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152 Cards in this Set
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ABATE
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TO REDUCE IN AMOUNT
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BAIT ON A FISH POLE
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ABSCOUND
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TO LEAVE SECRETLY
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SOUND
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ABSTAIN
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TP CHOOSE NOT TO DO SOMETHING
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ABYSS
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AN EXTREAMLY DEEP HOLE
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ADULTERATE
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TO MAKE IMPURE
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ADVOCATE
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TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF
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AESTHETIC
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CONCERNING THE APPRECIATION OF BEAUTY
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AGGRANDIZE
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TO INCREASE IN POWER, INFLUENCE
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GRAND
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ALLEVIATE
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TO MAKE MORE BEARABLE
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AMALGAMATE
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TO COMBINE, TO MIX TOGETHER
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MAL=BAD
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AMBIGUOUS
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DOUBTFUL, UNCERTAIN, INTERPRETED IN SEVERAL WAYS
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BIG=MANY
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AMELIORATE
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TO MAKE BETTER
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ALLEVIATE
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ANARCHONISM
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SOMETHING OUT OF PLACE OR TIME
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ANARCHY
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ANALOGOUS
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SIMILAR OR ALIKE IN SOME WAY
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ANAL ABOUT THINGS
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ANOMALY
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DEVIATION FROM WHAT IS NORMAL
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ANTAGONIZE
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TO ANNOY OR PROVOKE TO ANGER
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ANTIPATHY
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EXTREAM DISLIKE
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ANTI - SYMPATHY
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APATHY
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LACK OF EMOTION
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ARBITRATE
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TO JUDGE A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING PARTIES
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ARCHAIC
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ANCIENT, OLD-FASHION
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ARCHS
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ARDOR
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INTENSE AND PASSIONATE FEELING
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ADORE
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ARTICULATE
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ABLE TO SPEAK CLEARLY
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ASSUAGE
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TO MAKE SOMETHING UNPLEASANT LESS SEVERE
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ASS
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ATTENUATE
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TO REDUCE IN FORCEOR DEGREE, WEAKEN
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TEN - ATE
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AUDACIOUS
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FEARLESS AND DARING
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AUDIOLOGY
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AUSTERE
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UNDECORATED
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STARE
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BANAL
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PREDICTABLE, BORING
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ANAL
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BOLSTER
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TO SUPPORT, PROP UP
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HOIST
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BOMBASTIC
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POMPOUS IN SPEECH AND MANNER
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MR. BOOMBASTIC
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CACOPHONY
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HARSH, JARRING NOISE
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CAT-PHONE
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CANDID
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IMPARTIAL AND HONEST IN SPEECH
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CAPRICIOUS
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CHANGING ONE'S MIND OFTEN
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CAPRI PANTS
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CASTIGATE
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TO PUNISH OR CRITICIZE
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CAST SPELL
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CATALYST
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SOMETHING THAT BRINGS ABOUT A CHANGE IN SOMETHING ELSE
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CAUSTIC
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BITING IN WIT
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CLEVER
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CHAUNVINIST
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SOMEONE PREDJUDICED IN FAVOR OF A GROUP TO WHICH HE OR SHE BELONGS
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CHICANERY
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DECEPTION WITH CRAFT
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CHICA
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COGENT
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CONVINCING
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CONDONE
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TO OVERLOOK, PARDON, DISREGARD
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CONVOLTUTED
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COMPLICATED
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VAULT
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CORROBORATE
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TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING EVIDENCE
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COOPERATE
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CRESCENDO
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STEADILY INCREASING VOLUME OR FORCE
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OPPOSITE DESCEND
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DECORUM
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APPROPRIATENESS OF BEHAVIOR
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DECORATED
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DERIDE
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TO MOCK
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DESICCATE
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TO COMPLETELY DRY OUT
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DESULTORY
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JUMPING FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER
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SLUT
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DIATRIBE
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ABUSIVE SPEECH
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DIFFIDENT
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LACKING SELF CONFIDENCE
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DIFFERENT
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DILATORY
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INTENDED TO DELAY
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D - LY
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DILETTANTE
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SOMEONE WITH AMATEURISH INTEREST IN TOPIC
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DILINQUENT
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DIRGE
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FUNERAL HYMN OR MOURNFUL SPEECH
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DISABUSE
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TO FREE FROM ERROR
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DISCERN
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TO RECOGNIZE
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DISPARATE
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ENTIRELY UNALIKE
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SEPARATE
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DISSEMBLE
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PRESENT A FALSE APPEARANCE
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DISASSEMBLE
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DISSONANCE
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A HARSH AND DISAGREEABLE COMBINATION
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SONG
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DOGMATIC
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DICTATORIAL IN ONES OPINIONS
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EFFICACY
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EFFECTIVENESS
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ECLECTIC
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MADE UP FROM VARIETY OF SOURCES
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ELOQUENT
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PERSUASIVE, MOVING ESPECIALLY IN SPEECH
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ELLOGENT
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EMULAT
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TO COPY
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ENERVATE
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TO REDUCE IN STRENGTH
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ENGENDER
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TO PRODUCE, CAUSE, BRING OUT
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CLOWNS
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ENIGMA
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A PUZZLE, MYSTERY
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EPHEMERAL
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LASTING A SHORT TIME
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EQUIVOCATE
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TO USE EXPRESSIONS OF DOUBLE MEANING IN ORDER TO MISLEAD
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ELEGY
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SORROWFUL POEM OR SPEECH
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ERUDITE
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SCHOLARLY, SMART
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ESOTERIC
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KNOWN OR UNDERSTOOD ONLY BY A FEW
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O
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ESTIMABLE
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ADMIRABLE
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MOTHER TERESA
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EUPHEMISM
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USING A BETTER WORD IN PLACE OF A DISTASTEFUL ONE
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AT A FUNERAL
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EXCULPATE
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PROVE INNOCENT
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EX ATE
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EXIGENT
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URGENT
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GENT
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EXONORATE
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TO CLEAR OF BLAME
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FANATICAL
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ACTING WITH EXCESSIVE ENTHUSIASM
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FANACTIC
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FAWN
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ATTEMPT TO PLEASE
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FERVID
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INTENSELY EMOTIONAL
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FLORID
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EXCESSIVELY DECORATED
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FOMENT
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TO AROUSE, INCITE
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FORCE
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GARRULOUS
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TENDING TO TALK A LOT
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GREGARIOUS
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OUTGOING
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GUILE
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TRICKERY
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COYOTE
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ICONOCLAST
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ONE WHO OPPOSES ESTABLISHED BELIEFS, CUSTOMS
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IMPERTURBABLE
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NOT CAPABLE OF BEING DISTURBED
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IMPERVIOUS
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IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE
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IM - PE
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IMPETUOUS
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QUICK ACT WITHOUT THINKING
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IMPLACABLE
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UNABLE TO BE CALMED
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INCHOATE
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DISORGANIZED
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IN - O
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INGENUOUS
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SHOWING INNOCENCE OR CHILDLIKE SIMPLICITY
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GENI
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INIMICAL
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UNFRIENDLY
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INNOCUOUS
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HARNLESS
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INN
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INSPID
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LACKING INTEREST OR FLAVOR
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INTRANSIGENT
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UNCOMPROMISING
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IN - TRAN
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INUNDATE
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COVER WITH WATER, OVERWHELM
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TIDAL
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IRASCIBLE
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EASILY MADE ANGRY
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IRRITABLE
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LACONIC
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USING FEW WORDS
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LARTHARGIC
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LAMENT
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TO EXPRESS SORROW
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MEANT IT
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LAUD
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TO GIVE PRAISE
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GOD
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LOQUACIOUS
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TALKATIVE
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LOCO
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MALINGER
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TO EVADE RESPONSIBILITY BY ACTING ILL
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MAL = BAD
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MALLABLE
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CABABLE OF BEING SHAPED
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MISANTHROPE
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PERSON WHO DISLIKES OTHERS
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MIS, ANTI, POPE
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MITIGATE
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TO SOFTEN
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META
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MOLLIFY
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TO CALM, MAKE LESS SERVERE
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NAIVE
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LACKING SOPHISTICATION OR EXPERIENCE
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OBDURATE
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NOT CHANGING MIND
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ABSOLUTE
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OBSEQUIOUS
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EAGER TO PLEASE
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OBSESSIVE
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OBSTINATE
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STUBBORN
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OBVIATE
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TO PREVENT, TO MAKE UNNECESSARY
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DEVIATE
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OCCLUDE
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TO STOP UP, PREVENT PASSAGE OF
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EXCLUDE
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ONEROUS
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TROUBLESOME
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OPPROBRIUM
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PUBLIC DISGRACE
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OSTENTATION
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EXCESSIVE SHOWINESS
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PRESENTATION
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PARADOX
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CONTRADICTION OR DILEMMA
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PARAGON
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MODEL OF EXCELLENCE, PERFECTION
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PEDANT
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SOMEONE WHO SHOWS OFF LEARNING
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PERFIDIOUS
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WILLING TO BETRAY ONES TRUST
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PERFUNCTORY
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DONE IN ROUTINE WAY
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PERMATE
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TO PENETRATE
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PHILANTHROPY
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CHARITY
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AJ
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PLACATE
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TO SOOTHE
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KATE
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PLETHORA
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EXCESS
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PLENTY
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PRECIPITATE
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BRING ABOUT ABRUPTLY
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VALERIE
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PREVARICATE
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TO LIE OR DEVIATE FROM THE TRUTH
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PREVAIL
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PRISTINE
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FRESH AND CLEAN
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PRISSY
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PRODIGAL
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LAVISH, WASTEFUL
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PRODGE
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PROLIFERATE
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INCREASE IN NUMBER QUICKLY
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PROPITATE
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TO PLEASE
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PRO
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PROPRIETY
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CORRECT BEHAVIOR
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PRUDENCE
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WISDOM, CAUTION
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PUNGENT
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SHARP, IRRITATING IN THE SENSES
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QUIESCENT
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MOTIONLESS
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QUIET
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RAREFY
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TO MAKE THINNER OR SPARSER
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RARE
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REPUDIATE
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TO REJECT VALIDITY OF
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RETICENT
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SILENT, RESERVED
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RHETORIC
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EFFECTIVE WRITING OR SPEAKING
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SATIATE
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TO SATISY OR OVER INDULGE
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SOPORIFIC
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CAUSING SLEEP OR LETHARGY
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SPECIOUS
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SEEMS BELIEVABLE BUT NOT
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STUDENT EXCUSE
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STIGMA
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MARK OF SHAME OR DISCREDIT
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SIGN
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STOLID
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LACKING SENSITIVITY
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STOOD
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SUBLIME
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GRAND
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TACIT
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DONE WITHOUT USING WORDS
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TACITURN
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SILET
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TORPOR
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EXTREME METAL AND PHYSICAL SLUGGISHNESS
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JUNIOR
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TRANSITORY
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TEMPORARY LASTING A SHORT TIME
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VACILLATE
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INDECISIVE
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COOKIE
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VENERATE
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TO RESPECT DEEPLY
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ELDERS
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VERACITY
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FILLED WITH TRUTH, ACCURACY
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VERIFY
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VEX
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TO ANNOY
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VOLATILE
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EASILY CHANGABLE, AROUSED
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GUIDANCE
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ZEAL
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PASSION
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