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1162 Cards in this Set
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abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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abate
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to lessen to subside
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abdication
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giving up control authority
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aberration
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straying away from what is normal
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abet
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help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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to hate to detest
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abide
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be faithful to endure
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abjure
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promise or swear to give up
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abraded
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rubbed off worn away by friction
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abrogate
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repeal or annul by authority
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abscond
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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend obscure
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abut
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border on
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abysmal
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bottomless extreme
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acarpous
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effete no longer fertile worn out
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acclaimed
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welcomed with shouts and approval
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accolade
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praise approval
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accretion
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the growing of separate things into one
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adamant
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kind of stone inflexible
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admonitory
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containing warning
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adorn
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add beauty decorate
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adulteration
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making unpure poorer in quality
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affable
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polite and friendly
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affinity
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close connection relationship
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aggravate
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make worse irritate
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agile
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active quick-moving
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agog
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eager/excited
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ail
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trouble be ill
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alacrity
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eager and cheerful readiness
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alcove
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recess/partially enclosed place
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allegiance
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duty support loyalty
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alleviate
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make (pain) easier to bear
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alloy
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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aloof
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reserved indifferent
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amalgamate
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mix combine unite societies
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ambidextrous
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able to use the left hand or the right equally well
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ambiguous
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doubtful uncertain
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ambivalent
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having both of two contrary meanings
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ameliorate
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improve make better
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amortize
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end (a debt) by setting aside money
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anguish
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severe suffering
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animosity
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strong dislike
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antidote
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medicine used against a poison or a disease
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antithetical
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direct opposing
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apartheid
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brutal racial discrimination
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aplomb
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self-confidence
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
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deification glorification to godliness
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appease
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make quiet or calm
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apprehensive
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grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future
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apprise
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give notice to inform
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approbation
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approval
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apropos
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appropriate to the situation apt
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apt
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well-suited quick-witted
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arabesque
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a complex ornate design
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arboreal
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of connected with trees
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ardor
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enthusiasm
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arduous
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steep difficult ascent laborious
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argot
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jargon slang
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arrant
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in the highest degree
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arrogance
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proud superior manner of behaviour
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articulate
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speak distinctly connect by joints
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ascend
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go or come up
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ascertain
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get to know
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial austere stark
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ascribe
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consider to be the origin of or belonging to
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aseptic
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surgically clean
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asperity
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roughness harshness ill temper irritability
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aspersion
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slander
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assail
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with attack violently
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assiduous
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diligent hard-working sedulous
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assuage
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make smth (pain desire) less
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asterisk
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the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
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astringent
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substance that shrinks
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astute
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clever quick at seeing to get an advantage
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atonement
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repayment death of Jesus
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attenuate
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make thin. weaken enervate
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attune
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bring into harmony
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audacious
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daring foolishly bold impudent
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augury
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omen sign
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august
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majestic venerable
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auspicious
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favorable successful prosperous
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austere
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severely moral and strict simple and plain
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auxiliary
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helping supporting
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aver
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affirm assert prove justify
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aversion
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strong dislike
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avid
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eager greedy
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avow
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admit. Declare openly
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baleful
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harmful ominous causing evil
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balk
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obstacle purposely to get on the way of
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baneful
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causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
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barrage
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artificial obstacle built across a river
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barren
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not good enough unable to have young ones without value
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bask
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in enjoy warmth and light
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beatify
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to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
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bedizen
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to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
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belabor
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beat hard
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bellicose
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belligerent pugnacious warlike
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belligerent
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(person nation) waging war
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benefactor
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person who has given help
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benevolence
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wish or activity in doing good
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benign
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kind and gentle mild (climate)
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bequest
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arrangement to give smth at death
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berate
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scold sharply
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bereft
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rob or dispossess of smth (material)
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bewilder
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puzzle confuse
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bigot
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stubborn narrow-minded person
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bilge
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bulge the protuberance of a cask
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blandishment
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flattery coaxing
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blandness
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polite manner comforting uninteresting
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blatant
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noisy and rough
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blithe
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cheerful casual carefree
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bogus
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sham counterfeit not genuine
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boisterous
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loud noisy rough lacking restraint
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bolster
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give greatly needed support
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boorish
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crude offensive rude
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brash
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hasty rush cheeky saucy
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brass
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yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
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brazen
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made of brass
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breach
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opening broken place breaking
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brittle
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easily broken
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broach
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bring up announce begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate endure
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buoyant
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able to float light-hearted
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burgeon
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grow forth send out buds
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burnish
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to polish rub to a shine
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cabal
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a scheme or plot a group of plotters
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cadge
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to beg to get by begging
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cajole
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use flattery or deceit to persuade
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calipers
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metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument
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calumny
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slander aspersion
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candid
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frank straight-forward
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cant
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insincere talk/jargon
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered/quarrelsome
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canvass
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discuss thoroughly sort of touting
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castigate
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to chastise correct by punishing
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castigation
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severe punishment
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catalyst
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substance that causes speeding up
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caustic
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biting sarcastic
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censure
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expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke
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centurion
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leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
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chary
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cautious wary
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chastened
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corrected punished
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chastisement
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punishment
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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chicanery
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legal trickery/false argument
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chisel
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steel tool for shaping materials
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churl
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bad-tempered person
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clamor
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shout complain with a lot of noise
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clientele
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customers
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clinch
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come to grips/settle conclusively
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cling
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to resist separation
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clot
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half-solid lump formed from liquid
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cloture
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closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
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coagulation
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change to a thick and solid state
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coalescing
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coming together and uniting into one substance
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coax
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get smb to do smth by kindness
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coda
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passage that completes a piece of music
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coddle
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treat with care and tenderness
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coerce
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compel to force to make obedient
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coeval
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of the same period coexisting
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cogent
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strong convincing
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cogitate
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think deeply mediate
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cognizant
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being fully aware of
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colander
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bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
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collusion
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secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
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combustion
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process of burning
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commemorate
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keep the memory of
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commodious
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having plenty of space for what is needed
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commuter
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person who travels regularly
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complaisance
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tending to comply obliging willingness to please
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compunction
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feeling of regret for one's action
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conceal
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hide keep secret
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conceit
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over-high opinion of too much pride
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conciliatory
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reconciling soothing comforting mollifying
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concord
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agreement or harmony
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concur
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agree in opinion happen together
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condense
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increase in density strength make laconic
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condone
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forgive
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congeal
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make or become stiff and solid
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conjoin
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to join together
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connoisseur
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a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)
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connotation
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suggestion in addition to
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consequential
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pompous self important
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console
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give comfort or sympathy to
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conspicuous
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easily seen remarkable
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consternation
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surprise and fear dismay
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constrain
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compel
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constrict
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make tight or smaller
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consume
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get to the end of
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consummate
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perfect/make perfect/complete
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contemn
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to scorn or despise
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contentious
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argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome
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contiguous
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touching neighboring near
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contrite
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filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
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contumacious
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insubordinate rebellious
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conundrum
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a riddle dilemma enigma
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conviction
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convincing firm belief
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convoke
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call together summon
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convoluted
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complicated coiled twisted
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cordial
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warm and sincere
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cordon
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line (of police acting as a guard)
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cornucopia
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abundant supply
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corporeal
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physical of or for the body
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correlate
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have a mutual relation
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corroboration
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additional strengthening evidence
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countenance
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to favor or approve of
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counterfeit
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forgery
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countervail
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counterbalance
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covert
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disguised
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covetous
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eagerly desirous
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cower
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crouch shrink back
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coy
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shy/modest (esp of a girl)
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crass
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very great (es. stupidity)
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cravat
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piece of linen worn as a necktie
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craven
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cowardly
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crease
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line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket
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credulity
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too great a readiness to believe things
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credulous
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ready to believe things
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crush
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press lose shape subdue overwhelm
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cryptic
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secret with a hidden meaning
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cumbersome
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burdensome heavy and awkward to carry
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curmudgeon
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bad-tempered person
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curriculum
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course of study
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cursory
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quick hurried
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curtail
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make shorter then was planned
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dainty
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pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
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daunt
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intimidate make fearful
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dawdler
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person who is slow waste of time
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dearth
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shortage
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debacle
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a breakup overthrow sudden disaster
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decorum
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propriety properness
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decree
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order given by authority
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decry
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disapprove of
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defer
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postpone give way (to show respect)
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deferential
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showing respect
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defiance
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open disobedience or resistance
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delineate
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to portray depict sketch out
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deluge
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great flood heavy rush of water
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demagogue
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person appealing not to reasons
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demur
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to hesitate raise objections
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denigrate
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blacken belittle sully defame
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denouement
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an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot
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deplete
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use until none remains
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deposition
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dethronement depositing
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deprave
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make morally bad corrupt
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deprecate
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protest against express disapproval of
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dereliction
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deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
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derision
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ridicule mockery deriding
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derivative
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unoriginal obtained from another source
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derogatory
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insulting tending to damage
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descry
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catch sight of see smth in the distance
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desiccant
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substance used to absorb moisture
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desuetude
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cessation of use disuse
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desultory
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aimless haphazard digressing at random
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deter
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discourage hinder
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detraction
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slandering verbal attack aspersion
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detumescence
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diminishing or lessening of swelling
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deviance
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being different in moral standards (from normal)
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dexterity
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skill (esp. in handling)
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diaphanous
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transparent gauzy
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diatribe
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bitter and violent attack in words
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diffidence
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shyness
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dilate
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speak comprehensively become wider large
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disallow
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refuse to allow or accept as a correct
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discern
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see with an effort but clearly
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discomfit
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confuse embarrass
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disconcert
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upset the self-possession of
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discountenance
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refuse to approve of
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discourse
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speech lecture
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discredit
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refuse to believe
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discreet
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careful/prudent
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discrete
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individually distinct
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disdain
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look on with contempt
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disencumber
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free from encumbrance
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disheveled
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untidy
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disingenuous
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sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning
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disinter
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dig up from the earth
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dislodge
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move force from the place occupied
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dismal
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sad gloomy miserable
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disparate
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essentially different
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disproof
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proof to the contrary
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dissemble
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speak or behave so as to hide smth (in mind)
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disseminate
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distribute (esp. ideas)
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dissent
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have a different opinion refuse to assent
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dissolution
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disintegration looseness in morals
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distraught
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distracted violently upset in mind
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divergence
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getting farther apart from a point
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divestiture
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taking off getting rid of giving up
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divulge
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make known smth secret
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doggerel
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trivial poorly constructed verse
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dogmatic
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positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion
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dolt
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stupid fellow
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dormant
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in a state of inactivity but awaiting development
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dote
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show much fondness center one's attention
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drawl
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slow way of speaking
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droll
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jesting
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drone
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male bee person who isn't self-employed
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drowsiness
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feeling sleepy half asleep
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dubious
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feeling doubt
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dud
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no use person smth that fails
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dulcet
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melodious harmonious
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dupe
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cheat make a fool of
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duplicity
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deliberate deception
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duress
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threats to compel smb
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dwarf
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person or smb much below the usual size
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dynamo
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a generator something that produces electric current
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earthenware
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dishes made of baked clay
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ebullience
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exuberance outburst of feeling
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ebullient
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overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement
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ecumenical
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representing the whole Christian world
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edacious
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voracious devouring
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eddy
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circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)
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edible
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fit to be eaten/not poisonous
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effete
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infertile worn out weak
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efficacy
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production of a desired result
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effluvia
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outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor
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effrontery
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boldness impudence arrogance
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egress
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way out exit
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elaborate
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worked out with much care in great detail
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elegy
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a lament a melancholy composition
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elicit
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draw out
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eloquence
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fluent speaking skillful use of language
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emaciate
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make thin and weak
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embellish
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make beautiful
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embezzle
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use in a wrong way for one's own benefit
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emote
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stir up excite
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empirical
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relying on experiment
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encapsulate
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enclose in capsule
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encomium
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warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric
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encumbrance
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burden things that get on the way of
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endearing
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making dear or liked
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endemic
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epidemic
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endorse
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write one's name on the back of
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enduring
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lasting
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enervate
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weaken deprive of strength attenuate
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engender
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cause produce give rise to
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engrave
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impress deeply
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engrossing
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taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal
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engulf
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swallow up
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enigma
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smth that is puzzling
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enmity
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hatred being an enemy
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ensign
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flag/badge
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entangle
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put into difficulties
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enthral
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please greatly/enslave (fig)
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entice
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tempt or persuade
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entreat
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ask earnestly
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enunciate
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pronounce (words)/express a theory
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enzyme
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catalyst
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epicurean
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devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
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epistle
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letter
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epithet
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adjective
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epitome
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brief summary representative example a typical model
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equable
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steady regular
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equanimity
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calmness of temperament
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equilibrium
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state of being balanced
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equipoise
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equal distribution of weight equilibrium
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equivocal
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having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious
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equivocate
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try to deceive by equivocal language
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eradicate
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get rid of pull up by the roots
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erratic
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irregular in behaviour or opinion
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erudite
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learned scholarly
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eschew
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avoid
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esoteric
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abstruse intended only for a small circle of
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espouse
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marry give one's support to
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eulogy
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formal praise panegyric
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euphoria
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elation state of pleasant excitement
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euthanasia
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easy and painless death
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evasive
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tending to evade
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evince
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to show clearly to indicate
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evoke
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call up bring out
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excoriation
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severe criticism
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exculpate
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to clear from a charge of guilt
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exhaustive
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complete thorough
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exigency
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emergency an urgent situation
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exoneration
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set smb clear free (e.g.. from blame)
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exorbitant
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much too high or great
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expatiate
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to roam wander freely
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expedient
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likely to be useful for a purpose
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expiation
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ending expiring
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exploit
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brilliant achievement develop use selfishly
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expostulate
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argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest
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expurgate
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to remove obscenity purify censor
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exscind
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to cut out cut away
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extant
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still in existence
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extempore
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without previous thought or preparation
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extenuate
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reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse
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extinct
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no longer active
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extinguish
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end the existence of/wipe or put out
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extirpate
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to destroy exterminate cut out exscind
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extol
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praise highly
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extort
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obtain by threats violence
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extralegal
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outside the law
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extricable
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that can be freed
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extrovert
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cheerful person
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exuberance
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state of growing vigorously being full of life
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facetious
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humorous funny jocular
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facile
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easily done
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fallacious
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based on error
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falter
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waver/move in an uncertain manner
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fatuous
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without sense foolish self-satisfaction
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fawn
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young deer try to win smb's favor
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feckless
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lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless
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fecund
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fertile
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feint
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pretend
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felicitous
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apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos
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felon
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person guilty of murder
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ferment
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substance become excited
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ferocity
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savage cruelty
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ferret
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discover by searching search
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fervid
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showing earnest feeling
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fervor
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warmth of feelings earnestness
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fetid
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stinking
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fetter
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to shackle put in chains
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feud
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bitter quarrel over a long period of time
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fidelity
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loyalty accuracy
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fidget
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move restlessly make nervous
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figurehead
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carved image on the prow of a ship
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finesse
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delicate way of dealing with a situation
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finical
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too fussy about food clothing etc.
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finicky
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finical
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fission
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splitting or division (esp. of cells)
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fixate
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stare at
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flak
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criticism/anti-aircraft guns
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flamboyant
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brightly colored florid
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flaunting
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show off complacently
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flax
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pale yellow (hair) a plant
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fledged
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able to fly trained experienced
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fleet
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number of ships quick-moving
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flinch
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draw move back wince
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flop
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fail/move/fall clumsily
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florid
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very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)
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flout
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reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition)
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fluke
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lucky stroke
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fluster
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make nervous or confused
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foible
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defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
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foil
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prevent from carrying out contrast
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foment
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put smth warm (to lessen the pain)
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foolproof
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incapable of failure or error
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foppish
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like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
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forage
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food for horses and cattle
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forbear
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refrain from be patient ancestor
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forbearance
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patience willingness to wait
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ford
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shallow place in a river (to cross)
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forestall
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prevent by taking action in advance preempt
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forfeit
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suffer the loss of smth
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forge
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workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead
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forgery
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counterfeit
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forswear
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renounce disallow repudiate
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foster
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nurture care for
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fracas
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noisy quarrel
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fragile
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easily injured broken or destroyed
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fragrant
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sweet-smelling
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frantic
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wildly excited with joy pain anxiety
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frenetic
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frantic frenzied
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fret
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worry irritation wear away
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fringe
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edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead
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froward
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intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn
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frugal
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careful economical
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fulmination
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bitter protest
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fulsome
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disgusting offensive due to excessiveness
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gainsay
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to deny to oppose
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garble
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make unfair selection from facts
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garment
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article of clothing
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garner
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to gather and save to store up
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garrulity
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talkativeness
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garrulous
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too talkative
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gaucherie
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socially awkward tactless behavior
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germane
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relevant pertinent to
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gist
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the point general sense
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glean
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gather facts in small quantities
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glib
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ready and smooth but not sincere
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glimmer
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weak/unsteady light
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gloat
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over look at with selfish delight
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glut
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supply to much fill to excess
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gnaw
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waste away bite steadily
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goad
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smth urging a person to action
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gorge
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eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
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gossamer
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soft light delicate material
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gouge
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tool for cutting grooves in wood
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grandiloquent
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using pompous words
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grave
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serious requiring consideration
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graze
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touch or scrape lightly in passing
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gregarious
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living in societies liking the company
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grievous
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causing grief or pain serious dire grave
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grovel
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crawl humble oneself
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guile
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deceit cunning
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gullible
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easily gulled
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gush
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burst out suddenly/talk ardently
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gust
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outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.
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hack
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cut roughly hired horse
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful
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hallow
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to make holy consecrate
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harangue
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a long passionate speech
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harbinger
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smth or smb that foretells the coming of
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harrow
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to distress create stress or torment
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haughty
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arrogant conceited
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heed
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attention/give notice to
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heinous
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odious (of crime)
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heresy
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belief contrary to what is generally accepted
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hermetic
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sealed by fusion
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heterogeneous
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made up of different kinds
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hew
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make by hard work cut (by striking)
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highbrow
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(person) with superior tastes
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hirsute
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hairy shaggy
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hoax
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mischievous trick played on smb for a joke
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hoi
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polloi the masses the rabble
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hollow
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not soled with hole
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holster
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leather case for a pistol
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homiletics
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act of preaching
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hone
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stone used for sharpening tools
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hoodwink
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trick mislead
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hospitable
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liking to give hospitality
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hubris
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arrogant pride
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hush
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make or become silent
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husk
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worthless outside part of anything
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hypocrisy
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falsely making oneself appear to be good
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iconoclast
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person who attacks popular beliefs
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idiosyncrasy
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personal mannerism
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idolatry
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excessive admiration of
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idyll
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a carefree episode or experience
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ignoble
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dishonorable common undignified
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ignominious
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shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful
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illicit
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unlawful forbidden
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imbroglio
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complicated and embarrassing situation
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immaculate
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pure faultless
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imminent
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likely to come or happen soon
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immutable
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that cannot be changed
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impair
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worsen diminish in value
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impassive
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unmoved feeling no sign of passion
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impecunious
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having little or no money
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impede
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hinder get in the way of
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impediment
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smth that hinders (e.g. stammer)
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impending
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imminent being about to happen expected
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imperative
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urgent essential
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imperious
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commanding haughty arrogant
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impermeable
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that cannot be permeated
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imperturbable
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calm not capable of being excited
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impervious
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not allowing to pass through (of materials)
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imperviousness
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haughty arrogant commanding
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impetuous
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having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful
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impiety
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lack of reverence or dutifulness
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implacable
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incapable of being placated unpleasable
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implicate
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show that smb has a share
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implicit
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implied though not plainly expressed
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implosion
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collapse bursting inward
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importune
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beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute)
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imprecation
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an invocation of evil a curse
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impromptu
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without preparation
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impudent
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rash indiscreet
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impugned
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challenged to be doubted
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impute
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to attribute to a cause or source ascribe
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inadvertent
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not paying proper attention
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inane
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silly senseless
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inasmuch
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since because
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incense
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make angry
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incessant
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often repeated continual
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inchoate
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not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary
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incipient
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beginning
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incise
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engrave make a cut in
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incite
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stir up rouse
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inclined
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directing the mind in a certain direction
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incongruous
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out of place not in harmony or agreement
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incorrigibility
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cannot be cured or corrected
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incredulous
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skeptical unwilling to believe
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inculcate
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fix firmly by repetition
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incumbents
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official duties
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incursion
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a raid a sudden attack
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indefatigability
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not easily exhaustible tirelessness
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indelible
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that cannot be rubbed out
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indigence
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poverty
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indigenous
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native
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indistinct
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not easily heard seen clearly marked
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indolence
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laziness
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indomitable
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not easily discouraged or subdued
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indulge
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gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself
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indulgent
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inclined to indulge
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ineffable
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to great to be described in words
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ineluctable
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certain inevitable
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inept
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unskillful said or done at the wrong time
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ineptitude
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quality of being unskillful
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inferno
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hell
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infuriate
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fill with fury or rage
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infuse
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put pour fill
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ingenuous
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naive young artless frank honest sincere
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ingest
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take in by swallowing
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inimical
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harmful or friendly
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inimitable
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defying imitation unmatchable
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innocuous
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causing no harm
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inscrutable
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incapable of being discovered or understood
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insensible
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unconscious unresponsive unaffected
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insinuate
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suggest unpleasantly make a way for smth gently
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insipid
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without taste or flavor
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insouciant
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unconcerned carefree
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insularity
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narrow-mindedness isolated
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insurrection
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rising of people to open resistance to
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interdict
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prohibit forbid
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interim
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as an installment
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intersperse
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place here and there
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intransigence
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unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability
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intransigent
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uncompromising
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intrepid
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fearless brave undaunted
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introspection
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examining one's own thoughts and feelings
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inundate
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flood cover by overflowing
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inured
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accustomed to adapted
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invective
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abusive language curses
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inveigh
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to attack verbally denounce deprecate
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inveterate
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deep-rooted. long-established
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invincible
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too strong to be defeated
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involute
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complex
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irascible
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irritable easily angered
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irate
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angry
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ire
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anger
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irksome
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tiresome
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irresolute
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hesitating undecided
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irrevocable
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final and unalterable
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itinerate
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to travel from place to place to peregrinate
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jabber
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talk excitedly utter rapidly
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jibe
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gibe make fun of
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jocular
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meant as a joke
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judicious
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sound in judgment wise
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knit
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draw together unite firmly
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labyrinthine
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to entangle the state of affairs
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lachrymose
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causing tears tearful
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lackluster
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(of eyes) dull
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lament
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show feel great sorrow
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lassitude
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weariness tiredness
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latent
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present but not yet active developed or visible
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laudatory
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expressing or giving praise
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lavish
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giving or producing freely liberally or generously
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legacy
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smth handed down from ancestors
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levee
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formal reception/embankment
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levity
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lack of seriousness
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libel
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statement that damages reputation
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liberality
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free giving generosity
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libertine
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immoral person
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lien
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legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
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limn
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paint portray
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limp
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lacking strength walking unevenly
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lionize
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treat as a famous person
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lithe
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bending twisting
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loll
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rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue)
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lope
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move along with long strides
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loquacious
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talkative garrulous
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lucubrate
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write in scholarly fashion
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luculent
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easily understood lucid clear
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lugubrious
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mournful excessively sad
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lull
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become quiet or less active
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lumber
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move in a clumsy/noisy way
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luminary
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star light-giving body
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lurk
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be out of view ready to attack
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lustrous
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being bright polished
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macabre
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gruesome suggesting death
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macerate
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make or become soft by soaking in water
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machination
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plot scheme (esp. evil)
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maladroit
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tactless clumsy
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malapropism
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misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
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malevolence
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wishing to do evil
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malign
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injurious speak ill of smb tell lie
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malinger
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to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
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malleable
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yielding easily shaped moldable adapting
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manacle
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chains for the hands or feet
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massacre
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cruel killing of a large number of people
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matriculation
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be admitted enter a university as a student
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maudlin
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sentimental in a silly or tearful way
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maul
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hurt by rough handling
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maverick
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rebel nonconformist
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing
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mendacity
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dishonesty
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mendicant
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a beggar
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mercurial
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quick changeable in character fleeting
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meretricious
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attractive on the surface but of little value
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mesmerize
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hypnotize
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meticulous
|
giving great attention to details
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mettle
|
quality of endurance or courage
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mettlesome
|
courageous high-spirited
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middling
|
fairly good but not very good
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minatory
|
menacing threatening
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mince
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pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
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misanthrope
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person who hates mankind
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mischievous
|
harmful causing mischief
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miser
|
person who loves wealth and spends little
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misogynist
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one who hates women/females
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moderation
|
quality of being limited not extreme
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mollify
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make calmer or quieter
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molt
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moult lose hair feathers before new growing
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morbid
|
diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
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morose
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ill-tempered unsocial
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muffler
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cloth worn round the neck/silencer
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multifarious
|
varied motley greatly diversified
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mundane
|
worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday
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myriad
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very great number
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nadir
|
lowest weakest point
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nascent
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coming into existence emerging
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nebulous
|
cloud-like hazy vague indistinct
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negligent
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taking too little care
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neophyte
|
person who has been converted to a belief
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nexus
|
a connection tie or link
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nibble
|
show some inclination to accept (an offer)
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noisome
|
offensive disgusting (smell)
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nonchalant
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not having interest
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nonplused
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greatly surprised
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nostrum
|
a quack remedy an untested cure
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noxious
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harmful
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nugatory
|
trifling/worthless
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obdurate
|
hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible
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obfuscate
|
to darken make obscure muddle
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oblivious
|
unaware having no memory
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obloquy
|
abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation
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obsequious
|
too eager to obey or serve
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obstreperous
|
noisy loud
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obtain
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to be established accepted or customary
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obtrusive
|
projecting prominent undesirably noticeable
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obtuse
|
blunt/stupid
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obviate
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to make unnecessary get rid of
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occluded
|
blocked up
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odious
|
repulsive hateful
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odium
|
contempt dislike aversion
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odor
|
smell favor reputation
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officious
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too eager or ready to help offer advice
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ominous
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threatening
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onerous
|
needing effort burdensome
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opaqueness
|
dullness/not allowing light to pass through
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opprobrious
|
showing scorn or reproach
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ossify
|
to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea
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ostensible
|
seeming appearing as such professed
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ostentation
|
display to obtain admiration or envy
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ostracism
|
shut out from society refuse to meet talk
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overhaul
|
examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
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|
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overweening
|
presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk
|
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paean
|
song of praise or triumph
|
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palate
|
roof of the mouth sense of taste
|
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palatial
|
magnificent
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|
palliate
|
lessen the severity of
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palpability
|
can be felt touched understood
|
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palpitate
|
tremble beat rapidly and irregularly
|
|
|
panegyric
|
formal praise eulogy
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|
paradigm
|
a model example or pattern
|
|
|
parenthesis
|
sentence within another one smth separated
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|
pariah
|
an outcast a rejected and despised person
|
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|
parsimonious
|
too economical miserly
|
|
|
partisan
|
one-sided committed to a party biased or prejudiced
|
|
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patron
|
regular customer person who gives support
|
|
|
paucity
|
scarcity a lacking of
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|
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peccadillo
|
small sin small weakness in one's character
|
|
|
pedantic
|
bookish showing off learning
|
|
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pedestrian
|
commonplace trite unremarkable
|
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|
pellucid
|
transparent easy to understand
|
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|
penchant
|
strong inclination a liking
|
|
|
penitent
|
feeling or showing regret
|
|
|
penurious
|
poor/stingy
|
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penury
|
extreme poverty
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|
peregrination
|
traveling about wandering
|
|
|
peremptory
|
urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate
|
|
|
perfidious
|
treacherous faithless
|
|
|
perfidy
|
treachery breaking of faith
|
|
|
perfunctory
|
done as a duty without care
|
|
|
perilous
|
dangerous
|
|
|
peripatetic
|
wandering
|
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|
perish
|
be destroyed decay
|
|
|
perjury
|
willful FALSE statement unlawful act
|
|
|
permeate
|
spread into every part of
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|
|
pernicious
|
harmful injurious
|
|
|
perpetrate
|
be guilty commit (a crime)
|
|
|
personable
|
pleasing in appearance attractive
|
|
|
perspicacity
|
quick judging and understanding
|
|
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pertain
|
belong as a part have reference
|
|
|
pest
|
destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
|
|
|
petrified
|
taken away power (to think feel act)
|
|
|
petrify
|
to make hard rocklike
|
|
|
petrous
|
like a rock hard stony
|
|
|
petulant
|
unreasonably impatient
|
|
|
philistine
|
a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge
|
|
|
phlegmatic
|
calm sluggish temperament unemotional
|
|
|
picaresque
|
involving clever rogues or adventurers
|
|
|
pied
|
of mixed colors
|
|
|
pinch
|
be too tight take between the thumb and finger
|
|
|
pine
|
waste away through sorrow or illness
|
|
|
pious
|
dutiful to parents devoted to religion
|
|
|
piquant
|
agreeably pungent stimulating
|
|
|
pique
|
hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity)
|
|
|
pitfall
|
covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger
|
|
|
pith
|
essential part force soft liquid substance
|
|
|
pivotal
|
of great importance (others depend on it)
|
|
|
placate
|
soothe pacify calm
|
|
|
plaintive
|
mournful melancholy sorrowful
|
|
|
plaque
|
flat metal on a wall as a memorial
|
|
|
platitude
|
a trite or banal statement unoriginality
|
|
|
plea
|
request
|
|
|
plead
|
address a court of law as an advocate
|
|
|
plethora
|
glut
|
|
|
pliant
|
pliable easily bent shaped or twisted
|
|
|
plod
|
continue doing smth without resting
|
|
|
pluck
|
pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers)
|
|
|
plumb
|
get to the root of
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|
|
plummet
|
fall plunge steeply
|
|
|
plunge
|
move quickly suddenly and with force
|
|
|
poignant
|
deeply moving keen
|
|
|
poncho
|
large piece of cloth
|
|
|
ponderous
|
heavy bulky dull
|
|
|
portent
|
omen marvelous threatening
|
|
|
precarious
|
uncertain risky dangerous
|
|
|
precepts
|
rules establishing standards of conduct
|
|
|
preclude
|
prevent make impossible
|
|
|
precursory
|
preliminary anticipating
|
|
|
predilection
|
special liking mental preference
|
|
|
predominate
|
have more power than others
|
|
|
preen
|
tidy/show self-satisfaction
|
|
|
premature
|
doing or happening smth before the right time
|
|
|
preponderance
|
greatness in number strength weight
|
|
|
presage
|
warning sign
|
|
|
presumption
|
arrogance
|
|
|
preternatural
|
not normal or usual
|
|
|
prevalent
|
common
|
|
|
prevaricate
|
to equivocate to stray from the truth
|
|
|
prim
|
neat formal
|
|
|
pristine
|
primitive unspoiled pure as in earlier times unadulterated
|
|
|
probity
|
uprightness incorruptibility principle
|
|
|
proclivity
|
inclination
|
|
|
procrastination
|
keeping on putting off
|
|
|
prodigal
|
wasteful reckless with money
|
|
|
prodigious
|
enormous wonderful
|
|
|
profane
|
worldly having contempt for God
|
|
|
profligacy
|
shameless immorality
|
|
|
profligate
|
wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant
|
|
|
profundity
|
depth
|
|
|
profuse
|
abundant/lavish
|
|
|
proliferate
|
grow reproduce by rapid multification
|
|
|
prolix
|
tiring because too long
|
|
|
prone
|
prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)
|
|
|
propagation
|
increasing the number spreading extending
|
|
|
propinquity
|
nearness in time or place affinity of nature
|
|
|
propitiatory
|
conciliatory appeasing mitigating
|
|
|
propitious
|
auspicious presenting favorable circumstances
|
|
|
prosaic
|
everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian
|
|
|
proscribe
|
denounce as dangerous
|
|
|
protracted
|
prolonged
|
|
|
provident
|
frugal looking to the future
|
|
|
provisional
|
of the present time only
|
|
|
provoke
|
make angry vax
|
|
|
prudence
|
careful forethought
|
|
|
prudish
|
easily shocked excessively modest
|
|
|
prune
|
dried plum silly person
|
|
|
pry
|
get smth inquire too curiously
|
|
|
pucker
|
wrinkle
|
|
|
pugnacious
|
fond of in the habit of fighting
|
|
|
puissance
|
strength
|
|
|
punctilious
|
precise paying attention to trivialities
|
|
|
pundit
|
pedant authority on a subject
|
|
|
pungency
|
sharpness stinging quality
|
|
|
purvey
|
provide supply
|
|
|
pusillanimous
|
cowardly craven
|
|
|
putrefaction
|
becoming rotten
|
|
|
pyre
|
large pile of wood for burning
|
|
|
quack
|
person dishonestly claiming to smth
|
|
|
quaff
|
drink deeply
|
|
|
quail
|
lose courage turn frightened
|
|
|
qualm
|
feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness
|
|
|
quandary
|
state of doubt or perplexity
|
|
|
quell
|
suppress subdue
|
|
|
quibble
|
try to avoid by sophistication
|
|
|
quiescence
|
state of being passive/motionless
|
|
|
quiescent
|
at rest dormant torpid
|
|
|
quirk
|
habit or action peculiar to smb or smth
|
|
|
quixotic
|
generous unselfish
|
|
|
quotidian
|
banal everyday
|
|
|
rabble
|
mob crowd the lower classes of populace
|
|
|
raconteur
|
person who tells anecdotes
|
|
|
raffish
|
low vulgar base tawdry
|
|
|
ramify
|
to be divided or subdivided to branch out
|
|
|
rancorous
|
feeling bitterness spitefulness
|
|
|
rant
|
use extravagant language
|
|
|
rapacious
|
greedy (esp for money)
|
|
|
rarefy
|
to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine
|
|
|
rave
|
act with excessive enthusiasm
|
|
|
reactionary
|
opposing progress
|
|
|
rebuff
|
snub
|
|
|
recalcitrant
|
disobedient
|
|
|
recant
|
take back as being FALSE give up
|
|
|
recast
|
cast or fashion anew
|
|
|
recidivism
|
relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
|
|
|
reciprocity
|
granting of privileges in return for similar
|
|
|
recitals
|
a number of performance of music
|
|
|
recluse
|
person who lives alone and avoids people
|
|
|
recompense
|
make payment to reward punish
|
|
|
reconcile
|
settle a quarrel restore peace
|
|
|
recondite
|
little known abstruse
|
|
|
recreancy
|
cowardice a cowardly giving up
|
|
|
recuperate
|
become strong after illness loss exhaustion
|
|
|
redeem
|
get back by payment compensate
|
|
|
redoubtable
|
formidable causing fear
|
|
|
refine
|
make or become pure cultural
|
|
|
refractory
|
stubborn unmanageable untractable
|
|
|
refulgent
|
shining brilliant
|
|
|
regale
|
to delight or entertain to feast
|
|
|
regicide
|
crime of killing a king
|
|
|
reiterate
|
say or do again several times
|
|
|
rejuvenation
|
becoming young in nature or appearance
|
|
|
relapse
|
fall back again
|
|
|
remonstrate
|
to protest object
|
|
|
render
|
deliver provide represent
|
|
|
renovate
|
restore smth to better condition
|
|
|
renowned
|
celebrated famous
|
|
|
repast
|
meal
|
|
|
repel
|
refuse to accept/cause dislike
|
|
|
repine
|
at be discontented with
|
|
|
reproach
|
scold upbraid
|
|
|
reprobate
|
person hardened in sin one devoid of decency
|
|
|
repudiate
|
disown refuse to accept or pay
|
|
|
repulsive
|
causing a feeling of disgust
|
|
|
requite
|
repay give in return
|
|
|
rescind
|
repeal/annul/cancel
|
|
|
resigned
|
unresisting submissive
|
|
|
resilience
|
quality of quickly recovering the original shape
|
|
|
resort
|
to frequently visit
|
|
|
restive
|
refusing to move reluctant to be controlled
|
|
|
resuscitation
|
coming back to consciousness
|
|
|
retard
|
check hinder
|
|
|
reticent
|
reserved untalkative silent taciturn
|
|
|
revere
|
have deep respect for
|
|
|
reverent
|
feeling or showing deep respect
|
|
|
riddle
|
puzzling person or thing
|
|
|
rift
|
split crack dissension
|
|
|
rivet
|
fix take up secure metal pin
|
|
|
roll
|
call calling of names
|
|
|
rotund
|
rich and deep plump and round
|
|
|
ruffian
|
violent cruel man
|
|
|
rumple
|
make rough
|
|
|
sagacious
|
having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage
|
|
|
salacious
|
obscene
|
|
|
salubrious
|
healthful
|
|
|
salutary
|
remedial wholesome causing improvement
|
|
|
sanctimony
|
self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety
|
|
|
sanction
|
approval (by authority) penalty
|
|
|
sanguine
|
cheerful confident optimistic
|
|
|
sanity
|
health of mind soundness of judgement
|
|
|
sash
|
long strip worn round the waist
|
|
|
satiate
|
satisfy fully
|
|
|
saturnine
|
gloomy dark sullen morose
|
|
|
savant
|
person of great learning
|
|
|
savor
|
taste flavor smth
|
|
|
sawdust
|
tiny bits of wood
|
|
|
scabbard
|
sheath for the blade
|
|
|
scent
|
smell (esp pleasant)
|
|
|
scorch
|
become discolored/dry up/go at high speed
|
|
|
scribble
|
write hastily
|
|
|
scurvy
|
mean contemptible
|
|
|
secular
|
material (not spiritual) living outside monasteries
|
|
|
sedulous
|
persevering
|
|
|
seminal
|
like a seed constituting a source originative
|
|
|
sententious
|
short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs
|
|
|
sequence
|
succession connected line of
|
|
|
sere
|
make hard and without feeling
|
|
|
sermon
|
reproving a person for his faults
|
|
|
serrated
|
having a toothed edge
|
|
|
serration
|
having a toothed edge
|
|
|
servile
|
like a slave lacking independence
|
|
|
sever
|
break off
|
|
|
severance
|
severing
|
|
|
shallow
|
little depth not earnest
|
|
|
shard
|
piece of broken earthenware
|
|
|
sheath
|
cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
|
|
|
shrewd
|
astute showing sound judgement
|
|
|
shrill
|
sharp piercing
|
|
|
shun
|
keep away from avoid
|
|
|
shunt
|
send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion
|
|
|
sidestep
|
step to one side
|
|
|
simper
|
(give a) silly/self-conscious smile
|
|
|
sinuous
|
winding undulating serpentine
|
|
|
skiff
|
small boat
|
|
|
skit
|
short piece of humorous writing
|
|
|
slack
|
sluggish dull not tight
|
|
|
slake
|
to assuage to satisfy allay
|
|
|
slate
|
king of blue-grey stone propose criticize
|
|
|
sluggard
|
lazy slow-moving person
|
|
|
slur
|
join sounds/words (indistinct)
|
|
|
smolder
|
burn slowly without flame
|
|
|
snare
|
trap
|
|
|
snub
|
treat with contempt
|
|
|
soar
|
rise fly high
|
|
|
sober
|
self-controlled
|
|
|
sobriety
|
quality or condition of being sober
|
|
|
sodden
|
soaked saturated
|
|
|
soggy
|
heavy with water
|
|
|
solvent
|
of the power of forming a solution
|
|
|
somatic
|
of the body
|
|
|
soot
|
black powder in smoke
|
|
|
sophisticated
|
complex subtle refined
|
|
|
sophistry
|
fallacious reasoning faulty logic
|
|
|
sophomoric
|
self-assured though immature affected bombastic overblown
|
|
|
soporific
|
producing sleep
|
|
|
sordid
|
wretched comfortless contemptible
|
|
|
spear
|
weapon with a metal point on a long shaft
|
|
|
specious
|
illogical of questionable truth or merit
|
|
|
splenetic
|
bad-tempered irritable
|
|
|
splice
|
join (two ends)
|
|
|
sponge
|
porous rubber for washing live at once expense
|
|
|
spurious
|
FALSE counterfeit
|
|
|
spurn
|
have nothing to do reject or refuse
|
|
|
squalid
|
foul filthy
|
|
|
squander
|
spend wastefully
|
|
|
squat
|
crouch/settle without permission
|
|
|
stanch
|
to stop the flow of a fluid
|
|
|
steeply
|
rising or falling sharply
|
|
|
stentorian
|
extremely loud and powerful
|
|
|
stickler
|
person who insists on importance of smth
|
|
|
stigma
|
mark of shame or disgrace
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stigmatize
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describe smb scornfully
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sting
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smth sharp
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stingy
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spending using unwillingly
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stint
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to be thrifty to set limits
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stipple
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paint with dots
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stipulate
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state or put forward as a necessary condition
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stolid
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showing no emotion impassive
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stray
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wander lose one's way
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streak
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long thin move very fast
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striated
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striped grooved or banded
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stride
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walk with long steps
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strut
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a supporting bar
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stygian
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hence dark gloomy
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stymie
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to hinder obstruct or block
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subdue
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overcome bring under control
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sublime
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extreme astounding
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submerge
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put under water liquid sink out of sight
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suborn
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induce by bribery or smth to commit perjury
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subpoena
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written order requiring a person to appear in a low court
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substantiation
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giving facts to support (statement)
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subsume
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include under a rule
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succor
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assistance relief in time of distress
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suffice
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be enough
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suffocate
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cause or have difficulty in breathing
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sullied
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to be stained or discredited
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summarily
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briefly without delay
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sumptuous
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magnificent
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sundry
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various miscellaneous separate
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supercilious
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disdainful characterized by haughty scorn
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superfluous
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more then is needed or wanted
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superimpose
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put smth on the top
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supersede
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take the place of
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supine
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lying on the back slow to act passive
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suppliant
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asking humbly beseeching
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supplicate
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make a humble petition to
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suppress
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prevent from being known put an end to
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surcharge
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additional load/charge
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surfeit
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satiate feed to fulness or to excess
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susceptibility
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sensitiveness
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swerve
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change direction suddenly
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sycophant
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person who flatter to the rich and powerful
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synopsis
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summary or outline
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taciturn
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untalkative silent
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tadpole
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form of a frog when it leaves the egg
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talon
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claw of a bird of prey
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tamp
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tap or drive down by repeated light blows
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tamper
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interfere with
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tangential
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suddenly changeable
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tarnished
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lost brightness
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tassel
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bunch of threads
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taunt
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contemptuous reproach hurtful remark
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taut
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tightly stretched
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tautology
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a repetition a redundancy
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tawdry
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cheap gaudy showy tacky
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teetotal
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oppose to alcohol
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temerity
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boldness brashness intrepidness
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temperance
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abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation
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temperate
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showing self-control
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tenacity
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firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on
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tenuous
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insubstantial flimsy weak
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tepid
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lukewarm
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terse
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brief and to the point
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testiness
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witness/evidence
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thrift
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care economy thriving prosperous
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thwart
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obstruct/frustrate
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timid
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shy easily frightened
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timorous
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fearful timid afraid
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toady
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obsequious flatterer
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tonic
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smth giving strength or energy
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topple
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be unsteady and overturn
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torment
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severe pain or suffering
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torpid
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sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant
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torque
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twisting force causing rotation
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tortuous
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devious/not straightforward
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tout
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person who worries others to buy smth to use his service
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tractable
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easily controlled or guided
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transgress
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break go beyond (a limit)
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transient
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temporary fleeting
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transitory
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brief
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travesty
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parody/imitation
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trenchant
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forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive
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trepidation
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alarm excited state of mind
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trickle
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flow in drops
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trifling
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unimportant
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trite
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not new
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truce
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(agreement) stop of fighting for a time
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truculence
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aggressiveness ferocity
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trudge
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walk heavily
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turbid
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muddy having the sediment stirred up
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turbulence
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being uncontrolled violent
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turgid
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excessively ornate swollen or bloated
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turmoil
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trouble disturbance
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turpitude
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wickedness shamefulness
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turquoise
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greenish-blue precious stone
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tyro
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tiro beginner
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ubiquitous
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present everywhere
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ulterior
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situated beyond
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umbrage
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offense resentment
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uncouth
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rough awkward
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underbid
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make a lower bid then smb else
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undermine
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weaken gradually at the base make smth under
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undulate
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to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate
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unearth
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discover and bring to light
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unencumbered
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easy-going trifle
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unfeigned
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not pretended sincere
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unscathed
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unharmed unhurt
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untoward
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unfortunate inconvenient
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upbraid
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scold reproach
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urbane
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elegant refined in manners
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vacillation
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being uncertain hesitating
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vagary
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strange act or idea
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vain
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without use result conceited
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valiant
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brave
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valorous
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brave
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vanquish
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conquer
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veer
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change direction
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venal
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ready to do smth dishonest
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veneer
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surface appearance covering the TRUE nature
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veneration
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regard with deep respect
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veracity
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truth
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verdant
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fresh and green
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verisimilitude
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appearing TRUE or real
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veritable
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real rightly named
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verve
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spirit vigor enthusiasm
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vestige
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trace or sign
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vex
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annoy distress trouble
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vigilance
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watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order
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vigilant
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member of a vigilance committee
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vigorous
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strong energetic
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vilify
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slander say evil things
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vindictive
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having a desire to revenge
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virago
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a loud domineering woman a scold or nag
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visceral
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of the internal organs of the body
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viscous
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sticky/semi-fluid
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vitiate
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lower the quality weaken the strength
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vituperate
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curse abuse in words
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vivacious
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lively high-spirited
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volatile
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changeable inconstant fickle unstable explosive
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volubility
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fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language
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voluble
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fluent
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waffle
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talk vaguely and without much result
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waft
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scent waving movement carry lightly through
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wag
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merry person
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warmonger
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person who stirs up war
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warrant
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authority written order guarantee
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wean
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to turn away (from a habit)
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weigh
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measure hoe heavy smth is
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welter
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turmoil a bewildering jumble
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wend
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to go proceed
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whimsical
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full of odd and fanciful ideas
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wince
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show bodily or mental pain
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woo
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try to win
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writ
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written order
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yarn
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tale story fibers for knitting
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