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100 Cards in this Set
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FACILITATE
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TO MAKE LESS DIFFICULT
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FACTOTUM
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A PERSON WHO DOES ALL SORTS OF WORK; A HANDYMAN
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FALLACIOUS
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BASED ON A FALSE IDEA OR FACT; MISLEADING
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FALLOW
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PLOWED BUT NOT SOWED; UNCULTIVATED
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FATUOUS
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FOOLISHLY SELF-SATISFIED
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FAUNA
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ANIMALS OF A PERIOD OR REGION
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FAWNING
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SEEKING FAVOR BY FLATTERY
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FELICITOUS
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SUITABLY EXPRESSED; APPROPRIATE; WELL-CHOSEN
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FERAL
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EXISTING IN A WILD OR UNTAMED STATE
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FERVOR
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N. WARMTH AND INTENSITY OF EMOTION
ADJ. FULL OF STRONG EMOTION OR IMPASSIONED (FERVENT) |
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FETID
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HAVING A BAD SMELL
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FETTER
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V. TO BIND; CONFINE
N. SOMETHING THAT RESTRICTS OR RESTRAINS |
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FIAT
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ARBITRARY ORDER; AUTHORIZATION
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FIDELITY
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LOYALTY; EXACT CORRESPONDENCE
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FILIBUSTER
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USE OF OBSTRUCTIVE TACTICS IN A LEGISLATURE TO BLOCK PASSAGE OF A LAW
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FINESSE
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TO HANDLE WITH A DECEPTIVE OR EVASIVE STRATEGY; TO USE FINESSE, THAT IS, REFINEMENT IN PERFORMANCE
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FISSURE
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CREVICE
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FLAG
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TO DROOP; GROW WEAK
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FLEDGLING
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BEGINNER; NOVICE
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FLORA
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PLANTS OF A REGION OR ERA
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FLORID
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RUDDY; REDDISH; FLOWERY
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FLOURISH
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N. AN EMBELLISHMENT OR ORNAMENTATION
V. MEANING TO GROW VIGOROUSLY, OR TO THRIVE |
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FLOUT
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TO TREAT SCORNFULLY
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FLUX
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FLOWING; A CONTINUOUS MOVING
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FOMENT
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TO INCITE; AROUSE
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FORBEARANCE
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PATIENCE
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FORESTALL
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TO PREVENT; DELAY
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FORMIDABLE
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MENACING; THREATENING
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FORSWEAR
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RENOUNCE; REPUDIATE
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FOUNDER
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TO SINK; FAIL; COLLAPSE
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FRACAS
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A LOUD QUARREL; BRAWL
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FRACTIOUS
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QUARRELSOME; UNRULY; REBELLIOUS
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FRESCO
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A PAINTING DONE ON PLASTER
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FRIEZE
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ORNAMENTAL BAND ON A WALL
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FROWARD
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STUBBORNLY CONTRARY; OBSTINATELY DISOBEDIENT
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FRUGALITY
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THRIFT
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FULMINATE
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TO ATTACK LOUDLY; DENOUNCE
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FULSOME
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SO EXCESSIVE AS TO BE DISGUSTING
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FUSION
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UNION; SYNTHESIS
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FUTILE
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INEFFECTIVE; USELESS; FRUITLESS
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GAINSAY
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TO DENY; DISPUTE; OPPOSE
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GAMBOL
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TO FROLIC; LEAP PLAYFULLY
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GARRULOUS
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VERY TALKATIVE; WORDY
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GAUCHE
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COARSE AND UNCOUTH; CLUMSY
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GENIALITY
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CHEERFULNESS; KINDLINESS; SOCIABILITY
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GERRYMANDER
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TO DIVIDE AN AREA INTO VOTING DISTRICTS IN A WAY THAT FAVORS A POLITICAL PARTY
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GLIB
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FLUENT IN AN INSINCERE WAY; OFFHAND
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GOAD
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TO PROD; URGE ON
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GOSSAMER
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SHEER; LIGHT AND DELICATE, LIKE COBWEBS
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GOUGE
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TO TEAR OUT; SCOOP OUT; OVERCHARGE
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GRANDILOQUENT
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POMPOUS; BOMBASTIC
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GREGARIOUS
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SOCIABLE
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GROUSE
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TO COMPLAIN
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GUILELESS
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FREE OF CUNNING OR DECEIT; ARTLESS
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GUISE
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OUTWARD APPEARANCE; FALSE APPEARANCE; PRETENSE
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GULLIBLE
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EASILY DECEIVED
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GUSTATORY
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AFFECTING THE SENSE OF TASTE
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HALCYON
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CALM AND PEACEFUL; HAPPY; GOLDEN; PROSPEROUS
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HALLOWED
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HOLY; SACRED
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HARANGUE
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LONG, POMPOUS SPEECH; TIRADE
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HARROWING
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EXTREMELY DISTRESSING; TERRIFYING
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HERBIVOROUS
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RELATING TO A HERBIVORE, AN ANIMAL THAT FEEDS MAINLY ON PLANTS
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HERMETIC
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TIGHTLY SEALED; MAGICAL
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HETERODOX
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UNORTHODOX; NOT WIDELY ACCEPTED
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HIEROGLYPHICS
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A SYSTEM OF WRITING IN WHICH PICTORIAL SYMBOLS REPRESENT MEANING OR SOUNDS; WRITING OR SYMBOLS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO DECIPHER; THE SYMBOLS USED IN ADVANCED MATHEMATICS
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HIRSUTE
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COVERED WITH HAIR
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HISTRIONIC
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RELATING TO EXAGGERATED EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR CALCULATED FOR EFFECT; THEATRICAL ARTS OR PERFORMANCES
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HOMEOSTASIS
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AUTOMATIC MAINTENANCE BY AN ORGANISM OF NORMAL TEMPERATURE, CHEMICAL BALANCE, ETC. WITHIN ITSELF
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HOMILY
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SERMON; TEDIOUS MORALIZING LECTURE; PLATITUDE
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HOMOGENEOUS
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COMPOSED OF IDENTICAL PARTS; UNIFORM IN COMPOSITION
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HYPERBOLE
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PURPOSEFUL EXAGGERATION FOR EFFECT
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ICONOCLASTIC
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ATTACKING CHERISHED TRADITION
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IDOLATRY
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IDOL WORSHIP; BLIND OR EXCESSIVE DEVOTION
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IGNEOUS
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PRODUCED BY FIRE; VOLCANIC
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IMBROGLIO
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COMPLICATED SITUATION; AN ENTANGLEMENT
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IMMUTABLE
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UNCHANGEABLE
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IMPAIR
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TO DAMAGE; INJURE
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IMPASSIVE
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SHOWING NO EMOTION
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IMPECUNIOUS
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POOR; HAVING NO MONEY
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IMPEDE
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TO HINDER; BLOCK
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IMPERMEABLE
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IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE
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IMPERTURBABLE
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NOT EASILY DISTURBED
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IMPERVIOUS
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IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE; INCAPABLE OF BEING AFFECTED
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IMPINGE
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TO STRIKE; ENCROACH
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IMPLACABLE
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INFLEXIBLE; INCAPABLE OF BEING PLEASED
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IMPLAUSIBLE
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UNLIKELY; UNBELIEVABLE
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IMPLICIT
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IMPLIED; UNDERSTOOD BUT NOT STATED
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IMPLODE
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COLLAPSE INWARD VIOLENTLY
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IMPRECATION
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CURSE
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IMPUTE
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TO RELATE TO A PARTICULAR CAUSE OR SOURCE; ATTRIBUTE THE FAULT TO; ASSIGN AS A CHARACTERISTIC
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INADVERTENTLY
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CARELESSLY; UNINTENTIONALLY
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INCARNATE
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HAVING BODILY FORM
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INCHOATE
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IMPERFECTLY FORMED OR FORMULATED
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INCONGRUITY
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STATE OF NOT FITTING
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INCONSEQUENTIAL
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INSIGNIFICANT; UNIMPORTANT
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INCORPORATE
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INTRODUCE SOMETHING INTO ANOTHER THING ALREADY IN EXISTENCE; COMBINE
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INCURSION
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SUDDEN INVASION
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INDETERMINATE
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UNCERTAIN; INDEFINITE
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INDIGENCE
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POVERTY
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INDOLENT
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HABITUALLY LAZY; IDLE
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