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abate
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decrease of lessen
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abject
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low in spirit or hope
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affable
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easy to talk to
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altercaton
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dispute fight
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animosity
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active resentment
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antecedent
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one that comes before
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arrears
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state of being behind in paying debts
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assidious
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dilligent
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augur
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seer
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aversion
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feeling dislike or reluctance
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cadence
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balanced or rhythmical flow
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capitulate
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to surrender
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caricature
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a respresentation in which distinctive features are exaggerated
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circuitous
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roundabout or lengthy
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clemency
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a disposition to show mercy
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commiserate
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to feel or express sorrow or pity
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complacent
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contented to fault
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consign
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to entrust
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conspicuous
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obvious;noticable
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corroborate
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to make certain
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deference
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courteous respect
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constrict
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to make smaller by means of squeezing or binding
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credible
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plausible
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corpulent
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excesively fat
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deign
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to condescend (lower oneself)
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despondent
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dejected
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diffidence
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state of being shy
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efficacy
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power to produce a desired effect
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epoch
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a particular period in history
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evanescence
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the event of fading and gradually fading from sight
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fidelity
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faithfulness to obligation
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dichotmoy
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division into two usually contradictory parts
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dormant
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inactive
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facile
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easy
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despondent
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dejected
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expeditious
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done with efficiency and speed
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furtive
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marked bu quiet and caution and secrecy
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glib
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performed w/ offhand ease (sounds good)
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imperative
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expressing a command or plea
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implacable
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impossible to apease
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inanimate
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not having the qualitites associated w/ active live organisms
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infallible
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incapable of failing;certain
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inscrutable
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difficult to understand
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fervent
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having or showing great emotion
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iconoclast
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noun. one who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions
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bellicose
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warlike in manner or temperament; belligerent
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incumbent
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obligatory
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incorrigible
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incapable of being corrected
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modicum
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a small, moderate, or token amount
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obliterate
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to do away with completly so as the leave no trace
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obsequious
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full of exhibiting servile compliance
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ominous
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menacing, threatening
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ostensible
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obvious
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pernicious
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tending to cause death or serious injury
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perpetuate
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to cause to continue indefinitely (sound of lawn mowers)
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pilfer
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to steal ( somethihng small)
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propensity
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a tendancy
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Machiavellian
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pragmatic (practical)
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malign
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to make evil
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pronosticate
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to predict according to resent indication or signs
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rejoinder
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an answer especially to a reply
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render
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to submit or present
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ruminate
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to meditate; to chew cud
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sagacity
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the quality of being discerning; wisdom
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sallow
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sickly look (yello)
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sanguine
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of the color of blood; happy
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servile
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objectively sumissive (obsequious)
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spectral
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ghostly
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rectitude
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righteousness
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salient
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protrduing and springy
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placid
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complacent
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retaliate
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to return like for like especially evil for evil
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supercilious
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feeling of showing haughty disdain
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supllicate
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to ask for humbly
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tremulous
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marked by trembling
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trenchant
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forceful
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ubiquitous
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omnipresent
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vermins
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insects or small animals
person that is considered higly offensive |
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insipid
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lacking flavor or zest
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subjugate
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to bring under control
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moribound
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approaching death
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stint
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a length of time spent in a particular way
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stolid
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having or revealing little emotion
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sumptous
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lavish
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insolent
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shamelessly bold
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inundate
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to cover with; a great flood
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juncture
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a joing; point of time
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lethargy
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an abnormal drowsiness
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levity
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frivolity; improper gaiety
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lucrative
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profitable
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ludicrous
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ridiculously absurd
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magnanimous
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noble
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mercenary
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adj....working or done for payment only
n. soldier |
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juxtapose
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to oput side by side
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luguubrous
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very sad or mournful especially in an exagerated way
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latent
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lying hidden and underveloped in a person or thing
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