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FRIVOLITY
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giddiness; lack of seriousness
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EDUCE
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to draw forth
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REGAL
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royal; grand
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AGGREGATE
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n. sum total.
v. to bring together; collect into one sum, mass, or body. |
a gre gate..
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INDICT
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to charge with a crime
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REFURBISH
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v: to make new
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GERMANE
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adj: pertinent; related; to the point
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WANTON
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adj: unruly; excessive
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SUNDER
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v: to break; to split in two
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MEANDER
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v: to wind on a course; to go aimlessly
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PROFUSION
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n: great amount; abundance
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AESTHETIC
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adj: showing good taste; artistic
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PITTANCE
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n: small allowance
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pittance
-> pity, petty ->i pity u cuz u have a petty allowance |
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SYCOPHANT
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adj: flatterer
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Sick o phant
if someone calls u a sick elephant(sickophant) he isnt a very good flatterer.. |
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YORE
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n: former period of time
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sounds like year
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DEFAMATION
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n: harming a name or reputation; slandering
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de faming
kinda obvious.. i knew this word i dont know why its here :P |
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AUDACIOUS
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adj: fearless; bold
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i think we learned this word i just forgot so i put it in here
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VALANCE
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n: short drapery hanging over the window frame
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VIRULENT
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adj: deadly; harmful; malicious
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virus -> deadly
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JUXTAPOSE
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v: to place side-by-side
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COLLOQUIAL
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adj: casual; common; conversational;
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colloquial
->co locial ->co local ->local ->common |
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PAROCHIAL
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adj: religious; narrow-minded
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DEMUR
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v,n: objection; misgiving
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DELINEATE
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v: to outline; to describe
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FURTIVE
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adj: secretive; sly
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MAGNANIMOUS
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adj: forgiving; unselfish
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HERESY
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n: opinion contrary to popular belief
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SALIENT
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adj: noticeable; prominent
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RELEGATE
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v: to banish; to put to a lower position
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ENIGMA
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n: mystery; secret; perplexity
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PALLID
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adj: sallow; colorless
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RETICENT
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adj: silent; reserved; shy
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PARAPHERNALIA
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n: equipment; accessories
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AUTHORITARIAN
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n: acting as a dictator; demanding obedience (BOSSY)
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Elizabeth Golan :P
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QUIRK
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n: peculiar behavior; startling twist
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EFFERVESCENCE
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n: bubbliness
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SCRUPULOUS
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adj: honorable; exact
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HUBRIS
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n: arrogance
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TYCOON
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n: wealthy leader
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BALEFUL
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adj: sinister; threatening; evil; deadly
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VAGABOND
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n: wanderer; one without a fixed place
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INSTIGATE
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v: to start; to provoke
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SKULK
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v: to move secretly
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skunk
->smelly ->dont want them to fart on me ->move away from them secretly |
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THRIFTY
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adj: economical; pennywise
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TACITURN
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adj: reserved; quiet; secretive
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TRANSPIRE
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v: to take place; to come about
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EXPEDIENT
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adj: helpful; practical; worthwhile
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COALESCE
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v: to combine; come together
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RAUCOUS
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adj: disagreeable to the sense of hearing; harsh
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ruckus(noisy commotion)
->loud and annoying ->disagreeable to he sense of hearing |
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CRAVEN
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adj: cowardly; fearful
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What u get when u crossbreed a crow and a raven...Because both birds r really cowardly (i made it up. dont know if true) their baby is also really cowardly
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USURY
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n: the act of lending money at illegal rates of interest
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NEOPHYTE
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n: beginner; newcomer
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HACKNEYED
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adj: commonplace; trite
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BEHOOVE
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v: to be advantageous; to be necessary
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RESCIND
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v: to retract; to discard
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EPITOME
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n: model; typification; representation
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GRANDIOSE
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adj: extravagant; flamboyant
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EXTRANEOUS
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adj: irrelevant; not related; not essential
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RUSTIC
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adj: plain and unsophisticated; homely
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DESTITUTE
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adj: poor; poverty-stricken
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VOLATILE
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adj: changeable; undependable
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PENSIVE
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adj: reflective; contemplative
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YOKE
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n: harness; collar; bond
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ABRIDGE
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v: to limit; to take away
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ACQUIESCE
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v: to agree or consent to an opinion
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PRECLUDE
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v: to inhibit; to make impossible
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LIAISON
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n: connection; link
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PUNGENT
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adj: sharp; stinging
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ERRANT
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adj: wandering
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PROSAIC
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adj: tiresome; ordinary
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DERIDE
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v: to ridicule; to laugh at with scorn
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INDULGENT
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adj: lenient; patient
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LASCIVIOUS
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adj: indecent; immoral
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GENERIC
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adj: common; general; universal
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SUCCINT
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adj: consisting of few words; concise
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FACSIMILE
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n: copy; reproduction; replica
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SOLACE
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n: hope; comfort during a time of grief
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PRIVY
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adj: private; confidential
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KNAVERY
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n: rascality; trickery
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SERRATED
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adj: having a sawtoothed edge
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PROVOCATIVE
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adj: irritating
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PERTINENT
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adj: related to the matter at hand
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DISSONANCE
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n: harsh contradiction
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BLITHE
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adj: happy; cheery; merry
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EXPLICIT
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adj: specific; definite
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LETHARGIC
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adj: lazy; passive
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ATROPHY
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v: to waste away through lack of nutrition
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WANE
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v: to grow gradually smaller
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DEVOID
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adj: lacking; empty
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SCRUTINIZE
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v: to examine closely; to study
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OPULENCE
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n: wealth; fortune
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op ~whatever
-> eye doctor -> makes a lot of money -> wealth |
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CONSTERNATION
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n: amazement or terror that causes confusion
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constipation
-> can't poo -> terror |
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RABID
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adj: furious; with extreme anger
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what u feel when ppl call ur pig a rabbit :P
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PERPETUAL
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adj: enduring for all time
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TARRY
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v: to go or move slowly; to delay
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Our friend Terry is really slow
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INCOGNITO
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adj: unidentified; disguised; concealed
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Kinda sounds like Magneto who is a super villain so he is disguised
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DICHOTOMY
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n: branching into two parts
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Tommy is a poor kid with a weird disorder...His private stuff gets divided into 2 like a "Y"
Dick o' Tommy -> branching into 2 parts |
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VENERATE
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v: to revere
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GUILE
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n: slyness; deceit
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isn't this the name of a character in Street Fighters?
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STIGMA
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n: a mark of disgrace
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CANDID
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adj: honest; truthful; sincere
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I always thought this meant hidden because Candid Camera uses hidden cameras but apparently it doesnt mean that:P
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ADVERSE
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adj: negative; hostile; antagonistic; inimical
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TACITURN
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adj: reserved; quiet; secretive
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USURPATION
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n: act of taking something for oneself; seizure
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Do u know Ursula? I think that's the name of the evil octopus lady in little mermaid... she's greedy so she tries to take something for herself
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TEMPER
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v: to soften; to pacify; to compose
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when babies have fevers they have high tempers and they cry a lot so we have to try to pacify them so that they'll be quiet
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