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abase
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lower; degrade; humiliate
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abash
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embarrass
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abate
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subside or moderate
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abdicate
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renounce; give up
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abet
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assist; usually in doing something wrong
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abjure
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renounce upon oath
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ablution
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to wash
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abnegation
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self-sacrafice
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abrogate
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abolish
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abstemious
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sparing in eating and drinking
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accede
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agreement
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accord
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agreement
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accost
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approach and speak first to a person
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accoutre
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equip
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acme
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peak; pinnacle; highest point
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acrid
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sharp; bitterly pungent
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acrimonious
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bitter in words or manner
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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actuate
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motivate
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acuity
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sharpness
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acumen
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mental keenness
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addle
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muddle; drive crazy
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adept
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expert at
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adjuration
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solemn urging
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adjutant
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assistant to a commander
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admonish
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warn; reprove
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adroit
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skillful
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adulation
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flattery; admiration
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advent
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arrival
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adventitious
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accidental; casual
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advert
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refer to
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aegis
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shield or defense
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aerie
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nest of a large bird of prey
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affable
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easily approachable
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affected
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artificial; pretend
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affluence
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abundance; wealth
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agog
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highly excited; intensely curious
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness
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alluvial
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pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
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ambivalence
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the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotion
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ameliorate
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improve
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anathema
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solemn curse
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ancillary
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accessory; auxiliary
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annex
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attach
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anodyne
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pain reliever
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antediluvian
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antiquated; ancient
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antic
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extravagantly odd
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aperture
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opening; hole
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aphasia
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loss of speech due to illness or injury
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aphorism
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pithy maxim or saying
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aplomb
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poise; assurance
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apocryphal
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spurious; not authentic; invented rather than true
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apogee
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top point
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apothecary
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druggist
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apothegm
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pithy compact saying
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apotheosis
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elevation to godhood
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appellation
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name; title
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apposite
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appropriate; fitting
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apprise
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inform
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approbation
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approval
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appropriate
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aquire
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appurtenances
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subordinate possessions
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apropos
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to the point and timely
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aquiline
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curved; hooked
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arable
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fit for growing crops
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arbiter
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person with power to decide
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arbitrary
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unreasonable or capricious
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arcade
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covered passageway
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arcane
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secret; mysterious
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argot
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slang
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appropriate
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aquire
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appurtenances
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subordinate possessions
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apropos
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to the point and timely
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aquiline
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curved; hooked
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arable
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fit for growing crops
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arbiter
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person with power to decide
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arbitrary
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unreasonable or capricious
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arcade
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covered passageway
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arcane
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secret; mysterious
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argot
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slang
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aspersion
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slanderous remark
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assay
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analyze
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assent
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agree; accept
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assiduous
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diligent
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assuage
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ease or lessen
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asunder
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apart or separate
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atavism
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looking like a primitive relative rather than a parent
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attenuate
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make thinner; lessen or weaken
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augury
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omen; prophecy
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aureole
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sun's corona
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auspicious
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favoring success
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austere
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forbiddingly; stern
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automaton
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mechanism that imitates the action of a human
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avarice
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greediness for wealth
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aver
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assert confidently or declare
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avid
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greedy; eager for
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avow
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declare openly
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awl
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pointed tool used for piercing
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axiom
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self-evident truth
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badinage
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teasing conversation
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bait
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harass; tease
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ballast
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heavy substance used to add stability or weight
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balmy
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mild; fragrant
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banal
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commonplace; trite
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bandy
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discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
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baneful
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destructive; causing ruin or death
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bard
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poet
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barefaced
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shameless; bold
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bastion
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stronghold; something seen as a source of protection
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bate
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let down; restrain
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bawdy
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obscene
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beatific
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showing or producing joy
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beatify
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bless or sanctify
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beatitude
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blessedness; state of bliss
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bedizen
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dress with vulgar finery
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bedraggle
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wet thoroughly
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beget
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father
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beguile
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mislead or delude; cheat; pass time
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beholden
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obligated' indebted
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behoove
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necessary or proper
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belabor
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explain excessively; assail verbally
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beleaguer
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besiege or attack; harass
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belie
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contradict
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bellicose
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warlike; pugnacious
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bemoan
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lament
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bemused
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confused; lost in thought
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beneficent
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kindly; doing good
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benevolent
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generous; charitable
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benison
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blessing
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bereavement
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state of being deprived of something
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bereft
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deprived of
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beset
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harass or trouble
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besmirch
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soil; dirty; defile
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betoken
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signify
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bevy
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large group
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bicameral
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two-chambered, as a legislative body
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biennial
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every two years
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bifurcated
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divided into two branches
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bilious
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suffering from a liver complaint
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bilk
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swindle; cheat
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bivouac
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temporary encampment
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blandish
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cajole; coax with flattery
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blandishment
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flattery
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blase
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bored with pleasure
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bleak
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cold or cheerless
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blighted
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suffering from disease
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blithe
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carefree and unconcerned
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blowhard
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boaster
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bluff
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rough but good natured
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bluff
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pretense of strength; deception
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bode
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foreshadow
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bohemian
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unconventional
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bolt
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door bar; length of fabric
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boon
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blessing; benefit
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bourgeois
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middle class
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bowdlerize
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expurgate
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brackish
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somewhat saline
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braggadocio
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boasting
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bravado
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swagger; assumed air of defiance
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bristling
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showing irritation
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brook
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tolerate; endure
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browbeat
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bully
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brusque
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blunt; abrupt
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buffet
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slap; batter; knock
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bugaboo
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object of baseless terror
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bullion
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gold and silver bars
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bulwark
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earthwork or other strong defense
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bungle
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mismanage
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burgeon
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grow forth
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burlesque
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give imitation for
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cabal
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small group of people meeting to promote their own interests
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cache
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hiding place
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cacophonous
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discordant; inharmonious
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cadence
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rhythmic rise and fall; beat
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cadge
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beg; mooch; panhandle
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caldron
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large kettle
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callow
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youthful; immature
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calorific
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heat-producing
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calumny
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malicious misrepresentation; slander
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canard
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false or unfounded story
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canny
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shrewd; thrifty
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cannon
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collection of authoritative books; rule or principle
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cant
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insincere
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cantankerous
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ill-humored; irritable
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canto
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division of a long poem
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capacious
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spacious
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capitulate
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surrender
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caprice
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whim
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capricious
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fickle; unpredictable
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captious
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fault finding
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carillon
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set of bells
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carousal
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drunken revel
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carping
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petty criticism
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carrion
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rotting flesh
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castigation
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punishment
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cataclysm
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deluge; upheaval
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catharsis
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purging or cleansing
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cathartic
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purgative
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catholic
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universal
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caucus
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private meeting of members of a party to select officers
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cavalier
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casual and offhand
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cavil
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make frivolous objectives
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cede
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yield
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celerity
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speed
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censorious
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critical
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censure
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blame
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centrifugal
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radiating; departing from the center
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centurion
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roman officer
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cerebration
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thought
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certitude
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certainty
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chaff
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worthless products of an endeavor
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chaffing
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bantering; joking
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chagrin
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vexation
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chalice
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goblet
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charlatan
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quack; pretender of knowledge
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chary
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cautious
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chase
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ornament a metal surface
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chassis
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framework
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chasten
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correct by punishment
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chastened
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humbled
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chauvinist
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blindly devoted patriot
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chide
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scold
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choleric
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hot-tempered
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churlish
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boorish
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cipher
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nonentity
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cipher
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secret code
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circlet
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small ring
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circumlocution
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unnecessarily wordy and indirect speech
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circumscribe
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limit narrowly
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circumspect
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prudent; cautious
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circumvent
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outwit; outsmart
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clamber
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climb by crawling
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clapper
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striker (tongue of a bell)
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clarion
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shrill, trumpet-like sound
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clemency
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disposition to be lenient
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clime
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region
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cloying
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distasteful; excessively sweet or sentimental
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coalesce
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combine; fuse
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coda
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musical conclusion or literary conclusion
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codicil
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supplement to the body of a will
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coeval
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live at the same time
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cog
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tooth projecting from a wheel
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cogent
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convincing
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cogitate
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think over
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cognate
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related linguistically; allied by blood
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cognizance
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knowledge
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cohorts
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armed band
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collate
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examine in order to verify authenticity
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collation
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light meal
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colloquial
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conversational or common speech
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colloquy
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informal discussion
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collusion
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conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
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comely
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attractive
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comestible
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fit to eat
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comity
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courtesy; civility
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commensurate
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corresponding in extent, degree, amount
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commodious
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spacious and comfortable
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compendium
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brief
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complaisant
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trying to please
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complicity
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involvement in crime; paticipation
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comport
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bear one's self
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compound
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combine; constitute; pay interest; increase
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compromise
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adjust or settle by making mutual concessions
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compunction
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remorse
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concatenate
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link as in a chain
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concentric
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common center
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concerted
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mutually agreed upon
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concession
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act of yielding
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conciliatory
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reconciling; soothing
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conclave
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private meeting
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concomitant
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that which accompanies
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concord
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harmony
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condign
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appropriate; deserved
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conductive
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helpful; contributive
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conduit
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aqueduct; passageway
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conflagration
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great fire
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conflate
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meld or fuse
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confluence
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flow together
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confound
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confuse
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conjecture
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infer on the basis of insufficient data
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conjure
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summon the devil; practice magic
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connivance
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permission to offend; assistance
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connubial
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marriage
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consanguinity
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kinship
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conscientious
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scrupulous; careful
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consequential
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pompous; self-important
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consonance
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harmony
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consort
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associate with
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contempt
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scorn; disdain
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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contiguous
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touching; adjacent to
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contingent
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group that makes up a gathering
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contravene
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contradict; oppose
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contrite
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penitent
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controvert
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oppose with arguments
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contumacious
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disobedient
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conversant
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familiar with
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convivial
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festive; gay
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convoke
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call together
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copious
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plentiful
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coquette
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flirt
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cordon
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extended line of men to prevent leaving or access
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cornice
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projected molding on a building
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corollary
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consequence
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corporeal
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bodily; material
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corroborate
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confirm; support
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coterie
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group that meets socially
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countenance
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approve; tolerate; face
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countermand
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cancel; revoke
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cow
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terrorize
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cozen
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cheat
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crabbed
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sour; peevish
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craven
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cowardly
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credence
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belief
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credo
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creed
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credulity
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belief on slight evidence
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crescendo
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increase in volume or intensity
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crone
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hag
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cull
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pick out
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culpable
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deserving blame
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culvert
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artificial channel for water
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cupidity
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greed
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curmudgeon
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churlish, miserly individual
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cursory
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casual
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curtail
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shorten; reduce
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cynical
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skeptical
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cynosure
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center of attention
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dais
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raised platform
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dank
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damp
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daub
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smear
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dauntless
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bold
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deadpan
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wooden
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dearth
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scarcity
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debase
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reduce quality or value
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decrepitude
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state of collapse due to disease or age
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decry
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express strong disapproval
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defection
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desertion
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defoliate
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destroy leaves
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defray
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provide for the payment off
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deft
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neat; skillful
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defunct
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dead
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deign
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condescend; stoop
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deleterious
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harmful
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delude
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flood; rush
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demagogue
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false leader
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demotic
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pertaining to the people
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demur
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objection; protest
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denigrate
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blacken
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denizen
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inhabitant
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denouement
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outcome
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depose
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dethrone
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deprecate
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express disapproval of
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depredation
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plundering
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derelict
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abandon
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descry
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catch sight of
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desiccate
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dry up
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detraction
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slandering
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devolve
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be delegated to another
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dialectical
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relating to the art of debate
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diaphanous
|
sheer. transparent
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dictum
|
authoratitive and weighty statement
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didactic
|
teaching method
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die
|
device for stamping or impressing; mold
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diffidence
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shy
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dilatory
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tending to delay
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dilettante
|
aimless follower
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diminution
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lessening
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dint
|
means; effort
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dirge
|
lament with music
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disabuse
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correct a false impression
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disaffected
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disloyal
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disapprobation
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disapproval
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disavowal
|
denial
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discomfit
|
defeat
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discord
|
conflict
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discourse
|
formal discussion
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discursive
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digressing
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disenfranchise
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deny a civil right
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disparage
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belittle
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disport
|
amuse
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disquietude
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uneasy; anxiety
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dissimulate
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pretend
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dissolution
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looseness in morals
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dissonance
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discord; no harmony
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distrait
|
inattentive; distracted
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diurnal
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daily
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doctrinaire
|
dogmatic; unyielding
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doddering
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shaky
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doff
|
take off
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doggerel
|
poor verse
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dogmatic
|
opinionated
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doleful
|
mournful
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dolorous
|
sorrowful
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dormer
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window projecting from roof
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dossier
|
file of documents
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dotage
|
senility
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dour
|
sullen
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draconian
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severe
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dregs
|
sediment
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droll
|
queer and amusing
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dross
|
waste matter
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dubious
|
questionable
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dulcet
|
sweet sounding
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dyspeptic
|
indigestion
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ebullient
|
showing excitement; overflowing
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eclectic
|
selective
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edict
|
decree
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edify
|
instruct
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efface
|
rub out
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effervescence
|
inner excitement
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effete
|
lacking vigor
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effluvium
|
noxious smell
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effrontery
|
shameless; bold
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egregious
|
notorious
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elucidate
|
explain
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emetic
|
causing vomitting
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emissary
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agent
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emollient
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soothing
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emolument
|
salary
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empirical
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based on experience
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encomiastic
|
praising
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endue
|
provide with some quality
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enervate
|
weaken
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enfranchise
|
admit to the rights of a citizen
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enjoin
|
command; order; forbid
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enmity
|
ill will
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ennui
|
boredom
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ensconce
|
settle comfortably
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entreat
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plead
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entree
|
entrance
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environ
|
enclose
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epaulet
|
ornament worn on one shoulder
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ephemeral
|
short lived
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epicure
|
connoisseur
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epigram
|
witty saying
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epilogue
|
short speech or conclusion of speeach
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episodic
|
loosely connected
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epistemiology
|
knowledge
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epithet
|
word used to describe a person or thing
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epoch
|
period of time
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equanimity
|
calm temperment
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equivocal
|
ambiguous
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equivocate
|
lie; mislead
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erudite
|
learned; scholarly
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estimable
|
worthy of esteem
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ethnology
|
study of humankind
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eugenic
|
improving race
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evince
|
show clearly
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exasperate
|
vex
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excoriate
|
scold with bitter harshness
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execrable
|
very bad
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execrate
|
curse
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exegesis
|
explain
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exhort
|
urge
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exigency
|
urgency
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exiguous
|
small; minute
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expatiate
|
talk at length
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extricate
|
free
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extrude
|
push out
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|
facile
|
easily accomplished
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factious
|
inclined to form factions
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factitious
|
artificial; sham
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factotum
|
handyman
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fallow
|
plowed but not sowed
|
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fanfare
|
showy display
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fatalism
|
forces happen out of one's control
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fatuous
|
brainless
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febrile
|
feverish
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feckless
|
feeble
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fecundity
|
fertility
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|
felicitous
|
apt; suitability
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fell
|
cruel; deadly
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|
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ferment
|
agitation
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|
ferret
|
drive out of hiding
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fervent
|
ardent; hot
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fetid
|
foul-smelling
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fetter
|
shackle
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fiat
|
command
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filch
|
steal
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filigree
|
delicate metal work
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filial
|
pertaining to son or a daughter
|
|
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firebrand
|
hothead
|
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|
floe
|
mass of floating ice
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|
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flout
|
reject; mock
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foible
|
weakness
|
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|
foil
|
contrast
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|
foist
|
insert improperly
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|
foolhardy
|
rash; quick to decide
|
|
|
fop
|
dandy
|
|
|
fortuitious
|
accidental; by chance
|
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fractious
|
unruly
|
|
|
fray
|
brawl
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|
frieze
|
ornamental band on a wall
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|
|
fritter
|
waste
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|
froward
|
contrary
|
|
|
fructify
|
bear fruit
|
|
|
fulsome
|
disgustingly excessive
|
|
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furor
|
frenzy
|
|
|
fusillade
|
simultaneous
|
|
|
gainsay
|
deny
|
|
|
gail
|
bitterness
|
|
|
gambit
|
opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed
|
|
|
gambol
|
romp
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|
|
gamely
|
in a spirited manner
|
|
|
garish
|
gaudy
|
|
|
garrulous
|
loquacious
|
|
|
gauche
|
clumsy
|
|
|
genteel
|
well-bred
|
|
|
gentility
|
those of gentle birth
|
|
|
germane
|
pertinent
|
|
|
gesticulation
|
motion; gesture
|
|
|
gibe
|
mock
|
|
|
glib
|
slick
|
|
|
glut
|
overstock
|
|
|
grandiose
|
pretentious
|
|
|
gratis
|
free
|
|
|
grouse
|
complain; fuss
|
|
|
guile
|
deceit
|
|
|
gull
|
trick; hoodwink
|
|
|
guy
|
cable attached to something that needs to be steadied
|
|
|
gyroscope
|
maintain balance
|
|
|
hackles
|
hairs on the back of the neck
|
|
|
halcyon
|
calm
|
|
|
hale
|
healthy
|
|
|
hap
|
chance; luck
|
|
|
hapless
|
unfortunate
|
|
|
harangue
|
long passionate speech
|
|
|
harry
|
harass and annoy
|
|
|
haughtiness
|
pride
|
|
|
hegemony
|
dominance
|
|
|
hermetic
|
sealed to be air-tight
|
|
|
heterodox
|
unorthodox
|
|
|
hew
|
cut to pieces with axe or sword
|
|
|
hinterlands
|
back country
|
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|
hireling
|
one of serves for hire
|
|
|
hirsute
|
hairy
|
|
|
hoary
|
white with age
|
|
|
homily
|
sermon
|
|
|
hortatory
|
encourage; exhortive
|
|
|
hovel
|
shack
|
|
|
hummock
|
small hill
|
|
|
hypocritical
|
pretending to be virtuous
|
|
|
ignoble
|
unworthy
|
|
|
ignominy
|
deep disgrace
|
|
|
imbroglio
|
complicated situation
|
|
|
imbue
|
saturate
|
|
|
immolate
|
offer as sacrifice
|
|
|
impasse
|
predicament that cannot be escaped
|
|
|
impecunious
|
without money
|
|
|
impenitent
|
not repentant
|
|
|
impertitent
|
insolent; rude
|
|
|
impetuous
|
violent; hasty; rash
|
|
|
impious
|
irreverent
|
|
|
impolitic
|
not wise
|
|
|
imponderable
|
weightless
|
|
|
importunate
|
urging
|
|
|
importune
|
beg
|
|
|
imprecation
|
curse
|
|
|
impudence
|
insolence
|
|
|
impugn
|
contradict
|
|
|
impuissance
|
powerlessness
|
|
|
impute
|
attribute
|
|
|
incantation
|
sing or chant magic spells
|
|
|
incendiary
|
arsonist
|
|
|
inchoate
|
recently begun
|
|
|
incipient
|
early stage; beginning
|
|
|
incommodious
|
not spacious
|
|
|
incorporeal
|
lacking a material body
|
|
|
incorrigible
|
incorrectable
|
|
|
incredulity
|
tendency to disbelief
|
|
|
incubus
|
burden
|
|
|
inculcate
|
teach
|
|
|
indelible
|
cannot be erased
|
|
|
indemnify
|
make secure against loss
|
|
|
indigence
|
poverty
|
|
|
indissoluble
|
permanent
|
|
|
indolent
|
lazy
|
|
|
indomitable
|
cannot be conquered
|
|
|
ineffable
|
cannot be expressed in speech
|
|
|
ineluctable
|
irresistible
|
|
|
inerrancy
|
infallibility
|
|
|
inexorable
|
relentless
|
|
|
infidel
|
unbeliever
|
|
|
ingratiate
|
become popular with
|
|
|
inimical
|
unfriendly
|
|
|
iniquitous
|
wicked
|
|
|
insalubrious
|
unwholesome
|
|
|
inscrutable
|
impenetrable; mysterious
|
|
|
insidious
|
treacherous; stealthy
|
|
|
insipid
|
lacking in flavor
|
|
|
insolence
|
disrespect
|
|
|
insolvent
|
bankrupt
|
|
|
insouciant
|
indifferent
|
|
|
insularity
|
narrow-mindedness
|
|
|
insuperable
|
unbeatable
|
|
|
insurrection
|
rebellion; uprising
|
|
|
interdict
|
prohibit
|
|
|
interminable
|
endless
|
|
|
intermittent
|
periodic
|
|
|
internecine
|
dangerous to both sides
|
|
|
intimate
|
hint
|
|
|
intractable
|
unruly
|
|
|
intransigence
|
refusal of compromise
|
|
|
intrepid
|
fearless
|
|
|
inundate
|
overwhelm; flood
|
|
|
inured
|
accustomed to
|
|
|
invalidate
|
weaken
|
|
|
invective
|
abuse
|
|
|
inveigh
|
denounce
|
|
|
inveigle
|
lead astray
|
|
|
inveterate
|
deep rooted
|
|
|
invocation
|
prayer for help
|
|
|
irreproachable
|
blameless; impeccable
|
|
|
itinerant
|
wandering
|
|
|
irreverence
|
lack of respect
|
|
|
jaunty
|
lighthearted
|
|
|
jingoist
|
extremely aggresive
|
|
|
jocose
|
given to joking
|
|
|
jocular
|
said or done in jest
|
|
|
jocund
|
merry
|
|
|
juncture
|
crisis
|
|
|
junket
|
trip
|
|
|
junta
|
group of people joined in political intrigue
|
|
|
ken
|
range of knowledge
|
|
|
kindred
|
related
|
|
|
kismet
|
fate
|
|
|
knave
|
untrustworthy
|
|
|
knell
|
tolling of a bell
|
|
|
knit
|
contract into wrinkles, grow together
|
|
|
knotty
|
intricate
|
|
|
labile
|
likely to change
|
|
|
lachrymose
|
producing tears
|
|
|
laconic
|
brief and to the point
|
|
|
laity
|
laypersons
|
|
|
lampoon
|
ridicule
|
|
|
lancet
|
surgical tool for making incisions
|
|
|
languid
|
weary; sluggish
|
|
|
languor
|
depression
|
|
|
larder
|
pantry
|
|
|
largess
|
generous gift
|
|
|
lascivious
|
lustful
|
|
|
lassitude
|
weariness
|
|
|
laud
|
praise
|
|
|
lavish
|
wasteful
|
|
|
lechery
|
gross lewdness
|
|
|
legerdemain
|
sleight of hand
|
|
|
leonine
|
like a lion
|
|
|
levity
|
lack of seriousness
|
|
|
liaison
|
one of is the middle man to keep discussion open between parties
|
|
|
libretto
|
text of an opera
|
|
|
licentious
|
amoral
|
|
|
ligneous
|
like wood
|
|
|
limn
|
draw
|
|
|
lionize
|
treat as a celebrity
|
|
|
list
|
tilt or lean
|
|
|
listless
|
lacking spirit or energy
|
|
|
lithe
|
flexible
|
|
|
loath
|
reluctant
|
|
|
lode
|
metal-bearing vein
|
|
|
loll
|
lounge about
|
|
|
lout
|
clumsy person
|
|
|
low
|
moo
|
|
|
lugubrious
|
mournful
|
|
|
lumen
|
unit of light
|
|
|
luminary
|
dignitary
|
|
|
lurid
|
wild; sensational
|
|
|
macabre
|
gruesome
|
|
|
mace
|
ceremonial staff
|
|
|
macerate
|
soften by soaking in liquid
|
|
|
machinations
|
evil schemes
|
|
|
maculated
|
spotted
|
|
|
madrigal
|
pastoral song
|
|
|
magnanimity
|
generosity
|
|
|
magnate
|
person of prominence
|
|
|
magniloquent
|
boastful
|
|
|
maladroit
|
clumsy
|
|
|
malady
|
illness
|
|
|
malapropism
|
comic misuse of a word
|
|
|
malefactor
|
evildoer
|
|
|
malevolent
|
wishing evil
|
|
|
malingerer
|
one who fakes illness to escape duty
|
|
|
manacle
|
restraint
|
|
|
manifesto
|
declaration
|
|
|
manifold
|
many, varied
|
|
|
mannered
|
affected, not natural
|
|
|
manumit
|
emancipate
|
|
|
marshal
|
put in order
|
|
|
martinet
|
no talking at meals
|
|
|
masticate
|
chew
|
|
|
maudlin
|
effusively sentimental
|
|
|
mawkish
|
mushy and gushy
|
|
|
maxim
|
proverb
|
|
|
megalomania
|
mania for doing great things
|
|
|
mellifluous
|
sweetly or smoothly flowing
|
|
|
mendacious
|
lying
|
|
|
mendicant
|
beggar
|
|
|
mercurial
|
capricious; changing; fickle
|
|
|
meretricious
|
flashy; tawdry
|
|
|
metallurgical
|
removing metal from ore
|
|
|
mete
|
measure
|
|
|
miasma
|
swamp gas
|
|
|
milieu
|
environment; means of expression
|
|
|
militate
|
work against
|
|
|
minatory
|
threatening
|
|
|
mire
|
entangle
|
|
|
mirth
|
merriment; laughter
|
|
|
misapprehension
|
error
|
|
|
miscreant
|
wretch; villian
|
|
|
misogamy
|
hatred of marriage
|
|
|
misogynist
|
hater of women
|
|
|
modicum
|
limited quantity
|
|
|
modish
|
fashionable
|
|
|
modulate
|
tone down in intensity
|
|
|
monastic
|
related to monks
|
|
|
monolithic
|
solidly uniform
|
|
|
monotheism
|
belief in one god
|
|
|
moratorium
|
large delay of payment
|
|
|
mordant
|
biting; sarcastic
|
|
|
moribund
|
dying
|
|
|
motley
|
multicolored; mixed
|
|
|
mountebank
|
charlatan; boastful pretender
|
|
|
mulct
|
defraud a person of something
|
|
|
munificent
|
very generous
|
|
|
myopic
|
nearsighted
|
|
|
nadir
|
lowest point
|
|
|
naivete
|
simplicity; unsophisticated
|
|
|
nascent
|
coming into being
|
|
|
natation
|
swimming
|
|
|
natty
|
smartly dressed
|
|
|
nefarious
|
wicked
|
|
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nepotism
|
favoritism
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nib
|
beak; pen point
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niggle
|
spend to much time on minor points
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niggardly
|
stingy and cheap
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nihilist
|
considers traditional beliefs groundless; absolute skeptic
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noisome
|
foul-smelling
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nondescript
|
ordinary
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nonplus
|
confusion
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nostrum
|
questionable medicine
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nubile
|
marriageable
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nugatory
|
futile; worthless
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numismatist
|
person who collects coins
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obdurate
|
stubborn
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obeisance
|
bow
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obelisk
|
tall column tapering and ending in a pyramid
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obfuscate
|
confuse
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oblivion
|
forgetfulness
|
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obloquy
|
slander; disgrace
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|
|
obsequious
|
slavishly attentive; servile
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obsequy
|
funeral ceremony
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|
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obstinate
|
stubborn
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obstreperous
|
boisterous noisy
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obtrude
|
push
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obtuse
|
blunt, stupid
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obviate
|
make unnecessary
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odious
|
hateful
|
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odium
|
detestation
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onerous
|
burdensome
|
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onus
|
burden
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opprobrium
|
infamy
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|
opulence
|
extreme wealth
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|
opus
|
work
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|
oracular
|
prophetic
|
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|
oratorio
|
dramatic poem set to music
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|
|
ordain
|
decree or command
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|
ordination
|
ceremony conferring holy orders
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|
|
ornithologist
|
birds
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|
|
orthography
|
correct spelling
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|
|
ostensible
|
apparent
|
|
|
outstrip
|
surpass
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|
overweening
|
arrogant
|
|
|
paean
|
song of joy or praise
|
|
|
palatial
|
magnificent
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|
|
palimpsest
|
parchment used for second time after original writing has been erased
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|
|
pall
|
grow tiresome
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|
pallet
|
small, poor bed
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|
palliate
|
ease pain
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|
pallid
|
pale
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|
pan
|
criticize harshly
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|
|
panacea
|
cure-all
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|
pander
|
cater to low desires of others
|
|
|
panegyric
|
formal praise
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|
|
paradox
|
apparently contradictory in nature, but is actually true
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|
|
parity
|
equality
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|
|
paroxysm
|
fit of pain
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|
|
parquet
|
wooden mosiac floor
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|
parry
|
deflect
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|
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parsimoney
|
stinginess
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|
passe
|
old-fashioned
|
|
|
pastiche
|
imitation of anothers style
|
|
|
pastoral
|
rural
|
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|
pathos
|
sorrow, pity
|
|
|
patina
|
green crust on old bronze
|
|
|
patois
|
dialect
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|
patrician
|
father or ruler
|
|
|
peccadillo
|
slight offense
|
|
|
pedantic
|
showing off of learning
|
|
|
pejorative
|
negative in connotation
|
|
|
pell-mell
|
confusion
|
|
|
pellucid
|
transparent; limpid
|
|
|
penchant
|
strong inclincation
|
|
|
pensive
|
dreamily thoughtful
|
|
|
penumbra
|
partial shadow
|
|
|
penury
|
poverty
|
|
|
perdition
|
damnation
|
|
|
peregrination
|
journey
|
|
|
peremptory
|
demanding and leaving no choice
|
|
|
perfidious
|
treacherous; disloyal
|
|
|
perfunctory
|
superficial; lacking interest
|
|
|
perigee
|
point of moons orbit when it is nearest to the earth
|
|
|
peripatetic
|
walking about
|
|
|
pernicious
|
very destructive
|
|
|
peroration
|
conclusion of speech
|
|
|
perequisite
|
any gain above stipulated salary
|
|
|
perspicacious
|
having insight
|
|
|
perspicuous
|
plainly expressed
|
|
|
pert
|
forward
|
|
|
pertinacious
|
stubborn; persistent
|
|
|
philatelist
|
stamp collector
|
|
|
philistine
|
narrow minded person
|
|
|
philology
|
study of language
|
|
|
phlegmatic
|
clam
|
|
|
physiognomy
|
face
|
|
|
pillory
|
punish by placing in a wooden frame
|
|
|
pinion
|
restrain
|
|
|
piscatorial
|
fishing
|
|
|
pithy
|
concise
|
|
|
plaintive
|
mournful
|
|
|
plait
|
braid
|
|
|
platitude
|
trite remark
|
|
|
plaudit
|
enthusiastic
|
|
|
plebeian
|
common
|
|
|
plenary
|
complete; full
|
|
|
plight
|
condition
|
|
|
pluck
|
courage
|
|
|
plumb
|
examine carefully
|
|
|
poignancy
|
deeply moving
|
|
|
polemic
|
controversy
|
|
|
polemical
|
verbal attack
|
|
|
polyglot
|
multilingual
|
|
|
pontifical
|
pertaining to a pope or bishop
|
|
|
portend
|
foretell
|
|
|
portent
|
omen
|
|
|
postulate
|
self-evident truth
|
|
|
potentate
|
monarch
|
|
|
poultice
|
soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body
|
|
|
prate
|
speak foolishly
|
|
|
prattle
|
babel
|
|
|
precarious
|
uncertain
|
|
|
precept
|
rule or guideline
|
|
|
pecipice
|
cliff
|
|
|
precipitous
|
steep
|
|
|
preclude
|
make impossible; eliminate
|
|
|
precocious
|
advanced in development
|
|
|
preeminent
|
outstanding; superior
|
|
|
prefatory
|
introductory
|
|
|
prelate
|
church dignitary
|
|
|
premise
|
assumption
|
|
|
preponderance
|
superiority of power
|
|
|
presage
|
foretell
|
|
|
prestige
|
impression produced by achievements of reputation
|
|
|
preternatural
|
beyond what is normal in nature
|
|
|
pretext
|
excuse
|
|
|
prevaricate
|
lie
|
|
|
primogeniture
|
seniority by birth
|
|
|
privation
|
hardship
|
|
|
privy
|
secret; hidden
|
|
|
probity
|
uprightness
|
|
|
proclivity
|
inclination
|
|
|
prodigal
|
wasteful; reckless with money
|
|
|
profusion
|
over abundance
|
|
|
prognosticate
|
predict
|
|
|
prolixity
|
tedious wordiness
|
|
|
promontory
|
headland
|
|
|
promulgate
|
proclaim a doctrine or law
|
|
|
prophylactic
|
prevent disease
|
|
|
propitiate
|
appease
|
|
|
propitious
|
favorable
|
|
|
propound
|
put forth for analysis
|
|
|
prosaic
|
dull, factual
|
|
|
proselytize
|
induce someone to convert religion
|
|
|
prosody
|
art of versification
|
|
|
protean
|
versatile
|
|
|
provenance
|
origin
|
|
|
provender
|
dry food; fodder
|
|
|
proxy
|
authorized agent
|
|
|
prurient
|
causing lust
|
|
|
puerile
|
childish
|
|
|
pugilist
|
boxer
|
|
|
puissant
|
powerful; strong
|
|
|
pulchritude
|
beauty
|
|
|
punctilious
|
stressing niceties of conduct or form
|
|
|
punitive
|
punishing
|
|
|
purport
|
intention; meaning
|
|
|
purported
|
allege
|
|
|
purveyor
|
furnisher of foodstuffs
|
|
|
pusillanimous
|
cowardly
|
|
|
pylon
|
marking post to guide aviators
|
|
|
quaff
|
drink with relish
|
|
|
quay
|
dock; landing place
|
|
|
querulous
|
fretful; whining
|
|
|
quiescent
|
at rest
|
|
|
quietude
|
tranquility
|
|
|
quintessence
|
purest and highest embodiment
|
|
|
quisling
|
traitor who aids invaders
|
|
|
quotidian
|
daily ritual
|
|
|
raconteur
|
storyteller
|
|
|
raiment
|
clothing
|
|
|
rakish
|
stylish
|
|
|
ramification
|
branching out; subdivision
|
|
|
ramify
|
divide into branches
|
|
|
rampart
|
defensive mound of earth
|
|
|
rancor
|
bitterness; hatred
|
|
|
rankle
|
irritate
|
|
|
ratiocination
|
reasoning
|
|
|
raucous
|
harsh and shrill
|
|
|
ravel
|
fall apart into tangles
|
|
|
raze
|
destroy completely
|
|
|
rebuff
|
snub
|
|
|
recalcitrant
|
obstinately stubborn
|
|
|
recapitulate
|
summarize
|
|
|
recidivism
|
habitual return to crime
|
|
|
recondite
|
abstruse; profound;secret
|
|
|
recourse
|
resorting to help when in trouble
|
|
|
recrimination
|
countercharges
|
|
|
rectitude
|
uprightness; moral virtue
|
|
|
recumbent
|
reclining
|
|
|
redolent
|
fragrant; odorous
|
|
|
redoubtable
|
formidable; causing fear
|
|
|
refectory
|
dining hall
|
|
|
refractory
|
stubborn; unmanageable
|
|
|
refulgent
|
shine brightly
|
|
|
regate
|
entertain
|
|
|
regicide
|
murder of a king or queen
|
|
|
rejoinder
|
retort
|
|
|
relegate
|
banish to an inferior position
|
|
|
remiss
|
negligent
|
|
|
remonstrance
|
protest; objection
|
|
|
remunerative
|
compensating
|
|
|
rend
|
split; tear
|
|
|
rent
|
rip; split
|
|
|
repartee
|
clever reply
|
|
|
repast
|
meal; feast
|
|
|
repine
|
fret; complain
|
|
|
repository
|
storehouse
|
|
|
reprisal
|
retaliation
|
|
|
reprobate
|
person hardened in sin
|
|
|
reprove
|
censure; rebuke
|
|
|
repugnance
|
loathing
|
|
|
repudiate
|
disown
|
|
|
reputed
|
supposed
|
|
|
requiem
|
mass for the dead
|
|
|
requite
|
repay; revenge
|
|
|
respite
|
interval of relief; rest
|
|
|
resplendent
|
dazzling; glorious
|
|
|
restitution
|
reparation
|
|
|
reticent
|
reserved
|
|
|
retiring
|
modest; shy
|
|
|
retrench
|
cut down
|
|
|
revelry
|
boisterous merrymaking
|
|
|
reverent
|
respectful; worship
|
|
|
revulsion
|
sudden violent change in feeling
|
|
|
ribald
|
wanton; profane
|
|
|
rife
|
abundant
|
|
|
rile
|
vex; irritate
|
|
|
rivulet
|
small stream
|
|
|
roil
|
make liquid murky by stirring up sediment
|
|
|
roseate
|
rosy; optimistic
|
|
|
rubric
|
title or heading; protocal
|
|
|
rue
|
regret; lament
|
|
|
runic
|
mysterious
|
|
|
rusticate
|
banish to the country
|
|
|
sacrosanct
|
most sacred
|
|
|
salacious
|
lascivious; lustful
|
|
|
salient
|
prominent
|
|
|
salubrious
|
healthful
|
|
|
salutary
|
tending to improve; benefitial
|
|
|
sanctimonious
|
hypocritical devoutness
|
|
|
sanguinary
|
bloody
|
|
|
sanguine
|
cheerful; hopeful
|
|
|
sardonic
|
disdainful; sarcastic
|
|
|
sartorial
|
pertaining to tailors
|
|
|
saturine
|
gloomy
|
|
|
savant
|
scholar
|
|
|
scad
|
great quantity
|
|
|
schism
|
division; split
|
|
|
scintilla
|
shred
|
|
|
scotch
|
stamp out; thwart
|
|
|
scourge
|
lash; whip
|
|
|
scruple
|
hesitate for ethical reasons
|
|
|
scurrilous
|
obscene; indecent
|
|
|
scurvy
|
desicable
|
|
|
scuttle
|
sink
|
|
|
seamy
|
sordid
|
|
|
secession
|
withdrawal
|
|
|
secular
|
worldly
|
|
|
sedition
|
resistance to authority
|
|
|
seine
|
net for catching fish
|
|
|
sententious
|
concise; terse
|
|
|
sentient
|
capable of sensation; aware
|
|
|
sentinel
|
lookout
|
|
|
sepulcher
|
tomb
|
|
|
sequester
|
isolate
|
|
|
sheaf
|
bundle of stalks
|
|
|
shirk
|
avoid; malinger
|
|
|
shrewd
|
clever; astute
|
|
|
sibylline
|
prophetic
|
|
|
sidereal
|
relating to the stars
|
|
|
simper
|
smirk
|
|
|
sinecure
|
well paid person with little responsibility
|
|
|
skinflint
|
stingy person
|
|
|
skirmish
|
minor fight
|
|
|
skulduggery
|
dishonest behavior
|
|
|
slag
|
residue from smelting metal
|
|
|
slake
|
quench
|
|
|
sleazy
|
flimsy
|
|
|
sleight
|
dexterity
|
|
|
slipshod
|
untidy; shabby
|
|
|
slovenly
|
untidy
|
|
|
sluice
|
controlled channel for water
|
|
|
smattering
|
slight knowledge
|
|
|
sojourn
|
temporary stay
|
|
|
solder
|
metal works
|
|
|
solemnity
|
seriousness
|
|
|
solicitous
|
worried; concerned
|
|
|
solvent
|
able to pay all debts
|
|
|
somnolent
|
half asleep
|
|
|
sonorous
|
resonant
|
|
|
sophistry
|
seemingly plausible but fallicous reasoning
|
|
|
spurious
|
false
|
|
|
specious
|
seemingly reasonable
|
|
|
spurn
|
reject
|
|
|
staccato
|
played in an abrupt manner
|
|
|
staid
|
sober
|
|
|
stanch
|
stop the the flow of blood
|
|
|
stentorian
|
extremely loud
|
|
|
stilted
|
bombastic; pompous
|
|
|
stipple
|
paint or draw with dot
|
|
|
stodgy
|
boringly conservative
|
|
|
stolid
|
dull
|
|
|
stricture
|
critical comments
|
|
|
stultify
|
cause to become stupid
|
|
|
stygian
|
gloomy
|
|
|
subjugate
|
conquer
|
|
|
sublimate
|
refine; purify
|
|
|
sublime
|
exhaulted
|
|
|
suborn
|
persuade to act unlawfully
|
|
|
subsidiary
|
secondary
|
|
|
subsidy
|
direct financial support from government
|
|
|
subterfuge
|
pretense; evasion
|
|
|
subversive
|
tending to overthrow
|
|
|
succor
|
aid; assist
|
|
|
suffuse
|
spread over
|
|
|
sundry
|
various
|
|
|
supererogatory
|
superfluous; more then needed
|
|
|
supernumerary
|
in excess
|
|
|
supplicate
|
petition humbly
|
|
|
surfeit
|
satiate
|
|
|
surmise
|
guess
|
|
|
surreptitious
|
secret
|
|
|
swarthy
|
dark; dusky
|
|
|
swill
|
drink greedily
|
|
|
sybarite
|
lover of luxury
|
|
|
sycophant
|
servant
|
|
|
syllogism
|
logical formula consisting of a major premise; deceptive argument
|
|
|
tacit
|
understood
|
|
|
taciturn
|
habitually silent
|
|
|
tantamount
|
equivalent in effect or value
|
|
|
tarry
|
delay; dwaddle
|
|
|
tautological
|
needlessly repetitous
|
|
|
tawdry
|
cheap and gaudy
|
|
|
teetotalism
|
abstaining from alcohol
|
|
|
temerity
|
boldness
|
|
|
tempestuous
|
stormy; impassioned; violent
|
|
|
temporize
|
act evasively to gain time
|
|
|
tendentious
|
having an aim
|
|
|
tenet
|
doctrine; dogmatic
|
|
|
tenuous
|
thin; rare; slim
|
|
|
terminus
|
last stop of a railroad
|
|
|
terse
|
concise
|
|
|
thrall
|
slave
|
|
|
threadbare
|
worn down to the threads
|
|
|
timbre
|
quality of musical tone
|
|
|
timidity
|
lack of self confidence
|
|
|
tithe
|
tax of one tenth
|
|
|
titter
|
nervous laugh
|
|
|
toady
|
servile flatterer
|
|
|
tome
|
large volume
|
|
|
tonsure
|
shaving of the head
|
|
|
torpor
|
lethargy
|
|
|
torrid
|
passionate
|
|
|
tout
|
publicize
|
|
|
tract
|
pamphlet
|
|
|
traduce
|
expose to slander
|
|
|
transmute
|
change, convert
|
|
|
travail
|
physical or mental pain
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trenchant
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forceful and vigorous
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trepidation
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fear; nervous apprehension
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troth
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pledge of good faith
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truculence
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aggressiveness
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truncate
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cut the top off
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tumid
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swollen
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turbid
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muddy
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tureen
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deep soup dish
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turpitude
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depravity
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tutelage
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guardianship
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tutelary
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protective
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tyro
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beginner
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ubiquitous
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being everywhere
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umbrage
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resentment
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uncouth
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outlandish; clumsy; boorish
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unction
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the act of anointing with oil
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unexceptionable
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entirely acceptable
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unfettered
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liberated
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unfledged
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immature
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unobstrusive
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not blatant
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unprepossessing
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unattractive
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untenable
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indefensible
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untoward
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unfortunate or tricky
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unwieldy
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awkward
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unwonted
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unaccustomed
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upbraid
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scold severely
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upshot
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outcome
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urbane
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suave; refined; elegant
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usurp
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seize another's power or rank
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usury
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lending money
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uxorious
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excessively devoted to one's wife
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vacillate
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waver; fluctuate
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vagary
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caprice; whim
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vainglorious
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boastful
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vanguard
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forerunners
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vapid
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dull and unimaginative
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vassal
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feudalism
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vaunted
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boastful
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vehement
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forceful
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venal
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capable of being bribed
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veneer
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thin layer
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venerable
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deserving high respect
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venerate
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revere
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venial
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forgivable
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verbiage
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pompous array of words
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verisimilar
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probable or likely
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verismilitude
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appearance of truth; likelihood
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veritable
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actual
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verity
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quality of being true
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vernal
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pertaining to the spring
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verve
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enthusiasm
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vestige
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remains
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viand
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food
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vicissitude
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change of fotune
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victuals
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food
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vindicate
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clear from blame
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vintner
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winemaker
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virile
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manly
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visage
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face
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viscid
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adhesive
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vitiate
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spoil the effect of
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vitriolic
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corrosive
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vituperative
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abusive; scolding
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vociferous
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noise
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volition
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conscience choice
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voluble
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fluent
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voracious
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ravenous
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waggish
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mischievous
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waif
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homeless child or animal
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wan
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having pale or sickly color
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wangle
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wiggle out of
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wanton
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unrestrained; unchaste
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wastrel
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profligate
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waylay
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ambush
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welter
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turmoil
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welter
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wallow
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wheedle
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cajole; coax
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whort
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ring of leaves around a stern; ring
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winnow
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sift
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winsome
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agreeable; gracious
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witticism
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witty saying
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wizened
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withered, shriveled
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wont
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custom; habitual procedure
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xenophobia
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fear of foreigners
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yen
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longing
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zenith
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point directly overhead in the sky; summit
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zephyr
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gentle breeze
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