English Vocab 7-13

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Impassive

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showing no feeling or emotion

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Inauspicious

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unfavorable or unlucky

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Incontrovertible

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unquestionable beyond dispute

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Implicit

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implied or understood though unexpressed

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incisive

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sharp, keen, penetrating

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inclulcate

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to impress on the mid by repetition

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imperious

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overbearing arrogant

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ivective

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abusive language

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irresolute

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unable to make up ones mind

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ignoble

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mean, low

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impungn

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to attack as false, to call into question

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intemperate

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lacking self control, immoderate

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inconsequential

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unimportant, trifling

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infraction

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a breaking of a law or obligation

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austere

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severe or stern in manner

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connisseur

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an expert , one who is able to pass critical judgment

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collate

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to compare critically in order to note differences similarities

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carousal

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merrymaking, noisy revelry

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cupidity

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an egar desire for something

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contigous

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touvhing , side by sid e

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caricature

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a representation in which the subjects chaaractristic features are deliberaty exagerated

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corroborate

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to confirl, make more certain bolster substantiate verify

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contigent

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likely but not certain to happen possible dependant on incertain events or conditions

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censurable

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deserving blame or correction

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covert

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hidden disguised secret

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cupapble

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deserving blame worthy of condemination

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corpulent

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fat having a large bulky body

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consternation

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dismay/ confusion

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crass

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coarse, unfeeling, stupid

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concort

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to prepare by combinning ingreddents

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cadaverous

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pale gaunt resembling a corpse

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beneficent

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performing acts of kindness or charity

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debase

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to lower character

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desecrate

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to commit sacrilege upon, to contaminate, to pollut

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disconcert

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to confuse to disturb the composure of

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disavow

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to deney responsibility for or connection with

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dispassionate

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impartial calm free from emotion

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dissension

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disagreement sharp diffrence of opinion

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dissipate

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to cause to disapear to scatter

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Dilatory

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tending to delay or procrastinate

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debonair

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pleasant courteous, lighthearted smooth and polish in manner

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dun

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dark dull

to demand insistently especially in payment
a creditor

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Denizen

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an inhabitant resident one who frequents a place

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discursive

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passing aimlessly from one place pr subject to another rambling

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disseminate

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to scatter or spread widely

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dowdy

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poorly dressed shabby lacking smartness and good taste

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deleterious

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harmful injurious

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disconsolate

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deeply unhappy

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grandoise

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absurdly exagerated grand in an impressive or stately way, marked by pomous affectation or graneur

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pillage

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to tob of goods by open force

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prate

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to talk a great deal on a foolisj or aimless fashion

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punctilious

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very careful and exact

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perfidy

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treahery , faithless

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pretentious

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done for show

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penury

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extreme poverty barreness

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procrastinate

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to delay

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provacative

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arousing desire, annoying

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palpable

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capable of being toched or felt

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perceptive

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having sympathetic insight

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pernicious

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extremly harmful / fatal

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paraphrase

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to restate in other words

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paragon

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a model of excellence or perfection

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politic

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prudent shrewdly conceived and developed

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prosaic

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dull lacking in distinction and originality

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prolific

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abudantly productive

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redoubtable

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inspirinf fear or awe

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reprove

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to find fault with scold

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restitution

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the act of restoring

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relegate

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to place in a lower position

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resuscitate

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to revive bring back

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recondite

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exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding

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reprobate

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scoundrel a depreaved vicious un princupled person

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redundant

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extra excess, repetive lush

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rejoinder

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a reply to a reply

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mitigate

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to make milder or softer to moderate in force or intensity

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vunerable

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open to attack

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gauntlet

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an armored or protective glove a challenge , or ordeal

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hypothetical

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based on an assumption or guess/ used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

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odium

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hatred, contempt , disgrace or infamy resulting gtom hateful conduct

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stalwart

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strong sturdy brave

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squeamish

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inclined to nausea , easily shocked or upset

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subservient

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subordinate in capacity or role submissively obedient serving to promote some end

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susceptible

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open to easily influenced lacking resistance

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slovenly

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untidy dirty careless

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supposition

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something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

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sedentary

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characterized bu or calling for continued sitting

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salient

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leaping or jumping

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satiate

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to satisfy completly

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sear

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to make or become dry

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specious

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deceptive

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sanctimonous

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making a show of virtue or righteousness

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scintillating

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sparkling twinkling exceptionaly brilliant

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opportune

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sutible or convienient for a particular purpose

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nonplussed

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puzzled , at a loss

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austere

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severe or stern in manner

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acrimonious

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stinging bitter in temper or tone

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abate

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to make less in amount degree to subside become less to nulify

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adulation

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praise or flattery that is excessive

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anathema

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an object of intense dislike a curse or strong denunciation

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astute

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shrewd crafty showing pratical wisdom

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avarice

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a greedy desire , particulary for wealth

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accrue

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to grow or accumulate overtiem to happen as a natural result

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annotation

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a critical or explanatory note or comment especially for a literary work

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absolve

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to clear from blame responsibility or guilt

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abet

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to encourage assit aid support

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aver

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to affirm declare confidently

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bovine

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resembling a cow or ox sluggish un responsive

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consternation

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dismay confusion

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corpulent

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fat, having a large, bulky body

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disavow

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to deny responsibility for or connection with

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dispassionate

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impartial calm free from emtion

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dissension

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disagreemwnt sharp diffrence of opinion

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dissipate

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to cause to disapear to scatter dispel

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expurgate

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to remove objectionable passages or words from written tense to cleasne purify

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culpapble

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deserving blame worthy of condemnation

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dilatory

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tending to delay or prcrastinate not prompt

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egregious

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conspicuous standing out from the mass

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equivocate

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to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation to be deliberately vague or ambigous

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evanescent

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vanishing soon passing away light airy

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nebulous

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cloud like resembling a cloud cloudy in color not transparent vague confused indistinct

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efficacious

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effective prducing results

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equanimity

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calmness composure refusal to panic

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fortuitous

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accidental occurring by happy chance

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gist

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the essential part main point or essence

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motley

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showing great variety composed of diffrent elements or many colors

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munificent

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extremely generous lavish

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heresy

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an opinion diffrent from accepted belif the denual of an idea that is generally held sacred

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foist

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to impose by fraud to pass off as worthy or genuine to bring about bu stealthh dishonesty or coercion

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florid

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highly colored reddis excessibly ornate showy

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enhance

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to raise to a higher degree

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enthrall

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to captivate charm hold spellbound

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extenuate

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to lessen the seriousness or magnituse or an offense by making partial

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ostentatious

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showy markd by conspicuous or pretentious display

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winesome

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charming attractive pleasing

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herculean

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relating to hercules

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grisly

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frightful horrible

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forment

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to premote trouble

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torpid

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inactive sluggish dull

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nebulous

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cloudlike resembling a cloud

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novice

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one who is just a beginer at sonmeactivity requiring skill and eperience

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bovine

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resembling a cow