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incohate
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elementary; in the early stages of development
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incipient
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beginning; in an early stage; incohate
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incisive
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cutting, sharp witted (positively)
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increment (n.)
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increase
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incubus
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nightmare; mental burden
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indigent
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poverty stricken
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indite
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write; compose
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ineffable
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unutterable; cannot be expressed in words
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inept
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lacking skill; incompetent
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inexorable
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relentless; unyielding
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inimical
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unfriendly; hostile; harmful
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inordinate
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unrestrained; excessive
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insensate
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foolish; brutal and unfeeling; lacking sensory awareness (inanimate)
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insensible
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unconscious
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insidious
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tretcherous; stealthy
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insipid
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dull; lacking in flavor
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insularity
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narrow-mindedness; isolation
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integrate
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make whole; combine
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internecine
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mutually destructive
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interpolate
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insert between
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intransigence
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refusal of compromise; stubbornness
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intrepid
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fearless
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invective
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abuse; insult
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inveigh
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to use invective; denounce; censure
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inveigle
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lead astray; wheedle
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inveterate
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deep-rooted; habitual
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invidious
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designed to create ill will or envy
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irresolute
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uncertain what to do; weak
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jaded
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fatigued; surfeited; cynical from experience
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jaundiced
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prejudiced; envious; resentful
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jingoist
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militant patriot
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jocose
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given to joking
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jocund
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merry
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ken
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range of knowledge
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knave
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rogue; scoundrel
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knotty
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intricate; difficult
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labile
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likely to change; unstable
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laggard (adj.)
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slow; sluggish
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lambaste
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thrash verbally or physically
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languid
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weary; listless; laggard
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languish
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lose strength; live in a state of decreasing vitality
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languor
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lassitude; depression; weariness
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lascivious
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lustful
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lassitude
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languor; weariness
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lavish
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marked by excess; wasteful
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lechery
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gross lewdness; lasciviousness
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libertine
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debauched person; roué; one who is unrestrained by morals
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licentious
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amoral; lewd
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ligneous
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like wood
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lineaments
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facial features
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listless
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lacking in energy
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lithe
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flexible
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litotes
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understatement for emphasis
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livid
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enraged
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lout
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clumsy person
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lucre
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money
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lugubrious
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mournful
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lurid
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sensational; graphic; gruesome
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luxuriant
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fertile; rich and splendid
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macerate
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waste away
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magisterial
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imperious; overbearing
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magniloquent
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boastful; pompous
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malefactor
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evildoer
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malingerer
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one who feigns illness to escape duty
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mannered
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affected; not natural
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manumit
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emancipate
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martial
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warlike
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martinet
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strict disciplinarian
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matrix
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point of origin
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maudlin
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effusively sentimental
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propound
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put forth for discussion
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proscribe
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banish; OUTLAW
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protean
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versitile; able to take many forms
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prurient
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having or causing lustful thoughts
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puerile
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childish
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punctilious
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stressing niceties of conduct; overly attentive to small details
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purport (n.)
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intention; meaning
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pusilanimous
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cowardly
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quaff
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drink with relish
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quail
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cower; lose heart
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querulous
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fretful; whining
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quiescent
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at rest; dormant
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quirk
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sudden twist; capricious change in fate
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quisling
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traitor who aids invaders
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quizzical
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TEASING; puzzled or curious
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raconteur
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story-teller
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rakish
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stylish
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ramification
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branching out; subdivision; consequence
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ramify
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divide into branches or subdivisions
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rationalize
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give a plausible reason in place of an embarassing truth
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ravel
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unravel
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rebuff
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snub; beat back
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rebuke
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scold or criticize harshly
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rebus
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puzzle in which pictures take the place of words
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recant
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retract a previous statement; admit an error
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recapitulate
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summarize
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recondite
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abstruse; profound
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recourse
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resorting to help when in trouble
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recrimination
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countercharges
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