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127 Cards in this Set
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fallow
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uncultivated,plowed but not sowed
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falter
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hesitate
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fancier
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breeder or dealer of animals
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farce
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broad comedy,mockery
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fatalism
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belief that events are determined by forces
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feign
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pretend
/ trick,shift,sham blow,deceive |
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feral
/ ferret / fetter |
not domestic,wild
/ drive or hunt out of hiding / shackles,put in chains |
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fete
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honor at a festival
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figurative
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simile,not literal but metaphorical,using figure of speech
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figurine
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small ornamental statue
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filch
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steal
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filial
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pertaining to son or daughter
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filibuster
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block legislation by making long speaches
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flaccid
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flabby
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flail
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harvest,thresh grain by hand,strike or slap,toss about
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flair
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talent
/steal,purloin |
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fleece
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wool coat of sheep,rob,plunder
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flinch
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hesitate,shrink
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flay
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strip off skin,plunder
/ spot |
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flit
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dart lightly, pass swiftly
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floe
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mass of floating ice
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flotsam
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drifting wreckage,useless item floating on river,vagrant,destitute people
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flounder
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proceed clumsily or falter,struggle and thrash out
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flout
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reject,mock
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fluted
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having vertical parallel grooves[as in a pillar]
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foil
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contrast,defeat,frustrate
/insert improperly,palm off |
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foppish
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dandyish,vain about dress and appearance
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foray
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excursion,raid
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foreboding
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premonition of evil
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forgo
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give up,do without
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forte
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strong point,special talent
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founder
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fail completely,sink,person who establish an organization or business
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fraught
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filled
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fray
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battle,fight,brawl
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fritter
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waste
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fresco
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painting on plaster[usually fresh]
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frond
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fern leaf,palm or banana leaf
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fusillade
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simultaneous firing or outburst[of missiles,questions,etc]
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gadfly
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animal biting fly,an irritating person
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fugitive
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fleeting or transitory,roving
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gait
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manner of walking or running,speed
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gall
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bitterness,nerve.chaff,annoy,vex
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galleon
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large sailing ship
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gamut
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entire range
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gargantuan
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huge,enormous
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gargoyle
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waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building
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gaunt
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lean & angular,barren,haggard
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gerontocracy
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government ruled by old people
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gerrymander
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change the voting district lines in order to favor political party
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gestate
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evolve as in prenatal growth
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gingerly
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very carefully
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girth
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distance around something,circumferance
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glean
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gather leaving[as in waste matter after harvesting]
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gloat
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express evil satisfaction,view malevolently
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gloss over
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explain over
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glower
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look of anger,scowl
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glut
/ gnome |
overstock,fill excess
/ dwarf,underground spirit |
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goad
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urge on
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gorge
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narrow canyon,steep,rocky cleft;stuff oneself
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gory
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bloody
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gassamer
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insincere;sheer,cobwebs
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gouge
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tear out;overcharge
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grapple
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wrestle;come to grips with
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gratis
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free
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grisly
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ghastly
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grotto
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small cavern
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gruel
/grueling /gruesome |
thin,liquid porridge
/exhausting /grisly,horrible |
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gruff
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rough mannered
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guffaw
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boisterous laughter
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grotesque
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fantastic,comically hideous
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gusto
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enjoyment,enthusiasm
/windy |
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hackless
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hair at the back and neck,especially of a dog
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haggle
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argue about prices
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hallowed
/fallowed /harrowed |
blessed,consecrated
/uncultivated /agonizing,distressing,painful,traumatic |
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harping
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tiresome dwelling over subject
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hatch
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deck opening,lid covering a deck opening
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heresy
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opinion contrary to popular belief,opinion contrary to accepted religion
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hermetic
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obscure,mysterious,occult,sealed by fusion so as to be airtight
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herpetologist
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one who studies reptiles
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hiatus
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gap,pause
/one who believes in pleasure in the sole aim of life |
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hieroglyphic
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picture writing
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hoard
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stockpile,accumulate for future use
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holocaust
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destruction by means of fire
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homeostatis
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tendency of a system to maintain relative stability
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hortatory
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encouraging,exhortive
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hovel
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shack,small/wretched house
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hover
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hang about,wait nearby
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hubbub
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confused uproar
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hue and cry
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outcry
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hurtle
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crush,rush
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husband
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use sparingly,conserve,save,frugality,thrift,agriculture
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hypochondria
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person unduly worried about his health,worrier without cause about illness
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ichthyology
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study of fish
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idyllic
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charmingly,carefree,simple
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illimitable
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infinite
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imbecility
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weakness in mind
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imbibe
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drink in
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immolate
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offer as sacrifice
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immure
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imprison,incarnate.shut up in confinement
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impale
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fix,peirce
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impediment
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hindrance,block,obstacle,impede
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impenitent
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not repentant
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imperative
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mandatory,absolutely necessary,critically important
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imperious
/impertinent /impudence |
domineering,haughty
/insolent,rude /insolence,impertinence,narrow minded |
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impinge
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infringe,touch,collide with
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implaussible
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unlikely,unbelievable
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implicate,implication
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incriminate,show to be involved
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imponderable
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weightless
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import
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significance
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imposture
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assuming a false identity,masquerade
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imprecation
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curse
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impregnable
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invulnerable
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impute
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attribute,ascribe
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inadvertently
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unintentionally
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incantation
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singing or chanting of magic spells,magical formulae
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incapicitate
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disable
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incarcerate
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imprison
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incendiary
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capable of causing fire,arsonist
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incentive
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spur,motive,incite
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inception
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start,beginning
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incarnate
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endowed with flesh,personified
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inclement
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stormy,unkind
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incognito
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with concealed identity,using assumed name
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incoherent
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muddled,unintelligible,illogical
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incontinent
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uncontrolled,lacking self-restraint,Licentious
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incontrovertible
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indisputable,not open to question
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incriminate,indict
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accuse,serve as evidence against,charge
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