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283 Cards in this Set
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eulogy
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praise
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benevolence
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generosity
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obedient
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tractable
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profound
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deep, of substance
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glib
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haste
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inept
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maladroit, w/o skill for a particular task or assignment
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prominent
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of high importance, significant
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reap
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לקצור
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dilute
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to make thinner; amalgamate
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enunciate
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to describe clearly
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affectation
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pretense; an unnatural action or expression marked by artificiality
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painstaking
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diligently careful, meticulous, consciencious, scrupulous
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laborious
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taking much effort.
syn: arduous, formidable |
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apprehension
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anticipation of adversity or misfortune; an understanding on an intuitive or immediate level
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scrupulous
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meticulous, painstaking, careful and consciencious; morally upright, one who has principles
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pungent
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biting, stinging in speech
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incursion
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an agressively enter or invade
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aver
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to assert
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sedulous
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attentive
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insularity
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isolated; of or pertaining to an island
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prevarication
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mendacity, to speak falsely or misleadingly
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minatory
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threatening, menacing
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viscid
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sticky, adhesive
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lambaste
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to beat; to scold, reprimand, reprove
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extol
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to praise highly, to laude
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odium
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hatred
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ginsay
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to deny; oppose
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concur
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to agree
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sodden
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saturated
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anxiety
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concern, uneasyness, worry
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bulge
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a sudden increase (bulge in profits, for instance)
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evict
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to expel (from land, building,etc) by legal process
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exert
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to use diligently for, ply
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asperity
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harshness of temper; severity
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stolid
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having or showing little sensitivity
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slender
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small, thin; meager
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scrutinize
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to examine carefully
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revolt
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to rebel or rise against authority
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subliminal
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operating below the level of consciousness
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subside
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to sink
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brittle
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eaily damaged, destroyed or broken; lacking sensitivity or compassion; self-centered
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inundate
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to flood, cover with water; deluge
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languid
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slow ant listless( listless - showing little or no interest, lacking vivacity)
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respite
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break
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augment
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to increase, to add
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elucidate
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to explain, make clear
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fastidious
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excessively particular, critical or demanding; hard to please
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atrophy
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a wasting away of a body organ; degeneration or declination as from disuse
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disparity
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inequality
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desecrate
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to show disrespedt towards something sacred
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taut
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tight, stiff, firm. not slack
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jocular
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characterized by joking, amusing; facetious
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equable
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consistent, not tending to vary.
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recondite
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esoteric
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inimitable
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incapable of being imitated; unique
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entreat
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to beg, beseech
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avow
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to declare openly or frankly; to confess
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dislodge
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to remove or force out of a place
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ascribe
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to consider a belonging to, to infer ownership
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fringe
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border, trimming
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rent (adj.)
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ripped, torn
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deter
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to check, inhibit from action, avert, thwart
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table
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to postpone a proposition, put aside
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opprobrium
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disgrace, disrepute
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venerable
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respected, august, noble, admireble
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engulf
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overwhelm
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imperturbability
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balance; composure, equanimity
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incise
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cut
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discourse
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dialogue, dissertation
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obdurate
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stubborn
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deference
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obedience, complaisance
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supine
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dormant, inactive
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flustered
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upset; confused
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vigilant
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alertly wachful
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outset
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beginning or start
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assent
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agreement
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rile
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anger, upset
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ally (v)
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to be formally asociated, as by treaty
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savor
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enjoy, delight in
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chafe
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rub, grind against
corrode, erode |
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varnish
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add a layer to, embellish, finish
a: strip |
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affirm
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declare the truth of something; to aver, assert
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cling
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attach to; adhere
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compose (secondary)
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calm, bring under control
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toil
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hard work
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hurdle
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barrier, obstacle
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sift
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colander, take away residue
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sieve
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colander
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seam
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line where two objects are connected
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hale
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strong and healthy, robust
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muddy
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unclear
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renegade
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one who is rebellious
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welter
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to move about in an indolent, clumy manner, wallow
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quell
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defeat, suppress
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redound
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to have an effect for good or ill
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accrue
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to come about as a natural growth ("the wisdom that accrues with age")
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wring
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to squeeze so as to make dry ("wring a towel")
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riddle
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a puzzle, conundrum
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stump
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a rmainder; the remainder of a tree that is connected to the roots after the trunk is cut
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heed
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to pay attendion
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stanch
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to stop flowing of
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subjugated
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conquered, submissive
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stagnant
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not flowing, foul
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diffident
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shy
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surfeit
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abundance
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prolixity
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wordy
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abstinence
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forebearance
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chary
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discreetly cautious, vigilant and hesitant; slow to grant or expend - "a person chary of compliments"
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sully
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to soil or tarnish
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labile
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apt or likely to change
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vitriol
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something highly caustic or severe in effect
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recuperate
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to recover from sickness or exhustion, to regain vigor
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impute
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to ascribe, attribute
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abashed
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ashamed
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abide
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obey (a rule); to remain faithful to
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abominable
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causing disgust because bad (abominable condition in the prison..)
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abound
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have a great quantity or number of something (the river abounds with fish)
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accost
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to approach a person and talk to him first, esp. in a public place (i was accosted by a beggar)
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acquit
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to exonerate
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acrimony
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bitterness
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acumen
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discernment, shrewdness
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aggravate
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exacerbate
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aghast
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shocked;horrified
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alimony
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money to be paid by a person to another by a judge's order, after a legal seperation or divorce
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allay
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to alleviate, to make (fears, doubt) less strong
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allege
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to propose, to state as a reason or excuse, in support of a cause or in denial of a charge
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allot
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give out
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allude (allusive)
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hint
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altruism
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philantropy, benevolence
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amenities
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niceties, pleasantries
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amphibious
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adapted to both land and water
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ammunition
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military stores (תחמושת)
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anoint
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to put oil or ointment on a person as a religious ceremony
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apex
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highest point
zenith |
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appal
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shock
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ape
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to mock, deride
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appraise
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to judge the value of
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apprehend
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to arres (apprehension can be fear of something, or arresting of someone)
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articulate (v)
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to say clearly
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artefact
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something made by a person
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arrears
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money that is owing and that ought to have been paid
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artery
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one of the tubes carrying blood from the heart to all parts of the body
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asinine
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very stupid
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askew
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not straight
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aspire
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to be ambitious (aspire to become an actor)
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attic
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a space inside the roof of a house
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brook
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tolerate, endure
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callow
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immature, inexperienced, young
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cant(n)
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false piousness, hypocricy
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cavil
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make insignificant remarks, complain, find faults
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chimerical
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fantastically improbable, imaginative
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coeval
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contemporary
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cognate
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similar or akin in nature
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collate
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examine in order to verify authenticity
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complaisant
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inclined to please, obliging
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condign
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deservedly severe
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chastity
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modesty, pureness
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controvert
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attemp to refute, raise objections, oppose
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contumacious
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resisting authority
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countenance(v)
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tolerate
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countenance(n)
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face (ארשת)
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swindle
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cheat, defraud, deceive
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desolate
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miserable, neglected
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devolve
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hand down
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discomfit
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break up and frustrate the plans of
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noxious
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harmful (phisycally)
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exuberant
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lively; abundant
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bliss
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happyne
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superfluous
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more than needed, excessive
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scrawl
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write messily or carelessly
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sermon
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הטפה
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partisan
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supporting, biased
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intrepid
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brave
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opulent
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abundant
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indignant
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angry
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consign
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entrust; send, dispach(לשגר)
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condign
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deservedly severe
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cozen
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swindle, cheat
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controvert
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contradict
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devolve
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transfer, hand down
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discomfit
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לסכל
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dissimulate
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dissemble, disguise one's motives
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efface
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rub out, erase, destroy
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effete
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worn out, lacking vigor, decadent
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endue
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endow, provide with some quality, put on
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execrate
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denounce (לגנות)
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expatiate
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talk at
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felicitous
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suitable, הולם
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forestall
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prevent by taking action in advance
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impeccable
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faultless, irreproachable
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adjuration
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solemn urging
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affected
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assumed artificially
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precocious
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unusually mature or advanced, esp. mentally
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inveigh
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protest vehemently, denounce
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sententious
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terse, concise
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mealymouthed
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indirect in speech (when something hard is to be said), evasive
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splice
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join two ends together, fasten together
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labile
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likely to change
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cavil
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raise annoying and insignificant objections
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endeavor
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attempt
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chivalrous
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courteous;faithful
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sever
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separate
Synonyms: break up, dichotomize, disjoint, dissect, dissever, divide, divorce, part, sunder |
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cloy
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cause to be satiated (לפטם)
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coddle
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pamper
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comely
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attractive, beautiful
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contrived
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artificial, not spontaneous but planned
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controvert
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obviously planned or schemed-?
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corroborate
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confirm, support
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covetous
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very desireous (חמדני)
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perpetuate
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to eternalize
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assimilate
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incorporate, absorb in.
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heretical
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of or pertaining to heresy, dissident
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impudence
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rudeness, boldness
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insolence
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rudeness; arrogance
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eminence
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high position, elevated rank
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imminence
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something which is about to happen (esp. something bad or evil)
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cur
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mongrel, hybridized;coward, despicable person
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base
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ignoble, low, despicable, dishonorable
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deface
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destroy the surface of; vandalize
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ruth
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sympathy, mercy
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muted
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dampen, muffle
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muffler
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scarf, tippet
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mitten
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glove
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shard
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a fragment of a vessel
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crumb
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The soft part of bread
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dross
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waste matter, dregs
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gust
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a violent blast of wind
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assay
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to test, to attempt; test the
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subjugation
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act of bringing into submission
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dereliction
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negligence
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cygnet
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a young swan
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gander
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an adult male goose
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nefarious
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flagrantly wicked or impious
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irksome
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tending to irk, tedious
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restitution
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restoration; compensation
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amputate
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to cut as if by incission (esp. cut a limb from the body)
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annotate
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commentate
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deface
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impair, damage the appearance of
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cur
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cowardly of surley person; a mongerel
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base
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contemptible, despicable
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villain
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criminal
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imperative
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something that is obligatory
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libation
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an act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice (as to a deity)
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clan
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tribe, a group of people tracing descent from a common ancestor
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outcry
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commotion, clamor, convulsion, ferment, tumult, upheaval, upturn; vehement protest
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loathing
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abomination, aversion, detestation, hatered, repugnance, abhorrence
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quills
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the hollow horny shaft of a feather
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poltroon
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coward, craven
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impostor
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fake, phony, charlatan
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catechism
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oral instructions; summary of religious doctrine often in the form of questions and answers
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vow
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pledge, promise, swear, plight
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vertebrae
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one of the bony or cartilaginous segments composing the spinal column
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scapula
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shoulder blade
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apparition
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phenomenon, unexpected or unusual sight; a ghostly figure
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rig
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furnish, equip; (n) costume, outfit
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buoy
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float
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undergird
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stengthen, support
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cobbler
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a mender or maker of shoes and often of other leather goods
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pervade
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permeate
* The smell of burnt toast pervaded the kitchen. |
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discourse
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spoken or written (formal) communication: College students become familiar with academic discourse.
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vindictive
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seeking to harm another, (syns.) vengeful, spiteful: She has a vindictive attitude toward her ex-husband
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immaculate
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1 clean, spotless:
She wore an immaculate white dress. 2 fig. without fault, flawless: She has an immaculate reputation. |
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allegiance
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loyalty, strong feeling for a country, leader, political cause:
Some schoolchildren say the Pledge of Allegiance to the US flag every morning. |
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boisterous
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noisy and playful, (syn.) rowdy: Children in the classroom became boisterous
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emit
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send out, transmit (radio waves, radiation, sound, etc.): The siren emitted a warning sound. 2 frml. to let out (a cry, yell, sound, etc.):
The victim emitted a scream. |
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broach
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to introduce a topic of conversation:
My manager broached the subject of when I planned to retire. |
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gist
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the general idea (of a discussion, situation, writing, etc.):
The speaker gave many details and examples, but the gist of her presentation was that the economy will get better soon. |
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extant
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still existing, used of s.t. that is rare:
The few extant copies of the Gutenberg Bible are in museums |
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extaraneous
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unneeded, (syn.) superfluous:
The report contained extraneous information of no use to anyone |
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incorrigible
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Not able to behave correctly, always bad:
Some criminals are incorrigible and will be in jail all their lives. |
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evince
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demonstrate
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regale
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to entertain, (syn.) to amuse:
Our friend <v.> regaled us with stories of things he had done in Africa |
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truculence
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rude disobedience, (syn.) belligerence:
The boy's truculence led to his being expelled from school |
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posturing
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to hold oneself or to behave in a certain, often artificial way, esp. to impress others: He postures as an important man, when he is really a nobody(see:ose)
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heretical
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characterized by heresy, unorthodox:
The minister's beliefs were heretical against the state religion. |
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prosaic
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dull, ordinary:
Cleaning the house and washing dishes are prosaic but necessary chores |
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perilously
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in a dangerous or risky wayP:
He became perilously close to falling off the ledge |
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perpetual
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continuing
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protagonist
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person who takes the lead; central figure of narrative
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sprawling
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sit or lie spread out; fall
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myriad
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innumerable, immesurable; a lot
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rile
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to upset, make someone angry
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burrow
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hole dug by an animal
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