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Pugn/acious
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Adj. Having a belligerant nature; quarrelsome.
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Pugn/ac/ity
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N. The Desire to fight.
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Pug/il/ist
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N. One who fights with his fists.
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Re/pugn/ant
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Adj. Incompatible; distaste.
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Im/pugn
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V. To cause to doubt
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Pung/ent
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Adj. Sharp in Smell or taste sharply painful.
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Pung/ency
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State of being sharp in smell or taste.
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Punct/ure
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V. To pierce with a pointed instrument or object.
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Com/punct/ion
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N. A feeling of guilt; anxiety from guilt.
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Punct/il/ious
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Adj. Concerned with details.
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Punct/ual Adj.
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Prompt; on time.
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Ex/pung/e
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V. To cancel or delete.
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Stimul/ate
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V. To excite to activity, growth or greater activity.
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Stimul/ant
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An agent that produces a temporary increase in activity.
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Stimul/us
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N. Something that rouses or incites to activity.
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Di/stinct
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Adj. Distinguishable; unique.
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Di/stingu/ish
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V. To perceive as being separate and different.
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In/di/stingu/ish/able
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Adj. Not easily defined.
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In/stinct N.
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N. Natural, in born ability or impulse.
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Ex/tingu/ish
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V. To put out a light or fire.
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In/stig/ate
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V. To provoke urge.
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Sting/ent
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Adj. Constricted; imposing strict rules; severe.
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Con/strict
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V. To make narrow by drawing together; to stop; to inhibit.
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Con/strict/ion
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Act of making together; narrow.
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A/string/ent
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Adj. Able to draw.
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Re/strict
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V. To confine with in bonds or limits.
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Lig/at/ure
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N. Something that's used to bind.
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Lig/a/ment
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N. A band of tissues connecting bone to bone.
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Ob/lig/at/ion
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N. Duty (moral/legal); responsibility.
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Ob/lig/at/ory
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required or mandatory.
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Al/leg/iance
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N. Loyalty
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Il/leg/al
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Adj. Not authorized by law; unlawful.
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Leg/al
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Adj. Lawful, according to specific law.
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Extra/leg/al
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Adj. Not regulated by law.
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Leg/itim/ate
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Adj. Lawful; according to laws of reason.
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Leg/acy
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N. Something inherited.
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De/leg/ate
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N. The person appointed with power to act.
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De/leg/at/ion
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A group of representatives.
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Al/leg/e
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V. To assert as true without much evidence.
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Al/leg/at/ion
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An assumption.
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Rel/leg/ate
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V. To send back to a lower position- to demote.
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Leg/at/ion
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N. Sending of official representatives.
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Leg/ible
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Adj. Capable of being read.
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Il/leg/ible
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Adj. Not capable of being read.
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E/lig/ible
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Adj. Qualified to be chosen; entitled.
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Se/lect
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V. To make a choice; to pick out.
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Se/lect/iv/ity
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N. The act of choosing; pickiness.
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Se/lect/ive
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Choosing carefully.
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Leg/ion
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N. A very large number or gathering.
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Neg/lect
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V. To give little or no attention; to disregard.
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Neg/lig/ent
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Careless; disregarding proper care.
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Pre/di/lect/ion
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N. A preference or choice.
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Di/lig/ent
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Adj. Having steady, persistant work; hard working.
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In/e/lig/ible
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Adj. Not qualified to be chosen.
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E/lect
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V. To choose by vote.
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Litig/ate
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V. To dispute in a court of law to take part in a lawsuit.
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Litig/at/ion
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Act of carrying on a legal contest by judicial process.
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Litig/ant
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N. One engaged in a lawsuit.
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Litig/ious
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Adj. Contentious- prone to engage in lawsuits; quarrelsome.
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Liter/at/ure
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N. The production of literate work, esp. as an occupation.
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Feder/ate
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Adj. Joined by common agreement.
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Liter/al
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Adj. Accurate.
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Al/liter/at/ion N.
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The repitition of initial consonant sounds in a phrase/line.
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Feder/at/ion
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N. The act of uniting.
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Il/liter/ate
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Adj. Having little or no education; can't read/write.
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Ob/liter/ate
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V. To do away with completely; to wipe out; to erase.
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Feder/al
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Adj. Having to do with a central government.
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Liter/ate
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Adj. Educated; able to read/write.
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in/script/ion
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N. Something that's written, engraved or printed as a lasting record.
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Circum/scribe
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V. To surround by a boundary.
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Feder/al/ism
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The belief in a strong central gov.
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Tran/script/ion
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N. Process of making a copy of something.
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Con/feder/at/ion
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N. A league or alliance.
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Tran/scrib/e
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To write over again or copy.
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Tran/script
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Written copy.
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Fid/el/ity
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N. Loyalty; Faithfulness.
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Con/script/ion
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N. Required or mandatory enrollment of people; draft.
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Con/script
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To draft.
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A/scrib/e
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V. To attribute to a given cause.
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Fid/uc/iary
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Adj. Of, rel. to, or involving..confidence of trust.
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Pre/scrib/e
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V. To set down as a rule to be followed;to recommend.
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Con/fid/ent/ial
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Adj. Private; communicating secretly.
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Pro/scrib/e
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V. To prohibit or restrict, usu. an activity.
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Sub/script/ion
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N. The act of supporting.
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In/fid/el/ity
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N. Lack of belief in a religion.
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Non/de/script
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Adj. Lacking individual character.
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Super/script/ion
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N. Something written on outside.
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Super/script
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Something written above where there are other letters.
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In/fid/el
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N. One who's renounced his religious beliefs.
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Post/script
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N. A note added below the signature.
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Dif/fid/ent
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Adj. Lacking faith in oneself; shy; timid.
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Scrib/e
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N. A writer.
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Re/fer/e/ndum
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N. A public vote for final approval or rejection.
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Ag/e/nda
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N. A schedule of things to be done.
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Con/fid/ant
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N. A much trusted person; one who u would trust with private info.
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Oss/eous
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Adj. Bone or bone-like.
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Memora/nda
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N. A written reminder.
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Af/fid/avit
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N. A sworn written statement.
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Propaga/nda
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N. Ideas deliberately spread to further one's own cause.
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Oss/uary
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N. A depository for the bone of the dead.
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Pe/fid/y
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N. An act of disloyalty or betrayal.
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Oss/i/fy
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V. to turn to bone; or to harden like bone.
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Oss/i/ficat/ion
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The Natural process of bone formation.
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Oscill/ate
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V. To swing backward and forward like a pendulum; vibrate (an object).
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Per/fid/ious
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Disloyal.
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Negat/e
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V. To deny or reject the existence or truth of.
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Vacill/ate
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V. To waver or hesitate like a person.
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Dub/ious
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Adj. Giving rise to doubt.
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In/dubit/able
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Adj. Too evident to be doubted; unquestionable.
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Ab/negat/e
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V. to surrender or deny; to renounce.
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Dub/iety
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N. Uncertainty.
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Doc/ile
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Adj. Easily taught; teachable.
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Re/nag/e
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V. to fail to adhere to a promise.
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Doc/il/ity
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The quality of being teachable.
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In/doct/rin/ate
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V. To teach; to force; to accept without any critical thought.
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re/naga/de
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n. a traitor; outlaw; rebel.
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Doc/um/ent/ary
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Adj. Contained or certified in writing; factual; objective.
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nega, negat
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deny
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Doct/rine
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N. Instruction, principal.
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Doc/ent
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N. A teacher or tutor w/o regular faculty rank.
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Fid
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Faith
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Feder
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League; Alliance; Bond.
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Doc, Doct
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Teach
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Dub, Dubit
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Doubt
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Vacill
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Waver
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Oscill
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Swing
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Oss
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Bone
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-ndum, -nda
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To be.
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Scrib, script
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Write
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Liter
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Letter
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Litig
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Dispute; quarrel; sue.
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Leg, Lig, Lect
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Choose; gather.
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Leg, Lect
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Read.
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Leg
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Law
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Lig
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Bind
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String, strict (strain, straint)
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Bind
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Pung, punct (point)
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Point; prick.
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Stingu, Stinct
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Prick; Prick out; Quench
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Stimul
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Goad; rouse
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Pugn, Pug
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Fight; Fist.
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