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100 Cards in this Set
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n foppish
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vain about dress and appearance; N. fop: man who takes too much interest in his clothes and appearance
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conceit
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vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry)
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n multifarious
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varied; greatly diversified; Ex. multifarious activities
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diverge
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vary; go in different directions from the same point; ADJ. divergent: differing; deviating
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isotope
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varying from of an element
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conveyance
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vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance
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n tarantula
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venomous spider
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s hazard
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venture; put in danger; risk; Ex. hazard a guess; N: possible source of danger
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mammal
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vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young
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s foul
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very bad or disagreeable; very dirty; Ex. foul smell/flavor/temper/language/air/deed/weather/means; N. act against the rules; V. make or become foul; commit a foul
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n execrable
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very bad; detestable
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n gingerly
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very carefully; ADJ.
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wary
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very cautious; watchful
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corpulent
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very fat; N. corpulence
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n munificent
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very generous in giving; Ex. munificent benefactor; N. munificience
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n pernicious
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very harmful; deadly; very destructive; Ex. pernicious effect/anemia
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lofty
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very high
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momentous
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very important; N. moment; CF. momentary
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n myriad
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very large number; ADJ. CF. ten thousand
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pauper
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very poor person
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infinitesimal
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very small
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n mite
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very small object or insect-like creature; small coin
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iota
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very small quantity
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n taper
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very thin candle; gradual decrease in the width of a long object; V. make or become gradually narrower toward one end
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n shaving
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very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)
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n crass
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very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating; Ex. crass behavior
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n nefarious
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very wicked
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s mortar
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vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle
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s veto
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vested power to reject a bill; exercise of this right; V: prevent or forbid by exercising the power of veto
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n exasperate
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vex; annoy or make angry (by testing the patience)
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oscillate
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vibrate pendulumlike; waver
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n vise
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vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device
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onslaught
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vicious assault; fierce attack; Ex. unexpected onslaught of the enemy
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n acetic
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vinegary
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infringe
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violate (a law); encroach (the right of another person)
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profane
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violate; desecrate (something holy); treat unworthily; be profane for; ADJ: secular; nonreligious; irreverent for holy things
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infraction
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violation (of a rule or regulation); breach
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transgression
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violation of a law; sin; V. transgress: go beyond (a limit); violate; do wrong
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throes
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violent anguish
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n ruffian
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violent scoundrel; bully
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s convulsion
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violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive
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n maelstrom
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violent whirlpool; violent or tublent situation; CF. stream
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impetuous
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violent; hasty; rash; impulsive; without careful thought; Ex. impetuous decision
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boisterous
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violent; rough; noisy
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n unbridled
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violent; uncontrolled; Ex. unbridled rage/greed
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n rapacious
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voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds
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s blackball
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vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote
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s constituency
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voters represented by an elected official; district so represented; group of supporters (or constituents)
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s swear
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vow; promise; use profane oaths; use offensive words
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s notch
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V-shaped cut in a surface; V.
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insomnia
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wakefulness; inability to sleep
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s limp
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walk lamely; ADJ: lacking firmness; weak
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s swagger
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walk or behave with an over-confident manner
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s wade
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walk through a substance, such as water, that impedes movement
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s tramp
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walk with a heavy step; travel on foot; N: vagrant; one who travels aimlessly about; long walk; sound of heavy walking
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s tread
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walk; trample; N: grooved face of a tire; horizontal part of a step
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n peripatetic
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walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy
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amble
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walking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlessly
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n mural
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wall painting
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n welter
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wallow (as in mud or high seas); lie soaked (as in blood); Ex. The victims weltered in their blood.
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ramble
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wander aimlessly (physically or mentally); digress
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vagabond
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wanderer (without a permanent home); tramp
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n errant
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wandering (esp. in search of adventure); straying from proper moral standards; Ex. knight-errant
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digression
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wandering away from the subject; V. digress
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vagrant
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wandering from place to place; roving; stray; moving in a random fashion; Ex. vagrant thoughts; N. vagrancy
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nomadic
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wandering; N. nomad: tribe who migrates from place to place
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n itinerant
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wandering; traveling from place to place (to perform work); Ex. itinerant preacher
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migratory
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wandering; V. migrate: move from one region and settle in another; move periodically from one region to another
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parry
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ward off a blow; deflect; Ex. He parried the unwelcome question very skillfully; N. CF. ¸·´Â´Ù´Â °³³äÀÌ ¾Æ´Ô
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bellicose
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warlike
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martial
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warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law
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n chafe
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warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N.
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cordial
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warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex. cordial welcome
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admonish
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warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove
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n dire
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warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent; Ex. dire prediction/need of food
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ablution
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washing
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n fritter
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waste (time or money on unimportant things)
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s litter
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waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily); V: cover untidily with scattered litter
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n dross
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waste matter; worthless impurities
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squander
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waste; spend foolishly
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n haggard
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wasted away; gaunt; Ex. haggard faces of the rescued miners
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n profligate
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wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy
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prodigal
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wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality
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n wastrel
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waster; profligate
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atrophy
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wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh and muscle (through lack of blood or lack of use)
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s oversee
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watch over and direct; supervise; N. oversight: unintentional failure to notice or do something; supervision
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vigilant
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watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake; alert to spot danger; N. vigilance
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gargoyle
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waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building
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n brandish
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wave around (a weapon); flourish
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n vacillate
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waver (in opinion); fluctuate; sway to and fro; N. vacillation
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fluctuate
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waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly
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s decrepit
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weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use; Ex. decrepit old chair/man
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impotent
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weak; ineffective; lacking in physical strength or power
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frail
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weak; N. frailty
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debilitate
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weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness); enfeeble
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undermine
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weaken gradually; sap; dig a mine beneath
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s emasculate
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weaken; castrate
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invalidate
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weaken; destroy; make invalid; nullify
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n extenuate
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weaken; mitigate; lessen the seriousness of (bad behavior)
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enervate
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weaken; take away energy from
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