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100 Cards in this Set
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ABATE
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TO DECREASE; REDUCE
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ABDICATE
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TO GIVE UP A POSITION, RIGHT, OR POWER
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ABERRANT
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DEVIATING FROM WHAT IS NORMAL
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ABEYANCE
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TEMPORARY SUPPRESSION OR SUSPENSION
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ABJECT
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MISERABLE; PITIFUL
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ABJURE
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TO REJECT; ABANDON FORMALLY
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ABSCISSION
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N. THE ACT OF CUTTING; THE NATURAL SEPARATION OF A LEAF OR OTHER PART OF A PLANT
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ABSCOND
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TO DEPART SECRETLY
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ABSTEMIOUS
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MODERATE IN APPETITE
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ABSTINENCE
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THE GIVING UP OF CERTAIN PLEASURES
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AGGRANDIZE
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TO MAKE LARGER OR GREATER
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AGGREGATE
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ADJ. AMOUNTING TO A WHOLE; TOTAL
V. TO COLLECT INTO A MASS N. COLLECTIVE MASS OR SUM |
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ALACRITY
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CHEERFUL WILLINGNESS; EAGERNESS; SPEED
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ALCHEMY
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MEDIEVAL CHEMICAL PHILOSOPHY BASED ON CHANGING METAL INTO GOLD; A SEEMINGLY MAGICAL POWER OR PROCESS OF TRANSMUTATION
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ALLAY
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TO LESSEN; EASE; SOOTHE
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ALLEVIATE
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TO RELIEVE; IMPROVE PARTIALLY
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ALLOY
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A COMBINATION; A MIXTURE OF TWO OR MORE METALS
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ALLURE
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THE POWER TO ENTICE BY CHARM
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AMALGAMATE
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TO COMBINE INTO A UNIFIED WHOLE
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AMBIGUOUS
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UNCLEAR OR DOUBTFUL IN MEANING
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AMBIVALENCE
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THE STATE OF HAVING CONFLICTING EMOTIONAL ATTITUDES
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AMBROSIA
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SOMETHING DELICIOUS; THE FOOD OF THE GODS
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AMELIORATE
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TO IMPROVE
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AMENABLE
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AGREEABLE; COOPERATIVE; SUITED
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AMENITY
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SOMETHING THAT INCREASES COMFORT
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AMULET
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ORNAMENT WORN AS A CHARM AGAINST EVIL SPIRITS
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ANACHRONISM
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SOMETHING OUT OF THE PROPER TIME
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ANALGESIC
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MEDICATION THAT REDUCES OR ELIMATES PAIN
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ANALOGOUS
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ADJ. COMPARABLE
N. A SIMILARITY IN SOME WAYS BETWEEN THINGS THAT ARE OTHERWISE DISSIMILAR (ANALOGY) |
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ANARCHY
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N. ABSENCE OF GOVERNMENT; STATE OF DISORDER
ADJ. LACKING ORDER OR CONTROL (ANARCHIC) |
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ANODYNE
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N. SOMETHING THAT CALMS OR SOOTHES PAIN
ADJ. RELAXING, OR CAPABLE OF SOOTHING PAIN |
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ANOMALOUS
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IRREGULAR; DEVIATING FROM THE NORM
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ANTECEDENT
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SOMETHING THAT COMES BEFORE
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ANTEDILUVIAN
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PREHISTORIC
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ANTIPATHY
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DISLIKE; HOSTILITY
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APATHY
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INDIFFERENCE
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APEX
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THE HIGHEST POINT
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APOGEE
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THE POINT IN AN ORBIT MOST DISTANT FROM THE BODY BEING ORBITED; THE HIGHEST POINT
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APOTHEGM
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A TERSE, WITTY SAYING
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APPEASE
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TO CALM; PACIFY; PLACATE
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APPELLATION
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NAME
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APPOSITE
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STRINKINGLY APPROPRIATE AND RELEVANT
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APPRISE
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TO INFORM
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APPROBATION
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PRAISE; APPROVAL
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APPROPRIATE
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TO TAKE POSSESSION FOR ONE'S OWN USE; CONFISCATE
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APROPOS
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RELEVANT
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ARABESQUE
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ORNATE DESIGN FEATURING INTERTWINED CURVES; A BALLET POSITION IN WHICH ONE LEG IS EXTENDED IN BACK WHILE THE OTHER SUPPORTS THE WEIGHT OF THE BODY
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ARCHEOLOGY
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THE STUDY OF MATERIAL EVIDENCE OF PAST HUMAN LIFE
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ARDOR
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GREAT EMOTION OR PASSION
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ARDUOUS
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EXTREMELY DIFFICULT; LABORIOUS
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ARGOT
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A SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY USED BY A GROUP
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ARREST
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TO STOP; TO SEIZE
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ARTIFACT
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ITEM MADE BY HUMAN CRAFT
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ARTLESS
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GUILELESS; NATURAL
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ASCETIC
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N. ONE WHO PRACTICES SELF-DENIAL
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ASPERITY
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SEVERITY; HARSHNESS; IRRITABILITY
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ASPERSION
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SLANDER; FALSE RUMOR
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ASSIDUOUS
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DILIGENT; HARD-WORKING
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ASSUAGE
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TO MAKE LESS SEVERE
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ASTRINGENT
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HARSH; SEVERE
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ASYLUM
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PLACE OF REFUGE OR SHELTER
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ATAVISM
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IN BIOLOGY, THE REAPPEARANCE OF A CHARACTERISTIC IN AN ORGANISM AFTER SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF ABSENCE; INDIVIDUAL OR A PART THAT EXHIBITS ATAVISM; RETURN OF A TRAIT AFTER A PERIOD OF ABSENCE
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ATTENUATE
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TO WEAKEN
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AUDACIOUS
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BOLD; DARING
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AUSTERE
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STERN; UNADORNED
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AUTONOMOUS
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SELF-GOVERNING; INDEPENDENT
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AVARICE
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GREED
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AVER
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TO AFFIRM; DECLARE TO BE TRUE
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AVOCATION
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SECONDARY OCCUPATION
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AVUNCULAR
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LIKE AN UNCLE, BENEVOLENT AND TOLERANT
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AXIOMATIC
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TAKEN FOR GRANTED
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BACCHANALIAN
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PERTAINING TO RIOTOUS OR DRUNKEN FESTIVITY; PERTAINING TO REVELRY
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BANAL
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COMMONPLACE; TRITE
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BANTER
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PLAYFUL CONVERSATION
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BARD
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POET
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BAWDY
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OBSCENE
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BEATIFY
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TO SANCTIFY; TO BLESS; TO ASCRIBE A VIRTUE TO
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BEDIZEN
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TO DRESS IN A VULGAR; SHOWY MANNER
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BEHEMOTH
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HUGE CREATURE; ANYTHING VERY LARGE AND POWERFUL
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BELIE
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TO CONTRADICT; MISREPRESENT; GIVE A FALSE IMPRESSION
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BENEFICENT
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KINDLY; DOING GOOD
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BIFURCATE
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TO DIVIDE INTO TWO PARTS
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BLANDISHMENT
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N. FLATTERY
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BLASE
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BORED BECAUSE OF FREQUENT INDULGENCE; UNCONCERNED
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BOLSTER
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TO GIVE A BOOST TO; PROP UP; SUPPORT
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BOMBASTIC
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POMPOUS; USING INFLATED LANGUAGE
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BOORISH
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RUDE; INSENSITIVE
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BOVINE
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COWLIKE
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BRAZEN
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BOLD; SHAMELESS
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BROACH
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TO MENTION FOR THE FIRST TIME
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BUCOLIC
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CHARACTERISTIC OF THE COUNTRYSIDE; RUSTIC; PASTORAL
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BURGEON
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TO FLOURISH
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BURNISH
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TO POLISH
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BUTTRESS
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TO REINFORCE; SUPPORT
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CACOPHONOUS
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UNPLEASANT OR HARSH-SOUNDING
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CADGE
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TO BEG; SPONGE
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CALLOUS
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THICK-SKINNED; INSENSITIVE
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CALUMNY
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FALSE AND MALICIOUS ACCUSATION; SLANDER
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CANARD
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FALSE, DELIBERATELY MISLEADING STORY
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CANON
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AN ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLE; A BASIS OR STANDARD FOR JUDGMENT; A GROUP OF LITERARY WORKS
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