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compunction
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uneasiness
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concomitant
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accompanying
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condign
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suitable
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conflagration
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large fire
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congeal
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thicken
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congenital
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with birth
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coniferous
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has cones
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conjugal
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marriage
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connivance
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aide conspiracy
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connubial
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marriage
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consanguinity
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blood relationship
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consternation
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sudden confusion
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contiguous
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neighboring
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contravene
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to go against
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contretemps
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embarrassing occurrence
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contrite
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sorrowful
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contumacious
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disobedient
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contumely
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rudeness
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convalesce
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recover illness
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conversant
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be familiar with
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convex
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curve outward
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coquetry
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flirtation
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corollary
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deduction
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corpulent
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fleshy fat
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corrugated
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wrinkled
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coterie
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close friend circle
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countenance
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to permit
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cozen
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trick
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craven
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cowardly
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credulity
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ready to believe
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cudgel
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thick stick
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cull
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to select
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cupidity
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greed
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curry
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favor by flattery
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cynosure
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center of attention
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cursory
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superficial
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dais
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platform stand
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dale
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valley
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dappled
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spotted
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daub
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smear with paint
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dearth
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lack
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debonair
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pleasant
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decant
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to pour
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deciduous
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not permanent
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deference
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respect
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defoliate
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strip of leaves
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defray
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to pay the cost of
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deft
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skillful
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deign
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lower to inferior
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deleterious
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harmful
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delineate
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describe
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demography
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study population trends
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demur
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to object
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demure
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shy
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denouement
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result
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depilate
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remove hair
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deplore
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regret
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derelict
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abandoned
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descry
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to discover
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desiccate
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wither away
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despoil
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to plunder
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desuetude
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extinction or inactive
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desultory
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rambling subjects
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detente
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lessen tension
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dialectic
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logical discussion
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diaphanous
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transparent
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dicker
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price bargain
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dictum
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positive statement
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didactic
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over lecturing
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diffident
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modest
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dilatory
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late
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dilettante
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fine art dabbler
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diminutive
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small
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dint
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power
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discursive
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wandering
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disinter
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to uncover
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disputatious
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fond of arguing
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dissemble
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to pretend
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dissimulate
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hide ones feelings
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dissolute
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immoral
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diurnal
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daily
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divest
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to deprive
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divination
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tell the future
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docile
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obedient
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doddering
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elder tremble
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doff
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throw away
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doggedly
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stubbornly
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doldrums
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low spirits
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doleful
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sorrowful
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dolorous
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mournful
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donnybrook
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rowdy fight
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dossier
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detailed documents
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dotage
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old feeblemindedness
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doughty
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courageous
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dour
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gloomy
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dowdy
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shabby
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doyen
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senior
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dregs
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leftovers
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droll
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oddly amusing
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dross
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waste matter
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ductile
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malleable
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dudgeon
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anger
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dulcet
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nice to hear
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dulcimer
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zither instrument
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duplicity
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deceit
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dynamo
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powerful person
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dyspepsia
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poor digestion
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dysphasia
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difficult speaking
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ebb
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slowly decrease
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ebullient
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enthusiastic
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eclat
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brilliance
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edifice
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building
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educe
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bring out
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efface
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to erase
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effervescent
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bubbly, spirited
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effete
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exhausted
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effigy
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likeness
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effluent
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flowing out
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effrontery
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shameful boldness
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effulgent
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shining brilliantly
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effusion
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pouring emotion
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egress
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exit
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ellipsis
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omit words
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elucidate
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make clear
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elysian
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heavenly
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emaciated
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abnormally thin
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emendation
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correction
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emetic
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cause vomiting
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emollient
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soften soothe
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emolument
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profit
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emulous
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envious
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encomium
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high praise
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encumbrance
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hindrance
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enervate
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weaken
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enfranchise
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voting rights
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engender
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promote
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enmity
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hatred
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ennui
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boredom
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enormity
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immoral act
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ensconce
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to hide
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entomology
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study of insects
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entreaty
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a request
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epicure
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fine food pleasure
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epigram
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witty saying
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epistle
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letter
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epitaph
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tomb inscription
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epithet
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descriptive word
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epoch
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historical period
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equanimity
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even temperament
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equestrian
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horserider
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equine
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of horses
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equivocal, equivocate
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doubtful, ambiguously confuse
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ergo
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therefore
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ersatz
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artificial
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erstwhile
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in the past
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erudite
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scholarly
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eschew
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to keep away
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esoteric
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few know
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espouse
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support
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estival
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of summer
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euphonious
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pleasant sound
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evanescent
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temporary
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excoriate
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scrape skin or criticize
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execrate
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to curse
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exhort
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to warn
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exiguous
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small quantity
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expatiate
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comment at length
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expectorate
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spit out
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expiate
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atone for
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explicate
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to explain in detail (expound)
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extant
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in existence
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extenuating
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less serious
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extirpate
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to destroy
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extol
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praise
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extraneous
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unrelated
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facsimile
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exact copy
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factious
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causing disagreement
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factitious
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artificial
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factotum
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amazing employee
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faculty
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power and ability
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fallow
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unproductive
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fastidious
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hard to please
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fatuous
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foolish
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fauna
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area's animals
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faze
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to disturb
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febrile
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feverish
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fecund
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fertile
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feint
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a false show
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felicity
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happiness
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fell
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cruel
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fester
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to rot
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fete
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to honor
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fetid
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foul-smelling
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fetish
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magical power
|
|
|
fetter
|
chain confine
|
|
|
fiat
|
official order
|
|
|
filch
|
to steal
|
|
|
filial
|
like son
|
|
|
firmament
|
sky
|
|
|
flaccid
|
flabby
|
|
|
flay
|
strip skin
|
|
|
fleece
|
to swindle
|
|
|
flippant
|
treat serious light
|
|
|
flora
|
plant life
|
|
|
flotilla
|
small fleet of ships
|
|
|
flotsam
|
floating wreckage
|
|
|
flout
|
to mock
|
|
|
fluvial
|
for river
|
|
|
foible
|
minor fault
|
|
|
foist
|
fake merchandise
|
|
|
folderol
|
nonsense
|
|
|
foment
|
to stir up
|
|
|
forbearance
|
restraint
|
|
|
fracas
|
loud argument
|
|
|
freshet
|
fresh water stream
|
|
|
frowzy
|
dirty
|
|
|
fugacious
|
fleeting, transitory
|
|
|
fulsome
|
disgusting
|
|
|
furtive
|
stealthy
|
|
|
gadfly
|
annoying person
|
|
|
gaff
|
pole device
|
|
|
gainsay
|
to contradict
|
|
|
gait
|
walking type
|
|
|
gall
|
bitterness
|
|
|
gambit
|
opening strategy
|
|
|
gambol
|
to frolic
|
|
|
garish
|
tasteless gaudy
|
|
|
garland
|
flower wreath
|
|
|
garrulous
|
talkative
|
|
|
gauche
|
awkward
|
|
|
gaunt
|
bony thin
|
|
|
gelid
|
frozen
|
|
|
gentry
|
upper class
|
|
|
genuflect
|
to kneel
|
|
|
germane
|
relevant
|
|
|
gesticulation
|
excited gesture
|
|
|
gibbet
|
hang criminals
|
|
|
glib
|
fluent
|
|
|
gloaming
|
twilight
|
|
|
glower
|
stare angrily
|
|
|
gossamer
|
light
|
|
|
gourmand
|
glutton
|
|
|
gratis, gratuitous
|
free
|
|
|
gustatory
|
sense of taste
|
|
|
guttural
|
for throat
|
|
|
hackneyed
|
overused
|
|
|
haggard
|
worn out sleeplessness
|
|
|
halcyon
|
calm
|
|
|
hale
|
healthy
|
|
|
harangue
|
long speech
|
|
|
harpy
|
greedy nag
|
|
|
hart
|
a male deer
|
|
|
hearth
|
fireplace
|
|
|
hegemony
|
influential leadership
|
|
|
hermetic
|
airtight
|
|
|
hircine
|
goatlike
|
|
|
hirsute
|
hairy beard
|
|
|
hoary
|
white with age
|
|
|
hoi polloi
|
common people
|
|
|
hovel
|
wretched living place
|
|
|
hubris
|
self confidence
|
|
|
humbug
|
hoax
|
|
|
humus
|
black soil shit
|
|
|
husbandry
|
crop science
|
|
|
hyperbole
|
extreme exaggeration
|
|
|
icthyology
|
study of fish
|
|
|
ignoble
|
dishonorable
|
|
|
ignominious
|
shameful
|
|
|
imbroglio
|
confusing situation
|
|
|
imbibe
|
drink or absorb
|
|
|
immolate
|
sacrifice by fire
|
|
|
impecunious
|
penniless
|
|
|
impel
|
push in motion
|
|
|
impetuous
|
acting without thought
|
|
|
impetus
|
moving force
|
|
|
impinge
|
to strike
|
|
|
importune
|
persistently beg
|
|
|
imprecation
|
a curse
|
|
|
improvident
|
wasteful
|
|
|
impudent
|
disrespectful
|
|
|
impugn
|
to question (statement)
|
|
|
inane
|
silly
|
|
|
incarnadine
|
blood red
|
|
|
inchoate
|
new
|
|
|
incipient
|
appearing
|
|
|
inclement
|
harsh weather
|
|
|
incontrovertible
|
undeniable
|
|
|
incorrigible
|
old evil
|
|
|
incredulous
|
skeptical
|
|
|
inculcate
|
teach earnestly
|
|
|
indelible
|
impossible to erase
|
|
|
indemnify
|
to repay
|
|
|
indigent
|
extremely poor
|
|
|
indignant
|
angry from unjust
|
|
|
indissoluble
|
permanent
|
|
|
indubitable
|
unquestionable
|
|
|
ineffable
|
unspeakable
|
|
|
ineluctable
|
inevitable
|
|
|
inexorable
|
unyielding
|
|
|
infirmity
|
weakness
|
|
|
ingratiate
|
work into favor
|
|
|
inimical
|
harmful
|
|
|
inimitable
|
not able to be equaled
|
|
|
iniquity
|
wickedness
|
|
|
insipid
|
tasteless
|
|
|
insolvent
|
unable to pay credit
|
|
|
insouciant
|
carefree
|
|
|
insuperable
|
unconquerable
|
|
|
inter
|
to bury
|
|
|
interdict
|
to ban
|
|
|
interlocutor
|
help convert
|
|
|
interloper
|
intruder
|
|
|
interpolate
|
insert between
|
|
|
intimate
|
to imply
|
|
|
intransigent
|
refuse to give in
|
|
|
intrepid
|
fearless
|
|
|
inured
|
accustomed to
|
|
|
invective
|
verbal abuse
|
|
|
inveigh
|
bitter verbal attack
|
|
|
inveterate
|
firmly established
|
|
|
invidious
|
causing resentment
|
|
|
irascible
|
easily angered
|
|
|
ire
|
wrath
|
|
|
iridescent
|
spectrum
|
|
|
jaunty
|
carefree
|
|
|
jetsam
|
goods tossed to lighten ship
|
|
|
jingoism
|
extreme patriotism
|
|
|
jocose
|
joking
|
|
|
jocular
|
humorous
|
|
|
inveterate
|
firmly established
|
|
|
invidious
|
causing resentment
|
|
|
irascible
|
easily angered
|
|
|
ire
|
wrath
|
|
|
iridescent
|
spectrum
|
|
|
jaunty
|
carefree
|
|
|
jetsam
|
goods tossed to lighten ship
|
|
|
jingoism
|
extreme patriotism
|
|
|
jocose
|
joking
|
|
|
jocular
|
humorous
|
|
|
junket
|
a pleasure trip
|
|
|
junta
|
small ruling group
|
|
|
jurisprudence
|
science of law
|
|
|
juxtapose
|
place side by side
|
|
|
kismet
|
destiny
|
|
|
ken
|
range of knowledge
|
|
|
knave
|
tricky person
|
|
|
knell
|
death bell
|
|
|
lachrymose
|
tearful
|
|
|
laconic
|
use few words
|
|
|
laity
|
common religious
|
|
|
lambent
|
briskly soft running
|
|
|
lament
|
to mourn
|
|
|
lampoon
|
harmful satire
|
|
|
languid
|
sluggish
|
|
|
languish
|
feeble
|
|
|
lapidary
|
precious stone dealer
|
|
|
largess
|
generous gifts
|
|
|
lascivious
|
sexual lust
|
|
|
lassitude
|
weakness and weariness
|
|
|
latitude
|
freedom
|
|
|
lave
|
to wash
|
|
|
legerdemain
|
sleight of hand
|
|
|
leonine
|
lion-like
|
|
|
levy
|
collect taxes
|
|
|
libation
|
a drink
|
|
|
libertine
|
immoral life
|
|
|
libretto
|
opera words
|
|
|
licentious
|
lawless
|
|
|
lilliputian
|
tiny minded
|
|
|
limpid
|
clear
|
|
|
lineaments
|
facial features
|
|
|
lionize
|
celebrity treatment
|
|
|
lissome
|
move gracefully
|
|
|
lithe
|
flexible
|
|
|
loath, loathe
|
reluctant, disgust
|
|
|
lode
|
rich supply source
|
|
|
loll
|
droop
|
|
|
lope
|
swinging walk
|
|
|
loquacious
|
talkative
|
|
|
lot
|
fate
|
|
|
lugubrious
|
mournful
|
|
|
lupine
|
wolf-like
|
|
|
lurid
|
shocking glow
|
|
|
macabre
|
gruesome
|
|
|
macroscopic
|
eye visible
|
|
|
magnanimous
|
generous
|
|
|
magnate
|
important worker
|
|
|
maladroit
|
awkward
|
|
|
malady
|
disease
|
|
|
malapropism
|
humorously misused word
|
|
|
malediction
|
curse
|
|
|
malingerer
|
sick to avoid work
|
|
|
malodorous
|
smell bad
|
|
|
manacle
|
handcuff
|
|
|
mandarin
|
influential person
|
|
|
manifold
|
many
|
|
|
manumit
|
to set free
|
|
|
marquee
|
rooflike shelter
|
|
|
martinet
|
strict disciplinarian
|
|
|
masticate
|
to chew
|
|
|
maudlin
|
too sentimental
|
|
|
mawkish
|
sickeningly sweet
|
|
|
maxim
|
a saying
|
|
|
melancholy
|
depressed
|
|
|
mellifluous
|
smoothly flowing
|
|
|
menage
|
household
|
|
|
menagerie
|
strange animal collection
|
|
|
mendacious
|
false lying
|
|
|
mendicant
|
beggar
|
|
|
mercurial
|
erratic
|
|
|
meretricious
|
cheap attraction
|
|
|
mete
|
distribute in portions
|
|
|
mettle
|
courage
|
|
|
miasma
|
pollution
|
|
|
mien
|
manner
|
|
|
milieu
|
environment
|
|
|
minutiae
|
trivial details
|
|
|
mirth
|
joy
|
|
|
misanthrope
|
hater of mankind
|
|
|
misapprehension
|
misunderstanding
|
|
|
miscegenation
|
mixture of races
|
|
|
misnomer
|
error in name listing
|
|
|
misogamy
|
hatred of marriage
|
|
|
missive
|
letter
|
|
|
mitigate
|
make milder
|
|
|
mnemonic
|
memory
|
|
|
modicum
|
small amount
|
|
|
modish
|
fashionable
|
|
|
modulate
|
tone down
|
|
|
monolithic
|
unified
|
|
|
moot
|
debatable
|
|
|
mordant
|
sarcastic
|
|
|
moribund
|
dying
|
|
|
mottled
|
spotted
|
|
|
mountebank
|
charlatan fraud
|
|
|
mulct
|
extortion by fine
|
|
|
munificent
|
generous
|
|
|
myopic
|
limited sight (near)
|
|
|
mymidon
|
unquestioned follower
|
|
|
nabob
|
wealthy person
|
|
|
nadir
|
lowest point
|
|
|
nascent
|
coming into being
|
|
|
natation
|
art of swim
|
|
|
neologism
|
new phrase
|
|
|
nepotism
|
favorite relative
|
|
|
nettle
|
irritate
|
|
|
nicety
|
delicacy
|
|
|
niggardly
|
stingy
|
|
|
niggle
|
waste time
|
|
|
nirvana
|
happiness
|
|
|
noisome
|
foul-smelling
|
|
|
nomenclature
|
set of names
|
|
|
nominal
|
not in fact, minimal value
|
|
|
non sequitor
|
non logical follow
|
|
|
nonpareil
|
unequaled
|
|
|
nonplus
|
to perplex
|
|
|
nostrum
|
fake medicine
|
|
|
noxious
|
harmful
|
|
|
nubile
|
ready for marriage
|
|
|
nugatory
|
worthless
|
|
|
numismatist
|
coin collector
|
|
|
obdurate
|
hard-hearted
|
|
|
obeisance
|
respectful bow
|
|
|
obfuscate
|
to bewilder
|
|
|
oblation
|
religious charity
|
|
|
obligatory
|
mandatory
|
|
|
obloquy
|
bad rep with public
|
|
|
obscurant
|
prevent knowledge
|
|
|
obsequious
|
overly attentive
|
|
|
obsequy
|
funeral ceremony
|
|
|
obstinate
|
stubborn
|
|
|
obstreperous
|
boisterous
|
|
|
obtrude
|
push toward
|
|
|
obtuse
|
slow comprehension
|
|
|
obviate
|
to prevent
|
|
|
occidental (oriental)
|
western
|
|
|
occlude
|
to shut
|
|
|
odious
|
disgusting hate
|
|
|
offal
|
garbage
|
|
|
omnifarious
|
of all kinds
|
|
|
opprobrious
|
shameful
|
|
|
opulent
|
rich
|
|
|
ordain
|
to arrange
|
|
|
ornate
|
showy decoration
|
|
|
orthography
|
correct spelling
|
|
|
ossify
|
change into bone
|
|
|
ostensible
|
conspicuous
|
|
|
ovine
|
like sheep
|
|
|
ovoid
|
egg-shaped
|
|
|
paean
|
song of joy
|
|
|
palatial
|
magnificent
|
|
|
pall
|
coffin cover
|
|
|
palliate
|
to ease
|
|
|
pallid
|
pale
|
|
|
panache
|
showy
|
|
|
panegyric
|
expression of praise
|
|
|
panoply
|
suit of armor
|
|
|
pariah
|
outcast
|
|
|
parley
|
discussion
|
|
|
parlous
|
dangerous
|
|
|
parochial
|
limited-narrow
|
|
|
paroxysm
|
sudden outburst
|
|
|
parsimonious
|
stingy miser
|
|
|
pastoral
|
rural
|
|
|
pathos
|
deep feeling
|
|
|
patriarch
|
abraham
|
|
|
patrician
|
aristocratic
|
|
|
patrimony
|
inherited right
|
|
|
patronage
|
make appointments
|
|
|
paucity
|
scarcity or lack
|
|
|
peccadillo
|
minor offense
|
|
|
peculate
|
to steal
|
|
|
pecuniary
|
pertaining to money
|
|
|
pedagogue
|
schoolteacher
|
|
|
pedantic
|
show off learning
|
|
|
pejorative
|
having a negative effect
|
|
|
pellucid
|
transparent
|
|
|
pensive
|
dreamily thoughtful
|
|
|
penury
|
extreme poverty
|
|
|
perdition
|
damnation
|
|
|
peregrinate
|
travel place to place
|
|
|
peremptory
|
immediate action (jury)
|
|
|
perfidious
|
treacherous
|
|
|
perfunctory
|
superficial
|
|
|
pernicious
|
deadly
|
|
|
peroration
|
concluding speech
|
|
|
perspicacity
|
keenness of judgement
|
|
|
pert
|
saucy bold
|
|
|
philander
|
many love affairs
|
|
|
philippic
|
bitter verbal attack
|
|
|
philistine
|
uncultured
|
|
|
phlegmatic
|
unemotional
|
|
|
picaresque
|
adventurous wanderer
|
|
|
piddling
|
trifling
|
|
|
pied
|
many-colored
|
|
|
pillory
|
public ridicule
|
|
|
piquant
|
taste stimulating
|
|
|
pique
|
to irritate
|
|
|
piscine
|
fish like
|
|
|
pithy
|
concise
|
|
|
pittance
|
small share
|
|
|
placard
|
small poster
|
|
|
placate
|
to soothe
|
|
|
placid
|
calm
|
|
|
plaintive
|
sorrowful
|
|
|
platitude
|
dull remark
|
|
|
plaudit
|
applause approval
|
|
|
plebeian
|
low class
|
|
|
plenary
|
full
|
|
|
pliant
|
adaptable
|
|
|
plutocracy
|
rule by wealthy
|
|
|
polemic
|
controversy
|
|
|
poltroon
|
coward
|
|
|
polyglot
|
multi-lingual
|
|
|
porcine
|
pig like
|
|
|
portentous
|
warning
|
|
|
posterity
|
future generations
|
|
|
posthumous
|
after death
|
|
|
prate
|
babble
|
|
|
precarious
|
uncertain
|
|
|
precept
|
rule of conduct
|
|
|
precipitous
|
extremely steep
|
|
|
precocious
|
prematurely developed
|
|
|
predicate
|
to declare
|
|
|
preen
|
dress smartly
|
|
|
prehensile
|
adapted to grasp
|
|
|
preponderance
|
superior power
|
|
|
presage
|
warn in advance
|
|
|
prescience
|
knowledge beforehand
|
|
|
preternatural
|
beyond natural
|
|
|
pretext
|
false reason
|
|
|
prevaricate
|
to lie
|
|
|
primogeniture
|
first born
|
|
|
privation
|
loss of essentials
|
|
|
probity
|
honesty
|
|
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procrustean
|
conformity at any cost
|
|
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prodigious
|
enormous
|
|
|
proffer
|
to offer
|
|
|
profligate
|
wastefully immoral
|
|
|
profuse
|
abundant
|
|
|
progeny
|
descendants
|
|
|
proletarian
|
working class
|
|
|
prolix
|
tediously long
|
|
|
promontory
|
Florida
|
|
|
promulgate
|
to announce
|
|
|
propinquity
|
closeness
|
|
|
propitious
|
favorable
|
|
|
prosaic
|
unimaginative
|
|
|
proscribe
|
to exile
|
|
|
proselyte
|
religious convert
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|
|
prostrate
|
lying flat
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|
|
protean
|
variable
|
|
|
provident
|
having foresight
|
|
|
provisional
|
temporary
|
|
|
proviso
|
stipulation
|
|
|
prurient
|
lustful
|
|
|
puerile
|
childish
|
|
|
pugilist
|
boxer
|
|
|
puissant
|
strong
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|
|
pulchritude
|
beauty
|
|
|
pulmonary
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of the lungs
|
|
|
purloin
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to steal
|
|
|
pusillanimous
|
fearful
|
|
|
putative
|
believed
|
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Pyrrhic Victory
|
success at TOO high a cost
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|
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quaff
|
to gulp
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|
|
quail
|
to lose courage
|
|
|
quaint
|
unusual pleasing
|
|
|
querulous
|
complaining
|
|
|
quiddity
|
essential quality
|
|
|
quidnunc
|
a gossip
|
|
|
quiescent
|
at rest
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|
|
quietus
|
the finishing touch
|
|
|
quixotic
|
idealistically romantic
|
|
|
quotidian
|
daily
|
|
|
raconteur
|
storyteller
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|
|
raillery
|
good-humored ridicule
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|
|
raiment
|
clothing
|
|
|
rakish
|
carefree
|
|
|
rancor
|
bitter resentment
|
|
|
rapacious
|
take by force
|
|
|
rarefy
|
to refine
|
|
|
ratiocinate
|
to reason
|
|
|
raze
|
to destroy
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|
|
rebuff
|
to snub
|
|
|
recalcitrant
|
disobedient
|
|
|
recondite
|
secret, profound
|
|
|
reconnoiter
|
to survey
|
|
|
recrimination
|
countercharge
|
|
|
redolent
|
pleasant odor
|
|
|
redoubtable
|
commands respect
|
|
|
refractory
|
stubborn
|
|
|
refulgent
|
shining
|
|
|
regale
|
to entertain
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|
|
regent
|
one who governs
|
|
|
remiss
|
negligent
|
|
|
remonstrate
|
to protest
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|
|
remuneration
|
service payment
|
|
|
rend
|
to tear apart
|
|
|
repast
|
a meal
|
|
|
repine
|
to complain
|
|
|
replete
|
well-filled
|
|
|
repose
|
rest
|
|
|
reproach
|
to scold
|
|
|
reprobate
|
wicked person
|
|
|
reproof
|
a rebuke
|
|
|
requite
|
repayment
|
|
|
restive
|
uneasy
|
|
|
reticent
|
silent manner
|
|
|
retinue
|
body of attendants
|
|
|
ribald
|
vulgar
|
|
|
risible
|
funny
|
|
|
rogue
|
scoundrel
|
|
|
rollicking
|
carefree
|
|
|
rote
|
from memory
|
|
|
rustic
|
of country
|
|
|
saccharine
|
overly sweet
|
|
|
sagacious
|
wise
|
|
|
salacious
|
obscene
|
|
|
salient
|
significant
|
|
|
sallow
|
sickly pale
|
|
|
salubrious
|
healthful
|
|
|
salutary
|
wholesome
|
|
|
sanctimonious
|
hypocritical religiosity
|
|
|
sangfroid
|
composure
|
|
|
sanguine
|
optimistic
|
|
|
salient
|
significant
|
|
|
sapient
|
wise
|
|
|
sallow
|
sickly pale
|
|
|
sardonic
|
mocking
|
|
|
salubrious
|
healthful
|
|
|
sartorial
|
tailoring
|
|
|
salutary
|
wholesome
|
|
|
sanctimonious
|
hypocritical religiosity
|
|
|
sangfroid
|
composure
|
|
|
sanguine
|
optimistic
|
|
|
sapient
|
wise
|
|
|
sardonic
|
mocking
|
|
|
sartorial
|
tailoring
|
|
|
saturnine
|
gloomy
|
|
|
scintilla
|
a speck
|
|
|
scion
|
offspring
|
|
|
scrupulous
|
ethical honesty
|
|
|
scurrilous
|
coarsely verbal abuse
|
|
|
scuttle
|
to sink
|
|
|
sebaceous
|
fatty
|
|
|
seedy
|
shabby
|
|
|
sententious
|
concise remarks
|
|
|
sepulcher
|
tomb
|
|
|
serendipity
|
desirable discoveries
|
|
|
shibboleth
|
password
|
|
|
shoal
|
shallow reef
|
|
|
sibilant
|
hissing
|
|
|
simian
|
monkey like
|
|
|
simile
|
using like, as
|
|
|
simony
|
unethical church
|
|
|
simper
|
silly smile
|
|
|
simulacrum
|
similar image
|
|
|
sinecure
|
easy job
|
|
|
serendipity
|
desirable discoveries
|
|
|
shibboleth
|
password
|
|
|
shoal
|
shallow reef
|
|
|
sibilant
|
hissing
|
|
|
simian
|
monkey like
|
|
|
simile
|
using like, as
|
|
|
simony
|
unethical church
|
|
|
simper
|
silly smile
|
|
|
simulacrum
|
similar image
|
|
|
sinecure
|
easy job
|
|
|
sinewy
|
tough and firm
|
|
|
skinflint
|
stingy miser
|
|
|
slattern
|
untidy woman
|
|
|
slough
|
to discard
|
|
|
slovenly
|
dirty
|
|
|
sojourn
|
a brief stay
|
|
|
solecism
|
grammatical error
|
|
|
solicitude
|
anxiety
|
|
|
soliloquy
|
self talk
|
|
|
solipsistic
|
only self exists
|
|
|
solon
|
a wise man
|
|
|
somnambulate
|
sleepwalking
|
|
|
somniferous
|
causing sleep
|
|
|
somnolent
|
drowsy
|
|
|
sonorous
|
deep rich sound
|
|
|
soporific
|
causing sleep
|
|
|
sordid
|
filthy smell
|
|
|
sot
|
drunkard
|
|
|
sobriquet
|
nickname
|
|
|
specious
|
not genuine
|
|
|
specter
|
a phantom
|
|
|
splenetic
|
bad-tempered
|
|
|
spume
|
foam
|
|
|
squalid
|
dirty
|
|
|
staccato
|
short, abrupt sounds
|
|
|
staid
|
sedate
|
|
|
stalwart
|
sturdy
|
|
|
stentorian
|
very loud
|
|
|
stilted
|
artificially formal
|
|
|
stipend
|
salary
|
|
|
stolid
|
little emotion
|
|
|
stricture
|
negative criticism
|
|
|
stultify
|
render worthless
|
|
|
stygian
|
dark and gloomy
|
|
|
subjective
|
personal
|
|
|
sublimate
|
force morality
|
|
|
sublime
|
majestic
|
|
|
suborn
|
hire hitman
|
|
|
subterfuge
|
something to evade a rule
|
|
|
succinct
|
brief and to the point
|
|
|
succor
|
assistance
|
|
|
sumptuous
|
luxurious
|
|
|
superannuated
|
old age retirement
|
|
|
supercilious
|
proud
|
|
|
supernal
|
heavenly
|
|
|
supervene
|
unexpected placetaker
|
|
|
supine
|
lie on back
|
|
|
supple
|
flexible
|
|
|
suppliant
|
asking humbly
|
|
|
surfeit
|
excessive amount
|
|
|
surly
|
bad-tempered
|
|
|
surreptitious
|
sneaky act
|
|
|
susurration
|
whispering
|
|
|
suture
|
to join together
|
|
|
svelte
|
slender
|
|
|
swarthy
|
dark complexioned
|
|
|
sybarite
|
fond of pleasure
|
|
|
sycophant
|
parasitic flatterer
|
|
|
sylvan
|
wooded forest
|
|
|
tableau
|
dramatic scene
|
|
|
tacit
|
silent
|
|
|
taciturn
|
speak little
|
|
|
tantamount
|
equivalent
|
|
|
tarn
|
small lake
|
|
|
tarry
|
to linger
|
|
|
tawdry
|
cheap showy
|
|
|
tawny
|
yellowish-brown
|
|
|
temerity
|
reckless boldness
|
|
|
temporize
|
indecisive
|
|
|
tendentious
|
biased
|
|
|
tenuous
|
slender
|
|
|
tepid
|
lukewarm
|
|
|
terpsichorean
|
dancing
|
|
|
timorous
|
fearful
|
|
|
titter
|
self conscious laughter
|
|
|
tome
|
heavy book
|
|
|
toothsome
|
tasty
|
|
|
torpid
|
inactive
|
|
|
traduce
|
to speak badly
|
|
|
translucent
|
light passes through
|
|
|
travail
|
hard intense work
|
|
|
treble
|
three times
|
|
|
trepidation
|
alarm fear
|
|
|
tribulation
|
trouble
|
|
|
tributary
|
stream into river
|
|
|
trite
|
worn out, common
|
|
|
truckle
|
to submit to
|
|
|
truculent
|
brutal savagery
|
|
|
truncate
|
to cut off
|
|
|
truncheon
|
a club
|
|
|
tryst
|
a secret meeting
|
|
|
tumid, turgid
|
bulging swollen
|
|
|
turpitude
|
shameful behavior
|
|
|
twain
|
two
|
|
|
tyro
|
a beginner
|
|
|
ubiquitous
|
present everywhere
|
|
|
ulcerous
|
infected
|
|
|
umbrage
|
resentment
|
|
|
uncouth
|
clumsy, crude
|
|
|
unctuous
|
excessively polite
|
|
|
undulate
|
move away wavelike
|
|
|
unerring
|
accurate
|
|
|
unfledged
|
immature
|
|
|
unmitigated
|
absolute
|
|
|
upbraid
|
to find fault
|
|
|
urbane
|
refined
|
|
|
ursine
|
bearlike
|
|
|
usury
|
excessive interest charge
|
|
|
uxorious
|
overly fond of one's wife
|
|
|
vagary
|
unpredictable action
|
|
|
vaunt
|
to brag
|
|
|
venal
|
corrupt
|
|
|
veneer
|
misrepresented show
|
|
|
venerable, venerate
|
respect worthy
|
|
|
venial
|
excusable
|
|
|
veracious
|
truthful
|
|
|
verisimilitude
|
appearance of truth
|
|
|
veritable
|
true
|
|
|
vernal
|
spring
|
|
|
vertiginous
|
whirling, unstable
|
|
|
vaunt
|
to brag
|
|
|
venal
|
corrupt
|
|
|
veneer
|
misrepresented show
|
|
|
venerable, venerate
|
respect worthy
|
|
|
venial
|
excusable
|
|
|
veracious
|
truthful
|
|
|
verisimilitude
|
appearance of truth
|
|
|
veritable
|
true
|
|
|
vernal
|
spring
|
|
|
vertiginous
|
whirling, unstable
|
|
|
vex
|
to annoy
|
|
|
viaduct
|
a bridge
|
|
|
viands
|
various foods
|
|
|
vicarious
|
substitute
|
|
|
viceroy
|
representative deputy
|
|
|
vicissitudes
|
unpredictable changes
|
|
|
victuals
|
food
|
|
|
vignette
|
literary sketch
|
|
|
virago
|
shrew woman
|
|
|
virulent
|
poisonous
|
|
|
virile
|
masculine
|
|
|
visage
|
appearance (face)
|
|
|
visceral
|
instinctive (not intellectual)
|
|
|
vitiate
|
to weaken
|
|
|
vitreous
|
like glass
|
|
|
vituperate
|
to criticize
|
|
|
vociferous
|
shoutin
|
|
|
volant
|
capable of flying
|
|
|
voluble
|
talkative
|
|
|
vulpine
|
clever like a fox
|
|
|
votary
|
loyal follower
|
|
|
waif
|
homeless
|
|
|
wan
|
pale and tired
|
|
|
wangle
|
to manipulate
|
|
|
wanton
|
reckless immoral
|
|
|
warble
|
sing melodiously
|
|
|
wastrel
|
wastes money
|
|
|
wax
|
grow intensity
|
|
|
wend
|
direct one's way
|
|
|
wheedle
|
to coax
|
|
|
whet
|
sharp stimulation
|
|
|
windfall
|
unexpected good fortune
|
|
|
winsome
|
pleasing
|
|
|
withal
|
nevertheless
|
|
|
wizened
|
shriveled
|
|
|
woe
|
sorrow
|
|
|
wont
|
accustomed to
|
|
|
wrest
|
take by force
|
|
|
wroth
|
angry
|
|
|
wry
|
ironic humor
|
|
|
xyloid
|
wood
|
|
|
yen
|
intense desire
|
|
|
yoke
|
to link
|
|
|
zephyr
|
gentle breeze
|
|
|
zest
|
hearty enjoyment
|
