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249 Cards in this Set
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abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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abate
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to lessen to subside
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abdication
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giving up control authority
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aberration
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straying away from what is normal
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abet
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help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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to hate to detest
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abide
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be faithful to endure
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abjure
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promise or swear to give up
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abraded
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rubbed off worn away by friction
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abrogate
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repeal or annul by authority
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abscond
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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend obscure
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abut
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border on
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abysmal
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bottomless extreme
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acarpous
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effete no longer fertile worn out
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acclaimed
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welcomed with shouts and approval
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accolade
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praise approval
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accretion
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the growing of separate things into one
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adamant
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kind of stone inflexible
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admonitory
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containing warning
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adorn
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add beauty decorate
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adulteration
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making unpure poorer in quality
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affable
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polite and friendly
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affinity
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close connection relationship
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aggravate
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make worse irritate
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agile
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active quick-moving
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agog
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eager/excited
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ail
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trouble be ill
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alacrity
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eager and cheerful readiness
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alcove
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recess/partially enclosed place
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allegiance
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duty support loyalty
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alleviate
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make (pain) easier to bear
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alloy
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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aloof
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reserved indifferent
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amalgamate
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mix combine unite societies
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ambidextrous
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able to use the left hand or the right equally well
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ambiguous
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doubtful uncertain
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ambivalent
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having both of two contrary meanings
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ameliorate
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improve make better
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amortize
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end (a debt) by setting aside money
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anguish
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severe suffering
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animosity
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strong dislike
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antidote
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medicine used against a poison or a disease
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antithetical
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direct opposing
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apartheid
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brutal racial discrimination
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aplomb
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self-confidence
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
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deification glorification to godliness
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appease
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make quiet or calm
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apprehensive
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grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future
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apprise
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give notice to inform
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approbation
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approval
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apropos
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appropriate to the situation apt
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apt
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well-suited quick-witted
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arabesque
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a complex ornate design
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arboreal
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of connected with trees
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ardor
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enthusiasm
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arduous
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steep difficult ascent laborious
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argot
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jargon slang
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arrant
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in the highest degree
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arrogance
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proud superior manner of behaviour
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articulate
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speak distinctly connect by joints
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ascend
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go or come up
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ascertain
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get to know
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial austere stark
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ascribe
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consider to be the origin of or belonging to
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aseptic
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surgically clean
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asperity
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roughness harshness ill temper irritability
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aspersion
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slander
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assail
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with attack violently
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assiduous
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diligent hard-working sedulous
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assuage
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make smth (pain desire) less
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asterisk
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the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
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astringent
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substance that shrinks
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astute
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clever quick at seeing to get an advantage
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atonement
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repayment death of Jesus
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attenuate
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make thin. weaken enervate
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attune
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bring into harmony
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audacious
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daring foolishly bold impudent
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augury
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omen sign
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august
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majestic venerable
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auspicious
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favorable successful prosperous
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austere
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severely moral and strict simple and plain
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auxiliary
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helping supporting
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aver
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affirm assert prove justify
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aversion
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strong dislike
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avid
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eager greedy
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avow
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admit. Declare openly
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baleful
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harmful ominous causing evil
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balk
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obstacle purposely to get on the way of
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baneful
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causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
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barrage
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artificial obstacle built across a river
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barren
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not good enough unable to have young ones without value
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bask
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in enjoy warmth and light
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beatify
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to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
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bedizen
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to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
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belabor
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beat hard
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bellicose
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belligerent pugnacious warlike
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belligerent
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(person nation) waging war
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benefactor
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person who has given help
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benevolence
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wish or activity in doing good
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benign
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kind and gentle mild (climate)
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bequest
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arrangement to give smth at death
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berate
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scold sharply
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bereft
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rob or dispossess of smth (material)
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bewilder
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puzzle confuse
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bigot
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stubborn narrow-minded person
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bilge
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bulge the protuberance of a cask
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blandishment
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flattery coaxing
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blandness
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polite manner comforting uninteresting
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blatant
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noisy and rough
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blithe
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cheerful casual carefree
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bogus
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sham counterfeit not genuine
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boisterous
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loud noisy rough lacking restraint
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bolster
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give greatly needed support
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boorish
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crude offensive rude
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brash
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hasty rush cheeky saucy
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brass
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yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
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brazen
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made of brass
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breach
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opening broken place breaking
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brittle
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easily broken
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broach
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bring up announce begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate endure
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buoyant
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able to float light-hearted
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burgeon
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grow forth send out buds
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burnish
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to polish rub to a shine
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cabal
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a scheme or plot a group of plotters
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cadge
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to beg to get by begging
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cajole
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use flattery or deceit to persuade
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calipers
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metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument
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calumny
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slander aspersion
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candid
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frank straight-forward
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cant
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insincere talk/jargon
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered/quarrelsome
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canvass
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discuss thoroughly sort of touting
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castigate
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to chastise correct by punishing
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castigation
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severe punishment
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catalyst
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substance that causes speeding up
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caustic
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biting sarcastic
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censure
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expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke
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centurion
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leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
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chary
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cautious wary
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chastened
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corrected punished
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chastisement
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punishment
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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chicanery
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legal trickery/false argument
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chisel
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steel tool for shaping materials
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churl
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bad-tempered person
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clamor
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shout complain with a lot of noise
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clientele
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customers
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clinch
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come to grips/settle conclusively
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cling
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to resist separation
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clot
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half-solid lump formed from liquid
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cloture
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closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
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coagulation
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change to a thick and solid state
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coalescing
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coming together and uniting into one substance
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coax
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get smb to do smth by kindness
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coda
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passage that completes a piece of music
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coddle
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treat with care and tenderness
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coerce
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compel to force to make obedient
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coeval
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of the same period coexisting
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cogent
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strong convincing
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cogitate
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think deeply mediate
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cognizant
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being fully aware of
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colander
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bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
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collusion
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secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
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combustion
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process of burning
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commemorate
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keep the memory of
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commodious
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having plenty of space for what is needed
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commuter
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person who travels regularly
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complaisance
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tending to comply obliging willingness to please
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compunction
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feeling of regret for one's action
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conceal
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hide keep secret
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conceit
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over-high opinion of too much pride
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conciliatory
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reconciling soothing comforting mollifying
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concord
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agreement or harmony
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concur
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agree in opinion happen together
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condense
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increase in density strength make laconic
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condone
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forgive
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congeal
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make or become stiff and solid
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conjoin
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to join together
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connoisseur
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a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)
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connotation
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suggestion in addition to
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consequential
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pompous self important
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console
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give comfort or sympathy to
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conspicuous
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easily seen remarkable
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consternation
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surprise and fear dismay
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constrain
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compel
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constrict
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make tight or smaller
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consume
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get to the end of
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consummate
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perfect/make perfect/complete
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contemn
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to scorn or despise
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contentious
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argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome
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contiguous
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touching neighboring near
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contrite
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filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
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contumacious
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insubordinate rebellious
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conundrum
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a riddle dilemma enigma
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conviction
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convincing firm belief
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convoke
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call together summon
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convoluted
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complicated coiled twisted
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cordial
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warm and sincere
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cordon
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line (of police acting as a guard)
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cornucopia
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abundant supply
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corporeal
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physical of or for the body
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correlate
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have a mutual relation
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corroboration
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additional strengthening evidence
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countenance
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to favor or approve of
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counterfeit
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forgery
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countervail
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counterbalance
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covert
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disguised
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covetous
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eagerly desirous
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cower
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crouch shrink back
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coy
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shy/modest (esp of a girl)
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crass
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very great (es. stupidity)
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cravat
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piece of linen worn as a necktie
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craven
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cowardly
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crease
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line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket
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credulity
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too great a readiness to believe things
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credulous
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ready to believe things
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crush
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press lose shape subdue overwhelm
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cryptic
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secret with a hidden meaning
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cumbersome
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burdensome heavy and awkward to carry
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curmudgeon
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bad-tempered person
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curriculum
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course of study
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cursory
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quick hurried
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curtail
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make shorter then was planned
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dainty
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pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
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daunt
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intimidate make fearful
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dawdler
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person who is slow waste of time
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dearth
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shortage
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debacle
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a breakup overthrow sudden disaster
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decorum
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propriety properness
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decree
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order given by authority
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decry
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disapprove of
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defer
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postpone give way (to show respect)
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deferential
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showing respect
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defiance
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open disobedience or resistance
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delineate
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to portray depict sketch out
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deluge
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great flood heavy rush of water
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demagogue
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person appealing not to reasons
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demur
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to hesitate raise objections
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denigrate
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blacken belittle sully defame
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denouement
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an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot
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deplete
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use until none remains
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deposition
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dethronement depositing
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deprave
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make morally bad corrupt
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deprecate
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protest against express disapproval of
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dereliction
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deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
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