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1066 Cards in this Set
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shrewd
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clever and probably accurate; good at judging people or situations
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piety
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religious devotion
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candor
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candid quality
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fortitude
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determination
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insurmountable
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too great to overcome
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grotesque
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distorted,misshapen,especially in a strange or disturbing way
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incongruous
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unsuitable or odd;
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scathing
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severly critical and scornful
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heretical
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heresy
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aplomb
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confident poise
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poise
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composure, calm self-assured dignity, especially in social situations
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elegance
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style and good taste; conciseness; grace and dignity
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canvas
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a type of painting
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congregation
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group of worshipers; members of same church
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pastor
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minister of church, in charge of congregation
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flock
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group of birds or sheep, goats..
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barren
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not fruiting
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lambast
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criticize strongly
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court
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try to gain, solicit
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listless
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weary and uninterested, lacking energy interest or the willingness to make effort
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weary
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tired
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enrage
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make somebody very angry
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distress
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mental suffering; hardship; danger or difficulty
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surmount
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overcome difficulty; get to top of something
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congruous
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appropriate to or suitable for a purpose or situation
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puncture
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to make or get hole; ruin somebody's confidence
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recall
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request to return product; revoke
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revoke
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formally cancel something
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tumultuous
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nosiy and unrestrained; confused and agitated
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allege
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assert something without proof
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intoxicate
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make drunk or stupefied
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rehabilitate
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help someone return to normal life; restore somebody to rank or rights; restore reputation
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twilight
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when Sun is below horizon; final period
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frenzy
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out-of-control behavior; burst of acitivity
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forge
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shape metal; establish with effort; move forward; make progress, forging past the runner on the inside
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lachrymose
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crying, sad
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miraculous
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extraodinary; able to perform miracles
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deity
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god or goddess
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divine
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having godlike nature; realize something; discover as if supernaturally
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prevail
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unbeaten and in control; win through; be normal, current thing; prevailed over his enemies, justice will prevail
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acclaim
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praise somebody lavishly; pronounce somebody to be something
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indefatigable
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untiring
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redolent
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aromatic; suggesting
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famish
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starve
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molest
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abuse somebody sexually
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regal
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royal
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pester
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annoy somebody constantly
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resolute
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possessing determination and purposefulness
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resolution
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determination, firmness of mind or purpose
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purge
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get rid of opponents( something undesired); free somebody from guilt or sin
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lenient
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not harsh, showing tolerance or mercy in dealing with crime or misbehavior
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lust
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sexual derise; eagerness
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clique
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exclusive group
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spontaneous
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arising from internal cause; arising from impulse
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modesty
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unwillingness to draw attention to your own achievements or abilities
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dwelling
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home, living
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mull
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period of careful deliberation
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pretentious
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self-important and affected; ostentatious
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conviction
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conviction of crime; firmly held belief
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seize
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talk a hold of something; exploit something immediately
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exploit
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take advantage of somebody; use something for benefit
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mull
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period of careful deliberation
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pretentious
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self-important and affected; ostentatious
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conviction
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conviction of crime; firmly held belief
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seize
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talk a hold of something; exploit something immediately
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exploit
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take advantage of somebody; use something for benefit
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stymie
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to hinder the process of
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leaner
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(lean), not fatty, lean meat; not productive
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compulsory
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forced, required
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overture
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prelude
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candidacy
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candidate status
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flagrant
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onfire; scandalous, very obvious in a bad way
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scandalous
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defamatory, causing public outrage or censure
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precipitous
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like precipice, done rashly
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solvent
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having enough money to cover cost
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entitle
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allow to claim
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consensus
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broad unanimity
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deluge
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heavy rain
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balm
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something that reduce pain
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dormant
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inactive
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renown
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widespread acclaim
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abet
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help somebody with something illegal
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intellectual
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relating to thinking; intelligent and knowledgeable; for intelligent people
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sentimental
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mawkish in feeling;appealing to tender feelings; expressing deep feeling
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decisive
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firm or determined
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subliminal
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subconscious, without awareness
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neophyte
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beginner, newcomer
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astringent
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a substance that contracts bodily tissues; causing contraction, tightening, stern, austere;speaking or writing in a matter that is critical and harmful in tone and content
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adverse
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negative; hostile; inimical; antagonistic
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ruffian
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rough person
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hoodlum
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ganster or criminal
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dictum
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a formal statement of either fact or opinion
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cloy
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too sugary; too sentimental or flattering
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pithy
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terse and full of meaning; concise
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cloture
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closing of debate in parliament or senate
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versatile
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having many use;changeable
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arduous
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laborious; difficult; strenuous
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strenuous
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tiring
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hiatus
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interval, break, period of rest
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renegade
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traitor; rebel
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minute
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extremely small; tiny
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kindle
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start burning; to ignite; to arouse, kindled her interest in ..
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arouse
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stimulate, to evoke a feeling, repsonce, or desire; anger; wake up from sleep
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turmoil
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a great state of confusion, commotion, or disturbance; event causing confusion or disturbance
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permeable
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porous; allowing to pass through
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fickle
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changeable, capricious; unpredictable
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judicious
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to have or show sound judgment
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labyrinth
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maze
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prescriptive
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customary; adhering to regulations
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adhere
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obey; support; stick firmly
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reverie
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daydream, a state of idle and pleasant comtemplation
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ingenue
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unsophisticated girl
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laggard
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a lazy person
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stamina
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endurance
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animosity
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hostility
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inquisitive
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inquiring, eager for knowledge, an inquisitive youngster
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implication
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suggestion, inference
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benefactor
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donor, one who helps others
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manifest
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obvious; clear
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motif
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theme
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predecessor
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pervious holder of the job; ancestor; something replaced by something else
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trivial
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having little value; commonplace; unimportant
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mentor
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experience advisor and supporter
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plausible
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believable, without proof; persuasive
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appeal
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earnest or urgent request; attraction; earnestly request something (money);attract or fascinate somebody
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grovel
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behave in servile way; crawl; wallow
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spiteful
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full or or showing petty maliciousness
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vindictive
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looking for revenge; spiteful
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petty
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insignificant; narrow-minded; mean;subordinate
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veer
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change direction suddenly, change from one opinion to another
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unwind
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relax; uncoil, untangle
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cope
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handle something successfully, cope with
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casual
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chance or unpremeditated; superficial; lenient; indifferent;not formal
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casualty
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accident victim
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nab
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grab something; catch sombody( arrest)
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deft
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quick and skillful, clever
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notorious
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famous for something bad
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trickle
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move slowly or gradually
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scandal
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something causing public outrage
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lyric
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expressing personal feeling; song words
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ensnare
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trap in unpleasant situation
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lure
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entice somebody, to persuade somebody to go somewhere or do something by offering something tempting
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entice
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tempt by offering something attractive
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vertigo
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dizziness
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baleful
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harmful; malignant; detrimental
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disparage
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to belittle; to undervalue; criticize
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savor
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to receive pleasure from; to dwell on with delight
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larceny
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theft; stealing
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surpass
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exceed expectation; to go beyond; to outdo
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arrogant
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acting superior to others
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infamous
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having a bad reputation
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deferential
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yielding to the opinion of another
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knead
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to mix; to massage
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provincial
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regional; unsophisticated
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bombast
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pompous speech; pretentious words
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denigrate
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to defame; to disparage
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scrupulous
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having moral integrity; very precise
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scrutinize
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to examine closely; to study
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accolade
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a sign of approval or respect
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denounce
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to speak out against; to condemn
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shady
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dishonest
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altercate
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argue heatedly
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dearth
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scarcity
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sectarian
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someone dogmatic and intolerant; to be narrow minded or limited
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appease
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to satisfy; to calm
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metamorphosis
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change of form
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anoint
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to crown; to ordain
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ordain
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make religious appointment
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effeminate
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like a girl or woman
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preclude
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prevent something; to inhibi; to make impossible
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lithe
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to be limber or supple
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gourmand
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food lover
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defensible
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that which can be justified
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foster
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to encourage; to nurture; to support
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atrophy
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wasting away, as from lack of use; weaken; to wither; lessening of ability
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finesse
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the ability to handle situations with skill and diplomacy
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obviate
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to make unnecessary
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curb
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imposed limitation; a restraint
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citadel
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fortress; defender
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dwell on
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concentrate on something at length
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devious
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secretive and calculating; unfair or underhad; rambling
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underhand
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secret and dishonest;adj as well
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corrode
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like errode;undermine; destory progressively by chemical action
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apocalypse
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total destruction
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devastate
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damage severly; upset enormously
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devastating
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damaging; very upseeting
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tot
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little child; small amount
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elusive
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hard to find; hard to pin down; hard to remember
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trauma
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emotional shock; body injury
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hysteria
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emotional instability caused by trauma; state of extreme emotion; uncontrollable laughing or crying
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albeit
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even though
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verge
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edge
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malaria
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recurring illness transmitted by mosquitoes
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embark
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go or put on board
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entail
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have something as consequence
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retention
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keeping or holding of something; memory
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bilateral
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involving two groups; on both sides
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coddle
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be overprotective of somebody
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tender
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offer something; physically painful; with gente feeling; kind and sympathetic; fragile
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opulence
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wealth; fortune
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harbor
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port; place of refuge, any place that is safe and sheltered; shelter somebody
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acerbic
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bitter in taste and manner
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crass
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stupid or dull; thoughtless and vulgar
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document
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support a claim with evidence
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effervesce
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to be lively or excited; to produce tiny gas bubbles
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sprun
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a strong rejection; to push away by foot(kick)
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partisan
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biased supported; resistance fighter
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cache
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hidden supply; secret place for hiding things
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façade
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deceptive appearance; face of building
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conjure
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to invoke; to cause to be, appear or become
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rout
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rabble; a retreat or terrible defeat; to dig up
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rabble
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unruly crowd, noisy and unruly crowd of people
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allure
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to attract; to entice; attraction; temptation; galmour
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parody
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amusing imitation; poor imitation
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disperse
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to scatter; to separate
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ascetics
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somebody who leads austere life
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obtuse
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blunt; dull; slow to understand
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blunt
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not sharp; frank or honest without sensitivity
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maculate
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stain somebody or something; make something or somebody impure
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aghast
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horrified; astonished
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rend
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tear something apart, rip; to split with violence; make a piercing sound
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vigilant
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watchful and alert,esp to guard against danger, difficulties or errors
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intimate
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close; cozy;closely connected; thorough
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presumably
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it is reasonable to suppose
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presume
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believing something to be true; take advantage;behave arrogantly or overconfidently
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imminent
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about to occur
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urge
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advise somebody strongly; advocate something earnestly
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confiscate
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take something away
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foil
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thwart somebody's success
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resound
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to be filled with reverberating sound
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reverberating
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echo; having continuing effect
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deliberate
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to consider carefully; intentional
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rabid
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furious, with extreme anger; intense
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lust
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sexual desire; eagerness, lust for power
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cascade
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waterfall; to pour, hang, flow, fall or lie
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clemency
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showing mercy; mildness in weather
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vagrant
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homeless wanderer; homeless; wandering; random
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tortuous
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twisting and winding; intricate; devious
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inundate
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flood; to overwhelm
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lament
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be sad about something; to mourn or grieve; expression of grief
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blatant
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very obvious; noisy; crude; vulgar
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biennial
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happening every two years
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authoritarian
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acting as a dictator; demanding obedience
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zenith
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highest point; pointing straight up
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materialism
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focus on possessions
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disdain
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intense dislike; to look down upon; to scorn
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demur
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show reluctance; to object; misgiving
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temper
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to moderate; to bring to the proper condition by treatment
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dither
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to act indecisively; shiver
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amiss
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wrong, awry
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didactic
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with message, with a political or moral message; fond of instructing or advising others
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recession
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withdrawal; ecomomic downturn
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phenomenon
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extraordinary person or thing
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quirk
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peculiar behavior; odd event; curved shape
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mercenary
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hired(soldier); motivated only by money
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genial
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kind; mild
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objective
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based on facts; free from bias; goal
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raze
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to scrape; completely destroy place
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viable
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capable of maintaining life; attainable, possible
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provocative
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tempting; irriating; making people angry or excited; sexually arousing
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rhetorical
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of effective use of language; bombastic
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implement
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carry out or fulfill; requirement; tool
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propensity
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a natural tendency, bias
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consequential
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important; too self-important; following as an effect
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hone
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to sharpen; to long or yearn for; complain continuously
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resignation
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quitting; submission
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initiate
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make something start; introduce somebody into group
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sanguine
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blood-red; optimistic, cheerful
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cognate
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with same ancestor, in same family
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parochial
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narrow-minded; religious
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impetuous
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acting impulsively; done on impulse; violent
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wretched
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unhappy,ill, miserable; irritating
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pique
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put somebody in bad mood; arouse somebody's interest
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magnanimity
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great generosity or noble-spiritedness
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discriminate
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discern difference; treat people unfairly because of prejudice
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plausible
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probable; feasible, believable; persuasive
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insular
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of islands; narrow-minded, provincial
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collateral
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property as security against loan; accompanying; additional; parallel
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accompanying
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escort somebody; be present with something; occur with something
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refuge
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shelter or protection
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stale
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kept too long; out of condition
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urine
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waste liquid
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rave
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large scale party; give high praise; speak wildly and incoherently
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fury
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rage, violent anger; burst of anger; wild force
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surge
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increase suddenly; move like waves; moke concerted rush
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upsurge
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increase, a rapid increse
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concerted
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achieved or performed together
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convoy
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vehiciles or ship traveling together; escort ships or vehicles
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meteoric
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relating to meteor; very fast or brilliant
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conceive
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start to experience; thing or imagine something; understand
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conceivable
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believable
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conceivably
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possibly, even if only a remote possibility
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propel
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push forward; cause action
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soaring
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increase rapidly; become more intense; fly, glide
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outcry
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strong reaction,clamor, a loud cry from a crowd or people
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canonical
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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun form; canon)
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discordant
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conflicting; dissonant or harsh insound
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effrontery
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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extemporaneous
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improvised; done without preparation
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filibuster
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intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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martial
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associated with war and the armed forces
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nascent
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coming into being; in early developmental stages
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nebulous
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unclear; vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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paean
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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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perennial
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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. perfidious)
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prattle
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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predilection
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a disposition in favor of something; preference
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qualms
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misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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stupefy
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to stun, baffle, or amaze
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synthesis
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the combination of parts to make a whole (verb: synthesize)
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tortuous
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winding; twisting; excessively complicated
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bucolic
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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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canon
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an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature (adj. canonical)
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chary
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wary; cautious; sparing
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demur
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to question or oppose
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didactic
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intended to teach or instruct
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ebullience
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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emollient
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soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
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enigmatic
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mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (noun: enigma)
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facetious
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playful; humorous
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harangue
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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
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heretical
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violating accepted dogma or convention (noun: heresy)
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incipient
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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inveigle
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persuade; to obtain by deception or flattery
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preen
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to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborated care
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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sanction
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authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to
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supplant
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to take the place of; supersede
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acumen
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keen, accurate judgment or insight
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endemic
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characteristic of area, characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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fervent
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greatly emotional or zealous
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grandiloquence
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pompous speech or expression (adj. grandiloquent)
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hegemony
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authority or control; the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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idolatrous
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given to intense or excessive devotion to something (noun: idolatry)
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impunity
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immunity from punishment or penalty
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pedagogy
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the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
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pervasive
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having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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pine
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to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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pith
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the essential or central part
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plummet
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to plunge or drop straight down
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polemical
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controversial; argumentative
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subpoena
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a court order requiring appearance and /or testimony
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surfeit
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an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
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tenacity
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the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination (adj.tenacious)
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transient
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fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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boredom
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the feeling of being bored, I nearly died of boredom
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presumptuous
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rude or arrogant
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awe
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mixture of wonder and dread
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pastoral
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rural
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misgiving
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feeling of doubt or apprehension, I had misgivings about the plan from the beginning
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improvise
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make something up on the spot
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exemption
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freedom from an obligation
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hymn
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religious song
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explicate
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explain something; develop a theory
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culminate
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come or bring to highest point; finish spactacularly
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steward
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plane or ship attendant; manager (club, hotel, property)
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influx
|
arrival in large numbers; inflow
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constitute
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formally establish
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etiquette
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rules of acceptable behavior
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sumptuary
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regulating expenditure; regulating behavior
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trait
|
individual characteristic
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perpetuate
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make something last; make something remembered
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inchant
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delight somebody; put somebody or something under spell
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boor
|
ill-manner person
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primitive
|
first; very simple in design; with simple technological development; original
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perceptual
|
relating to pereception
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reflux
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backward flow
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gratify
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please; fulfill desire
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antibiotic
|
able to kill or inactivates bacteria
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savory
|
appetizing; respectable
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scrutiny
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careful inspection; gaze; observation
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furnish
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supply
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encroach
|
trespass on something
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distraught
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extremely upset
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fertile
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able to produce offsprings; producing good crops
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infertile
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sterile, physically incapable of conceiving(be pragnant) offspring
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sterilize
|
make infertile
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bedevil
|
cause problems
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reflection
|
meditate
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distort
|
alter shape; give inaccurate report of something; make something unclear or unrecognizable
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elate
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make somebody very happy
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primilinary
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coming before something; introduction
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mutinous
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refusing to obey
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retain
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keep something; remember something; hold something within
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mutiny
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rebellion against legal authority
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pitiful
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arousing pity; arousing contempt
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temerity
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boldness, reckless confidence that might be offensive
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insouciant
|
unconcerned, carefree attitude
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fretful
|
worried
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formidable
|
frightenting; awe-inspiring; difficult to deal with
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sophomoric
|
immature
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offhand
|
casually; casually done, without preparation
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flippant
|
lack of seriousness that is thought inappropriate
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rather
|
somewhat; on the contrary; considerabley
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shallow
|
not deep; not feeling or thinking deeply
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enliven
|
make somebody or something feel more lively or brighter
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scoff
|
eat hungrily; be derisive or scornful, scoff at..
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marvel
|
wonderful thing; be amazed
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embody
|
make something tangible; incorporate things into organized whole; personify something
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thereby
|
by means of that
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mediocre
|
average
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peril
|
danger; expose to risk
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treason
|
betrayal of country; treachery; act of betrayal
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remuneration
|
pay
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infiltrate
|
break through secretly; get in position to do hard
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rambunctious
|
unruly, noisly, very active, and hard to control
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unruly
|
difficult to control
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fulsome
|
excessively complimentary, embarrassed by their fulsome praise; lavish
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literacy
|
ability to read and writie
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obstreperous
|
noisy; unruly because noisy refute
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undulate
|
move like wave; wavy
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despise
|
regard with loathing and contempt
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punctuate
|
add punctuation; interrupt something offen, the meeting punctuated by humorous anecdotes
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remand
|
return to prison; send somebody back
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botany
|
study of plants
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enlighten
|
give information to somebody; free somebody from ignorance; teach religion
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grievous
|
very serious; severe
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demoralize
|
erode someone's morale; corrupt someone's moral
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inimitable
|
impossible to imitate
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lieu
|
place or stead, lieu of
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stead
|
place of another
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insulate
|
protect or isolate somebody; prevent the passage of
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comprise
|
include something; consist of something; constitute of something
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resign
|
leave job; resign yourself, accepting something reluctantly
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receptive
|
willing to accept; quick to learn
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fret
|
worry;wear away
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oasis
|
fertile land in the desert; place or time of relief
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deceptive
|
misleading
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radical
|
basic; persuasive; greate
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emerge
|
come out; survive; happen or appear; become known
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emigrate
|
to leave or live in another country
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impel
|
force to do; cause to move
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endow
|
provide with money; provide something desirable
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impetus
|
push, force
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voucher
|
substitute for money when buying something; documentary evidence; guarator
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vessel
|
large watercraft;airship
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anarchy
|
chaotic situation; lack of government
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dissolve
|
become absorbed in liquid; disappear; break up
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upheaval
|
distunbance; upward movement
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situate
|
place in context
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engrave
|
carve or etch material
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scrutable
|
understand by scrutiny
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sheer
|
complete and utter; pure; nearly transparent fabric
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intrigue
|
secret plotting; intrest somebody;
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rampant
|
growing unchecked, rampant inflation;fierce
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deplore
|
find extremely unacceptable; regret
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antiquity
|
ancient history; oldness; people of ancient time
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magistrate
|
lower court judge
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dispense
|
providing something; selling something
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maneuver
|
skilled movement; devious act;manipulate someone or something; behave deviously;move skillfully; noun and verb
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analects
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lunyu
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paternalistism
|
telling people what is best
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uprightness
|
righteous, behaving in a moral or honorable manner
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weep
|
cry, to shed tears
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situated
|
located
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transit
|
act of travel across something; transition
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balmy
|
pleasantly mild, balmy climate, a balmy summer evening
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fable
|
myths and legends
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immense
|
huge;excellent
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immensely
|
to a huge degree
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avail
|
use something; help
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aquire
|
get something; develop something
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falter
|
lose confidence; begin to fail; stumble; hesitate in speech
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elite
|
privilaged minority, richest best or most powerful
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evict
|
eject somebody from a property; throw out of a place
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disclaim
|
deny a connection with; deny validity of
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stroll
|
walk unhurried; do effortlessly; saunter
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exact
|
inflict as suffering
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imperative
|
necessary; absolutely necessary or unavoidable
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defer
|
postpone;concede precedence
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inviolate
|
unaltered; kept pure
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assail
|
attack somebody; trouble or beset somebody
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beset
|
harass somebody or something continually; attack somebody or something from all side
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despondent
|
discouraged and unhappy
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repent
|
be sorry
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resent
|
be annoyed at
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excise
|
tax on goods for domestic market; delete (text); remove surgically
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torrid
|
full of passion; rapid;scorched
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scorch
|
burn surface; dry out; criticize somebody
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ambient
|
in surrounding area
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oppress
|
dominate harshly; inflict stress on
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endeavor
|
effort; try to do something; enterprise
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empiricism
|
philophical belief regarding sense-derived knowledge; application of observation and experiment
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|
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barrage
|
military bombardment; fire continuously on enemy
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languish
|
be neglected or deprived; become less successful; pine for something
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sizzling
|
very hot; physically appealing
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epicenter
|
focal point, very center or focal point
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heyday
|
somebody's or something's prime time
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apoplectic
|
furious
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erotic
|
arousing sexual feelings
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exclude
|
keep out, omit, reject
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exclusively
|
high-clas; selective; appearing in one place; sole
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copulate
|
have sex
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decapitate
|
behead
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nocturnal
|
at night, occuring at night
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swell
|
increase in size
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erect
|
stright and vertical
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fracture
|
break of bone; break or crack
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nifty
|
stylish and good looking; agile, clever at doing something; very good
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agile
|
nimble; mentally quick
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nimble
|
fast and light in movement; quick thinking
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fungible
|
commodity that is tradable or substitutable; something that is traded or substituted
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emancipate
|
set somebody free; free somebody from restrictions
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retro
|
model on something from the past, use of past styles
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retrograde
|
moving backward; getting worse, returning to an earlier bad condition; inverse
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splenetic
|
bad-tempered
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debut
|
first public appearance
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excerpt
|
extracted part
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fixate
|
focus on something
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jot
|
write quickly
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edification
|
enlightenment
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raid
|
sudden attack
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retard
|
slow something down
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lurk
|
move or wait furtively
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iridescent
|
having rainbow colors; lustrous
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splenetic
|
bad temper
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tender
|
offer to supply something; physical pain; gentle feeling; kind and sympathetic;fragile; food that's soft
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emancipate
|
set somebody free
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besiege
|
surround with army; harass
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discursive
|
lengthy with digression
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purport
|
claim to be something
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abound
|
be plentiful
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antithetical
|
diametrically opposed
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diametrically
|
absolutely
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macabre
|
horribly gruesome, horrifying
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salacious
|
with sexual content
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ignominious
|
shameful
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calamitous
|
extremely unfortunate
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cantankerous
|
grouchy, easily angered and difficult to get along
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constellation
|
group of stars forming shape; group of related things
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serendipitous
|
gift for discovery
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flameboyant
|
showy; bright- colored; highly decorated; audacious
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pinnacle
|
highest point
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encumber
|
hinder; load somebody or something down; fill with superfluous things
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sobriety
|
abstinence; seriousness
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sentinel
|
guard
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depict
|
to describe or portray something in words; show in picture
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sober
|
not intoxicated; serious; dull
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plague
|
afflict somebody; annoy somebody constantly; epedemic disease; appearance of something in large numbers
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afflict
|
cause distress
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inflict
|
cause suffer; force on sombody
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prolix
|
wordy
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amenable
|
agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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flout
|
openly ignore law or convention; to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention
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defy
|
challenge authority or power; challenge something to do something; not be explained by something
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glib
|
slick, fluent in a superficial or insincere way; superficial
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hubris
|
excessive pride; excessive ambition
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inimical
|
hostile; not flavorable
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maverick
|
independent indeividual who does not go along with a group or party
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neophyte
|
a recent convert; a beginner; novice
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obfuscate
|
to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
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profligate
|
excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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propensity
|
a natural inclination or tendency, penchant
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penchant
|
liking or tendency
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prosaic
|
dull; lacking in imagination
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quotidian
|
daily;commonplace
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refulgent
|
brilliantly shining
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renege
|
break a promise
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spendthrift
|
extravagant spender
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subtle
|
not obvious; elusive; ingenious; pleasantly understated
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sedulous
|
working persistently; painstaking
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shard
|
broken piece of glass
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tout
|
publicly praise or promote
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trenchant
|
incisive, sharply perceptive; energetic, effective and relevant in pursuit or achievement of a goal
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unfeign
|
genuine; not flase
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variegated
|
multicolored
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vituperate
|
to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively
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variegate
|
change look by adding colors; add variety
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revelation
|
information revealed; supurising thing
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furl
|
roll up, furl a flag
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unfurl
|
unroll to become spread out or extended
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femininity
|
femaleness; (antonym: masculinity)
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gamine
|
boyish girl
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smear
|
spread over, lipstick is made not to smear; spread damaging rumors; defeated, we got smeared
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schizophrenia
|
metal disorder which detach oneself from reality
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canny
|
shrewdly knowing
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designate
|
chosen for future purpose; name to a position
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horrendous
|
dreadful; very large
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secular
|
not religious
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secularize
|
transfer from religious to nonreligious for civil use
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veneer
|
deceptive appearance
|
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pounce
|
attack suddenly
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egregious
|
outrageously bad
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mosaic
|
picture made with many tile
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elicit
|
provoke a reaction
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seclude
|
isolate somebody
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prestige
|
respect associated with high quality; glamour
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divert
|
change something's path; change purpose or use; draw attention from something; amuse somebody
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tally
|
agree
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injunction
|
court order; command
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enfeeble
|
weaken
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impeccable
|
perfict
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abrogate
|
to ablish or annul by authority; put down
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abscission
|
act of cutting off or removing
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accretion
|
growth, increase by successive addition, buildingup
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adumbrate
|
to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest, or outline sketchily
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alloy
|
to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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anathema
|
a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
|
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anodyne
|
soothing
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apogee
|
farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith
|
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apostate
|
one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, a betrayer of a cause
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apprise
|
give notice to, inform
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appropriate
|
to take for one's own use, confiscate
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arabesque
|
ornate design
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artless
|
completely without guile; natural, without artificiality
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assiduous
|
diligent, hard-working
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auspice
|
protection or support, patronage; good omen
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auspicious
|
promising welll for the future; favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous
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axiomatic
|
taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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beatify
|
to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to ; to regard as saintly
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bedizen
|
to adorn, especially in a sheap, showy manner; festoon, caparion
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blandish
|
to coax with flattery, toady or fawn
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brook
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to tolerate, endure, countenance
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byzantine
|
labrynthine, complex
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cadge
|
to sponge, beg, or mooch
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calumniate
|
to slander, make a false accusation
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cardinal
|
of basic importance or consequence; primary
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caret
|
an insertion mark (^) used by editors and proofreaders
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chasten
|
to chastise o correct; subdue
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commensurate
|
matching, corresponding, or proportionate in degree, size, amount or other property
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consequential
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pompous, self-important
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corrigible
|
capable of being set right, correctable, reparable
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countenance
|
to approve of or tolerate
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cozen
|
to deceive, beguile, hoodwink
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culpable
|
deserving blame
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dexterous
|
physically skillful
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foreshadow
|
be warning of
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commingle
|
mix something or become mixed
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accursed
|
enduring the effect of a curse
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soothe
|
ease pain
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encomium
|
high praise; text expressing high praise
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acquit
|
declare somebody innocent; free from obligation; acquit oneself = behave
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vita, vitae
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short biography
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sediment
|
settled matter at bottom of liquid; eroded material
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levee
|
embankment beside river
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ridge
|
raised land formation
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incinerate
|
burn thoroughly to destroy
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hearsay
|
second-hand information
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maxim
|
saying; general rule
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flounder
|
make uncontrolled movements; hesitate in confusion; be in serious difficulty
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incense
|
enrage; frangrance; praise
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ritual
|
establish formal behavior
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insolent
|
disrespectful
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sane
|
metally balanced
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barter
|
exchange goods or service
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ration
|
restrict available amount of something; adequate amount
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provision
|
provide(n.)
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hull
|
outer covering of a seed or fruit; remove the outer rind from fruit; body of a vehicle
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rind
|
tough outside layer of fruit
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rueful
|
regretful
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overstrung
|
too nervous
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inhibit
|
holding something in check; contrain; forbid something
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preempt
|
act to prevent something; occupy something; replace something; make high bid that discourage others
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partial
|
incomplete; liking something, partial to chocolate cake; biased
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intoxicant
|
capable of intoxicating
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intoxicate
|
make drunk or stupefied; excite
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contaminate
|
make dirty or impure; make radioactive
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mirth
|
laughter
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revel
|
enjoy;noisy celebration
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egotist
|
conceited persion; selfish person
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imperative
|
necessary,priority; commanding
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impertinence
|
impudence, boldness and rudeness; something disrespectful; irrelevance
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riot
|
violent disturbance; something extremely enjoyable; funny person; uncontrolled way of life
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forebode
|
protend or predict; omenous, suggesting or indicating that something bad is going to happen
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nag
|
ask repeatedly; keep criticizing; be persistently painful or bothersome; a type of horse
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castaway
|
something you discard
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pilfer
|
steal something small
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studious
|
inclined to study; careful and painstaking
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abrasive
|
harsh in manner; sandpaper like
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enthrall
|
delight; enslave
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forthright
|
outspoken, direct in speech or manner and very honest; simple
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inaugurate
|
open ceremonially, to open or mark the beginning of something; put into operation
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wholesome
|
health-giving; morally benefical;promote health
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imtemperate
|
drinking to excess; lacking self-control
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infallible
|
incapable of failing; not erring
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monochromatic
|
single color
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opalescent
|
possessing shimmering milky colors
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ramble
|
talk or write aimlessly; walk for pleasure
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gleeful
|
joyfully happy
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protean
|
able to change form
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inexorable
|
unstoppable; unavoidable
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baseless
|
without grouds or factual basis; lacking supporting part
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swerve
|
veer, abrupt change in direction
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anemic
|
weak; sick-looking
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proscribe
|
condemn or ban something
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decamp
|
suddenly or secretly leave; leave a camp
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genuflect
|
show excessive respect
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brood
|
be worried; think unpleasant thoughts
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enfranchise
|
give somebody right to vote; set free; allow representation to
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oblique
|
sloping; indirect
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remiss
|
negligent at task
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negligent
|
habitually careless or irresponsible
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lionize
|
make celebrity of
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extol
|
praise sombody or something
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impair
|
weaken something
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sidle
|
move furtively, to edge along ina furtive way
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eminent
|
high standing; clear
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luminary
|
characterized by light, luminous?
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dab
|
tap gently
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expel
|
dismiss somebody from an organization; drive out
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kowtow
|
acting of kneeling ot show respect; servile act
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|
fermentation
|
chemical conversion into simpler substance
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solvent
|
having enough moneny cover debt or cost; dissolving something
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|
distillation
|
condensed version of something
|
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ruse
|
something done to decieve others
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tumultuous
|
noisy and unrestrained
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peccadillo
|
petty or unimportant offense or fault
|
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lapse
|
a momentary error
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lam
|
escape hastily; hit hard; speak angrily
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devour
|
eat quickly
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bolt
|
devour hurriedly; rush away
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filch
|
steal something
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|
libretto
|
words of an opera
|
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buttress
|
support or reinforce something
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cachet
|
official mark
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tar
|
thick dark liquid
|
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|
dispel
|
to rid somebody's mind of a particular thought or idea, esp. an erroneous one
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frenetic
|
frenzied and frantic
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|
frantic
|
out of control emotionally
|
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speculative
|
using incomplete information; forming conclusion not based on fact
|
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dissipate
|
cause to diminish; waste
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preempt
|
act to prevent something; occupy something; replace something
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|
forerunner
|
predecessor
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|
barbarous
|
extremely cruel;uncivilized
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fastidious
|
delicate; demanding, concern about great details; extremely clean
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exhort
|
urge to do something
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disseminate
|
spread
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calumny
|
defamation
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|
mist
|
condensed water vapor
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commence
|
begin
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forestall
|
prevent or hinder; anticapte
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|
curator
|
head of museum
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rejoice
|
be happy
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frigid
|
very cold; lacking emotional warmth
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syllogism
|
specious agrument
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holistic
|
relating to a whole
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mural
|
painting on the wall
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disciple
|
follower of a person or idea
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probe
|
investigation; investigate something thoroughly
|
|
|
crusade
|
fight for religious; religious war
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fierce
|
aggressive; violent and intense
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polio
|
something that clauses paralysis
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crutch
|
walking aid
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embargo
|
order stopping trade
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|
munitions
|
weapons
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considerably
|
significantly
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|
oversee
|
to supervise
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infancy
|
babyhood; beginning
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|
|
caliber
|
ability
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|
hygienic
|
of cleanliness; germ-free
|
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irritant
|
causing irritation
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|
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stellar
|
involving stars; exceptional; involving famous people
|
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grueling
|
requring great effort
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ensuing
|
occuring next
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cement
|
concrete
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vintage
|
of win; best; out of date
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inalienable
|
impossible to take away
|
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envoy
|
official representitive
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patent
|
exculsive right to market invention; document granting right; government grant; land from government
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perilous
|
very dangerous
|
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propaganda
|
publicity to promote something; misleading publicity
|
|
|
villa
|
vacation home; expensive house
|
|
|
respiratory
|
relating to breathing
|
|
|
anatomy
|
physical structure of organism
|
|
|
wick
|
material holding fuel that burns; material that draws up liquid
|
|
|
gauze
|
finely woven fabric
|
|
|
wicker
|
twig, cane, or reed
|
|
|
cane
|
walking stick; woven stem; stick for punishment beatings
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|
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capillary
|
thin tube; small in diameter
|
|
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curfew
|
restrict time on people's movements, require to remain indoors after a time at night
|
|
|
stroke
|
stoppage of blood flow to the brain
|
|
|
convalesce
|
undergo period of recovery
|
|
|
cornerstone
|
fundamentally important person or thing
|
|
|
assorted
|
various; arranged
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|
proscribe
|
comdemn or ban something
|
|
|
rectitude
|
righteousness; correctness; straightness
|
|
|
famine
|
extreme food scarcity; deficiency of something
|
|
|
picayune
|
trifling, of very little importance; small-minded, tending to fuss about unimportant and to be childishly spiteful
|
|
|
callous
|
hardhearted, showing no concern if other people are hurt or upset
|
|
|
lateral
|
at the side; part at the side
|
|
|
froth
|
foam, a mass of bubbles
|
|
|
splurge
|
indulge extravagantly; spend money extravagantly
|
|
|
pandemic
|
having widespread effect; very widespread disease
|
|
|
trifling
|
insignificant
|
|
|
trifle
|
something trivial; small quantity
|
|
|
frivolous
|
not worth taking seriously; silly
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|
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contempt
|
attitude of utter disgust or hatred
|
|
|
delicate
|
fragile; fine; skillful
|
|
|
defect
|
flaw in something; inadequate feature
|
|
|
defective
|
faulty; offensive term
|
|
|
preserve
|
make sure something lasts;exculsive area of activity; preserve enviroment
|
|
|
resurgence
|
rising or strengthening again
|
|
|
craft
|
making things by hand
|
|
|
convict
|
declare somebody guilty
|
|
|
ruth
|
sadness for another; sorrow
|
|
|
ruthless
|
being without pity
|
|
|
jocular
|
fond of jokes
|
|
|
vernacular
|
ordinary language
|
|
|
carpenter
|
builder of wood structures or objects
|
|
|
holster
|
gun holder
|
|
|
binge
|
heavy eating or drinking
|
|
|
soprano
|
woman or boy with highest voice
|
|
|
nosegay
|
a small bouquet of flowers
|
|
|
puissant
|
strong
|
|
|
hector
|
a bully
|
|
|
maelstrom
|
whirlpool
|
|
|
baffling
|
puzzling
|
|
|
encompass
|
include entirely; cause something to occur
|
|
|
misconstrue
|
misunderstand or misinterpret
|
|
|
apprehend
|
arrest somebody; understand something; be aware of something
|
|
|
tenable
|
with reasonable argument to support it
|
|
|
acclivity
|
an upward slope
|
|
|
bilk
|
cheat
|
|
|
consternation
|
shocked dismay
|
|
|
law-abiding
|
obeying the law
|
|
|
arraign
|
accuse somebody
|
|
|
connive
|
plot
|
|
|
blemish
|
spoiling fault or flaw
|
|
|
seminal
|
influential; capable of development
|
|
|
aria
|
opera song
|
|
|
ream
|
large quantity of written material
|
|
|
comprise
|
include something; consist of something
|
|
|
clairvoyance
|
seeing what's not normally seen
|
|
|
ploy
|
plot; trick
|
|
|
redress
|
compensation
|
|
|
grievance
|
something thought reasonable enough to complain
|
|
|
restitution
|
giving back; paying back; restoration
|
|
|
feral
|
gone wild
|
|
|
suffrage
|
right to vote
|
|
|
cursory
|
very quick
|
|
|
pedigree
|
line of ancestors
|
|
|
decry
|
criticize
|
|
|
sully
|
spoil; make dirty
|
|
|
recede
|
go back; withdraw
|
|
|
inter
|
bury somebody
|
|
|
exhume
|
dig up a body
|
|
|
sprightly
|
vigorous, lively
|
|
|
modish
|
fashionable
|
|
|
visceral
|
emotional; instinctual, proceeding from instinct
|
|
|
prologue
|
introductory statement
|
|
|
lampoon
|
work of ridicule
|
|
|
tableau
|
a display, scene
|
|
|
sentience
|
awareness;feeling
|
|
|
extrinsic
|
inessential; coming from outside
|
|
|
belong
|
be a part of
|
|
|
lurid
|
horrifying or shocking; glowing unnaturally; pallid
|
|
|
melodrama
|
dramatic
|
|
|
stereotype
|
oversimplified conception
|
|
|
fortuitous
|
happen by luck
|
|
|
obloquy
|
censure; disgrace, statement of disapproval
|
|
|
contemptuous
|
showing contempt
|
|
|
travesty
|
false representation
|
|
|
grace
|
elegance; politeness; pleasing; capable to tolerate
|
|
|
endure
|
bear hardship
|
|
|
recoil
|
sudden backward movement
|
|
|
requisition
|
demand for something; request (n.)
|
|
|
calibrate
|
make scale on something; ensure accuracy of something
|
|
|
intrinsic
|
basic and essential; of itself
|
|
|
champ
|
biting, chewing, grinding something
|
|
|
emend
|
correct text
|
|
|
staid
|
sober and steady
|
|
|
abut
|
be adjacent
|
|
|
reprimand
|
a rebuke for something done wrong
|
|
|
fringe
|
border or edge
|
|
|
corps
|
specialized military force
|
|
|
hurl
|
a strong pitch, strong throw
|
|
|
carp
|
complain
|
|
|
parasol
|
umbrella providing shade
|
|
|
pore
|
to look concentratedly; reflect, to mediate
|
|
|
oxymoron
|
expression with contradictory words
|
|
|
polemic
|
passionate argument
|
|
|
affront
|
open insult
|
|
|
alliterate
|
begin with same consonant, having similar sound
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|
|
attache
|
official diplomat
|
|
|
transport
|
experience or display of intense emotion, usually a pleasant one
|
|
|
grin
|
broad smile
|
|
|
titter
|
laugh nervously
|
|
|
slurp
|
drink somehting noisily
|
|
|
confrontational
|
conflict between ideas or people
|
|
|
inane
|
silly or unintelligent
|
|
|
blather
|
talk inanely
|
|
|
ramification
|
having complicating results
|
|
|
stimulate
|
encourage; cause to respond;
|
|
|
veritable
|
absolute; true
|
|
|
truce
|
an agreemnt to stop fighting
|
|
|
rubble
|
fragments of broken buildings
|
|
|
siege
|
military operation to cut off all outside resource
|
|
|
treaty
|
pact, an agreement
|
|
|
aftermath
|
period after bad event
|
|
|
stalemate
|
situation with no potential winner
|
|
|
lynch
|
murder for supposed crime
|
|
|
resonate
|
resound
|
|
|
excursion
|
short trip
|
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|
embolden
|
give somebody courage
|
|
|
ultimatum
|
final demand
|
|
|
flank
|
side of military formation
|
|
|
scrap
|
fragment; waste material
|
|
|
brink
|
edge of something
|
|
|
cluster
|
dense bunch
|
|
|
incompetent
|
bad at doing something; lacking necessary status
|
|
|
aristocrat
|
member of highest social class; superior person
|
|
|
vow
|
solemn pledge
|
|
|
consolidate
|
strengthen position; combine something into single mass
|
|
|
crumble
|
reduce to tiny bits; disintegrate
|
|
|
armistice
|
a truce in war to discuss terms for peace
|
|
|
impend
|
be close to happening
|
|
|
herald
|
bringer of news; sign of what will happen
|
|
|
asylum
|
protection from extradition
|
|
|
genocide
|
murder of entire ethnic group
|
|
|
dilapidate
|
fall into or cause to decay
|
|
|
decay
|
delcine; rotten;decrease
|
|
|
jalopy
|
old car
|
|
|
affluent
|
wealthy; wealthy people
|
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|
kilter
|
order, keep in order(working order)
|
|
|
staggering
|
amazing
|
|
|
stagger
|
move unsteadily, nearly falling; astonish somebody
|
|
|
repercussion
|
result of action; rebound
|
|
|
crux
|
curcial point; puzzling problem
|
|
|
cohesive
|
like cohesion; unified, sticking holding or working together
|
|
|
breadwinner
|
main earner in family
|
|
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afloat
|
floating on water; financially solvent
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adrift
|
floating without direction; without purpose
|
|
|
contraception
|
prevention of fertilization
|
|
|
relentless
|
ceaseless and intense; persistently hostile
|
|
|
relent
|
become less rigid or strict; becom less intnese
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|
|
pivotal
|
vitally important
|
|
|
presence
|
being present
|
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outright
|
wholly; instantly; candidly; absolute
|
|
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sizable
|
large, fairly large
|
|
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counterpart
|
matching part or thing
|
|
|
titillate
|
excite somebody
|
|
|
escapist
|
helping to forget
|
|
|
engulf
|
swallow something up, over up; overwhelm
|
|
|
incompetent
|
bad at doing something
|
|
|
subvert
|
overthrow
|
|
|
peg
|
degree or step
|
|
|
needy
|
poor;
|
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incumbent
|
obligatory
|
|
|
spectacle
|
lavish display
|
|
|
despair
|
feeling of hopelessness
|
|
|
bum
|
good-for-nothing, worthless
|
|
|
ailing
|
cause soemthing to have problems
|
|
|
delegation
|
group representing others
|
|
|
ravage
|
completely wreck or damage something
|
|
|
drought
|
period of dry weather; lack of something
|
|
|
overturn
|
tip over; overthrow somebody
|
|
|
vogue
|
prevailing fashion; popularity
|
|
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exploititive
|
using somebody or something unfairly
|
|
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confide
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to entrust with a secret
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overtone
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supplementary meaning
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hark
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to listen
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stopgap
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temporary substitute
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dole
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charity; fate
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clout
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punch; power and influence
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rapport
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friendly relationship
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impoverish
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make poor
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demeanor
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outward behavior
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foe
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enemy
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brink
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edge of something
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reassure
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put somebody's mind at ease
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chaste
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abstaining from sex
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accountable
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responsible
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circumstance
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condition affecting situation; uncontrollable conditions; event
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lustrous
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shinning
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confute
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To overwhelm by argument, to refute conclusively, to prove or show to be false.
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confront
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challenge somebody face to face; encounter difficulty
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curriculum
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subject taught
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contemporary
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of same time; existing; modern in style
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engage
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hire somebody; require use of something; be involve
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just unjust
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fair and impartial; morally correct; reasonable
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instill
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impart something gradually; drip liquid into something
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clash
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fight or argue; be at odds with something; make loud noise
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fossil fuel
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fuel derived from prehistoric organisms
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fossil
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preserved remains of animal or plant; somebody who will not change
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custodian
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person responsible for something valuable
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detrimental
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harmful
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recognition
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recognizing; appreciation; acknowledgement; permission to speak
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amidst
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amid
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abide
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tolerate something
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insofar as
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to the extent that
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repose
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tranquility; peace of mind; composure
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composure
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emotional control, calm and steady control over the emotions
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concession
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relucant yielding; concede(n.)
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conformity
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doing and thinking as others; following a standard
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impart
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communicate information or knowledge; give a quality to something
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supple
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flexible; moving easily; adaptable
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scornful
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contemptuous
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probation
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supervision; period of testing somebody's suitablility; testing of something
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sensation
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physical feeling; mental impression; public interest
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garner
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win or gain something; gather in something
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outrage
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violent act; offensive act; fury
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annotate
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add notes to something
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synopsis
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summary of text
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reimburse
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pay back money
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stint
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be miserly
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mulish
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stubborn
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quibble
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make trivial objection
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incontinent
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unrestrained
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impolitic
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unwise
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tact
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ability to avoid giving offense; discretion(wise)
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pouch
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small soft bag
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glean
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gather information
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tax
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make heavy demands on
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aphorism
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succinct comment
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recoup
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regain lost; make up for loss
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perspiration
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sweat
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addle
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to confuse or muddle;rot
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muddle
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mix things to confuse
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deism
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rational belief in God
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attribute
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credit somebody with something
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vitiate
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make something ineffective;debase; degrade
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magnate
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somebody rich and powerful
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mores
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established customs
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detract
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take something away
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totter
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walk unsteadily
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gait
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way of walking; speed of progress
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stutter
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speak with stammer
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stammer
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speak with hesitation and repetitions
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epaulet
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decoratio on shoulder of military cloth
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garment
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clothing item
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lapel
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front edge of jacket
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ornament
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decorative object
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epilogue
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end of book or play
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peroration
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end of speech
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triumph
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outstanding success
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betoken
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indicate something
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mendicant
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beggar; living on charity
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cupidity
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greed for money
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bungle
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spoil something
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girth
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distance around something
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gizmo
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a gadget
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rag
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small piece of cloth
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conduce
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contribute toward bringing something about
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gawk
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stare foolishly
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flare
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burn suddenly and brightly
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sweatshop
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workplace with overworked, underpaid employees
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apex
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highest point
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recount
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tell a story
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allegation
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alleging
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misdemeanor
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less serious crime
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tamper
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influence something corruptly
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holocaust
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complete destruction human beings or animals by fire; total destruction
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sway
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influence
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regime
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form of government
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espionage
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activity of spying
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venture
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risky project; make dangerous trip
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testament
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proof
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cleanse
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make thoroughly clean
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deportation
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expulsion of foreigner
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subdue
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bring under forcible control
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meager
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unsatifactorily small
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atrocity
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extreme cruelty
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spiral
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perish
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die
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agony
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great pain or anguish
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marshaling
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gathering together
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galvinize
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stimulate to act
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chant
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phrase spoken repeatedly from the crowd
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panacea
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supposed cure-all
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cultivate
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grow plants
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undue
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excessive or very inappropriate
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