Gigunda 201-300

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abstemious

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moderate

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ananthema

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object of intense dislike

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avant garde

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something before its time

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cashiered

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dismissed from service

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conundrum

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a riddle

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dilapidated

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in a condition of ruin or decay

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ennui

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boredom

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fervent

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showing great emotion

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hackneyed

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trite, overused

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inconsequential

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unimportant

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intercede

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to plead on someone else's behalf

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languor

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sluggishness

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narcotic

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a drug that dulls the senses

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ostensible

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apparent or seeming

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potpurri

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a mixture

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pungent

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sharp, biting, stimulating

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rout

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to poke around, dig with the snout

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sinecure

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an extremely easy job

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temerity

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foolish boldness

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vestige

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a trace of something that is no longer present

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accrue

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to accumulate

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apiary

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a place where bees are kept

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bas-relief

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carving or sculpture where the figures are slightly raised

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cherubic

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chubby and innocent looking

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culvert

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artificial channel for water

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disdain

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a feeling of contempt or scorn

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equitable

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fair

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flout

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to mock

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heresy

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an opinion differing from the accepted belief

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inculcate

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to teach persistently

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inveigh

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express strong disapproval

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malapropism

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misuse of words

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noisome

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harmful

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panache

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dashing elegance, flamboyance

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preclude

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prevent

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quench

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to drown out

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sang fraud

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composure or coolness

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sporific

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tending to cause sleep

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torpid

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inactive

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vituperation

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bitter and abusive language

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adventitious

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resulting from chance

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apprehension

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dread

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bombastic

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pretentious in speech or writing

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citadel

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fortress

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debonair

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polished, urbane

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divination

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the act of foretelling

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ethereal

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highly refined and exquisite

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frangible

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brittle

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hypothetical

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a guess

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inexorable

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relentless

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jaundice

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yellow discoloration of the skin (Kimmy!)

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Maudlin

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weakly sentimental

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nostalgia

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longing for the past

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pendulous

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hanging loosely or freely

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prerogative

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special privelage

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rankle

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to irritate or anger constantly

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scaffold

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a temporary platform for holding workers

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stringent

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strict

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tremulous

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fearul, timid

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waif

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someone who is orpahned or unclaimed

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allusion

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indirect reference

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ascribe

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to refer to

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burnished

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glossy or polished

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collate

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to arrange in order

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deference

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submissions to the wishes of another

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dupe

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a person easily tricked or fooled

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excise

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to remove or cut out

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gauche

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tasteless, crude

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impassivity

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showing no emotion

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ingenuity

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inventive skill or imagination

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kilter

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good condition

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meritorious

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praiseworthy

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obscure

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difficult to understand

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pestilential

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dangerous, harmful

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procrastinate

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to put off until later (what you probably have done if it is now 9:00 Sunday night)

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remorseful

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having pity or compassion

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scurrilous

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vulgar, foul-mouthed

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subversive

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intending to overthrow

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unctuous

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excessively smooth and smug

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winsome

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charming

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amiable

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agreeable, sociable

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aura

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a distinctive air

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callow

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without experience, immature

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concupiscence

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lust

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derivative

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copied or adapted from the work of others

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elicit

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to bring out

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expurgate

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to purify

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gratuitous

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freely given

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implausible

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not believable

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innovative

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creative

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laconic

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terse

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mortify

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humiliate

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odium

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hatred

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plumage

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feathery bird covering :)

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propensity

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natural inclination

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restitution

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the act of making up for a loss

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senescence

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the aging process

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surmise

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to guess

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venial

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capable of being forgiven

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zenith

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the highest point