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212 Cards in this Set
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ABASE
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TO HUMBLE OR DISGRACE
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ABJURE
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PROMISE OR SWEAR TO GIVE UP
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ABNEGATE
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TO DENY OR RENOUNCE
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ABROGATE
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TO REPEAL, AS IN A LAW; TO ANNUL SOMETHING THROUGH AN AUTHORITATIVE ACT
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ACCLIVITY
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UPWARDS SLOPE
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ACARPOUS
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HAVING NO FRUIT, NO LONGER FERTILE, WORN OUT
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ACTUATE
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MOTIVATE
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ADJURATION
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SOLEMN URGING Her adjuration to tell the truth did not change the witnesses' testimony.
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ADJUTANT
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STAFF OFFICER ASSISTING THE COMMANDER; ASSISTANT Though he delegated many tasks to his chief adjutant, Somerset, Somerset was in no doubt as to who made all major decisions.
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ADVENTITIOUS
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ACCIDENTAL, CASUAL He found this adventitious meeting with his friend extremely fortunate.
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ADVERT
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REFER TO
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AFFIDAVIT
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WRITTEN STATEMENT MADE UNDER OATH
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AGGRIEVE
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TO AFFLICT OR DISTRESS
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AGOG
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HIGHLY EXCITED AND INTENSELY CURIOUS
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AMNESTY
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PARDON
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ANIMADVERSION
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CRITICAL REMARK He resented the animadversions of his critics, particularly because he realized they were true.
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AMITY:
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FRIENDSHIP
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ANIMOSITY
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ACTIVE ENMITY
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ANIMUS
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HOSTILE FEELING OR INTENT
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ANNUITY
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YEARLY ALLOWANCE
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APACE
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DONE QUICKLY
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APHELION
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THE PART IN A PLANETS ORBIT THAT IS FARTHEST FROM THE SUN
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APOPLEXY
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STROKE; LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS CAUSED BY TOO MUCH BLOOD IN THE BRAIN
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APOTHEOSIS
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BEST OR MOST PERFECT EXAMPLE.(OR GLORIFICATION LIKE OF A MORTAL TO GOD STATUS)
Their leader was the apotheosis of courage. |
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APPELLATION
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NAME; TITLE
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APPRISE
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INFORM
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APPREHEND
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ARREST OR COMPREHEND
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APPROBATION
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APPROVAL
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APROPOS
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WITH REFERENCE TO; REGARDING I find your remarks apropos of the present situation pertinent.
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ARCADE
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A COVERED PASSAGEWAY, USUALLY LINED WITH SHOPS
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ARRAIGN
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CHARGE IN COURT; INDICT
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ARRANT
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IN EVERY WAY, IMPUDENT , BEING COMPLETELY SUCH AN ERRANT LIAR
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ARROGATE
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TO ASSUME, OR CLAIM AS ONE'S OWN; TO TAKE OVER WITHOUT DUE CAUSE..
to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings. |
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ASCENDANCY
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CONTROLLING INFLUENCE President Marcos failed to maintain his ascendency over Philippines"
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ASCETIC
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PRACTICING SELF-DENIAL; AUSTERE
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ASCEPTIC
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PREVENTING INFECTION; HAVING A CLEANSING EFFECT
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ASSENT
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TO AGREE
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ASSONANCE
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RESEMBLENCE IN SOUND, PARTIAL RHYME
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ASUNDER
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TEAR INTO PARTS
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AVUNCULAR
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LIKE AN UNCLE, KINDLY
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BACCHANAL
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NOISY PARTY WITH A LOT OF DRINKING
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BADINAGE
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TEASING CONVERSATION; BANTER; JOKING TALK
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BALK
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FOIL
To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump. To refuse obstinately or abruptly: She balked at the very idea of compromise. |
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BANAL
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HACKNEYED; COMMONPLACE; TRITE; LACKING ORIGINALITY; CLICHÉD
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BARRAGE
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BARRIER LAID DOWN BY ARTILLERY FIRE; OVERWHELMING PROFUSION
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BARRISTER
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COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
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BEDIZEN
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DRESS WITH VULGAR FINERY The witch doctors were bedizened in theiR gaudiest costumes.
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BEDRAGGLE
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WET THOUROUGHLY
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BELEAGUER
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TO HARASS, PLAGUE
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BENIGHTED
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UNENLIGHTENED
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BENISON
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BLESSING
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BETOKEN
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TO INDICATE, SIGNIFY, GIVE EVIDENCE OF
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BEVY
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LARGE GROUP
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BICAMERAL
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TWO-CHAMBERED, AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY
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BILLET
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BOARD AND LODGING FOR TROOPS
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BILK
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FRUSTRATE OR DISAPPOINT; TO DECEIVE OR DEFRAUD..
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BIVOUAC
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TEMPORARY ENCAMPMENT
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BLANDISH
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TO COAX WITH FLATTERY
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BLOWHARD
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TALKATIVE BOASTER
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BLUSTER
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BOAST OR MAKE THREATS LOUDLY
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BOMBAST
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POMPOUS, INFLATED LANGUAGE
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BONHOMIE
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GOOD-NATURED GENIALITY, ATMOSPHERE OF GOOD CHEER
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BROCADE
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RICH, FIGURED FABRIC
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BROMIDE
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A DULL PERSON OR IDEA
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BROOK
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TO ENDURE
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BROWBEAT
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BULLY; INTIMIDATE
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BURNISH
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TO POLISH
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BYZANTINE
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LABRYNTHINE, COMPLEX
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BURSAR
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TREASURER
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BELIE
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TO MISREPRESENT OR TO EXPOSE AS FALSE (ANT: CORROBORATE)
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CADGE
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TO BEG, TO GET BY BEGGIN
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CALUMNIATE
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TO SLANDER, PRESENT FALSE ACCUSAL
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CALUMNY
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SLANDER,MALICIOUS MISREPRESENTATION
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CANARD
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UNFOUNDED RUMOR OR LIE
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CANT
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INSINCERE TALK/JARGON (OR TO RAISE AT AN ANGLE)
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CANTATA
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STORY SET TO MUSIC, TO BE SUNG BY A CHORUS
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CANVASS
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DISCUSS THOROUGHLY; SORT OF TOUTING
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CAPACIOUS
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SPACIOUS
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CAROM
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TO STRIKE AND REBOUND
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CATECHISM
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BOOK FOR RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION; INSTRUCTION BY QUESTION AND ANSWER
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CATEGORICAL
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WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS; UNQUALIFIED; ABSOLUTE
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CAUCUS
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A SMALLER GROUP IN AN ORGANIZATION, A MEETING OF THEM
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CAVIL
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MAKE FRIVOLOUS OBJECTIONS
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CHAFFING
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BANTERING, JOKING
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CHATTEL
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PIECE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
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CHOLERIC
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HOT-TEMPERED
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CHORTLE
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TO CHUCKLE
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CIPHER
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NONENTITY; WORTHLESS PERSON OR THING
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CISTERN
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TANK FOR RAINWATER
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CLEMENT
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MILD
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CLOTURE
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CLOSING, DEVICE (IN PARLIAMENT) TO END A DEBATE BY VOTING
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CODICIL
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE BODY OF A WILL
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COEVAL
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OF THE SAME PERIOD, COEXISTING
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COFFER
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STRONGBOX, CHEST FOR MONEY
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COGNOMEN
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FAMILY NAME OR NICKNAME
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COIFFURE
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HAIRSTYLE
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COMITY
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COURTESY; CIVILITY A spirit of comity should exist among nations.
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COMMENSURATE
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MATCHING, CORRESPONDING, OR PROPORTIONATE
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COMMUTE
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TO CHANGE A PENALTY TO A LESS SEVERE ONE
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COMPENDIOUS
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SUMMARIZING COMPLETEY AND BRIEFLY
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COMPENSATORY
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MAKING UP FOR; REPAYING
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COMPORT
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BEAR ONE'S SELF; BEHAVE
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CONCATENATE
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LINK AS IN A CHAIN
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CONCERTED
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MUTUALLY AGREED ON, DONE TOGETHER
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CONCILIATORY
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OVERCOMING DISTRUST OR HOSTILITY
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CONDIGN
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ADEQUATE; DESERVEDLY SEVERE The public approved the condign punishment for the crime.
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CONGENITAL
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EXISTING AT BIRTH
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CONNIVANCE
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THE ACT OF CONNIVING; KNOWLEDGE OF AND CONSENT TO WRONGDOING
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CONNUBIAL
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PERTAINING TO MARRIAGE
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CONSEQUENTIAL
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POMPOUS, SELF IMPORTANT
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CONSONANCE
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HARMONY; AGREEMENT Her agitation seemed out of consonance with her usual calm.
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CONSTRUE
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TO EXPLAIN OR INTERPRET
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CONTENTIOUS
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ARGUEMENTATIVE, CAUSING CONTROVERSY
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CONTINENCE
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SELF-CONTROL OR SELF-RESTRAINT
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CONTUMACIOUS
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DISOBEDIENT; RESISTING AUTHORITY The contumacious mob shouted defiantly at the police.
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CONVIVIAL
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FESTIVE; GAY; CHARACTERIZED BY JOVIALITY
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COTERIE
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GROUP THAT MEETS SOCIALLY; SELECT CIRCLE
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COUNTENANCE
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TO APPROVE OF OR TOLERATE
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COUNTERMAND
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TO NEGATE, NULLIFY, OR CANCEL BY A CONTRARY ORDER OR ACTION..
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COZEN
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TO DECEIVE. BEGUILE, HOODWINK
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CRAVAT
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PIECE OF LINEN WORN AS A NECKTIE
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CREDULOUS
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GULLIBLE
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CROTCHETY
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ECCENTRIC; WHIMSICAL
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CULL
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PICK OUT; REJECT Every month the farmer culls the nonplaying hens and sells them to the local butcher.
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CULVERT
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ARTIFICIAL CHANNEL FOR WATER
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CUR
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A BASE OR COWARDLY PERSON, AN INFERIOR MONGREL
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CURMUDGEON
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CRANKY PERSON
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CYNOSURE
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A PERSON OR THING THAT IS AT THE CENTER OF ATTENTION..The young queen, the cynosure of all eyes
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DEBAUCH
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TO CORRUPT, SEDUCE FROM VIRTUE OR DUTY, INDULGE
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DECOLLETE
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HAVING A LOW-CUT NECKLINE
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DEFROCK
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TO STRIP A PRIEST OR MINISTER OF CHURCH AUTHORITY
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DEMAGOGUE
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SOMEONE WHO APPEALS TO THE PREJUDICES AND EMOTIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GAIN POWER.. A consummate demagogue, [Joseph] McCarthy played upon cold war emotions and made charges so fantastic that frightened people believed the worst.
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DEMUR
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TO QUESTION OR OPPOSE
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DESUETUDE
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CESSATION OF USE; DISUSE
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DENIGRATE
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TO SULLY, BELITTLE, DEFAME
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DENUDE
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TO MAKE BARE
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DEPRECATE
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TO DISPARAGE OR BELITTLE
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DETRACTION
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SLANDERING, VERBAL ATTACK, ASPERSION
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DETUMESCENCE
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DIMINISHING OR LESSENING OF SWELLING
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DIE
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DEVICE FOR STAMPING OR IMPRESSING; MOLD
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DISAPPROBATION
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DISAPPROVAL; CONDEMNATION
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DISCOMFIT
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TO DEFEAT OR PUT DOWN (NOW MEANS EMBARRASS OR MAKE UNCOMFORTABLE)
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DISCRETIONARY
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SUBJECT TO ONES OWN JUDGEMENT
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DISINTER
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DIG UP FROM THE EARTH
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DISINTERESTED
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FREE FROM SELF-INTEREST, UNBIASED
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DISPARAGE
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TO BELITTLE
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DISPORT
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AMUSE The popularity of Florida as a winter resort is constantly increasing; each year, thousands more disport themselves at Miami and Palm Beach.
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DISPUTATIOUS
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ARGUMENTATIVE; FOND OF ARGUMENT
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DISSIPATE
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TO SCATTER, PURSUE PLEASURE TO EXCESS
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DISSOLUTION
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DISINTEGRATION, LOOSENESS IN MORALS
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DISSEMBLE
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TO CONCEAL THE TRUTH
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DISTAFF
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THE FEMALE BRANCH OF A FAMILY (OPP.= AGNATE), A DEVICE TO SPIN YARN
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DISTRAIT
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ABSENTMINDED, DISTRACTED
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DITHER
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TO MOVE OR ACT CONFUSEDLY OR WITHOUT CLEAR PURPOSE
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DIURNAL
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DAILY
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DIVESTITURE
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TAKING OFF, GETTING RID OF, GIVING UP
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DIVISIVE
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CREATING DISUNITY OR CONFLICT
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DOCKET
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PROGRAM AS FOR TRIAL; BOOK WHERE SUCH ENTRIES ARE MADE
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DOGGEREL
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POOR VERSE
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DOTAGE
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SENILITY (DOTARD IS A SENILE PERSON)
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DOUGHTY
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COURAGEOUS
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DRIVEL
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STUPID TALK, SLOBBER
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DRONE
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IDLE PERSON; MALE BEE
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DUDGEON
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ANGRY INDIGNATION Higgins was so frustrated by such a basic error that he stormed out of the arena for the mid-session interval in high dudgeon.
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DYSPEPTIC
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SUFFERING FROM INDIGESTION
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ECUMENICAL
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ENCOMPASSING A WIDE VARIETY OF FAITHS OR BELIEFS, OFTEN IN REFERENCE TO RELIGION.. (AFFECTED OR EXAGGERATED EARNESTNESS, ESPECIALLY IN CHOICE AND USE OF LANGUAGE.)
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EDACIOUS
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VORACIOUS, DEVOURING devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"
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EFFECTUAL
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EFFICIENT
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EFFETE
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DEPLETED OF VITALITY, FORCE, OR EFFECTIVENESS; EXHAUSTED: the final, effete period of the baroque style. , MARKED BY SELF-INDULGENCE, TRIVIALITY, OR DECADENCE, OVERREFINED; EFFEMINATE.
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EFFLUVIA
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OUTFLOW IN A STREAM OF PARTICLES; A NOXIOUS ODOR OR VAPOR
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ENCOMIUM
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A STATEMENT OF HIGH, GLOWING, ENTHUSIASTIC PRAISE..
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ENDEMIC
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RESTRICTED TO A PARTICULAR REGION OR PEOPLE
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ELEEMOSYNARY
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PERTAINING TO CHARITY; CHARITABLE.
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ENERVATE
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WEAKEN
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ENGENDER
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TO GIVE RISE TO
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ENJOIN
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TO URGE OREDER OR COMMAND, FORBID OR PROHIBIT AS BY COURT ORDER
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ENORMITY
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EXCESSIVE WICKEDNESS
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ENSIGN
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FLAG, SIGN, TOKEN, EMBLEM
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EPIGRAPH
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QUOTE AT THE BIGINNING OF A LITERARY WORK
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EPITHET
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DISPARAGING WORD OR PHRASE
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EQUABLE
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STEADY, REGULAR
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EQUANIMITY
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COMPOSURE
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EQUIPOISE
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EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT; EQUILIBRIUM
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EQUITY
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FAIRNESS OR EQUALITY
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EQUIVOCATE
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DECEIVE BY EQUIVOCAL LANGUAGE, AVOID COMMITING ONESELF TO WHAT ONE SAYS
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ERSATZ
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FAKE
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ESCHEW
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AVOID
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ESURIENT
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HUNGRY, GREEDY
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ETIOLOGY
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THE STUDY OF CAUSES
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EULOGISTIC
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PRAISING
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EULOGY
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PRAISE, PANEGYRIC
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EUPHONY
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PLEASANT HARMONIOUS SOUND
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EUPHONIOUS
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PLEASANT IN SOUND
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EURYTHMICS
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ART OF HARMONIOUS BODILY MOVEMENT
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EVINCE
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TO SHOW CLEARLY
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EXCORIATE
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TO CRITICIZE SHARPLY
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EXECRABLE
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VERY BAD
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EXEGESIS
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AN ELABORATION OR EXPLANATION OF A PASSAGE OR ARTICLE..
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EXHORT
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TO INCITE BY WORDS OR ADVICE; TO ANIMATE OR URGE BY ARGUMENTS. He was constantly reminding us of our failures and exhorting us to do, and to be, better.
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EXIGUOUS
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SMALL, MINUTE
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EXPATIATE
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TO ENLARGE OR ELABORATE UPON SOMETHING; TO GO ON IN GREAT DETAIL.. Every day he would expatiate in great detail on the quality of the sandwiches
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EXPIATION
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ATONEMENT, THE MAKING OF AMENDS..
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EXPLODE
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TO DEBUNK, DISPROVE
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EXPONENT
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ONE WHO CHAMPIONS OR ADVOCATES
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EXPOUND
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TO ELABORATE, EXPAND, OR INCREASE
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EXSCIND
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TO CUT OUT, TO CUT AWAY
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EXTENUATE
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TO LESSEN THE SERIOUSNESS OR STRENGTH OR EFFECT OF
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EXTIRPATE
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TO ERADICATE; ROOT OUT; DESTROY; EXTERMINATE..
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EXTRICABLE
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THAT CAN BE FREED
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BUNGLER
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To work or act ineptly or inefficiently
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CRONYISM
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Favoritism shown to old friends without regard for their qualifications, as in political appointments to office.
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BUNGLER
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To work or act ineptly or inefficiently
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