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To express sympathy or sorrow; to share others sorrow or disappointment
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Commiserate
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Produced in large quantities;abundant
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Copius
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Dignity or correctness that is socially expected; A harminious compatibility of elements in a piece of art or literature
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Decorum
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Made up of parts from various sources or origins; diverse items, styles, or things
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Eclectic
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To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation. To make something even more unpleasant or severe
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Exacerate
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An embarrassing social blunder; a behaivorial error
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Faux Pas
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Very friendly, sociable,outgoing, or cordial;happy in the company of others
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Gregarious
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Unlucky, unfortunate, or inauspicious
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Hapless
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A break in something where there should be continuity; an interruption or gap
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Hiatus
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Continuing unstopped for a long time
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Incessant
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To conclude something on the basis of evidence or reasoning; To suggest or lead to a conclusion.
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Infer
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Requiring a great deal of effort. Showing signs of effort or difficulty, rather than easy, naturalness, of fluency
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Laborious
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Well educated and very knowledgeable. Describes behaivor or knowledge that is acquired through training
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Learned
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Very generous, kind, or forgiving
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Magnanimous
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To enroll as a member of a specific group or body, especially a college or university
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Matriculate
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A model that represents a larger system; literally, a minature world
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Microcosm
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Any device, like a rhyme or phrase, meant to make memorizing easier
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Mnemonic
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A small amount, especially of something abstract such as aquality or chracteristic
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Modicum
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Utterly immoral, wicked, unjust, or evil
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Nefarious
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Having a diffusing a strong odor. Can also refer to actions that are immoral or offensive
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Odoriferous
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