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147 Cards in this Set
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Debunk
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to discredit, disprove
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Decamp
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to leave suddenly
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Deciduous
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losing leaves in the fall, short- lived
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Declivity
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downward slope
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Decry
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to belittle, openly condemn
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Defer
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submit, yield
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Deft
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skillful, dextrous
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Delta
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tidal deposit at the mouth of a river
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Deluge
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flood
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Demagogue
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leader or rabble-rouser
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Demise
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death
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Denigrate
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slur or blacken a person’s reputation
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Depose
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remove from a high position
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Depravity
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sinfulness, moral corruption
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Descry
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to discover or reveal
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Desecrate
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abuse something sacred
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Desist
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to stop doing something
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Despondent
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feeling discouraged
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Despot
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tyrannical ruler
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Determinate
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conclusive
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Detractor
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one who takes something away
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Diluvial
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relating to a flood
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Disaffected
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disloyal
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Discomfit
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to cause perplexity and embarrasement
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Discompose
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to disturb the composure or serenity
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Disconcerting
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bewildering
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Disconsolate
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unable to be consoled
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Discordant
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harsh-sounding
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Discredit
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to dishonor
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Discredited
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disbelieved
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Discrepancy
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difference between
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Discursive
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wandering from topic to topic
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Disgorge
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to vomit
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Disinclined
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averse, unwilling
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Disingenuous
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sly and crafty
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Disparage
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to belittle
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Disrepute
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disgrace
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Dissemble
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to pretend
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Dissimulate
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to disguise
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Distaff
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the female branch of a family
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Distend
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to swell
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Dither
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to move or act confusedly or without purpose
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Divest
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to get rid of
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Divisive
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creating disunity or conflict
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Dogged
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persistent
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Doldrums
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a period of despondency
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Doleful
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sad, mournful
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Dolt
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idiot
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Dotage
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senile condition
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Dotard
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senile old person
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Dour
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sullen and gloomy
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Drivel
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stupid talk
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Droll
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amusing in a wry, subtle way
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Dross
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garbage
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Dudgeon
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angry indignation
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Dulcet
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pleasant sounding
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Dumb
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unable to speak
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Duress
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threat of force
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Dyspeptic
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suffering from indigestion
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Earthy
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crude
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Ebb
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fade away
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Eddy
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air or wind current
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Efface
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to area or make illegible
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Effluvia
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outpouring of gases
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Egregious
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conspicuously bad
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Egress
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exit
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Embroil
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to involve in
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Emotive
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expressing emotion
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Encomium
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warm praise
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Encumber
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to hinder, burden
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Endogamous
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marrying within a specific group
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Enjoin
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to urge, order as a judicial order
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Ensconce
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to settle comfortably
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Enshroud
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to cover with a dark cover
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Entomologist
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scientist who studies insects
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Entreat
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to beg
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Entrenched
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established solidly
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Epigram
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short, witty saying or poem
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Epithet
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an abusive word or phrase
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Epochal
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very significant or influential
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Equanimity
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calmness, composure
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Espouse
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to support or advocate
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Esurient
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poor
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Ethereal
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not earthly, delicate
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Ethos
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beliefs of a group
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Eurhythmics
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art or harmonious bodily movement
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Excoriate
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to denounce
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Execrable
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utterly detestable
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Expatiate
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to discuss at length
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Expiate
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to atone
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Fallow
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untilled
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Farcical
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absurd, ludicrous
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Fastidious
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careful with details
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Faze
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to bother
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Fealty
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intense loyalty
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Fecund
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fertile
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Feisty
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excitable
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Fell
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to chop or cut down/cruel
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Fey
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doomed
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Fictive
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fictional
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Fiendish
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excessively bad or cruel
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Filial
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appropriate for a child
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Fissure
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a crack
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Fitful
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irregular
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Fixity
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being fixed or stable
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Flippant
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disrespectful, casual
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Flounder
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to falter, waver
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Flurried
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to become agitated and confused
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Fodder
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raw material
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Foist
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to pass off as genuine
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Forfend
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to prevent
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Forlorn
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dreary
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Founder
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to fall helplessly/sink
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Fratricide
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killing of brother or sister
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Frenetic
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wildly frantic
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Frond
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leaf
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Fulsome
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excessive
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Furor
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rage
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Gall
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bitterness
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Game
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courageousness
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Gaucherie
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a tactless or awkward act
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Genteel
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stylish
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Gibe
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to make heckling taunting remarks
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Glib
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casual
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Gnarl
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to make knotted, deform
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Gnostic
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having to do with knowledge
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Goad
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to prod or urge
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Gouge
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scoop out
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Grubby
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dirty
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Hamlet
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small village
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Harbinger
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precursor
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Hardy
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robust
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Harrowing
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terrifying
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Hasten
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to hurry up
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Haughty
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arrogant
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Headlong
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recklessly
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Hector
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bully
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Hegemony
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leadership by a country
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Hemicycle
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semicircular form
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Hew
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to cut with an axe
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Hidebound
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excessively rigid
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Hinterland
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wilderness
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Hoary
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very old
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Homage
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public honor and respect
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Hone
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to sharpen
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Husband
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to farm
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Hutch
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pen or coop for animals
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