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vor
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to eat
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voracious
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having a great appetite
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carnivorous
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meat-eating
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omnivorous
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eating or absorbing everything
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carn
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flesh
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carnage
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the slaughter of a great number of people
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reincarnation
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rebirth of a soul in a new body
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incarnation
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a being invested with a bodily form
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omni
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all
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omnibus
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an anthology of the works of one author or of writings on related subjects
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omnipresent
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everywhere at one time
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omnipotent
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all powerful
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omniscient
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all knowing
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vol
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to wish
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malevolent
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wanting to cause harm
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benevolent
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kind
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volition
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choosing
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mal
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bad,ill,evil, wrong
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malicious
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full of or showing malice
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malice
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wish to harm others
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malign
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slander
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maladroit
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clumsy,tactless
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malapropism
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unintentional use of wrong word
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malfeasance
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misconduct by a public official
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malediction
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a curse
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ben/bon
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good
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benign
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having a kindly diposition
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benediction
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act of uttering al blessing
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benevolent
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desiring to do good to others
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bona fide
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authentic
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esce
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becoming
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adolescent
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between childhood and adulthood
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obsolescent
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becoming obsolete
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incandescent
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glowing with heat
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convalescent
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recovering from illness
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reminiscent
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reminding or suggestive of
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jur
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to swear
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perjury
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telling lies under oath
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abjure
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to renouce on oath
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adjure
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command solemnly under oath
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ab/abs
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off, away from apart, down
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abduct
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to take by force
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abhor
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detest
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abolish
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to put an end to
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abnormal
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deviating from standard
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abdicate
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to renouce or relinquish a throne
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abstinence
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self-denial
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abstruse
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hard to understand
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pro
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much, for, a lot
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prolific
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highly fruitful
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profuse
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spending or giving freely
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prodigal
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wastefully or recklessly extravagant
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prodigious
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extraordinary in size, amount, or extent
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proselytize
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try to convert someone to a religious faith or political doctrine
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propound
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to set forth for consideration
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provident
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having or showing foresight
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vid/vis
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too see
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vista
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a view, prospect, vision of future
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vil
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base, mean
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vilify
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to slander, to defame
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revile
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to criticze with harsh language
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vile
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loathsome, unpleasant
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pan
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all, everyone
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panorama
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an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area
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panegyric
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formal or elaborate praise
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panoply
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impressive and magnificent array of something, full array
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pantheon
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a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation
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pandemic
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widespread, general, universal
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ac/arc
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sharp, bitter
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acid
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something that is sharp, sour, or ill nature
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acute
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sharp at the end; ending in a point
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acerbit
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sour or astringent in taste; harsh in temper
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acrid
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sharp or biting to the taste or smell
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acrimonious
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caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature
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exacerbate
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to increase bitterness or violence; aggravate
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ante
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before
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anterior
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place before; eariler
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antecedent
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existing, being, or going before
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antedate
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precede in time; put earlier date on something; occur earlier than something
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antebellum
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before the war( American Civil War)
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antediluvian
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period before the bibical flood; very old or old fashioned
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pug
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to fight
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pugnacious
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to quarrel to fight readily; quarrelsome
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impugn
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to challenge as false
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repugnant
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objectionable or offensive
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pugilist
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a fighter or boxer
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idio
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one's own
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idiom
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a language, dialect, or style of speaking particular to a group of people
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idiosyncrasy
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peculiarity of temperament; eccentricity
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eu
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good, well
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euphemism
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pleasant-sounding term for something unpleasant
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eulogy
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speech or writing in praise or commendation
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eugenics
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improvement of qualities of race by control of inherited characteristics
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euthanasia
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killing person painlessly, usually one who has an incurable, painful disease
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euphony
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pleasantness of sound
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gen
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birth, creation, race, kind
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generous
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giving or given freely
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genetics
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study of heredity and variation among animals and plants
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carcinogenic
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producing cancer
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congenital
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existing from birth
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progeny
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offspring, descendants
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miscegenation
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interbreeding of races; sexual relations between races
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nic/noc/nox
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harm
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innocent
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uncorrupted by evil, malice or wrongdoing
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noxious
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harmful to health or morals
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obnoxious
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highly disagreeable or offensive
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innocuous
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harmless
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pen/pun
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to pay; to compensate
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penal
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of punishment as for crime
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penalty
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a punishment imposed for a violation of law or rule
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punitive
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relating to punishment
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penance
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a punishment undergone to express regret for a sin
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penitent
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feeling regret for sins, contrite
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pas/pat/path
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feeling, suffering, disease
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sympathy
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harmony or agreement in feeling
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empathy
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understanding of another's feeling; the identification with feelings or thoughts oof others
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compassion
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sympathy for someone's suffering with desire to help
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dispassionate
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not influenced by emotion or personal feelings
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impassive
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showing or feeling no emotion
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sociopath
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a person whose behavior is antisocial and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility
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pathogenic
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causing disease
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tain/ten/tent/tin
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to hold
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detain
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to keep from proceeding
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pertain
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to have reference or relation
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tenacious
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holding fast(firmly)
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abstention
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not doing something, not voluntary, refraining voluntarily
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tenure
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the holding or possessing of anything; appointment or period of appointment
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tenable
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capable of being held, maitained or defended
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sustenance
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nourishment, means of livelihood
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livelihood
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source of income
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pertinacious
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persistent, stubborn
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ver
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truth
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verdict
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any judgment or decision
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veracious
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truthful
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verity
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truthfulness
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verisimilitude
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similar to the truth
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aver
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to affirm
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sci
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to know
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conscious
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aware of one's own existence
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conscience
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the inner sense of what is right or wrong
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unconscionable
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unscrupulous
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prescient
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having knowledge of things before they happen
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culp
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blame
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culprit
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a person guilty for an offence
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culpable
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deserving blame or censure
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inculpate
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to charge with fault
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mea culpa
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through my fault; my fault
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cis
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to cut
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exorcise
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free a person or place from evil
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cloister
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a courtyard bordered with covered walks, esp in a religious institution
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preclude
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to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of
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fid
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faith, trust
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confide
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to entrust with a secret
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affidavit
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written statement on oath
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fidelity
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faithfulness, loyalty
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fiduciary
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of a trust; held or given in trust
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infidel
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heathen; nonbeliever; disbeliever in the supposed true religion
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sua
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smooth
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suave
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smoothly agreeable or polite
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persuade
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to encourage
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dissuade
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to deter, restrain from taking action
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assuage
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to make less severe, ease, relieve
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sol
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to loosen; to free
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dissolve
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to make a solution of, as by mixing in a liquid
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soluble
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capable of being dissolved or liquefied
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resolution
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a formal expression of opinion or intention made
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dissolution
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breakdown of something into parts;
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absolution
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forgiveness for wrongdoing
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per
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completely
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perforate
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puncture something; to make a way through or into something
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perplex
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to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not undertood
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peruse
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to read with thoroughness or care
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perfunctory
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performed merely as routine duty
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pertinacious
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resolute
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perspicacious
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perceptive; shrewd, astute
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theo
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god
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atheist
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unbeliever in God or deities
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theocracy
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government by a god or priests
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theology
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the study of divine things and divine faith
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apotheosis
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glorification, glorified ideal
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qui
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quiet
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disquiet
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lack of calm or peace
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tranquil
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free from commotion or tumult
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acquiesce
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to comply, give in
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quiescence
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the condition of being at rest, still, inactive
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rid/ris
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to laugh
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riddle
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a conundrum
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derision
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the act of mockery
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risible
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causing laughter
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par
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equal
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par
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average level, an equality in value or standing
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parity
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equally, as in amount, status, or character
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apartheid
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segregated political system
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disparage
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disapproving, to belittle, speak disrespectfully about
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disparate
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very different, essentially different
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fus
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to pour
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profuse
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lavish, extravagant, copious
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fusillade
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continuous discharge of fireams or outburst of criticism
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suffuse
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to spread throughout or over from within
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diffuse
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to spread widely or thinly
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infusion
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liquid extract so obtained; pervade; steep into liquid
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hyper
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over, excessive
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hyperactive
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excessively active
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hyperbole
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exaggeration
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hyperglycemia
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too much sugar in blood
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cred
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to believe; to trust
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credentials
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anything that provides the basis for belief
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credo
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any formula of belief
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credulity
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willingness to believe or trust too readily
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chron
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time
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chronology
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sequential order of events
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chronometer
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watch, time measuring instrument
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dog/dox
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opinion
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orthodox
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following traditional doctrine
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dol
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suffer, pain
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condolence
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expression of sympathy with one who is suffering
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indolence
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lazy, slothful
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doleful
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sorrowful, mournful
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dolorous
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full of pain or sorrow, grievous
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err
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to wander
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err
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make mistake
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arrant
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very bad
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co/col/com/con
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with, together
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coerce
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to compel by force, intimidation, or authority
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fin
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end
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definitive
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decisive, unconditional, final
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infinitesimal
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infinitely or very small
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se
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apart
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segregate
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to separate or set apart ffrom others
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secede
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to withdraw formally from an association
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sequester
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to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement
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am
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love
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amatory
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associated with love
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amenity
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pleasantness; agreeable ways or manners
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amorous
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incline to love, esp. sexual love
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enamored
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inflamed with love; charmed; captivated
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inamorata
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a female lover
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amicable
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friendly
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peri
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around
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peripatetic
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walking or traveling about; itinerant
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ple
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to fill
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supplement
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something added to supply a deficiency
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plac
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to please
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placid
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pleasantly calm or peaceful
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placebo
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drug with no effect;something done to placate somebody
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implacable
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unable to be pleased
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complacent
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self-satisfied; eager to please
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complaisant
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seeking to please
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dac/doc
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to teach
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indoctrinate
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to imbue a person with learning
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didactic
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intended for instruction
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ut/us
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to use
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usurp
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seize something without right
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utilitarian
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efficient, fuctional, useful
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tac/tic
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to be silent;
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ped/pod
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foot
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expedite
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to speed up the progress of
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podium
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small raised platform for performance
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antipodes
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places at the opposite sides of world
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hypo/
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under, beneath, less than
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hypodermic
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relating to the parts beneath the skin
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hypochondriac
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someone with imaginary illness
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grad/gress
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to step
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digress
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to depart from main subject
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egress
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going out; way out
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regress
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to move backward; revert to an earlier state
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dur/
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hard
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dour
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severe or gloomy, sullen
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post
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after
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posthumous
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after death
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posterior
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situated at the rear
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posterity
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all future generations; all descendants
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post facto
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after the fact
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port/
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to carry
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deportment
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conduct, behavior
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disport
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show off; behave playfully;
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importune
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bother insistently; make an immoral request; to urge or press with excessive persistence
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prob/
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to prove; to test
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reprobate
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someone immoral, wicked person; to censure
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compunction
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shame
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punctilious
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careful about correct behavior
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expunge
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to erase, eliminate completely
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