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oxcillation
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steady rhythm
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penurious
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penny pinching
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sordid
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characterized by filth
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squalid
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wretched & dirty
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churlish
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vulgar; difficult
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commensurate
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matching; corresponding
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contemn
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to scorn; to despise
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contumacious
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insubordinate
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cozen
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to deceive
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defalcate
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to embezzle
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deposition
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build layer by later
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depredate
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to destroy
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descant
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to comment at length
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descry
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to discriminate or discern
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desultude
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disuse
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desultory
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random; thoughtles
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detraction
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verbal attack
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din
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loud sustained noise
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discomfit
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to defeat; to put down
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distrait
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distracted
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dross
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waste or foreign matter
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dulcet
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melodious
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edacious
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voracious; devouring
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effusive
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excessively demonstrative
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egress
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exit
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epithet
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disparaging word/phrase
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audacias
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daring, fearless
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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obtuse
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not precise in thought
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solicitous
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concerned & attentive
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abjure
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to reject solemnly
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acarpous
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no longer fertile
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apposite
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relevant; appropriate
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apprise
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to inform
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arabesque
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complex design
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arcane
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mysterious; know by a few
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arrant
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impudent; without qualification
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asperity
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severity
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aspersion
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act of defamation
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assay
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analysis or examination
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asseverate
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to assert; to allege
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augury
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omen
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auspice
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protection; support
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auspicious
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favorable; successful
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aver
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to assert; to prove
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baleful
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harmful
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bane
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source of harm
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bedizen
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to adorn
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blandish
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to coax with flattery
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byzantine
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complex
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cochinnate
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to laugh loudly
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cadge
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to mooch
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cajole
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to coax
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caparison
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adorn
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captious
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calculated to confuse in argument
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cavil
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to find fault without good reason
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chasten
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to correct
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acerbic
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having a sour, bitter taste
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credulous
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gullible
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flout
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to show contempt for
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foruitous
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happening by chance
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glib
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nonchalant; superficial
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halcyon
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calm; peaceful
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obdurate
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unyielding
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obsequious
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showing a fawning attentiveness
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obstinate
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stubborn
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phlegmatic
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calm
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rancorous
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bitter resentment
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sedulous
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hard working
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inimitable
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one of a kind
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iniquity
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wickedness
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inscrutable
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incapable of being discovered or understood
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insouciant
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carefree
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insular
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narrow-minded
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interdict
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to forbid
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inveigh
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to attack verbally
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inveterate
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deep-rooted
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involute
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complex
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jejune
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uninteresting
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jibe
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to agree
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jocose
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humorous
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labile
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readily open to change
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lachrymose
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causing tears; tearful
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lassitude
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weariness
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limpid
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transparent
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lubricious
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slippery
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macerate
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to waste away
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maculate
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impure
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maunder
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to digress
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing (usually refers to words)
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meretricious
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cheap; showy
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mettlesome
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courageous
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minatory
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threatening
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natty
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trimly neat and tidy
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nonplused
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baffled
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nostrum
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questionable remedy
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nugatory
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inconsequential
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obloquy
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sharp criticism
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obstreperous
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noisy
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ossified
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conventional; tending to become more rigid
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overweening
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oberbearing
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palliate
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to make something appear less serious
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parry
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to block
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parsimonious
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cheap
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paucity
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scarcity
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contiguous
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sharing a border
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derision
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scorn or ridicule
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dilettante
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someone with a superficial interest in something
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disparage
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to belittle
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inimical
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harmful
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proclivity
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inclination
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profligate
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excessively wasteful
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propensity
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inclination or tendancy
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prosaic
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dull; unimaginative
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recondite
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hidden
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refulgent
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radiant
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renege
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to go back on a promise
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terse
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brief and concise in wording
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tout
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to publicly praise
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trenchant
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sharpely perceptive
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unfeigned
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genuine
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untenable
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not viable; uninhabitable
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vituperate
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to condemn
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pellucid
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transparent
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penchant
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strong inclination
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peregrination
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wandering
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peremptory
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ending all debate
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perigee
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closest or lowest point
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peripatetic
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traveling; nomadic
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peroration
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the concluding part of a speech
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personable
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attractive
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petrous
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like a rock
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petulant
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impatient
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picaresque
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involving adventures
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pillory
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to punish
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piquant
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agreeably pungent; stimulating
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plangent
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pounding
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plumb
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to measure depth; to examine
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poignant
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distressing
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precarious
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dangerous
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prolix
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long-windid
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propinquity
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nearness in time or place
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propitiate
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to appease
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proscribe
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to ostracize
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puissance
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power; strength
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punctilious
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precise
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raffish
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flashy
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ramify
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to branch out
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rapacious
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greedy
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rebus
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riddle
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recidivism
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relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
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recreant
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coward
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recumbent
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resting; prone
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redolent
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fragrant; suggestive
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refractory
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unruly
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regale
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to entertain
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remonstrate
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to protest
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repine
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to feel discontent; to long for
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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impunity
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immunity from punishment
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infelicitous
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unfortunate
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insipid
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bland
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recalcitrant
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difficult to manage
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repudiate
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to disown
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rescind
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to invalidate
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runic
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mysterious
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salacious
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obscene
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salutary
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wholesome; causing improvement
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sanctimony
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self-righteousness
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saturnine
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gloomy
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seine
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a large net used to catch fish
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seminal
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like a seed; originative
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sententious
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moralistic
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simper
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to smirk
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sinecure
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position requiring little work
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sinuous
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winding
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splenetic
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irritable
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stanch
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to stop the flow of liquid
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stygian
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gloomy
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succor
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assistance
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sundry
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various
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supercilious
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arrogant
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supine
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prone; lying on one's back
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suppliant
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asking humbly
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supplicant
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beggar
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tamp
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to plug
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tendentious
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biased
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timorous
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timid
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torrid
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passionate
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travesty
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mockery
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tumid
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swollen
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turbid
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muddy; opaque
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turpitude
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a corrupt act
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umbrage
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offense; resentment
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undulate
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to fluctuate
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untoward
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perverse; unruly
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upbraid
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to scold
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usury
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the practice of charing an exorbitant rate of interest
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vaunt
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to brag
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venal
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capable of being bought or bribed
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virago
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a loud woman; a nag
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bitiate
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to pervert
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volubility
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fluency
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waft
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to cause to move slightly
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welter
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to be in turmoil
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wend
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to proceed
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abdication
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giving up control/authority
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abet
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help/encourage (in doing wrong)
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abraded
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rubbed off/worn away by friction
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abrogate
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repeal or annul by authority
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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend; obscure
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abut
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border on
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admonitory
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containing warning
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affinity
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close connection; relationship
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aggravate
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make worse; irritate
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agile
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active; quick-moving
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agog
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eager/excited
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ail
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trouble; be ill
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alcove
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recess/partially enclosed place
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ale
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fermented alcoholic beverage, similar to, but heavier than beer
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aleck
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one who considers him/herself smarter than others
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allegiance
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duty; support; loyalty
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aplomb
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self-confidence
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ascribe
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consider to be the origin or of belonging to
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astringent
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substance that shrinks
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atonement
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repayment; death of Jesus
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august
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majestic; venerable
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avow
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admit; declare openly
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balk
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obstacle; purposely to get in the way of
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baneful
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causing harm or ruin; pernicious; destructive
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barrage
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artificial obstacle built across a river
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barren
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not good enough; unable to have young ones; without value
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bask
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enjoy warmth and light
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benefactor
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person who has given help
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bequest
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arrangement to give something at death
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bereft
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rob or dispossess of something (material)
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bilge
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bulge the protuberance of a cask
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blandishment
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flattery; coaxing
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blandness
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polite manner; comforting; uninteresting
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blatant
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noisy and rough
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brash
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hasty; rush; cheeky; saucy
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brass
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yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
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brazen
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made of brass
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breach
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opening broken place breaking
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broach
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bringing up; announce; begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate; endure
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calipers
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metal supports attached to the legs; measuring instrument
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cant
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insincere talk/jargon
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered/quarrelsome
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canvass
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discuss thoroughly; sort of touting
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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; wary
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chastened
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corrected; punished
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chastisement
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punishment
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chisel
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steep tool for shaping materials
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churl
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bad-tempered person
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clinch
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come to grips/ settle conclusively
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cling
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to resist separation
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cloture
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closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
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coax
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get somebody to do something by kindness
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coerce
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compel ; to force; to make obedient
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commemorate
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keep the memory of
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commodious
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having plenty of space for what is needed
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compunction
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feeling or regret for one's action
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conceit
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over-high opinion of too much pride
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concord
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agreement or harmony
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concur
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agree in opinion; happen together
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condense
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increase in density; strength; make laconic
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conduce
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to bring about
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congeal
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make or become stiff and solid
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console
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give comfort or sympathy to
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conspicuous
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easily seen; remarkable
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consternation
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surprise and fear; dismay
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constrain
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compel
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constrict
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make tight or smaller
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consume
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get to the end of
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consummate
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perfect; make perfect; complete
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contentious
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argumentative; pugnacious; combative; quarrelsome
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convoke
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call together; summon
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cordon
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line (of police acting as a guard)
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cornucopia
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abundant supply
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countenance
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a favor or approve of
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countervail
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counterbalance
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cower
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crouch; shrink back
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crease
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line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket
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credulity
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too great a readiness to believe things
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dainty
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pretty; delicate (food); difficult to please
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dawdler
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person who is slow; waste of time
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decry
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disapprove of
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deferential
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showing respect
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denouement
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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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deprave
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make morally bad; corrupt
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dereliction
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deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
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derivative
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unoriginal; obtained from another source
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desiccant
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substance used to absorb moisture
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desuetude
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cessation of use; disuse
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detumescence
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diminishing or lessening of swelling
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disconcert
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upset the self-possession of
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discountenance
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refuse to approve of
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discourse
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speech; lecture
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discredit
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refuse to believe
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discreet
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careful; prudent
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disdain
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look on with contempt
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disencumber
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free from encumbrance
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disheveled
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untidy
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disinter
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dig up from the earth
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dislodge
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move; force from the place occupied
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dismal
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sad; gloomy; miserable
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divestiture
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taking off; getting rid of; giving up
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dolt
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stupid fellow
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dote
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show much fondness; center one's attention
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drawl
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slow way of speaking
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droll
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jesting
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drone
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male bee; person who isn't self-employed
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dynamo
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a generator; something that produces electric current
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Appropriate
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v. To acquire, take possession of
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Audacious
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adj. Bold or daring
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Augment
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v. To increase
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Austere
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adj. Strict or stern; without ornament
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Autonomous
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adj. Self-governing
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Ballast
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n. Something heavy used to add stability or weight
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Capitulate
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v. Surrender
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Nice
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adj. Done with precision
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Levity
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n. Lightness, frivolity
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Lucid
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adj. Easily understood, clear
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Nadir
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n. Lowest point
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Preen
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v. Primp, take pride in one's appearance
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Purchase
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n. Firm grasp, footing
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Ductility
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n. Capable of being easily molded, flexibility
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Fawning
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adj. Seek favor by flattery
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Fetter
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v. Shackle
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Forbearance
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n. Abstinence
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Forestall
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v. Prevent or delay
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Graduated
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adj. Arranged by degrees
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Gratuitous
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adj. Free, unearned
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Guileless
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adj. Sincere
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Hamper
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v. Get in the way of
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Inequity
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n. Lack of fairness
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Insularity
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n. Narrowness of thought
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Quiescent
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adj. Inactive or still
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Rancor
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n. Deep seated ill will
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Recant
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v. Withdraw previous statement
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Redoubtable
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adj. Formidable, fearful
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Reprobate
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n. A morally unprincipled person
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Resigned
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adj. Unresisting, patient
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Resolution
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n. Determination
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Sanction
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v. Approve
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Stint
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v. Be cheap or thrifty
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Striated
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adj. Marked with parallel lines
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Substantiate
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v. Support
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Truculence
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n. Aggressiveness
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Vie
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v. Compete
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Whimsical
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adj. Playful, capricious
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Enmity
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n. Hatred
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Expatiate
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adj. Wordy
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Foment
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v. Instigate
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Inveigle
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v. Lead astray
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Stolid
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adj. Dull
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Supercillious
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adj. Arrogant, condescending
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Jaunty
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adj. Sprightly in manner/appearance
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Exiguous
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adj. Excessively scanty
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Fluvial
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adj. Relating to a river
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Dissolute
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adj. Lacking restraint
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Miasma
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n. Atmosphere/influence that tends to deplete or corrupt
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Indemnify
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v. Compensate for
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Louche
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adj. Not reputable or decent
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Surreptitious
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adj. Clandestine
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oblique
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having a slanting or sloping direction
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obfuscate
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to render indistinct or dim
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panegyric
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formal or elaborate praise at an assembly
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panoply
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a wide-ranging and impressive array or display
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pertinacious
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resolute
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supplicate
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to make humble and earnest entreaty
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expound
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to set forth in detail
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disport
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to divert or amuse oneself
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importune
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to urge or press with excessive persistence
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presentiment
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a feeling of anticipation over a future event
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reprisals
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retaliation against an enemy
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proselytize
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to convert of attempt to recruit
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impugn
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to challenge as false
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perquisite
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a gratuity, tip
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disquiet
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a lack of calm or peace
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quiescence
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the condition of being at rest, still, inactive
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insolent
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boldly rude or disrespectful
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exult
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to show or feel triumphant joy
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execrable
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adbominable
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insidious
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intended to trap or beguile
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insensate
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without feeling or sensitivity
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circumspect
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watchful and discreet
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subterfuge
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an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule
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transcendent
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going beyond ordinary limits
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contravene
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to come into conflict with
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adventitious
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accidental
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veracious
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habitually truthful
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verity
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truthfulness
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vicarious
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performed, exercised, received or suffered in place of another
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revile
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to criticize with harsh language
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vociferous
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crying out noisily
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cachet
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prestige
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callow
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inexperienced
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capacious
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spacious
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effloresce
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to bloom
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histrionic
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overly dramatic
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impolitic
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unwise
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internecine
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mutually destructive
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inure
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accustom, habituate, harden
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lurid
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ghastly
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nonplus
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confound
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