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ABEYANCE
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TEMPORARY SUPPRESSION OR SUSPENSION
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APPROBATION
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APROVAL AND PRAISE
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ARROGATE
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TO CLAIM WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION; TO CLIAM FOR ONESELF WITHOUT RIGHT
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ASSUAGE
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TO MAKE SOMETHING UNPLEASANT LESS SEVERE
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ATTENUATE
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TO REDUCE IN FORCE OR DEGREE, TO WEAKEN
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AUSTERE
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SEVERE OR STERN IN APPEARANCE; UNDECORATED
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CACOPHONY
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HARSH; JARRING NOISE
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CALUMNY
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A FALSE AND MALICIOUS ACCUSATION; MISREPRESENTATION
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CHICANERY
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DECEPTION BY MEANS OF CRAFT OR GUILE
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COALESCE
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TO GROW TOGETHER TO FORM A SINGLE WHOLE
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COGENT
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CONVINCING AND WELL REASONED
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COSSET
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TO PAMPER TO TREAT WITH GREAT CARE
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COTERIE
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AN INTIMATE GROUP OF PERSONS WIHT A SIMILAR PURPOSE
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CREDULOUS
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TOO TRUSTING GULLIBLE
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CUPIDITY
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GREED; STRONG DESIRE
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DECLIVITY
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DOWNWARD SLOPE
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DELETERIOUS
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SUBTLY OR UNEXPECTEDLY HARMFUL
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DEMAGOGUE
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A LEADER, A RABBLE-ROUSER, USUALLY APPEALING TO EMOTION OR PREJUDICE
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DEMUR
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TO EXPRESS DOUBTS OR OBJECTIONS
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ABASE
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TO HUMBLE; DISGRACE
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ABATE
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TO REDUCE IN AMOUNT; DEGREE, OR SEVERITY
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ABDICATE
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TO GIVE UP A POSITION, RIGHT, OR POWER
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ABERRANT
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DEVIATING FROM WHAT IS NORMAL OR EXPECTED
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ABEYANCE
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TEMPORARY SUPPRESSION OR SUSPENTION
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ABJURE
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TO REJECT; TO FORMALLY ABANDON
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ABSCOND
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TO LEAVE SECERTLY
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ABSTAIN
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TO CHOSE NOT TO DO SOMETHING
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ABSTEMIOUS
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MODERATE IN APPETITE
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ABYSS
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AN EXTREEMELY DEEP WHOLE
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ACCRETION
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TO GROWTH IN SIZE; INCREASE IN AMOUNT
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ACIDULOUS
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SOUR IN TASTE OR MANNER
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ACME
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THE HIGHEST POINT; SUMMIT; THE HIGHEST LEVEL OR DEGREE ATTAINABLE
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ADULTERATE
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TO MAKE IMPURE
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ADVOCATE
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TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF
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AERIE
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A NEST BUILT HIGH IN THE AIR; AN ELEVATED, OFTEN SECLUDED DWELLING
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AESTHETIC
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CONCERNING THE APPRECIATION OF BEAUTY
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AFFECTED
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PHONY; ARTIFICAL
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AGGRANDIZE
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TO INCREASE IN POWER; INFLUENCE AND REPUTATION
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ALACRITY
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PROMPTNESS; CHEERFUL READINESS
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ALLEVIATE
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TO EASE TO MAKE MORE BEARABLE
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AMALGAMATION
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A MERGER; A UNITING OF ELEMENTS
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AMBIGOUS
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DOUBTFUL OR UNCERTAIN; CAN BE INTERPRETED SEVERAL WAYS
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AMELIORATE
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TO MAKE BETTER; TO IMPROVE
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AMORTIZE
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TO DIMINISH BY INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS
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AMULET
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ORNAMENT WORN AS A CHARM AGAINST EVIL SPIRITS
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ANACHRONISM
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SOMETHING OUT OF PLACE IN TIME
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ANALGESIA
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A LESSENING OF PAIN WIHTOUT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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ANALOGOUS
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SIMILAR OR ALIKE IN SOME WAY ; EQUIVALENT TO
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ANODYNE
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SOMETHING THAT CALMS OR SOOTHES PAIN
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ANOMALY
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DEVIATION FROM WHAT IS NORMAL
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ANTAGONIZE
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TO ANNOY OR PROVOKE TO ANGER
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ANTIPATHY
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EXTREME DISLIKE
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APATHY
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LACK OF INTREST OR EMOTION
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APOCRYPHAL
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OF QUESTIONABLE AUTHORITY OR AUTHENTICITY
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APOSTATE
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ONE WHO RENOUNCES A RELIGIOUS FAITH
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APPROBATION
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APPROVAL AND PRAISE
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ARBITRARY
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DETERMINED BY CHANCE OR IMPULSE
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ARBITRATE
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TO JUDGE A DISPUTE BETWEN TWO OPPOSING PARTIES
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ARCHAIC
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ANCIENT, OLD FASHIONED
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ARDOR
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INTENSE PASSIONATE FEELING
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ARROGATE
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TO CLAIM WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION; TO CLAIM FOR ONESELF WITHOUT RIGHT
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ARTICULATE
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ABLE TO SPEAK CLEARLY AND EXPRESSIVELY
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ASSAIL
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TO ATTACK, ASSAULT
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ASSUAGE
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TO MAKE SOMETHING UNPLEASENT LESS SEVERE
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ATTENUATE
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TO REDUCE INFORCE OR DEGREE; TO WEAKEN
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AUDACIOUS
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FEARLESS DARING
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AUGURY
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PROPHECY; PREDICITION OF EVENTS
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AUGUST
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DIGNIFIED, GRANDIOISE
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AUSTERE
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SEVERE OR STERN IN APPEARANCE; UNDECORATED
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AXIOM
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PREMISE; POSTULATE; SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH
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BANAL
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PREDICTABLE; CLICHED, BORING
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BELFRY
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BELL TOWER; ROOM IN WHCIH A BELL IS HUNG
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BEVY
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GROUP
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BIFURCATE
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DIVIDE INTO TWO PARTS
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BILK
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TO CHEAT, DEFRAUD
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BLIGHT
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TO AFFLICT; TO DESTROY
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BLITHE
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JOYFUL, CHEERFUL, OR WITHOUT APPROPRIATE THOUGHT
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BOLSTER
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TO SUPPORT; TO PROP UP
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BOMBASTIC
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POMPOUS IN SPEECH AND MANNER
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BONHOMIE
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GOOD-NATURED GENIALITY; ATMOSPHERE OF GOOD CHEER
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BOOR
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CRUDE PERSON, ONE LACKING MANNERS OR TASTE
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BURGEON
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TO GROW AND FLORISH
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BURNISH
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TO POLSIH
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CABAL
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A SECRET GROUP SEEKING TO OVERTURN SOMETHING
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CACOPHONY
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HARSH, JARRING NOISE
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CALUMNY
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A FALSE AND MALICIOUS ACCUSATION; MISREPRESENTATION
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CANARD
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A LIE
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CANDID
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IMPARTIAL AND HONEST IN SPEECH
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CAPRICIOUS
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CHANGING ONE'S MIND QUICKLY AND OFTEN
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CARTOGRAPHY
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SCIENCE OR ART OF MAKING MAPS
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CASTIGATE
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TO PUNISH OR CRITICIZE HARSHLY
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CATALYST
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SOMETHING THAT BRINGS ABOUT A CHANGE IN SOMETHING ELSE
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CATHOLIC
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UNIVERSAL; BROAD AND COMPREHENSIVE
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CAUSTIC
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BITING WIT
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CHAOS
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GREAT DISORDER OR CONFUSED SITUATION
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CHAUVINIST
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SOMEONE PREJUDICD IN FAVOR OF A GROUP IN WHICH HE OR SHE BELONGS
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CHICANERY
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DECEPTION BY MEANS OF CRAFT OR GUILE
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CIRCUMSPECT
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CUATIOUS, AWARE OF POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES
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CLOYING
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SICKLY SWEET; EXCESSIVE
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COALESCE
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TO GROW TOGETHER TO FORM A SINGLE WHOLE
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COFFER
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STRONGBOX; LARGE CHEST FOR MONEY
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COGENT
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CONVINCING AND WELL-REASONED
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COLLUSION
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COLLABORATION, COMPLICITY; CONSPIRACY
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CONDONE
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TO OVERLOOK, TO PARDON TO DISREGARD
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CONNOISSEUR
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A PERSON WITH EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OR DISCRIMINATING TASTES
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CONTRITE
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DEEPLY SORROWFUL AND REPENTANT FOR A WRONG
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CONTUMACIOUS
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REBELLIOUS
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CONVOLUTED
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INTRICATE AND COMPLICATED
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CORROBORATE
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TO SUPPORT WIHT EVIDENCE
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COSSET
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TO PAMPER; TO TREAT WIHT GREAT CARE
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COTERIE
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AN INTIMATE GROUP OF PERSONS WIHT A SIMILAR PURPOSE
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CRAVEN
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LACKING COURAGE
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CREDULOUS
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TOO TRUSTING; GULLIBLE
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CRESCENDO
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STEADILY INCREASING ON VOLUME OR FORCE
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CUPIDITY
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GREED; STRONG DESIRE
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CURMUDGEON
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CRANKY PERSON; USUALLY OLD
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DEBUTANTE
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YOUNG WOMAN MAKING DEBUT IN HIGH SOCIETY
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DECLIVITY
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DOWNWARD SLOPE
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DECOROUS
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PROPER; TASTEFUL, SOCIALLY CORRECT
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DECORUM
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APPROPRIATENESS OF BEHAVIOR OR CONDUCT; PROPRIETY
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DEFACE
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TO MAR THE APPEARANCE OF, TO VANDALIZE
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DEFERENCE
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RESPECT, COURTESY
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DELETERIOUS
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SUBTLY OR UNEXPECTEDLY HARMFUL
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DEMAGOGUE
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A LEADER, RABBLE-ROUSER, USUALLY APPEALING TO EMOTION OR PREJUDICE
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DEMUR
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TO EXPRESS DOUBTS OR OBJECTIONS
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DERIDE
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TO SPEAK OF OR TREAT WIHT CONTEMPT, TO MOCK
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DESICCATE
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TO DRY OUT THOROUGHLY
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DESULTORY
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JUMPING FROM ONE THING OT ANOTHER; DISCONNECTED
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DIAPHANOUS
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ALLOWING LIGHT TO SHOW THROUGH; DELICATE
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DIATRIBE
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AN ABUSIVE, CONDEMNATORY SPEECH
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DICTUM
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AUTHORITATIVE STATEMENT
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DIFFIDENT
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LACKING SELF-CONFIDENCE
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DILATE
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TO MAKE LARGER, TO EXPAND
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DILATORY
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INTENDED TO DELAY, PROCRASTINATING
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DILETTANTE
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SOMEONE WHT AN AMATEURISH AND SUPERFICIAL INTEREST IN A TOPIC
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DIRGE
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A FUNERAL HYMN OR MOURNFUL SPEECH
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DISABUSE
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TO SET RIGHT, TO FREE FROM ERROR
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DISCERN
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TO PERCEIVE, TO RECOGNIZE
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DISPARATE
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FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT, ENTIRELY UNLIKE
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DISSEMBLE
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TO PRESENT A FALSE APPEARANCE, TO DISGUISE ONE'S REAL INTENTIONS OR CHARACTER
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DISSONANCE
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A HARSH AND DISAGREEABLE COMBINATION, ESPECIALLY OF SOUNDS
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DISTAFF
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THE FEMALE BRANCH OF A FAMILY
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DISTEND
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TO SWELL, INFLATE, BLOAT
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DITHER
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TO ACT CONFUSEDLY OR WIHTOUT CLEAR PURPOSE
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DIURNAL
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EXISTING DURING THE DAY
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DIVINE
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TO FORETELL OR KNOW BY INSPIRATION
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DOCTRINAIRE
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RIGIDLY DEVOTED TO THEORIES WITHOUT REGARD FOR PRACTICALITY; DOGMATIC
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DOGMA
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A FIRMLY HELD OPINION, ESPECIALLY A RELIGIOUS BELIEF
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DOGMATIC
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DICTATORIAL IN ONE'S OPINIONS
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DROLL
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AMUSING IN A WRY, SUBTLE WAY
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DUPE
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TO DECEIVE
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DYSPEPTIC
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SUFFERING FROM INDIGESTION; GLOOMY AND IRRITABLE
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EBULLIENT
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EXHILARATED, FULL OF ENTHUSIASM AND HIGH SPIRITS
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ECLECTIC
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SELECTING FROM OR MADE UP FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES
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EDIFY
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TO INSTUCT MORALLY AND SPIRITUALLY
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EFFICACY
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EFFECTIVENESS
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EFFIGY
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STUFFED DOLL; LIKENESS OF A PERSON
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EFFRONTERY
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IMPUDENT BOLDNESS; AUDACITY
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ELEGY
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A SORROWFUL POEM OR SPEECH
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ELOQUENT
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PERSUASIVE AND MOVING, ESPECIALLY IN SPEECH
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EMBELLISH
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TO ADD ORNAMENTAL OR FICITITIOUS DETAILS
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EMULATE
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TO COPY, OT TRY TO EQUAL OR EXCEL
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ENCOMIUM
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WARM PRAISE
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ENDEMIC
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BELONGING TO A PARTICULAR AREA; INHERENT
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ENERVATE
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TO REDUCE IN STRENGTH
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ENGENDER
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TO PRODUCE, CAUSE, OR BRING ABOUT
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ENIGMA
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A PUZZLE, A MYSTERY
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ENUMERATE
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TO COUNT, LIST, ITEMIZE
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EPHEMERAL
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LASTING A SHORT TIME
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EPICURE
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PERSON WIHT REFINED TASTE IN FOOD AND WINE
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EQUIVOCATE
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TO USE EXPRESSION OF DOUBLE MEANING IN ORDER TO MISLEAD
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ERRATIC
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WANDERING AND UNPREDICTABLE
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ERSTAZ
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FAKE, ARTIFICIAL
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ERUDITE
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LEARNED, SCHOLARLY, BOOKISH
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ESCHEW
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TO SHUN, TO AVOID 9AS SOMETHING WRONG OR DISTASTEFUL)
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ESOTERIC
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KNOWN OR UNDERSTOOD BY ONLY A FEW
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ESTIMABLE
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ADMIRABLE
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ETHOS
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BELIEFS OR CHARACTER OF A GROUP
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EULOGY
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SPEECH IN PRAISE OF SOMEONE
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EUPHEMISM
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USE OF AN INOFFENSIVE WORD OR PHRASE IN PLACE OF A MORE DISTASTEFUL ONE
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EUPHONY
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PLEASANT, HARMONIOUS SOUND
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EXACERBATE
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TO MAKE WORSE
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EXCULPATE
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TO CLEAR FROM BLAME, TO PROVE INNOCENT
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EXIGENT
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URGENT; REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ACTION
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EXONERATE
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TO CLEAR OF BLAME
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EXPLICIT
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CLEARLY STATED OR SHOWN; FORTHRIGHT IN EXPRESSION
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EXPONENT
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ONE WHO CHAMPIONS OR ADVOCATES
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EXPURGATE
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TO CENSOR
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FALLOW
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DORMANT, UNUSED
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FANATICAL
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ACTING EXCESSIVELY ENTHUSIASTIC; FILLED WITH EXTREME, UNQUESTIONED DEVOTION
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FATUOUS
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STUPID; FOOLISHLY SELF-SATISFIED
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FAWN
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TO GROVEL
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FECUND
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FERTILE, FRUITFUL, PRODUCTIVE
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FERVID
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INTENSELY EMOTIONAL, FEVERISH
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FETID
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FOUL-SMELLING, PUTRID
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FLAG
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TO DECLINE IN VIGOR, STRENGTH, OR INTEREST
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FLORID
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EXCESSIVELY DECORATED OR EMBELLISHED
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FOMENT
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TO AROUSE OR INCITE
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FORD
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TO CROSS A BODY OF WATER BY WADING
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FORESTALL
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TO PREVENT, DELAY; ANTICIPATE
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FORTUITOUS
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HAPPENING BY CHANCE, FORTUNATE
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FRACTIOUS
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UNRULY REBELLIOUS
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FRENETIC
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FRANTIC, FRENZIED
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FRUGALITY
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TENDENCY TO BE THRIFTY OR CHEAP
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FURTIVE
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SECRET, STEALTHY
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GAMBOL
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TO DANCE OR SKIP AROUNG PLAYFULLY
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GARNER
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TO GATHER AND STORE
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GARRULOUS
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TENDING TO TALK ALOT
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GESTATION
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GROWTH PROCESS FROM CONCEPTION TO BIRTH
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GLIB
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FLUENT IN AN INSINCERE MANNER; OFFHAND, CASUAL
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GLOWER
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TO GLARE; STARE ANGRILY AND INTENSELY
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GRADATION
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PROCESS OCCURING BY REGULAR DEGREES OR STAGES; VARIATION IN COLOR
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GREGARIOUS
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OUTGOING, SOCIABLE
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GRIEVOUS
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CUASING GRIEF OR SORROW; SERIOUS AND DISTRESSING
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GROVEL
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TO HUMBLE ONESELF IN A DEMEANING WAY
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GUILE
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DECEIT, TRICKERY
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GULLIBLE
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EASILY DECEIVED
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HAPLESS
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UNFORTUNATE, HAVING BAD LUCK
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HEGEMONEY
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THE DOMINATION OF ONE STATE OR GROUP OVER ITS ALLIES
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HERMETIC
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TIGHTLY SEALED
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HETEROGENEOUS
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COMPOSED OF UNLIKE PARTS, DIFFERENT, DIVERSE
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HOARY
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VERY OLD; WHITISH OR GRAY FROM AGE
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HOMOGENOUS
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OF A SIMILAR KIND
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HUSBAND
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TO MANAGE ECONOMICALLY; TO USE SPARINGLY
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HYPERBOLE
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PURPOSEFUL EXAGGERATION FOR EFFECT
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ICONOCLAST
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ONE WHO OPPOSES ESTABLISHED BELIEFS, CUSTOMS, AND INSTITUTIONS
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IDIOSYNCRACY
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PECULIARITY OF TEMPERAMENT, ECCENTRICITY
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IGNOBLE
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HAVING LOW MORAL STANDARDS, NOT NOBLE IN CHARACTER; MEAN
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IMBUE
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TO INFUSE; DYE, WET, MOISTEN
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IMPASSE
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BLOCKED PATH; DILEMMA WIHT NO SOLUTION
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IMPECUNIOUS
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POOR, HAVING NO MONEY
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IMPERTURABABLE
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NOT CAPABLE OF BEING DISTURBED
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IMPERVIOUS
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IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE; INCAPABLE OF BEING AFFECTED
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IMPETUOUS
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QUICK TO ACT WIHTOUT THINKING
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IMPIOUS
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NOT DEVOUT IN RELIGION
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IMPLACABLE
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UNABLE TO BE CALMED DOWN OR MADE PEACEFUL
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IMPRECATION
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A CURSE
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IMPUGN
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TO CALL INTO QUESTION; TO ATTACK VERBALLY
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INCARNADINE
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BLOOD-RED IN COLOR
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INCHOATE
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NOT FULLY FORMED, DISORGANIZED
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INCULCATE
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TO TEACH, IMPRESS IN THE MIND
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INDOLENT
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HABITUALLY LAZY, IDLE
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INEXORABLE
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INFLEXIBLE, UNYIELDING
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INGENUOUS
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SHOWING INNOCENCE OR CHILDLIKE SIMPLICITY
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INGRATE
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UNGRATEFUL PERSON
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INGRATIATE
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TO GAIN FAVOR WIHT ANOTHER BY DELIBERATE EFFORT; TO SEEK TO PLEASE SOMEBODY SO AS TO GAIN AN ADVANTAGE
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INIMICAL
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HOSTLE, UNFRIENDLY
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INIQUITY
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SIN, EVIL ACT
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INNOCUOUS
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HARMLESS
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INQUEST
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AN INVESTIGATION AN INQUIRY
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INSIPID
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LACKING INTEREST OR FLAVOR
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INSURRECTION
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REBELLION
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INTER
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TO BURY
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INTERREGNUM
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INTERVAL BETWEEN REIGNS
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INTRACTABLE
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NOT EASILY MANAGED OR MANIPULATED
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INTRANSIGENT
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UNCOMPROMISING, REFUSING TO BE RECONCILED
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INTREPID
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FEARLESS, RESOLUTELY COURAGEOUS
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INUNDATE
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TO OVERWHELM; TO COVER WITH WATER
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INURE
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TO HARDEN; ACCUSTOM, BECOME USED TO
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INVECTIVE
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ABUSIVE LANGUAGE
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INVESTITURE
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CEREMONEY CONFERRING AUTHORITY
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INVIDIOUS
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ENVIOUS, OBNOXIOUS, OFFENSIVE; LIKELY TO PROMOTE ILL-WILL
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IRASCIBLE
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EASILY MADE ANGRY
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ITINERANT
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WANDERING FROM PLACE TO PLACE
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JARGON
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NONSENSICAL TALK; SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE
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JETTISON
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TO DISCARD, TO GET RID OF AS UNNECESSARY OR ENCUMBERING
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JINGOISM
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BELLIGERENT SUPPORT OF ONE'S COUNTRY
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JOCULAR
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PLAYFUL, HUMOROUS
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JUDICIOUS
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SENSIBLE, SHOWING GOOD JUDGMENT
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