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271 Cards in this Set
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abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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abate
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to lessen
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abdication
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giving up power
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aberration
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straying away from normal
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abet
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to encourage wrong doing
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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to hate
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abide
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to be faithful
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abjure
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to promise to give up
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abraded
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worn away by friction
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abrogate
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to take back by authority
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abscond
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to run from law
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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abut
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to border
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abysmal
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bottomless
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acarpous
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no longer fertile
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acclaimed
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praised
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accolade
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praise
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accretion
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many things to one
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adamant
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stubborn
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admonitory
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containing warning
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adorn
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to add beauty
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adulteration
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making unpure
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affable
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friendly
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affinity
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close connection
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aggravate
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to make worse
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agile
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quick-moving
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agog
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eager
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ail
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to be sick
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alacrity
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eager readiness
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alcove
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a partially enclosed place
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allegiance
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loyalty
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alleviate
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to make less
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alloy
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to mix with something inferior
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aloof
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indifferent
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amalgamate
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to combine
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ambidextrous
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able to use both hands equally
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ambiguous
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unclear
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ambivalent
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having different meanings
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ameliorate
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to make better
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amortize
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to end by setting aside money
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anguish
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severe suffering
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animosity
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hate
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antidote
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medicine to cure disease
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antithetical
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direct opposite
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apartheid
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brutal racial discrimination
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aplomb
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self confidence
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apostate
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one who abandons beliefs
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apotheosis
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glorification to godliness
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appease
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to calm
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apprehensive
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feeling fear of the future
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apprise
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to inform
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approbation
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approval
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apropos
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appropriate to the situation
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apt
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well-suited
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arabesque
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a complex ornate design
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arboreal
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related to trees
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ardor
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enthusiasm
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arduous
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laborious
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argot
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jargon
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arrant
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in the highest degree
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arrogance
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having superior attitude
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articulate
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to speak distinctly
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ascend
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to move up
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ascertain
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to get to know
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial
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ascribe
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to consider to be the origin
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aseptic
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surgically clean
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asperity
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harshness
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aspersion
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slander
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assail
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to attack violently
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assiduous
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hard-working
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assuage
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to make less
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asterisk
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substitution mark
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astringent
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substance that shrinks
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astute
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clever
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atonement
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repayment
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attenuate
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to make thin
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attune
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to bring into harmony
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audacious
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bold
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augury
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omen
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august
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majestic
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auspicious
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favorable
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austere
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severely moral
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auxiliary
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supporting
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aver
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to prove
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aversion
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strong dislike
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avid
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eager
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avow
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declare openly
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baleful
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harmful
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balk
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to get in the way of
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baneful
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causing harm
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barrage
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obstacle built across a river
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barren
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unable to have children
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bask
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to enjoy warmth and light
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beatify
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to bless
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bedizen
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to adorn in cheap showy manner
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belabor
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to beat hard
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bellicose
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warlike
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belligerent
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waging war
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benefactor
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person who gives help
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benevolence
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wishing good
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benign
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kind
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bequest
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act of passing on to another
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berate
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to scold sharply
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bereft
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to rob of something
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bewilder
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to confuse
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bigot
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narrow-minded person
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bilge
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protuberance of a cask
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blandishment
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cajole
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blandness
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not irritating or stimulating
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blatant
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loud
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blithe
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carefree
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bogus
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fake
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boisterous
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noisy
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bolster
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to give greatly needed support
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boorish
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rude
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brash
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hasty
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brass
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yellow metal
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brazen
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made of brass
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breach
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to break in
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brittle
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easily broken
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broach
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to begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate
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buoyant
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light-hearted
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burgeon
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to begin to grow
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burnish
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to polish
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cabal
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a scheme
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cadge
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to get by begging
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cajole
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to use flattery to persuade
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calipers
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metal leg supports
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calumny
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slander
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candid
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straight-forward
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cant
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insincere talk
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered
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canvass
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to discuss thoroughly
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castigate
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to correct with punishment
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castigation
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severe punishment
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catalyst
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substance that causes speedup
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caustic
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biting and sarcastic
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censure
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official rebuke
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centurion
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leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
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chary
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cautious
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chastened
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corrected
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chastisement
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punishment
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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chicanery
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trickery
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chisel
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steel tool for shaping materials
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churl
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bad-tempered person
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clamor
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to complain loudly
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clientele
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customers
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clinch
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to settle
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cling
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to fasten
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clot
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lump formed from liquid
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cloture
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method to end debate
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coagulation
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to change to thick and solid state
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coalescing
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coming into one
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coax
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to get something with flattery
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coda
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passage at end of music
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coddle
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to treat with care
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coerce
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to compel
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coeval
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coexisting
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cogent
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convincing
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cogitate
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to meditate
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cognizant
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fully aware
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colander
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draining bowl
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collusion
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secret meeting
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combustion
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process of burning
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commemorate
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to honor with ceremony
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commodious
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roomy
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commuter
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person who travels regularly
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complaisance
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willingness to please
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compunction
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feeling regret
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conceal
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hide
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conceit
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high opinion of one's self
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conciliatory
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comforting
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concord
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agreement
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concur
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to agree
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condense
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to increase in density
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condone
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to forgive
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congeal
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to make stiff
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conjoin
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to join together
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connoisseur
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person with good judgement
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connotation
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suggestion in addition to
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consequential
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pompous
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console
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to comfort
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conspicuous
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easily seen
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consternation
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fear
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constrain
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to compel
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constrict
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to make tight
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consume
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to get to end of
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consummate
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to make perfect
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contemn
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to hate
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contentious
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argumentative
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contiguous
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touching
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contrite
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feeling regret
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contumacious
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rebellious
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conundrum
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riddle
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conviction
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strong belief
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convoke
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to summon
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convoluted
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complicated
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cordial
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sincere
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cordon
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line of police to guard
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cornucopia
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abundant supply
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corporeal
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pertaining to body
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correlate
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to have a mutual relation
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corroboration
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to confirm
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countenance
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to approve of
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counterfeit
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fake
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countervail
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counterbalance
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covert
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disguised
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covetous
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desirous
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cower
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crouch back in fear
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coy
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shy
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crass
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crude
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cravat
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piece of linen worn as a necktie
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craven
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cowardly
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crease
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line made by crushing
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credulity
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gullibility
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credulous
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gullible
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crush
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to overwhelm
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cryptic
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with a hidden meaning
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cumbersome
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burdensome
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curmudgeon
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bad-tempered person
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curriculum
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course of study
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cursory
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done in haste
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curtail
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to make shorter than planned
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dainty
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delicate
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daunt
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intimidate
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dawdler
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slow person
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dearth
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a shortage
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debacle
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sudden disaster
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decorum
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properness
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decree
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order given by authority
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decry
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to disapprove of
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defer
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to give way in respect to
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deferential
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showing respect
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defiance
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open disobedience
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delineate
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to portray depict sketch out
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deluge
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flood
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demagogue
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person appealing not to reasons
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demur
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to hesitate
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denigrate
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to belittle
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denouement
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unraveling of a plot
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deplete
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to use until none remains
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deposition
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dethronement
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deprave
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to corrupt
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deprecate
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to protest against
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dereliction
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leaving to fall in ruins
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derision
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ridicule
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derivative
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obtained from another source
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derogatory
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insulting
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descry
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to catch sight of
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desiccant
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substance that absorbs moisture
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desuetude
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disuse
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desultory
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haphazard
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deter
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to discourage
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detraction
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verbal attack
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detumescence
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diminishing of swelling
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deviance
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stray from normal
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dexterity
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skill
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diaphanous
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gauzy
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diatribe
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verbal attack
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diffidence
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shyness
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dilate
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to become larger
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disallow
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to refuse to allow
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discern
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see with effort
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discomfit
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confuse
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disconcert
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to upset
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discountenance
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to refuse to approve
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discourse
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speech
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