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219 Cards in this Set
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credulous
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gullible
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concilliatory
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something or someone that wins over, or reconciles
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abase
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degrade
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ague
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fever with shaking or chills
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ardor
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passion; enthusiasm
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base
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unworthy; morally low or mean
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cloy
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to make or become weary by too much of something pleasant
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corporeal
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bodily; of or for the body; material; tangible
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complaisance
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willingness to comply or please
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castigation
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severe criticism or punishment
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antipathy
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aversion; dislike
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asperity
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harsh; severe; rough; acrimony; ill-temper
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apotheosis
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the perfect example; deification; glirification to goldliness
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anathema
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cursed; a person or thing that is cursed
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baleful
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ominous; sinister; pernicious
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censure
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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke; to scold
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censorious
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expressing censure; scolding
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blandish
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to coax with flattery; persuade
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artless
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natural; completely without guile; unskilled; ignorant
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aver
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to state as a fact; confirm; support; assert; affirm
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apposite
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appropriate; apropos; pertinent; relevant
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consequential
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pompous; self-important
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contemn
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to scorn or despise
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condemn
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to pronounce judgement against
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chasten
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punish; to chastise or correct; subdue; discipline
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chauvinist
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one blindly devoted to a group to which they belong
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banal
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unoriginal; trite; commonplace
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approbation
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approval; praise
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arrant
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utter; in every way; impudent; downright; total
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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belie
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misrepresent; dissappoint
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contentious
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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy
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abjure
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to renounce; reject; recant; avoid; abstain; "swear to give up"
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axiomatic
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taken as a given; self-evident truth; understood
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abstemious
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temperate; sparing; moderate; restricted (esp. in appetite)
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contrite
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seeking foregiveness; regretful; penitent
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churlish
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vulgar; boorish; loutish; difficult and intractable; rude
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ascetic
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rigid self-denial (ie/fasting)
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cozen
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to deceive; hoodwink; beguile
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aggrandize
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to increase in intensity, power, prestige; to appear greater than
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bombastic
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pompous; grandiloquent
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brook
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tolerate; endure; countenance
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corrigible
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correctable; reparable; capable of being set right
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countenance
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to approve of; tolerate
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calumniate
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slander; make a false accusation; aspersion
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acerbic
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sour, bitter taste or character
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ambivalence
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uncertainty; inability to choose due to competing desire and repulsion; conflicting feelings
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cacophony
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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
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cadge
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to beg or mooch
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culpable
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deserving blame
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cynacism
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a belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
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cabal
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a group of traitors, or their schemes
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compendium
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a brief summary; list of inventory
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abject
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wretched; miserable
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allegorical
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teaching with a story
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coterie
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set of close acquaintances
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chaste
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pure; virtuous; simple; modest
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cosmopolitan
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worldwide scope; widely spread; comfortable everywhere
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confederacy
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alliance; group of people joined in a common purpose
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coda
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something that concludes or completes (esp. a musical or literary work)
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cogent
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convincing; appealing forcibly to reason
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color
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to change by influence, dying, distorting
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commensurate
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proportionate; corresponding; matching
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cajole
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coax; wheedle; sweet-talk; inveigle
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canon
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set of principles; code of law
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blithe
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carefree
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benefactor
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person who makes a gift
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abscission
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act of cutting off or removing
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astringent
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harsh; severe; having a tightening effect
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canonical
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following accepted standards/codes
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capricious
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fickle; erratic; unpredictable
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cardinal
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primary
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apostate
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betrayer; renegade; one who abandons religious or spiritual convictions
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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adroit
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adept; dexterous
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catalyst
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accellerates or causes change but is itself not changed
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complacent
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rest on laurels; self-satisfied
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connoisseur
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expert; informed and astute judge
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admonish
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to reprove; express warning or disapproval
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abscond
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide; run to avoid punishment
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attenuate
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lessen; rarify (as air); weaken; dilute; make thin or slender; make less dense or virulent
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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alchemy
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turning metals in to gold; magical or wonderful transformation
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aesthetic
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dealing with appreciation for art or the beautiful
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anomalous
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unusual; not consistent with a pattern
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antithetical
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antithesis; diametrically opposed
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apocryphal
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fake; of dubious authenticity; spurious
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arcana
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deep secrets
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adulation
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excessive praise; intense adoration
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adulterate
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to reduce purity; to make changes to
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aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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assiduous
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diligent; hardworking
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burnish
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polish
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bent
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inclination; leaning; proclivity; tendency; a knack for
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caustic
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burning or stinging
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chary
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wary; cautious
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auspicious
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favorable; prosperous; successful; propitious
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audacious
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daring; fearless; reckless; bold
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abate
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to lessen in intensity or degree; stop; put an end to
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bane
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source of frustration, harm or inury
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archaic
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outdated
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apprise
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give notice; inform
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chastened
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corrected; punished; humbled
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chicanery
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trickery; subterfuge
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bedizen
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to adorn; festoon; caparison
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byzantine
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labrynthine; complex
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amenable
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agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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appropriate
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earmark; set aside for a special purpose; confiscate; steal; take for one's own use
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axiom
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universal principle; common saying
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arbitrate
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to manage or judge a dispute
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abrogate
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to abolish; anul; put down; repeal; cancel; do away with
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assuage
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to ease; lessen; pacify; appease; calm; satisfy
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amorphous
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having no definite form; vague; unorganized
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aspersion
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defamation; maligning; slander
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arduous
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strenuous; taxing
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bellicose
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belligerent; pugnacious; warlike
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beatify
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to bless; make happy; regard as saintly; ascribe a virtue to
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buttress
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supportive; give encouragement
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contiguous
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adjacent; touching; sharing a border
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austere
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bare; ascetic; simple
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chimera
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an illusion
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avarice
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greed
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arabesque
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complex; ornate
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chimerical
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illusory or improbable
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august
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majestic; venerable; inspiring reverence and admiration
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accolade
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an expression of praise; an award
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anomaly
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deviation; abnormality
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accretion
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growth; increase by successive addition or building up
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arrest
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to suspend; to engage; hold one's attention
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alloy
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to comingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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arcane
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mysterious; abstruse; esoteric; understood only by a select few; difficult to understand
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auspice
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protection; support; patronage
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convention
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agreed-upon practice or attitude
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convoluted
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complex or complicated
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anachronism
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something or someone out of place chronologically or historically
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anodyne
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soothing
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coalesce
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unite; fuse; come together
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adumbrate
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to foreshadow; intimate; suggest
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acumen
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quick, keen, accurate knowledge or insight
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augery
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portent
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craven
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cowardly; no courage; pusillanimous; fainthearted
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apogee
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fartest/highest; culmination; zenith
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amalgamate
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to combine several elements into a whole
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abdicate
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to give up a position right or power
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abect
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miserable; pitiful
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ablution
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act of cleansing
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abnegate
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to deny; renounce
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accede
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agree to; to express approval
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adventitious
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accidental
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aggrieve
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to afflict; distress
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alliteration
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repetition of the beginning sounds of words
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ancillary
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accessory; subordinate; helping
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antecedent
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coming before in place or time
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antedate
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dated prior to the actual date
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antediluvian
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prehistoric; ancient
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antepenultimate
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third from last
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apace
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done quickly
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aphasia
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inability to speak or use words
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aphelion
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perigee; point in a planet's orbit that is farthest from the sun
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aplomb
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poise; confidence
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apothegm
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a short, instructive saying
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arable
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suitable for cultivation
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arrogate
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to demand, claim arrogantly
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askance
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scornfully
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assent
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to express agreement
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assignation
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appointment for a tryst; assignment
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assonance
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partial rhyme; resemblance in sound, especially in vowel sounds
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asunder
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into different parts
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autocrat
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dictator
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acidulous
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sour in taste or manner
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bastion
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fortification; stronghold
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benighted
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unenlightened
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benison
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blessing
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beseech
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beg; plead; implore
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betoken
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to indicate; signify; give evidence of
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bifurcate
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divide in to two parts
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bilious
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bad-natured
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billet
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board and lodging for troops
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blasphemous
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cursing; profane; irreverent
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blight
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to afflict; destroy
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bonhomie
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good-natured geniality; atmosphere of good cheer
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brigand
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bandit; outlaw
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bromide
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a dull, commonplace person or idea
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buffet
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to strike; hit
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bulwark
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defense wall
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callow
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immature; lacking sophistication
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calumny
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false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation; slander
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canard
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lie
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canny
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smart; founded on common sense
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capacious
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large, roomy; extensive
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carom
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to strike and rebound
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carp
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to find fault; complain constantly
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cast
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copy, replica
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castigate
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to punish; chastise; criticize severely
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catholic
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universal; broad and comprehensive
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cavalcade
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a procession
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cavil
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to raise trivial objections
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celerity
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quick moving or acting
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censorious
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severely critical
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centripetal
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directed toward the center
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cession
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surrendering
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chattel
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piece of personal property
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cheeky
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lacking prudence or discretion
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choleric
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easily angered; short-tempered
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churlish
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rude
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circumlocution
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roundabout, lengthy way of saying something
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clemency
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merciful leniency
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clement
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mild
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cloying
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indulging to excess
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cognate
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related; similar; akin
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cognomen
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family name; nickname
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collateral
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accompanying
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colloquial
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informal speech
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colloquy
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dialogue or conversation; conference
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comeliness
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physical grace and beauty
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commodious
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roomy; spacious; capacious
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compendious
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summarizing completely and briefly
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complaisant
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agreeable; friendly
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complicity
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knowing partnership in wrongdoing
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