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FACTIOUS
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INCLINED TO FORM FACTIONS; CAUSING DISSENSION "Many nobles sought good government, rather than being factious, and were only forced into war by the king's incompetence"
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FACTITIOUS
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ARTIFICIAL; SHAM
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FAIN
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GLADLY, IN A WILLING MANNER Men and birds are fain of climbing high.
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FECKLESS
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futile, irresponsible, inefficient
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FELL
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CRUEL, DEADLY
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FEY
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OTHERWORLDLY, DOOMED, APPROACHING DEATH, UNDER A SPELL CRAZY, CLAIRVOYANT
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FINICAL
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TOO FUSSY ABOUT FOOD, CLOTHING, ETC.
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FLAGRANT
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CONSPICUOUSLY WICKED
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FLIP
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SARCASTIC, IMPERTINENT flip remarks
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FLOUT
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TO DEMONSTRATE CONTEMPT FOR the rebel flouted all the rules
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FLURRIED
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TO BECOME AGITATED AND CONFUSED
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FOMENT
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TO NURSE TO LIFE OR ACTIVITY; TO ENCOURAGE..(INSTIGATE) Cynical politicians may even foment conflicts among groups to advance their own power.
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FORBEARANCE
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PATIENCE, WILLINGNESS TO WAIT
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FORENSICS
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THE STUDY OR ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE
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forfend
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to prevent
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fortnight
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2 weeks
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forswear
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renounce, disallow, repudiate
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FROWARD
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INTRACTABLE, NOT WILLING TO YIELD OR COMPLY, STUBBORN the forward mule wouldnt budge
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FROWZY
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SLOVENLY; UNKEMPT; DIRTY
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FULMINATE
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ATTACK LOUDLY OR DENOUNCE
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FULSOME
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OFFENDING OR DISGUSTING BY EXCESS, OR GROSSNESS; CLOYING.
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FUSTIAN
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POMPOUS; BOMBASTIC
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GAINSAY
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TO DENY, OR DISPUTE
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GALL
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BITTERNESS, CARELESS NERVE (V.- TO IRRITATE)
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GALLANT
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A FASHIONABLE YOUNG MAN
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GALVANIZE
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TO STIMULATE OR EXCITE AS IF BY SHOCK
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GAME
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COURAGEOUS
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GAMBOL
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SKIP, PLAY, FROLIC
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GARBLE
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MAKE UNFAIR SELECTION FROM FACTS "Moore's movie garbled the facts through editing"
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GARNER
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TO GATHER AND STORE
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GOSSAMER
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DELICATE, TENUOUS, INSINCERE
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GRADATION
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PROCESS OCCURRING IN REGULAR DEGREES OR STAGES, VARIATION IN COLOR
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HECTOR
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A BULLY
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HIBERNAL
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WINTERY
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HIDEBOUND
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EXCESSIVELY RIGID, DRY, STIFF
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HOARY
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VERY OLD, WHITE FROM AGE
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HOI POLLOI
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THE MASSES; THE RABBLE
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HOMONYM
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WORDS IDENTICAL IN PRONUNCIATION BUT DIFFERENT IN MEANING
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HOMILY
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A SERMON, A MORALLY UPLIFTING LECTURE, A PLATITUDE
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HOMILETICS
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ACT OF PREACHING
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IGNOMINIOUS
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SHAMEFUL, DISHONORABLE, UNDIGNIFIED, DISGRACEFUL
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IGNORAMUS
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AN IGNORANT PERSON
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ILLIMITABLE
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LIMITLESS
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IMMATERIAL
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EXTRANEOUS, INCONSEQUENTIAL, NONESSENTIAL
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IMMURE
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TO IMPRISION
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IMPASSIVE
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SHOWING NO EMOTION
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IMPERVIOUSNESS
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ARROGANCE, COMMANDING PRESENCE, OVERBEARINGNESS
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IMPERTINENT
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NOT TO THE POINT, IRRELEVANT, INAPPLICABLE; TRIFLING;
FRIVOLOUS; NOT GOOD MANNERS.. impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup. "mentioned several impertinent facts before coming to the point" |
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IMPETUOUS
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HASTILY OR RASHLY ENERGETIC, IMPULSIVE AND VEHEMENT
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IMPOSING
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DIGNIFIED, GRAND
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IMPRECATION
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AN INVOCATION OF EVIL, A CURSE
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IMPUGN
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TO ATTACK VERBALLY
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IMPUGNED
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CHALLENGED, TO BE DOUBTED
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IMPUTE
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TO ATTRIBUTE TO A CAUSE
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INCARNADINE
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BLOOD-RED IN COLOR
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INCLEMENT
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PHYSICALLY SEVER OR ROUGH, SHOWING NO MERCY
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INCIPIENT
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BEGINNING
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INCORPOREAL
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IMMATERIAL, WITHOUT A BODY
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INCREDULOUS
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SKEPTICAL, UNWILLING TO BELIEVE
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INDENTURE
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BOUND TO ANOTHER BY CONTRACT
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INDICT
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TO ACCUSE FORMALLY
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INFLAMMABLE
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EASILY LIT
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INGLORIOUS
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LACKING FAME OR HONOR, SHAMEFUL
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INNERVATE
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ENERGIZE (ANT:ENERVATE)
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INSENSIBLE
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UNAWARE
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INSCRUTABLE
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INCAPABLE OF BEING UNDERSTOOD, MYSTERIOUS
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INSOLUBLE
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TO ABLE TO BE SOLVED OR EXPLAINED
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INSOUCIANT
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UNCONCERNED, CAREFREE, NONCHALANT
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INTEMPERATE
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NOT MODERATE
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INTER
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TO BURY
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INTERDICT
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PROHIBIT, FORBID, BAN
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INTERLOCUTER
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SOMEONE TAKING PART IN A DIALOGUE
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INTERNECINE
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DEADLY TO BOTH SIDES
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FACETIOUS
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HUMEROUS
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INDISCRETION
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INABILITY TO DECIDE RESPONSIBLY
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FERMENT
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A STATE OF DISORDER, UNREST
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INTERREGNUM
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INTERVAL BETWEEN REIGNS
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INTERSPERSE
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TO DISTIBUTE AMONG, MIX WITH
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INTERSTICE
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A SPACE BETWEEN THINGS
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INTRANSIGENT
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REFUSING COMPROMISE OR MODERATE AN EXTREME POSITION;
intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency" |
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INDOLENCE
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LAZINESS
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INELUCTABLE
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CERTAIN, INEVITABLE
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INEXORABLE
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RELENTLESS, UNYIELDING, IMPLACABLE
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INIMITABLE
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DEFYING IMITATION, UNMATCHABLE
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INORDINATE
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UNRESTRAINED; EXCESSIVE
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INSCRUTABLE
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INCAPABLE OF BEING DISCOVERED OR UNDERSTOOD
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INSENSATE
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WITHOUT FEELING
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INSENSATE
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WITHOUT FEELING
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INVEIGH
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TO COMPLAIN OR CRITICIZE STRONGLY.. Reuther never hesitated to inveigh against "poverty, hunger, and disease."
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INVOLUTE
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COMPLEX
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INVESTITURE
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CEREMONY CONFERRING AUTHORITY (ANT: DIVESTITURE)
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JANGLING
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HARSHLY UNPLEASANT IN SOUND, CLASHING
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JIBE
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AGREE, TO BE IN HARMONY WITH, GIBE
to poke fun at |
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JUNKET
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TRIP ESPECIALLY ONE TAKEN FOR PLEASURE BY AN OFFICIAL AT PUBLIC
EXPENSE |
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JUNTA
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CABAL; GROUP OF MILITARY OFFICERS RULING AFTER SEIZING POWER
(BY FORCE) |
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KEN
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RANGE OF KNOWLEDGE
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KNELL
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TOLLINH OF A BELL TO SIGNIFY DISASTER OR A FUNERAL
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LABILE
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UNSTABLE
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LAGNIAPPE
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TRIFLING PRESENT GIVEN TO A CUSTOMER, AN UNEXPECTED BENEFIT (ALSO CALLED A "BOOT")
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LAPIDARY
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WORKER IN PRECIOUS STONES
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LARDER
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PLACE WHERE FOOD IS STORED
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LASCIVIOUS
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LEWD, LUSTFUL
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LEGERDEMAIN
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TRICKERY
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LIEN
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RIGHT TO POSESS AND SELL THE PROPERTY OF A DEBTOR
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LESION
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UNHEALTHY CHANGE IN STRUCTURE; INJURY
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LIBEL
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STATEMENT THAT DAMAGES REPUTAION
A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person's reputation. written statement of a plaintiff's complaints A SATIRE |
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LIBERTINE
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AN IMMORAL PERSON
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LIBRETTO
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TEXT OF AN OPERA
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LILLIPUTIAN
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OF VERY SMALL SIZE; DIMINUTIVE; DWARFED..
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LIMPID
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CLEAR AND SIMPLE, SERENE, TRANSPARENT, UNTROUBLED
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LINIMENT
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MEDICINAL LIQUID USED TO EASE PAIN
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LISSOME
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EASILY FLEXED, LIMBER, AGILE
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LIST
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LEAN TO ONE SIDE
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LODE
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METAL BEARING VEIN
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LOUT
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CLUMSY PERSON
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LOW
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TO MAKE A SOUND LIKE A COW
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LUBRICIOUS
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LEWD, WANTON, GREASY, SLIPPERY
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LUCUBRATE
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WRITE IN A SCHOLARLY FASHION
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LURID
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HARSHLY SHOCKING, GLOWING
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MACULATED
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HAVING SPOTS OR BLOTCHES, BLEMISHES.. (ANT = IMMACULATE)
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MACROBIOTICS
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ART OF PROLONGING LIFE BY DIET OF ORGANIC, NON-MEAT SUBSTANCES
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MAINSTAY
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CHEIF SUPPORT
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MANNERED
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ARTIFICIAL OR STILTED
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MANUMISSION
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RELEASE FROM SLAVERY
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MALINGER
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TO FEIGN ILLNESS SO AS TO AVOID WORK
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MATRILINEAL
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TRACING ANCESTRY THROUGH MOTHERS LINE RATHER THAN FATHERS
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MAUNDER
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TO TALK OR MOVE AIMLESSLY, MUTTER
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MEGALOMANIA
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MENTAL STATE WITH DELUSIONS OF WEALTH AND POWER
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METTLE
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COURAGEOUSNESS, ENDURANCE
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METTLESOME
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COURAGEOUS, HIGH-SPIRITED
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MIDDLING
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FAIRLY GOOD BUT NOT VERY GOOD
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MILITATE
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TO HAVE WEIGHT OR INFLUENCE ON, TO WORK AGAINST, TO ARGUE (AGAINST)
the presidents advisors warned him that the volatility of the situation militated against any rash action |
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MONASTIC
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EXTREMELY PLAIN OR SECLUDED, AS IN A MONASTERY
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NATTY
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NEAT
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NEOLOGISM
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NEW WORD OR EXPRESSION EX. EMO
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NETHER
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LOCATED UNDER OR BELOW
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NETTLE
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TO IRRITAE, STING, VEX
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NEXUS
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A CONNECTION, TIE, LINK
CORE OR CENTER A CONNECTED SERIES |
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NIBBLE
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SHOW SOME INCLINATION TO ACCEPT (AN OFFER)
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NICE
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1) SCRUPULOUS/HARD TO PLEASE OVERDELICATE OR FASTIDUOUS, FUSSY
2)PRECISE, SENSITIVE TO SUBTLENESS a nice distinction; a nice sense of style. 3) WANTON |
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NICETY
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DELICATE FEATURE, MINUTE DISTINCTION
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NIGGLING
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TRIFLING, PETTY
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NIHILISM
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BELIEF THAT TRADITIONAL VALUES ARE MEANINGLESS
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NOISOME
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STINKING, PUTRID
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NONDESCRIPT
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DULL, LACKING INTERESTING OR DISTINCTIVE QUALITIES
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NONPLUSSED
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AT A TOTAL LOSS OF WHAT TO SAY OR DO
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NON SEQUITUR
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A CONCLUSION NOT FOLLOWING FROM APPARENT EVIDENCE
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NOSEGAY
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A BUNCH OF FLOWERS
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NOSTRUM
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PLACEBO, A QUACK REMEDY
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NOVITIATE
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A PERIOD OF BEING A BEGINNER OR NOVICE
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NUMISMATICS
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COIN COLLECTING
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OBLOQUY
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ABUSIVELY DETRACTIVE LANGUAGE, SHARP CRITICISM, ILL REPUTE
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OBSEQUY
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FUNERAL CEREMONY
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OBSTREPEROUS
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NOISY, LOUDLY STUBBORN
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OBTUSE
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BLUNT/STUPID, INSENSITIVE
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OCCULT
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HIDDEN, CONCEALED, BEYOND COMPREHENSION
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ONTOLOGY
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THEORY ABOUT THE NATURE OF EXISTANCE
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OPPROBRIOUS
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DISGRACEFUL, CONTEMPTUOUS
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OROTUND
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POMPOUS
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OVERWEENING
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PRESUMPTUOUSLY ARROGANT, OVERBEARING, IMMODERATE, BEING A JERK
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PAEAN
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SONG OF HIGH PRAISE
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PALATIAL
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MAGNIFICENT
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PALAVER
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IDLE TALK
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PALISADE
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FENCE MADE UP OF STICKS, ON A CLIFF
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PANACHE
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FLAMBOYANCE, VERVE
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PANEGYRIC
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EULOGY, PRAISE
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PANOPLY
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IMPRESSIVE ARRAY
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PARE
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TO TRIM
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PARITY
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EQUALITY
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PATENT
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OBVIOUS, UNCONCEALED
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PARTISAN
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BIASED
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PECULATION
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THEFT OF MONEY OR GOODS
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PEDAGOGUE
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TEACHER
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PEDAGOGY
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THE PROFESSION OF TEACHING
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PEDANTIC
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OSTENTATIOUS DISPLAY OF LEARNING, EXCESSIVE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, UNIMAGINATIVE
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PEDESTRIAN
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COMMONPLACE, TRITE, UNREMARKABLE
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PEDIMENT
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TRIANGULAR GABLE ON A ROOF OR FACADE
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PENUMBRA
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PARTIAL SHADOW
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PERCIPIENT
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DISCERNING, ANBLE TO PERCIEVE
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PERIHELION
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POINT OF ORBIT CLOSEST TO THE SUN (ANT: APHELION)
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PERIPHRASTIC
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CONTAINING TOO MANY WORDS
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PERTINACIOUS
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PERSISTANT, STUBBORN
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PERVADE
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TO PERMEATE THROUGHOUT
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PEDIMENT
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TRIANGULAR GABLE ON A ROOF OR FACADE
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PENUMBRA
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PARTIAL SHADOW
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PERCIPIENT
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DISCERNING, ABLE TO PERCIEVE
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PERIHELION
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POINT OF ORBIT FARTHEST FROM THE SUN (ANT:APHELION)
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PERIPHRASTIC
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CONTAINING TOO MANY WORDS
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PERTINACIOUS
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PERSISTANT, STUBBORN
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PERVADE
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TO PERMEATE THROUGHOUT
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PETTISH
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FRETFUL
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PEREMPTORY
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DISALLOWING DELAY, COMMANDING, EXPRESSING URGENCY; DECISIVEAND IMPERIOUS..
Putting an end to all debate or action: a peremptory decree. Not allowing contradiction or refusal; imperative: The officer issued peremptory commands. Having the nature of or expressing a command; urgent: The teacher spoke in peremptory tone. Offensively self-assured; dictatorial: a swaggering, peremptory manner. |
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PHILISTINE
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A SMUG IGNORANT PERSON; ONE WHO LACKS KNOWLEDGE
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PHILOLOGY
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THE STUDY OF WORDS
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PHARISICAL
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HYPOCRITICALLY SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND CONDEMNATORY, SANCTIMONIOUS
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PITTANCE
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MEAGER AMOUNT OR WAGE
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PICARESQUE
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INVOLVING CLEVER ROGUES OR ADVENTURERS (not picturesque!)
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PLANGENT
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POUNDING, THUNDERING, RESOUNDING, WAILING SOUND
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PLEBIAN
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CRUDE, LOWER-CLASS, VULGAR
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PLOD
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CONTINUE TO DO SOMETHING WITHOUT RESTING
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PLUCK
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COURAGE
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PONDEROUS
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HEAVY, BULKY, DULL
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PONTIFICATE
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TO SPEAK IN A PRETENTIOUS MANNER
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PORE
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TO STUDY CLOSELY
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POSTERITY
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FUTURE GENERATIONS, ALL OF ONE'S DESCENDENTS
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PRECEPT
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RULES OF CONDUCT
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PRECIS
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SHORT SUMMARY OF FACTS
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PREDICATE
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TO FOUND OR BASE ON
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PRESCIENT
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HAVING FORESIGHT
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PRESENTIMENT
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PREMONITION, SENSE OF FOREBODING
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PRESTIDIGITATION
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SLEIGHT OF HAND
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PRIVATION
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LACK OF USUAL NECESSETIES OR COMFORTS
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PROFLIGATE
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CORRUPT
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PROPITIATE
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TO WIN THE FAVOR OF; TO CAUSE TO BECOME FAVORABLY INCLINED; TO APPEASE propitiate the gods with a sacrifice
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PROPITIATORY
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CONCILIATORY, APPEASING, MITIGATING
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PROPITIOUS
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AUSPICIOUS, PRESENTING FAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES the clearing of the sky was a propitious omen that the storm had passed
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PROPOUND
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TO OFFER FOR CONSIDERATION; TO EXHIBIT (PROOPUND AN ARGUMENT)
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PROSAIC
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DULL
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PROXY
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THE POWER TO ACT FOR ANOTHER
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PROVISIONAL
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OF THE PRESENT TIME ONLY
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PRUNE
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SILLY PERSON
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PRURIENT
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LEWD
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PUGILISM
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BOXING
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PURBLIND
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BEING UNABLE TO SEE
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PUSILLANIMOUS
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COWARDLY, CRAVEN
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PRURIENT
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LEWD
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PURBLIND
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BEING UNABLE TO SEE
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PUSILLANIMOUS
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COWARDLY, CRAVEN
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QUAIL
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LOSE COURAGE
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QUALIFY
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TO LIMIT he qualified the harshness of his criticisms by smiling as he said them
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QUIXOTIC
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GENEROUS, UNSELFISH
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QUIZZICAL
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BANTERING, COMICAL, HUMOROUSLY SERIOUS
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PROGENITOR
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A direct ancestor. See Synonyms at ancestor.
An originator of a line of descent; a precursor. An originator; a founder: progenitors of the new music. |
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PONDEROUS
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Having great weight.
Unwieldy from weight or bulk. Lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull: a ponderous speech. |
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NEPOTISM
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Favoritism shown or patronage granted to relatives, as in business.
I got a job there as a result of my grandfather being on the board of directors -- a lesson in loyalty here, or, should I say, just plain old nepotism |