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ablution
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washing
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abstruse
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obscure
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accede
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agree
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acme
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pinnacle
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acrid
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bitter
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acrimonious
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bitter in words
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adjuration
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solemn urging
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admonish
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warn
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adulation
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flattery
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advent
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arrival
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adventitious
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accidental
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aerie
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large nest of birds
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agog
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excitable
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alacrity
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promptness
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allay
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pacify
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anathema
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solemn curse
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animadversion
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critical remark
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anodyne
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opiate painkiller
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apiary
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place where bees are kept
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apothegm
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pithy saying
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apposite
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appropriate fit
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appurtenances
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subordinate possessions
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arabesque
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decoration with curves and plants
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argot
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slang
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aria
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operati solo
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ascendency
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controlling influence
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assiduous
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with great care
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asunder
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into parts
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aureole
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suns coronal
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auspicious
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favoring success
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aver
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assert as the truth
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bate
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let down
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beatific
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producing joy
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beatify
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bless
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beatitude
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state of bliss
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bedizen
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vulgar dress
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bedraggle
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make very wet
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beget
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give rise to
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beguile
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cheat
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behoove
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be incumbent upon
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belie
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disguise
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benison
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blessing
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betoken
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signify
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bilious
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liver problem
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blandish
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cajole with flattery
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blithe
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cheerful indifference
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brindled
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tawny or brownish color
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bucolic
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rustic
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cadge
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beg
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cameo
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small shell or jewel carved in relief
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canker
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small sore; an evil
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canny
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shrewd; thrifty
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cantankerous
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ill-humored
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cantata
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story set to music
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canter
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slow gallop
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canto
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division of long poem
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captious
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always finding fault
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captious
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fault finding
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carapace
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back shell
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carillon
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set of playable bells
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carping
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petty criticism
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caudal
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near the back
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cavalcade
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parade
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cavil
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make frivolous objections
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chary
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cautious
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chase
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ornament by indentation
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churlish
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rude
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clapper
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bell striker
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cloying
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too sugary
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codicil
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supplemental part of will
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coeval
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living at the same time
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collate
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examine and verify
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comestible
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edible
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comity
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civility
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comport
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aspect of behavior
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condign
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appropriate punishment
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continence
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self-restraint
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contravene
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oppose
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contumacious
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resisting authority
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contusion
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bruise
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convivial
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festive
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cornice
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projecting top of building or column
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corpulent
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very fat
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coterie
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selective social group
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countenance
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approve
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cow
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terrorize
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cozen
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cheat
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crabbed
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peevish
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credulity
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belief on slight evidence
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crotchety
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whimsical
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cynosure
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object of general attention
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dais
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raised platform for guests
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deign
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stoop to
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demotic
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pertaining to the people
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demur
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object to
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demure
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grave
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descry
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catch sight of
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despoil
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rob of value
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desuetude
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state of disuse
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diadem
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crown
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dilatory
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tending to delay
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discomfit
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to cause to fail
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disconsolate
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sad
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disputatious
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argumentative
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disquietude
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anxiety
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disquisition
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formal inquiry
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dissimulate
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pretend
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doff
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take off
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doggerel
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poor verse
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dolorous
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sorrowful
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dorsal
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upper side of animal
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dotage
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senility
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dowdy
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slovenly
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dyspeptic
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suffering from indigestion
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efface
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rub out
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effectual
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able to produce desired effect
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effervescence
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inner or natural excitement
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ellipsis
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dot
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emend
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correct
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emendation
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correction of errors
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emetic
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something causing one to vomit
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emollient
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soothing remedy
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emolument
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salary
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encomiastic
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praising
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encomium
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high praise
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enfranchise
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admit with rights of citizenship
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engender
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cause
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enjoin
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command
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enmity
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ill will
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entreat
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plead
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equable
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steady
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equanimity
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calmness of temperament
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equinox
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period of equal day and night
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equipoise
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in balance
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essay
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test
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estimable
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worthy of praise
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evanescent
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fleeting
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evince
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show clearly
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excoriate
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scold
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execrate
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cures
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exegesis
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explanation
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exiguous
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small
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expatiate
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talk at length
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expiate
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make amends
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explicate
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explain or interpret
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exploit
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a deed or to make use of
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expository
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serving to explain
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expostulation
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remonstrate
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expropriate
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take possession of
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expurgate
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clean
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extemporaneous
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not planned
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extenuate
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weaken
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extirpate
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root up
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facile
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easily accomplished
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factious
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inclined to fracture
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factitious
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sham
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factotum
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handyman
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fancied
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imagined
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fancier
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breeder or dealer of animals
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fastidious
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difficult to please squeamish
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febrile
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feverish
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feckless
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feeble
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filigree
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delicate metalwork
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fop
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dandy
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foray
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raid
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forbearance
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patience
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forswear
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abandon
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fractious
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unruly
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functionary
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official
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gainsay
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deny
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gambol
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skip about
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gamely
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spirited manner
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garish
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overly bright
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gourmand
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epicure
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grouse
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complain
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guffaw
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loud laugher
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guileless
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without deceit
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haughtiness
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pride
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homily
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sermon
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hortatory
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encouraging
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hypercritical
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exacting
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ignominiously
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deserving scorn
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illimitable
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infinite
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imbroglio
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complicated situation
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immure
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imprison
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impecunious
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without money
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impenitent
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without repent
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impertinent
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insolent
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impertinent
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impudent
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impetuous
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rash
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impiety
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irreverence
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impious
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irreverent
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implacable
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pitiless
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impolitic
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not wise
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importunate
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demanding
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imprecation
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curse
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improvident
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thriftless
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impuissance
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feebleness
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impute
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attribute to
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incipient
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beginning of
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incredulity
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tendency to disbelief
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indite
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write
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ineluctable
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irresistible
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ingenuous
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naive
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inimical
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hostile
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iniquitous
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wicked
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insipid
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lacking flavor
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insipid
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unimaginative
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insouciant
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indifferent
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insuperable
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unbeatable
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internecine
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mutually destructive
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intransigence
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unmoving
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inveigh
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denounce
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inveigle
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lead astray
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invidious
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designed to create ill will
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invocation
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preyer for help
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itinerant
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wandering
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jaunty
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lighthearted
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knell
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sound of bell
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labile
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unstable
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languid
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listless
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largess
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generous gift
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legerdemain
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sleight of hand
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leonine
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lion like
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libretto
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text of an opera
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ligneous
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like wood
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lithe
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flexible
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litotes
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understatement for emphasis
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loath
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reluctant
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loathe
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detest
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lope
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gallop slowly
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lugubrious
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mournful
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lumen
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unit of light energy
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macerate
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soften by soaking in water
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machinations
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evil schemes
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malediction
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curse
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malefactor
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evildoer
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malingerer
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hypochondriac
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mannered
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affected
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manumit
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emancipate (free hands)
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matriculate
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enroll
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maudlin
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effusively sentimental
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mawkish
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sappy
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mellifluous
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sweet and soft flowing
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mendacio
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false
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mendacious
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lying
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mendicant
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beggar
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meretricious
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flashy
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mete
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measure
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miasma
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swamp gas
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militate
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work against
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minatory
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menacing
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mincing
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affectedly dainty
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misapprehension
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error by misjudgment
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modish
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fashionable
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mollycoddle
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pamper
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mordant
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biting or sarcastic
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mote
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small speck
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mottled
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spotted or splotched
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mountebank
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charlatan
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mulct
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defraud
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multifarious
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varied
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munificent*
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generous
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nascent
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incipient
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natation
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swimming
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nemesis
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revenge seeker
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nether
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lower
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nettle
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vex
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nib
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pen point
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niggardly
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stingy
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niggle
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spend too much time on little points
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noisome
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foul smelling
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nostrum
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questionable medicine
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nubile*
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marriageable
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nugatory
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futile
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obdurate
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inflexible
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obeisance*
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bow
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obloquy
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slander
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obsequious
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slavish
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obsequious
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slavishly attentive
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obstreperous
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boisterous
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obtuse
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blunt
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odium
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detestation
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onus
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burden
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opalescent
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iridescent
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opprobrium
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vilification
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oracular
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prophetic
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oratorio
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dramatic poem set to music
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ostentatious
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pretension
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overweening
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arrogant
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palatial
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magnificent
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palimpsest
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parchment used a second time
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pallid
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pale
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parable
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short moral
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paroxysm
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fits of pain
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parquet
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wooden mosaic flooring
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pastiche
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musical imitation
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pedantic
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punctilious
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pellucid
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transparent
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penumbra
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shadow caused by eclipse
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peregrination
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journey
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perfunctory
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superficial
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peripatetic
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ambulatory
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pernicious
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destructive
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peroration
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orations conclusion
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perquisite
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gain above regular salary
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pert
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forward
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petulant
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touchy
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piebald
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mixed colors
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pied
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varigated
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plait
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braid
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plaudit
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enthusiastic approval
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precis
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concise summation
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prefatory
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introductory
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prescience
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ability to see future
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primogeniture
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seniority by birth
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privation
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hardship
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prolixity
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tediously wordy
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propitiate
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appease
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propriety
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decency
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prorogation
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End parliment without disolving it
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prosody
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art of versification
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protean
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versatile
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provender
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dry food
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prurient
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having lustful thoughts
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puerile
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childish
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puissant
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potent
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punctilious
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minutely attentive
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quiescent
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inactive
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quorum
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number of members needed for meeting
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quotidian
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daily
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raiment
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clothing
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rakish
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stylish
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rapacious
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grasping in a raptor like manner
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ratiocination
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reasoning
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rebus
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puzzle
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recalcitrant
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obstinate
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recalcitrant
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uncooperative
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recidivism
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habitual return to crime
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recrimination
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countercharges
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recumbent
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reclining
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redolent
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fragrant
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refectory
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dining hall
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refractory
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unimaginative
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refulgent
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brightly shining
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remediable
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reparable
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remiss
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negligent
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remonstrance
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protest
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remunerative
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compensating
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rend
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split
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repartee
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clever reply
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repine
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fret
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replete
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full
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repose
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rest
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reprobate
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rake
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reprobation
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severe disapproval
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reprove
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censure or rebuke
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requiem
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mass for the dead
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requite
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repay
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resplendent
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glorious
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reticent
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reserved
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retinue
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following
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retrench
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cut down
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reverie
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daydream
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revile
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attack with abusive language
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rhapsodize
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exaggerated speaking
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rider
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amendment in bill
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rife
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abundant
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rile
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vex
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rivulet
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small stream
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rococo
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ornate
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roseate
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rosy
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rostral
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near the front
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rote
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repetition
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rubric
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title or heading (red print)
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ruminate
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chew over and over
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rusticate
|
banish into country
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sacrosanct
|
most sacred
|
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|
sagacious
|
perceptive
|
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sallow
|
yellow
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|
sardonic
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disdainful
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sartorial
|
pertaining to tailors
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sate
|
satiate
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saturnine
|
gloomy
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scad
|
great quantity
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scanty
|
meager
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scintillate
|
sparkle
|
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scotch
|
stamp out
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|
|
scurrilous
|
obscene
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seine
|
fish net
|
|
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semblance
|
guise
|
|
|
sensuous
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pertaining to physical senses
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|
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sententious
|
terse
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sheaf
|
bundle of stalks
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shunt
|
turn aside
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sibylline
|
prophetic
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sidereal
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pertaining to stars
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simper
|
smirk
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sinecure
|
well paid
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sinewy
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strong and firm
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skinflint
|
miser
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skulk
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move furtively
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slag
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molten residue
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slake
|
quench
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slapdash
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haphazard
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sleight
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dexterity
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slipshod
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untidy
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sluggard
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lazy person
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|
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smattering
|
slight knowledge
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|
sodden
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soaked
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solecism
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flagrantly ungrammatical
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solemnity
|
seriousness
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solicitous*
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worried
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soliloquy
|
talking to oneself
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|
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somnolent
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half asleep
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|
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sonorous
|
resonant
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sophistry
|
plausible but wrong
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|
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soporific
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somniferous
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spate
|
sudden flow
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|
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specious
|
misleading
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|
|
spectral
|
ghostly
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|
spendthrift
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waster of money
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|
|
sphinx-like
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enigmatic
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|
|
sportive
|
playful
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|
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spurious
|
false
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|
|
staccato
|
played in abrupt manner
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|
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staid
|
sober
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stentorian
|
very loud
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stint
|
thrifty
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|
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stratagem
|
clever trick
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|
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stricture
|
critical comments
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|
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studied
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unspontanious
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|
|
stultify
|
appear to become stupid
|
|
|
subaltern
|
subordinate
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|
|
subsume
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include
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|
|
suffuse
|
spread over
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|
|
sunder
|
separate
|
|
|
Superannuated
|
obsolete
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|
|
superannuated
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retired or disqualified
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|
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supercilious
|
arrogant
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|
|
Supererogatory
|
above and beyond
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|
|
supernumerary
|
an excessive unit
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|
|
supine
|
on back
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|
|
suppliant
|
entreating
|
|
|
supplicate
|
humble petition
|
|
|
supposititious
|
hypothetical
|
|
|
surfeit
|
satiate
|
|
|
surreptitious
|
furtive
|
|
|
swarthy
|
dark
|
|
|
sybarite*
|
lover of luxury
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|
|
sylvan
|
rustic
|
|
|
taper
|
candle
|
|
|
tarry
|
delay
|
|
|
tatty
|
worn
|
|
|
temerity
|
boldness
|
|
|
temporize
|
avoid committing
|
|
|
tendentious
|
biased
|
|
|
tensile
|
stretchability
|
|
|
testator
|
maker of a will
|
|
|
timorous
|
fearful
|
|
|
titter
|
nervous laugh
|
|
|
titular
|
having office
|
|
|
tonsure
|
religious shaving of the head
|
|
|
torpor
|
lethargy
|
|
|
totter
|
move unsteadily
|
|
|
traduce
|
expose to slander
|
|
|
travail
|
painful physical or mental labor
|
|
|
tumid
|
swollen
|
|
|
tureen
|
deep soup serving dish
|
|
|
turpitude
|
depravity
|
|
|
tutelary
|
protective
|
|
|
tyro
|
novice
|
|
|
unassailable
|
not subject to question
|
|
|
unbridled
|
violent
|
|
|
unction
|
act of anointing with oil
|
|
|
unctuous
|
oily
|
|
|
unguent
|
ointment
|
|
|
unprepossessing*
|
unattractive
|
|
|
acrid bitter
|
sharp
|
|
|
adventitious accidental
|
casual
|
|
|
agog excitable
|
curious
|
|
|
alacrity promptness
|
cheerful eagerness
|
|
|
assiduous with great care
|
perseverance
|
|
|
aureole suns coronal
|
halo
|
|
|
bate let down
|
restrain
|
|
|
beatific producing joy
|
blissful
|
|
|
beguile cheat
|
pass time away
|
|
|
belie disguise
|
contridict
|
|
|
cadge beg
|
mooch
|
|
|
cantankerous ill-humored
|
irritable
|
|
|
chary cautious
|
sparing
|
|
|
countenance approve
|
tolerate
|
|
|
crotchety whimsical
|
eccentric
|
|
|
demure grave
|
serious
|
|
|
dowdy slovenly
|
untidy
|
|
|
ellipsis dot
|
dot
|
|
|
emolument salary
|
compensation
|
|
|
engender cause
|
produce
|
|
|
enjoin command
|
order
|
|
|
entreat plead
|
ask earnestly
|
|
|
equable steady
|
tranquil
|
|
|
exiguous small
|
minute
|
|
|
feckless feeble
|
ineffective
|
|
|
fop dandy
|
preoccupied with dress
|
|
|
gainsay deny
|
repudiate
|
|
|
garish overly bright
|
gaudy
|
|
|
grouse complain
|
fuss
|
|
|
haughtiness pride
|
arrogance
|
|
|
impertinent impudent
|
rude
|
|
|
impetuous rash
|
hasty
|
|
|
implacable pitiless
|
intransigent
|
|
|
importunate demanding
|
urgent
|
|
|
insipid unimaginative
|
tasteless
|
|
|
inveigle lead astray
|
wheedle
|
|
|
mannered affected
|
not natural
|
|
|
mawkish sappy
|
cheesy sentiment
|
|
|
mendacio false
|
invented
|
|
|
meretricious flashy
|
tawdry
|
|
|
nascent incipient
|
coming into being
|
|
|
nib pen point
|
beak
|
|
|
noisome foul smelling
|
unwholesome
|
|
|
nugatory futile
|
worthless
|
|
|
obdurate inflexible
|
firm
|
|
|
obsequious slavish
|
unctuous
|
|
|
obstreperous boisterous
|
noisy
|
|
|
opprobrium vilification
|
castigation
|
|
|
ostentatious pretension
|
extravagant
|
|
|
pallid pale
|
wan
|
|
|
paroxysm fits of pain
|
hysteria
|
|
|
pedantic punctilious
|
precise
|
|
|
pellucid transparent
|
easily understood
|
|
|
pert forward
|
attractive
|
|
|
petulant touchy
|
peevish
|
|
|
propitiate appease
|
soothe
|
|
|
propriety decency
|
rectitude
|
|
|
quiescent inactive
|
dormant
|
|
|
recalcitrant obstinate
|
stubborn
|
|
|
recalcitrant uncooperative
|
obstreperous
|
|
|
refractory unimaginative
|
stubborn
|
|
|
refulgent brightly shining
|
gleaming
|
|
|
remonstrance protest
|
objection
|
|
|
rend split
|
tear apart
|
|
|
repine fret
|
complain
|
|
|
repose rest
|
composure
|
|
|
reprobate rake
|
libertine
|
|
|
requite repay
|
revenge
|
|
|
reticent reserved
|
diffident
|
|
|
retinue following
|
attendants
|
|
|
reverie daydream
|
musings
|
|
|
sagacious perceptive
|
shrewd
|
|
|
sallow yellow
|
sickly
|
|
|
sardonic disdainful
|
cynical
|
|
|
sate satiate
|
cloy
|
|
|
scintillate sparkle
|
flash
|
|
|
sententious terse
|
concise
|
|
|
shunt turn aside
|
divert
|
|
|
simper smirk
|
affected smile
|
|
|
sinecure well paid
|
little responsibility
|
|
|
slake quench
|
sate
|
|
|
solicitous* worried
|
concerned
|
|
|
somnolent half asleep
|
drowsy
|
|
|
soporific somniferous
|
narcotic
|
|
|
staid sober
|
sedate
|
|
|
stint thrifty
|
set limits
|
|
|
supercilious arrogant
|
condescending
|
|
|
swarthy dark
|
dusky
|
|
|
tarry delay
|
dawdle
|
|
|
tatty worn
|
shabby
|
|
|
temporize avoid committing
|
attempt to gain time
|
|
|
titular having office
|
no obligations
|
|
|
tyro novice
|
beginner
|
|
|
unctuous oily
|
bland
|
|
|
untoward unlucky
|
adverse
|
|
|
vagary caprice
|
whim
|
|
|
vituperative bitter
|
abusive
|
|
|
vociferous clamorous
|
noisy
|
|
|
vouchsafe grant condescendingly
|
guarantee
|
|
|
vulpine fox like
|
crafty
|
|
|
wheedle cajole
|
coax
|
|
|
yen longing
|
urge
|
|
|
ablution
|
washing
|
|
|
abstruse
|
obscure
|
|
|
accede
|
agree
|
|
|
acme
|
pinnacle
|
|
|
acrid
|
bitter, sharp
|
|
|
acrimonious
|
bitter in words
|
|
|
adjuration
|
solemn urging
|
|
|
admonish
|
warn
|
|
|
adulation
|
flattery
|
|
|
advent
|
arrival
|
|
|
adventitious
|
accidental, casual
|
|
|
aerie
|
large nest of birds
|
|
|
agog
|
excitable, curious
|
|
|
alacrity
|
promptness, cheerful eagerness
|
|
|
allay
|
pacify
|
|
|
anathema
|
solemn curse
|
|
|
animadversion
|
critical remark
|
|
|
anodyne
|
opiate painkiller
|
|
|
apiary
|
place where bees are kept
|
|
|
apothegm
|
pithy saying
|
|
|
apposite
|
appropriate fit
|
|
|
appurtenances
|
subordinate possessions
|
|
|
arabesque
|
decoration with curves and plants
|
|
|
argot
|
slang
|
|
|
aria
|
operati solo
|
|
|
ascendency
|
controlling influence
|
|
|
assiduous
|
with great care, perseverance
|
|
|
asunder
|
into parts
|
|
|
aureole
|
suns coronal, halo
|
|
|
auspicious
|
favoring success
|
|
|
aver
|
assert as the truth
|
|
|
bate
|
let down, restrain
|
|
|
beatific
|
producing joy, blissful
|
|
|
beatify
|
bless
|
|
|
beatitude
|
state of bliss
|
|
|
bedizen
|
vulgar dress
|
|
|
bedraggle
|
make very wet
|
|
|
beget
|
give rise to
|
|
|
beguile
|
cheat, pass time away, distract with charm
|
|
|
behoove
|
be incumbent upon
|
|
|
belie
|
disguise, contridict, betray
|
|
|
benison
|
blessing
|
|
|
betoken
|
signify
|
|
|
bilious
|
liver problem
|
|
|
blandish
|
cajole with flattery
|
|
|
blithe
|
cheerful indifference
|
|
|
brindled
|
tawny or brownish color
|
|
|
bucolic
|
rustic
|
|
|
cadge
|
beg, mooch
|
|
|
cameo
|
small shell or jewel carved in relief
|
|
|
canker
|
small sore; an evil
|
|
|
canny
|
shrewd; thrifty
|
|
|
cantankerous
|
ill-humored, irritable
|
|
|
cantata
|
story set to music
|
|
|
canter
|
slow gallop
|
|
|
canto
|
division of long poem
|
|
|
captious
|
always finding fault
|
|
|
captious
|
fault finding
|
|
|
carapace
|
back shell
|
|
|
carillon
|
set of playable bells
|
|
|
carping
|
petty criticism
|
|
|
caudal
|
near the back
|
|
|
cavalcade
|
parade
|
|
|
cavil
|
make frivolous objections
|
|
|
chary
|
cautious, sparing
|
|
|
chase
|
ornament by indentation
|
|
|
churlish
|
rude
|
|
|
clapper
|
bell striker
|
|
|
cloying
|
too sugary
|
|
|
codicil
|
supplemental part of will
|
|
|
coeval
|
living at the same time
|
|
|
collate
|
examine and verify
|
|
|
comestible
|
edible
|
|
|
comity
|
civility
|
|
|
comport
|
aspect of behavior
|
|
|
condign
|
appropriate punishment
|
|
|
continence
|
self-restraint
|
|
|
contravene
|
oppose
|
|
|
contumacious
|
resisting authority
|
|
|
contusion
|
bruise
|
|
|
convivial
|
festive
|
|
|
cornice
|
projecting top of building or column
|
|
|
corpulent
|
very fat
|
|
|
coterie
|
selective social group
|
|
|
countenance
|
approve, tolerate, also a face
|
|
|
cow
|
terrorize
|
|
|
cozen
|
cheat
|
|
|
crabbed
|
peevish
|
|
|
credulity
|
belief on slight evidence
|
|
|
crotchety
|
whimsical, eccentric
|
|
|
cynosure
|
object of general attention
|
|
|
dais
|
raised platform for guests
|
|
|
deign
|
stoop to
|
|
|
demotic
|
pertaining to the people
|
|
|
demur
|
object to
|
|
|
demure
|
grave, serious, coy
|
|
|
descry
|
catch sight of
|
|
|
despoil
|
rob of value
|
|
|
desuetude
|
state of disuse
|
|
|
diadem
|
crown
|
|
|
dilatory
|
tending to delay
|
|
|
discomfit
|
to cause to fail
|
|
|
disconsolate
|
sad
|
|
|
disputatious
|
argumentative
|
|
|
disquietude
|
anxiety
|
|
|
disquisition
|
formal inquiry
|
|
|
dissimulate
|
pretend
|
|
|
doff
|
take off
|
|
|
doggerel
|
poor verse
|
|
|
dolorous
|
sorrowful
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