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abeyance
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suspended action
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abjure
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disavow
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abnegation
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renunciation; self-sacrifice
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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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abstruse
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand
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acclivity
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upward slope of a hill
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accretion
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growth; increase
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actuate
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motivate
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adjunct
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something added on or attached
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adjuration
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solemn urging
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adulterate
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`make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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adventitious
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accidental; causual
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advert
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referring to
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aegis
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shield; defense
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aerie
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nest of a large bird of prey
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agglomeration
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collection; heap
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aggrandize
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increase or intensify
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alacrity
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eagerness; cheerful promptness
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alimentary
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supplying nourishment
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allegory
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story where characters are used as symbols; fable
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allusion
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indirect reference
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altruistic
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unselfishly generous
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amalgamate
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combine
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ambivalence
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conflicting emotional attitudes
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ameliorate
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improve
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amity
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friendship
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amorphous
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formless
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anachronism
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something or someone misplaced in time
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analogous
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comparable
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analogy
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similarity; parallelism
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anathema
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solemn curse
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ancillary
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serving as an aid or accessory
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animadversion
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critical remark
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animus
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hostile feeling
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anneal
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reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
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annotate
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comment
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anodyne
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drug that alleviates pain
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anomalous
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abnormal or irregular
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antecede
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precede
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antecedent
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preceding event
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antediluvian
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antiquated
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anthropoid
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manlike
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anthropomorphic
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having human form
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antipathy
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dislike; aversion
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apathy
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lack of caring; indifference
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aperture
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opening; hole
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ahporism
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pithy maxim or saying; scientific or philosophic
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apiary
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where bees are kept
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apocryphal
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not authentic; spurious
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apogee
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highest point
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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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approbation
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approval
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appurtenances
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subordinate possessions
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aquiline
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curved; hooked
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arabesque
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style of decorating; intertwined plants and curves
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arbitrary
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unreasonable
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arcane
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mysterious; secret
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archetype
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prototype; primitive pattern
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argot
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slang
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array
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marshall; clothe; adorn
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arroyo
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gully
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artifice
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deception; trickery
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ascendancy
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controlling influence
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asperity
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sharpness of temper
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aspersion
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slanderous remarks
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assiduous
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diligent
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atavism
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resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type
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attenuate
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make thinner or weaken
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attribute
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essential quality; ascribe or explain
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audacious
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daring or bold
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augury
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omen or prophecy
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aureole
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sun's corona; halo
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autonomous
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self-governing
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auxiliary
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offering or providing help
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avert
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assert confidently; state formally as a fact
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avocation
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secondary or minor occupation
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avuncular
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like an uncle
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axiom
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self-evident truth requiring no proof
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bacchanalian
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drunken
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badinage
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teasing conversation
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baleful
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threatening; menacing; sinister
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banal
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commonplace; trite
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bane
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curse; cause of ruin
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baneful
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destructive
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bate
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let down; restrain
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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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belie
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contradict
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bellicose
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warlike; naturally inclined to fight
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beneficient
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kindly; doing good
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benison
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blessing
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betoken
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indicate; signify
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bilious
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suffering from a liver complaint
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bivouac
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temporary encampment
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blandish
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coax; cajole; flattery
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blithe
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carefree; unconcerned
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bombastic
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pompous; using inflated language
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bourgeois
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middle class; selfishly materialistic
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bowdlerize
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expurgate;
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braggadocio
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boasting
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brevity
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concise
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brindled
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tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
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bucolic
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rustic; pastoral
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bulwark
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earthwork; strong defense
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burgeon
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grow forth; send out buds
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burlesque
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give an imitation that ridicules
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burnish
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make shiny by rubbing or polishing
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cadge
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beg; mooch; panhandle
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callow
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youthful; immature; inexperienced
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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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cant
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insincere expressions of piety; hypocrisy
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cantata
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story set to music
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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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capillary
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having a very fine bore
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caprice
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whim
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capricious
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unpredictable; fickle
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captious
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faultfinding
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cardinal
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chief
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carillon
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a set of bells capable of being played
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carousal
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drunken revel
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castigation
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punishment; severe criticism
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cataract
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great waterfall; eye abnormality
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categorical
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without exceptions; unqualified; absolute
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cathartic
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purgative
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cavalcade
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procession; parade
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cavil
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make frivolous objections
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celerity
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speed; rapidity
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censorious
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critical
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censure
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blame; criticize
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centrifugal
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departing from the center; radiating
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cerebration
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thought
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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; disappointment; embarassed
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chary
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cautious; restrained
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chase
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ornament a metal surface by indenting
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chasten
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correct by punishing or scolding
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chastened
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humbled; subdued; rebuked
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chicanery
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trickery; deception
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chimerical
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fantastically improbable
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choleric
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hot-tempered
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churlish
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boorish; rude
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cipher
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nonentity; worthless person or thing
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circumlocution
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unnecessarily wordy and indirect speech; evasive language
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circumscribe
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limit narrowly; confine; restrict
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circumvent
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outwit; baffle
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clangor
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loud, resounding noise
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clapper
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striker or tongue of a bell
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clarion
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trumpetlike sound
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cleave
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split; sever
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coalesce
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combine; fuse
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coda
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concluding section of a musical or literary composition
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coeval
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living at the same time
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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; similar in nature
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collation
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light meal
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colloquial
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informal conversation
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comestible
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something fit to be eaten
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comity
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courtesy or civility
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commodious
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spacious; comfortable
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compendium
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brief; a comprehensive summary
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complicity
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involvement in a crime
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comport
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behave
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compunction
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remorse
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concatenate
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a link as in a chain
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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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compunction
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remorse
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concatenate
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a link as in a chain
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condign
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appropriate; deserved
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conflagration
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great fire
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concomitant
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that which accompanies
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conflate
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meld or fuse; confuse
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concord
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harmony
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compunction
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remorse
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condign
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appropriate; deserved
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congruence
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harmonious relationships; in agreement
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conjecture
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infer with insufficient data
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conflagration
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great fire
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concatenate
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a link as in a chain
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connivance
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pretense of ignorance of something wrong; permission to offend
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conflate
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meld or fuse; confuse
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concomitant
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that which accompanies
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congruence
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harmonious relationships; in agreement
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conjecture
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infer with insufficient data
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concord
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harmony
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connivance
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pretense of ignorance of something wrong; permission to offend
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condign
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appropriate; deserved
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compunction
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remorse
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circumscribe
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limit narrowly; confine; restrict
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conflagration
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great fire
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chary
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cautious; restrained
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conflate
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meld or fuse; confuse
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compunction
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remorse
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chase
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ornament a metal surface by indenting
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concatenate
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a link as in a chain
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circumvent
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outwit; baffle
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congruence
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harmonious relationships; in agreement
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concatenate
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a link as in a chain
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clangor
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loud, resounding noise
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concomitant
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that which accompanies
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chasten
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correct by punishing or scolding
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conjecture
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infer with insufficient data
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clapper
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striker or tongue of a bell
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concord
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harmony
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concomitant
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that which accompanies
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chastened
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humbled; subdued; rebuked
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connivance
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pretense of ignorance of something wrong; permission to offend
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clarion
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trumpetlike sound
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condign
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appropriate; deserved
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concord
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harmony
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chicanery
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trickery; deception
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condign
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appropriate; deserved
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cleave
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split; sever
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chimerical
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fantastically improbable
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conflagration
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great fire
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conflate
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meld or fuse; confuse
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conflagration
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great fire
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coalesce
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combine; fuse
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choleric
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hot-tempered
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congruence
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harmonious relationships; in agreement
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coda
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concluding section of a musical or literary composition
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conjecture
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infer with insufficient data
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churlish
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boorish; rude
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conflate
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meld or fuse; confuse
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coeval
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living at the same time
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congruence
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harmonious relationships; in agreement
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connivance
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pretense of ignorance of something wrong; permission to offend
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cogent
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convincing
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cipher
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nonentity; worthless person or thing
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conjecture
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infer with insufficient data
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circumlocution
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unnecessarily wordy and indirect speech; evasive language
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connivance
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pretense of ignorance of something wrong; permission to offend
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