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gnosticism
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describes a collection of ancient religions that taught that people should shun the material world created by the demiurge and embrace the spiritual world
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Obsequious
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submissive
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scintillate
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to emit flashes of light; sparkle
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Hapless
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unlucky
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jouissance
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pleasure; orgasm
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Benignity
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compassion
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Replete
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full
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modish
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fashionable, modern
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Adulation
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worship
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Ruminate
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ponder
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Obstreperous
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noisy and boisterous
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sonic
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relating to or using sound waves
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notional
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existing only in theory or as a suggestion or idea
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Venerate
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revere;worship
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Inimical
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hostile
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Usury
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lending money at high interest rates
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Egregious
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outstandingly, obviously bad
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circumambulate
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walk all the way around
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Sagacious
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wise
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Bent
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inclination
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Antipathy
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hatred
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dyspeptic
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a person who suffers from indigestion or irritability
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impuissant
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powerless
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Crepuscular
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active at dawn and dusk
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Perspicacity
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insight
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Prosody
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study of versification(linguistics)
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Vicissitude
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unexpected change in fortune
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Impugned
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challenged; called into question
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Curtail
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cut short
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corollaries
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a direct or natural consequence or result
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peevish
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easily irritated
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Invidious
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arousing envy
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Auspicious
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favorable; promising to turn out well
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Complaisance
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flexibility
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Inexorable
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relentless
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collateral
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secondary, off to the side
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Efface
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wipe out
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Dotard
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foolish old man
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calamitous
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involving calamity; catastrophic; disastrous
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Tyro
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novice;beginner
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Enervate
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weaken (enervation means 'fatigue')
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vex
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make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters
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Diatribe
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tirade
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Discursiveness
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long-windedness
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hermetic
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closed tightly so that no air can go in or out
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clement
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lenient
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forswear
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agree to give up or do without (something); relinquish
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malefaction
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evil deed
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Prodigious
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very large
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Monolithic
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uniting in purpose;forming a single unit
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Whimsical
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fanciful
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Nascent
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emerging
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Abate
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reduce in intensity
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Exculpate
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pardon;acquit
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Veracity
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truthfulness
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cloque
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fabric with an embossed surface
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entropy
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chaos, randomness
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incense
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to make someone very angry
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propinquity
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kinship; proximity
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Steep
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to soak in water
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turbid
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murky, opaque
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defenestration
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a throwing of a person out of a window; a usually swift dismissal or expulsion (as from a political party or office)
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Syllogism
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type of logical reasoning
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Presage
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indicate
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Travesty
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parody;ridiculous error
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Descry
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to see
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Bequeath
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leaving something in one's will
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Fusillade
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long burst of gunfire
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Fitful
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not continuous
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prepossession
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an attitude, belief, or impression formed beforehand; an exclusive concern with one idea or object
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dissipation
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debauchery; squandering of money,energy, or resources.
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Wistful
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melancholy
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Boor
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ill-mannered person
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Censure
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blame
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fascistic
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of someone who sympathizes with fascism
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fabulist
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a person who invents or recounts fables; someone who lies
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Inured
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hardened
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deprecatory
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expressing disapproval; apologetic
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Obdurate
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stubborn
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Cadge
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get by begging
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Fallow
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uncultivated
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Vehemence
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violence;fervor
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Salubrious
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health-giving
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Pundit
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expert
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Coda
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final part of document or music
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Recondite
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obscure
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Quaff
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drink down quickly
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Anodized
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electroplated; coated with thin layer of metal
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Corrugated
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highly folded
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Circumlocution
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using too many words
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Ignominy
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public shame
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crotchety
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irritable
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Galleon
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ancient type of sailing ship
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Flagrant
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clearly wrong
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Gall
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bitterness;confidence
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ratiocinate
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form judgments by a process of logic; reason
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Utilitarian
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useful
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Dote
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be excessively fond of
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Staid
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dull;serious
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payola
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money that is paid to someone for illegally helping to sell or advertise a product
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Interminable
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never-ending
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Inerrancy
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infallibility
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Posture
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to put on an act
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fungible
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(in law) something that is easily substituted by an identical item
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Abjure
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renounce
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Upbraid
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scold;tell off
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calumniate
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to utter maliciously false statements
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drab
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dull
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terminus, cessation
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an end; pause or interruption
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impunity
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to do something with __ (exemption from punishment)
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Comeliness
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beauty
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Quotidian
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daily;routine
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Mince
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walk with tiny steps
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Panacea
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remedy for all ills
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Lacuna
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gap;missing part
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Nostrum
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remedy
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engender
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cause
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Qualm
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hesitation or fear
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Jaundiced
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cynical
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Lionizing
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Give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity
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Commingle
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mix
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Perennial
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long-lasting
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Conciliate
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to bring together; end a dispute
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Prescience
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foreknowledge
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Venal
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corrupt
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Temper
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to moderate; soften
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Belabor
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explain in unnecessary detail
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Precipitous
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done in a hurry
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Promulgate
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Promote or make widely known (an idea or cause);put law into effect
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Underscore
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emphasize
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Pastiche
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work(like art) that imitates
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Somatic
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concerned with the body
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disdain
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feeling that someone is unworthy of respect; contempt
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prolepsis
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the assigning of something to earlier than it actually existed; the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance
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Affable
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friendly;social
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lucre
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money, especially when regarded as sordid or distasteful or gained in a dishonorable way
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Slake
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satisfy
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Skiff
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small boat
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Aphoristic
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expressed tersely
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Redress
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put right something that was wrong
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Arboreal
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concerning trees
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Iconoclast
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person who opposes orthodoxy
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contusion
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bruise
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Disinter
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dig up
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Plaintive
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sad
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Befuddle
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confuse
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arrogate
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take or claim (something) for oneself without justification
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Deleterious
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harmful
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Tendentious
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dogmatic
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abhor
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hate
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Desultory
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aimless
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Idyll
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story in a peaceful setting
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Flag
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to lose energy
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repose
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a state of rest, sleep, or tranquility
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flagitious
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criminal; villainous
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forestall
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prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time
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Jibe
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agree with
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Burnish
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polish
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latency
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time interval between the stimulation and response
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Fastidious
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overly particular;finicky
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Milieu
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environment
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Odious
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hateful
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Portend
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foretell
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Parsimony
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stinginess;frugality
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Wax
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to increase
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Veneer
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surface coating
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lucubration
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study; meditation
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Credulous
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gullible
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Emollient
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softening
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intuit
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to understand or work out by instinct
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Pretension
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arrogance; a claim
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Diurnal
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active in daytime
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Quaint
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picturesque
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Dilettantism
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dabbling esp. in the arts
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Cajole
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coax
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Malingerer
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person who deliberately tries to avoid work
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malfeasance
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wrongdoing
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Sanguine
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optimistic;cheerful
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colloquium
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academic conference or seminar
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Refulgent
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glowing;radiant
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Acrid
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pungent
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galvanize
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to cause (people) to become so excited or concerned about an issue
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Tutelary
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serving as a guardian
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illicit
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forbidden by law, rules, or custom
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Caret
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punctuation mark signifying omission
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adduce
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cite as evidence
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sangfroid
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composure or coolness
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meet
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suitable; fit
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entrée
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the right to enter or join a particular sphere or group
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Baleful
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evil
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Lambaste
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attack verbally
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Orate
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speak in a pompous matter
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appurtenance
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an accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style of living
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Ingrate
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ungrateful person
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Remuneration
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payment for work done
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supposition
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an uncertain belief
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Circumscribe
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limit
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fiat
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a formal authorization or proposition; a decree
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Heterodox
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unorthodox
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putrescent
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rotting
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fructify
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to make something fruitful
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Fulminate
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attack loudly in words
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Aver
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affirm
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Furtive
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hidden and secret
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crotchet
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a perverse or unfounded belief or notion
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Hortatory
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encouraging
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cerebration
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the working of the brain; thinking
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couth
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cultured, refined, and well mannered
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Undercutting
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offering a lower price
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Annex(n)
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building that's an addition to an existing building
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Pluck
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courage
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Ludicrous
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ridiculous;silly
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Proletarian
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member of the working class
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Sensuous
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appealing to the senses
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Uproarious
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very funny
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Intransigent
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stubborn
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Palliative
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remedy that improves but doesn’t cure
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mendicant
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a beggar
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Errant
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wondering or wrong
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Relegate
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dismiss to a lower position
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Arresting
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attracting attention
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Foppish
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excessively concerned with fashion
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Tortuous
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indirect
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Plumb
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measure depth
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Palpate
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examine with hands
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doughty
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brave and persistent
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wanton
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deliberate and unprovoked; sexually immodest
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Totter
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walk unsteadily
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Ineffable
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cannot be expressed in words
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Neophyte
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new convert;tyro
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Desist
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stop
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Carping
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constant criticism
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Feckless
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helpless;feeble
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Epistolary
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concerned with letters
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toothsome
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temptingly tasty
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narrativize
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present something, like a theory or experience, in the form of a story
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Exigency
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urgent matter
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Equivocation
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speaking ambiguously;ambiguous expression
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Mettle
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courage;bravery
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qualified
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limited, conditional
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Prevaricate
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speak misleadingly and evasively
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Abeyance
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state of inactivity
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maven
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trusted expert in a field
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Purchase
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grip
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mellifluous
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sweat or musical; pleasant to hear
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Fallacious
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(false )
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Facetious
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not intended to be taken seriously
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fretful
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distressed, uneasy
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opulence
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great wealth; great abundance
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Indecorous
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unseemly
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Syncopation
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type of musical rhythm with missed beats
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Munificent
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generous
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baneful
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harmful
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Immutable
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unchanging
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bluster
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talk in a loud, aggressive way with little effect
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Ossify
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turn to bone;become fixed and rigid
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derivation
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the obtaining or developing of something from a source or origin; deduction
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Faddish
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following a fashion
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Potable
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suitable for drinking
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Diffident
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lacking confidence
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Extant
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still in existence
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Demagogue
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mob leader
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Onus
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burden
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Bulwark
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barricade;wall
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Furrow
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groove
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avuncular
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of or relating to an uncle
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Incubus
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nightmarish thing
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Unctuous
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oily;using excessive flattery
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despondence
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a state or spell of low spirits
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nimbus
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luminous vapor, cloud, or atmosphere about a god or goddess when on earth
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Forbearing
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tolerant
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covetousness
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greedy
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Arcane
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obscure
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Glib
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slick;superficial(especially in speech)
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Inexpedient
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not advisable
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delimited
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establish, define
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Epigram
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short, witty saying
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Consecrate
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dedicate
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Titter
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giggle quietly
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Countenance
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Admit as acceptable or possible ; a persons face
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Espouse
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promote
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Torpor
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dormancy;inactivity
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Aberration
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deviation from the normal
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Candor
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frankness;openness
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subtlety
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state of being subtle
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Extirpate
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wipe out totally
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vassal
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person granted the use of land in the feudal system
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insidious
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causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed
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freewheeling
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free of restraints; carefree
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knotty
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complex; difficult to solve
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presumption
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behavior perceived as arrogant, disrespectful, and transgressing the limits of what is permitted or appropriate; act or instance of taking something to be true
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emollient
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making soft or supple; making less intense or harsh
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Millinery
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hats and hat making
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Unequivocal
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clear;obvious
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abase
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behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade (someone) 'don’t abase yourself
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divisive
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tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people; schismatic
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incontrovertible
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not able to be denied or disputed
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Occluded
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obscured
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Macerate
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soften or break up by soaking
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