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abase
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lower; degrade
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abjure
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formally renounce
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ablution
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washingt
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abnegation
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renunciation; self-sacrifice
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abrogate
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abolish
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abscission
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removal by cutting off
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abtruse
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obscure; profound; esoteric
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abut
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border upon
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accede
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agree
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accilivity
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sharp upslope of a hill
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accoutre
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equip
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accretion
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growth; increase
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actuate
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motivate
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adjutant
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assistant
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adriot
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skillfull
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adventituous
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accidental; causal
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affected
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artificial; pretended
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advert
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refer to
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agape
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open-mouthed
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agog
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highly excited
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alloy
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to make impure
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alluvial
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pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
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amalgamate
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combnie
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness
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anathema
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solemn curse
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animadversion
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critical remark; criticism
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animus
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hostile feeling or intent
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anneal
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reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
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anodyne
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drug that removes pain
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antediluvian
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extremely ancient
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antic
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extravagantly odd
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antipathy
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extreme dislike
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apiary
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place where bees are kept
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apostate
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one who abandons faith
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aphasia
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loss of speech due to injury
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apothegm
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pithy compact saying
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apotheosis
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elevation to godhood
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appellation
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name or title
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apposite
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appropriate, fitting
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approbation
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approval
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appurtenances
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subordinate possessions
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arabesque
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style of decoration
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arable
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fit for growing crops
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arcade
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covered passageway with shops
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archetype
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prototype
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ardor
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heat, passion, zeal
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arduous
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hard, strenuous
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aria
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operatic solo
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array
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to clothe; adorn
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arrears
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being in debt
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arroyo
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gully
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artful
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cunning, crafty, sly
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artifice
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trickery or guile
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artless
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open and honest
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial, austre
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asinine
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stypid
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askance
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with a sideways look
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asperity
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sharpness of temper
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aspersion
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slanderous remark
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ascetic
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austere; practicing self-denial
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asinine
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stupid
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askance
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sideways look
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askew
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slanted
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asperity
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sharpness of temper
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aspersion
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slanderous remark
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assiduous
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diligent
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assuage
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ease or lessen
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atavism
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resemblance to ancestors, reversion to earlier type, throwback
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astringent
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binding, causing contraction, severe
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augury
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omen, prophecy
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august
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majestic
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automaton
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imitation of human action
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avarice
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greed
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aver
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assert confidently or declare fact
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avuncular
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like a uncle
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awl
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pointed tool for piercing
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bacchanalian
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drunken
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badinage
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teasing conversation
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banal
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trite, commonplace
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baleful
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threatening, menacing
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baneful
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destructive
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bate
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let down; restrain
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bawdy
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obscene
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beatific
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showing or producing joy
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beatify
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bless or sanctify
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beatitude
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blessedness
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bedizen
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dress with vulgar finery
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belabor
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explain or go over excessively
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beleaguer
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besiege or attack
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bellicose
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warlike
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beneficient
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kindly, doing good
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benison
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blessing
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bent
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natural talent or inclination
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bereft
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lacking, deprived of
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beset
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harass or trouble
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besmirch
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soil or defile
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betoken
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signify or indicate
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bevy
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large group
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biennial
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every two years
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bilious
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suffering from a liver problem, ill-humored
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bilk
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to cheat
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bivouac
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temporary encampment
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blanch
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bleach or whiten
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blandish (verb)
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cajole, coax with flattery
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blandishment
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flattery
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blithe
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carefree and unconcerned
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bluff (adjective)
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rough but good-natured
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bombastic
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pompous, overstated
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boorish
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rude
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bowdlerize
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expurgate
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braggadocio
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boasting
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brindled
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tawny or greyish with streaks or spots
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browbeat
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bully or intimidate
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bucolic
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rustic or pastoral
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bulwark
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stronghold
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burgeon
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grow forth
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burlesque
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imitation that ridicules
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burnish
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make shiny by rubbing, polish
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cadge
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beg or mooch
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calorific
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heat-producing
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calumny
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malicious misrepresentation or slander
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canard
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false or unfounded story, fabricated report
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canny
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shrewd or thrifty
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cant
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insincere expressions of piety
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callow
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youthful, inexperienced
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capacious
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spacious
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capitulate
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surrender
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caprice
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whim
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capricious
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unpredictable, fickle
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captious
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faultfinding, overly critic
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carapace
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shell covering the back
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carillon
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set of bells to play
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carousal
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drunken revel
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cavalcade
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procession or parade
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cavalier
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causal and offhand, arrogant
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cavil
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make frivolous objections
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celerity
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speed or rapidity
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censorious
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overly critical
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centurion
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roman soldier
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cerebration
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thought
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certitude
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certainty
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chaff
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worthless products of an endeavor
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chaffing
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bantering or joking, badinage
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catholic
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wide-ranging, universal
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chary
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cautious, shrewd, sparing, restrained
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chimerical
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fantastically impossible
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chisel
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swindle or cheat
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choleric
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hot-tempered
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churlish
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boorish, rude
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ciliated
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minute hairs
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cipher
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non-entity, worthless
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circumlocution
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unnecessarily long-winded
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circumspect
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prudent, cautious, chary
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canglor
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loud noise
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clarion
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trumpet-like sound
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clime
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region or climate
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cloying
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distasteful in excess
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coeval
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living at the same time in history
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collation
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light meal, think colacion
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colloquy
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informal discussion
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comity
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courtesy or civility
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commensurate
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corresponding in extent, degree, etc
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commodious
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spacious and comfortabel
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complaisant
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trying to please
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complicity
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involvement (in criminal activity)
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compunction
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remorse
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concatenate
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link
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conclave
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private meeting
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condign
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appropriate or deserved, in terms of severity or punishment
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conflate
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meld or fuse
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connubial
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relating to marriage
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consanguinity
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kinship
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consequential
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pompous, self-importance
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consign
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deliver officially
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consummate
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wholly without flaw
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continence
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self-restraint
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controvert
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oppose with arugments
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contumacious
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disobedient
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cornice
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projecting or molding on building
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phlegmatic
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apathetic
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imprecation
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curse
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opprobrium
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dishonor
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noisome
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fetid
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obdurate
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stubborn
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quiescent
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inactive
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specious
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spurious, false
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trenchant
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cogent, keen
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slake
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satiate
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irascible
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easily angered
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hoary
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showing age
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voluble
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loquacious
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inchoate
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incomplete, newly begun
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perspicacious
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astute, keen, trenchant
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saguine
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cheerful, confident, optimistic
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inmical
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hostile
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surly
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hositle
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glib
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easily fluent
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stolid
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unemotionable
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ignoble
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not noble
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torpor
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sluggishness
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vim
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energy
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invective
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abusive language
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panegryric
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lauding speech, praise
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prolix
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wordy
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arrogate
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to state without claim, falsely
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audacious
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bravely, fearless, daring
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burgeon
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growing
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circumspect
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chary, cautious
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cloying
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saccharine sweet, annoying
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contrite
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very repentant
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cosset
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pander
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credulous
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too trusting, gullible
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deference
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civility, respect
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deleterious
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unexpected negative effect
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demagogue
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leader that leads by emotion
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demur
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take argument with
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desultory
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disconnected thoughts
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diaphanous
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transparent
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diffident
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shy, lacking confidence
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dilate
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expand
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dilatory
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delaying
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dilettante
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amateurish and varied interests
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disabuse
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set correct, set free from error
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dissemble
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to evade, present false apparence
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distaff
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female side of family
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dither
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procrastinate, without clear purpose
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dyspeptic
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indigestion-inclined, ill-tempered
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ebullient
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excited, enthused
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edify
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to teach morally or spiritually
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effrontery
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audacity, boldness
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enervate
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sap energy
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engender
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produce, cause
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epicure
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person with refined taste
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ersatz
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false
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estimable
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admirable
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ethos
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governing spirit
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exculpate
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remove guilt
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exigent
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to demand action
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exponent
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one who champions or advocates
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expurgate
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censor
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fallow
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dead or unused
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sedulity
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assiduousness, diligence
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germane
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relevant, cogent
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winnow
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filter, remove impurities
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dour
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unpleasant, dark, brooding
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cow
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terrorize, intimidate
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cozen
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cheat, bilk
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culvert
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artificial channel for water
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debauch
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corrupt
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dauntless
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fearless, audacious, bold
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peregrination
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travel
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laxity
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act of being lax
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propitiate
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make peace with
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perfidy
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break in trust
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puissant
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powerful
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default (noun)
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failure to act
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deign
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condescend, stoop to
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denigrate
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blacken, tarnish (the image of)
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denouement
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outcome, final development
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depredation
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plundering
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descry
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catch sight of
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despoil
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steal valuables
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desuetude
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state of disuse
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diffidence
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shyness
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diffuse
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wordy, rambling
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dint
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means, efforts
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disabuse
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remove from error
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disconsolate
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sad
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discursive
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digressing, rambling
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disgorge
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surrender something, eject
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disport
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amuse
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disputatious
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argumentative
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disquietude
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uneasiness, anxiety
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disquisition
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a formal systemic inequity
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dissemble
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disguise, pretend
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dissimulate
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pretend, conceal by feigning
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distrait
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inattentive, distracted often by anxiety
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doff
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take off
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doggerel
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poor verse
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doleful
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mournful; causing sadness
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dotage
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senility
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dross
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waste
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dissipate
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squander
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