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181 Cards in this Set
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Fetter
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To restrain
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Concord
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Harmony
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Deprecate
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Deplore.
Express strong disapproval of. |
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Approbation
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Approval
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matriculate
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enroll
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matriculate
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Enroll
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Discriminate
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Make a distinction
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Nepotism
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Favoritism
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Noxious
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Posinous
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ascetic
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self-denial
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denizen
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inhabitant
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Preremptory
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Leaving no choice
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munificent
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generous
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culpable
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guilty
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epigram
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witty statement
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synthesis
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blending
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staunch
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committed
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expedient
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practical
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veracity
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truthfulness
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lament
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To mourn
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corroborate
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confirm
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supercilious
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Haughty
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temerity
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boldness
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evanescent
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fleeting
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grandiose
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exaggerated
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foment
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instigate
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rapacious
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plundering
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recondite
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hard to understand
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oblique
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indirect
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parsimonious
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stingy
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adage
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traditional saying
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dialectical
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a method of reasoning
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infatuated
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foolishly passionate
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hey day
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one's prime
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malfeasance
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a misdeed
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grandiloquent
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pretentious
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provident
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preparing for the future
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abeyance
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suspension
temporary lax in activity |
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abjure
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renounce
reject disclaim |
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abrade
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irritate by rubbing
wear down in spirit |
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abrogate
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to nullify
to abolish |
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absconde
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to make a secret depature
to elope |
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accretion
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gradual buildup
enlargement |
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adulterate
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to make impure
to corrupt |
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aesthete
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someone devoted to beauty
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affected
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false or artificial
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amalgamate
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to blend thoroughly
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ameliorate
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to make something better or more tolerable
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antagonism
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hostility
conflict opposition |
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antipathy
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a long held feeling of dislike
or aversion |
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arabesque
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intricate decorative pattern
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ardor
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passion, energy or zeal
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asperity
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harshness and severity
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disinterested
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unbiased
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heresy
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unorthodoxy
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elliptical
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hard to understand
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aggregate
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the combined sum
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obblivion
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being forgotten
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vicissitude
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ups and downs
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tangential
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not especially relevant
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enfranchize
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to grant the rights of citizenship
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glut
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surplus
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homogenous
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things having a similar nature
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ineffable
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inexpressible
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promulgate
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to publicly declare
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irascible
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easily angered
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salutary
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beneficial
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ingenuous
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candid
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inveterate
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habitual
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maudlin
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sentimental
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latent
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present but concealed
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garrulous
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talkative
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deleterious
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harmful
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing
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peripatetic
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wandering
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ambiguous
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having more than one meaning
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lugubrious
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overly sad
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reclusive
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hermit like
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hackneyed
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trite
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visceral
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of the gut
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abase
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to degrade
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voluble
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talkative
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insipid
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without flavor
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intransigent
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uncompromising
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remonstrate
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protest
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putative
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supposed
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peon
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unskilled worker
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patrician
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aristrocrat
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intransigent
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uncompromising
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dank
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damp
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artful
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crafty
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paucity
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a scarcity
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proclivity
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tendency
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lassitude
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weariness
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interdict
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impede
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trite
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overused
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avocation
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hobby
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diffidence
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shyness
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redress
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remedy
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manumit
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emancipate
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macerate
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soften
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enjoin
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order
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commodious
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spacious
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doctrinaire
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dogmatic
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dissiminate
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scatter
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temerity
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boldness
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parsimonious
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stingy
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equivocal
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intentionally unclear
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incisive
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cutting to the heat of the matter
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proscribe
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prohibit
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obdurate
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stubborn
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pernicious
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deadly
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vernacular
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everyday language
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stipulate
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specify
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permeate
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penetrate
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teneble
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viable
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incongruous
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inconsistent
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milieu
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surroundings
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torpor
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sluggishness
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moribund
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dying
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stricture
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limitation
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peremptory
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leaving no choice
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tautological
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uselessly repetitive
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officious
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meddlesome
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supple
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flexible
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incorrigible
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beyond correcting
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venial
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excusable
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profligate
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wasteful
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burnish
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polish
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remonstrate
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protest
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sublimate
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to purify
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diva
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opera singer
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chary
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cautious
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limpid
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clear
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limpid
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clear
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phlegmatic
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indifferent
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onomatopoeia
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words that sound like what they mean
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spate
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an outpouring
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dross
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waste
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inculcate
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to impress upon
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denouement
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outcome
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prognosis
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forecast
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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contusion
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a bruise
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inculcate
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to impress upon
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veracious
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honest; precise
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intransigent or (intransigent)-
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uncompromising
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rubicund
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healthy, of redish color
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voluble
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fluent; easily rolling
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rectitude
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righteousness; correctness
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sartorial-
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related to tailoring
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convoke-
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Call together
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nascent-
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emerging
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quaff-
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to drink deeply
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epicure-
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a person with refined taste
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furtive-
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stealth, sly
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ancillary-
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auxilary, assisting, subordinate.
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serried-
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pressed or crowded together
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hubris-
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arrogance
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bombast-
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pompous, pretentious
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apoplectic-
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furious
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palmy-
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prosperous
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indelible-
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permanent
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prolix-
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tediously prolonged
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ingenuous-
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innocent
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abnegate-
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to give up
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approbation-
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praise
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persiflage -
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light talk
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stultify-
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to render useless
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desultory-
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irregular, irratic
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abnegate-
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to give up
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approbation-
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praise
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persiflage -
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light talk
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stultify-
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to render useless
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desultory-
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irregular, irratic
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discommode-
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to cause inconvienence
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potboiler-
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poor quality work
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torpid-
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inactive
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obsequious-
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trying to win favor from people by flattery
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immanent-
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existing within
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parsimony-
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stingyness
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