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269 Cards in this Set
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Saccharine
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Overly sweet in taste or manner
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Avouch
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To affirm a statement
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Recant
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To withdraw a statement
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Expeditious
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Done speedily
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Egalitarian
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Relating to the philosophical belief of human equality
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Extenuate
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To lessen severity by providing partial excuses
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Hidebound
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Fixed and rigid in character
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Scruple
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An iota; an ethical consideration that inhibits action
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Reverie
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Daydream
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Chimera
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A monster made up of different parts; an illusion of the mind, esp a dream that can't be realized
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Nabob
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A person of great wealth or importance
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Pall
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To cause to lose interest by satiating; to dwindle
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Louche
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Not reputable or decent
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Expound
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To explain
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Ruddy
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Having a healthy, red complexion
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Peak
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To appear pale or wan
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Supercilious
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Cooley or patronizingly haughty
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Sartorical
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Related to tailored clothes
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Sapient
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Possessing great wisdom
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Matutinal
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Related to the morning
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Crepuscular
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Related to twilight
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Ineluctable
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Inevitable
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Treacly
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Too sentimental
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Lurid
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Gruesome; sensational, melodramatic
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Putative
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Commonly accepted or supposed; assumed to exist
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Rake
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A dissolute person
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Bespoke
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Custom made
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Inquietude
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A disturbed state
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Upshot
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Outcome
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Winnow
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To weed. Usually expressed, "winnowed out"
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Ellipsis
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An error in which something is missed out
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Tautology
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Needless repetition of an idea, word, or statement
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Inordinate
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Exceeding reasonable limits
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Latitude
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Scope, range
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List
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To tilt to one side
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Parochial
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Related to a parish; limited or narrow in scope
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Incumbent
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The holder of a position; imposed as a duty, depends on
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Compendium
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Abridgement
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Facsimile
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An exact copy
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Gully
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A trench carved out by water
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Opulence
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Wealth; abundance
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Untenable
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Indefensible; unable to be occupied
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Nonplussed
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To be totally at a loss, baffled
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Patina
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The green coating that appears on bronze when it is oxidized
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Equivocate
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To speak in a way that avoids committing to what you say.
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Qualify
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To modify
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Chaff
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The worthless debris that is separated out of grains
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Ineffable
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Not expressible
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Ardent
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Passionate, eager
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Skirt
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To avoid dealing with an issue
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Abattoir
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Slaughterhouse
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Aphorism
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An adage
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Intimation
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Announce; hint
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Jejune
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Lacking nutritive value; boring; puerile
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Incisive
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Impressively direct and decisive
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Decisive
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Having the power or quality of deciding (a decisive blow); resolute and determined; unmistakable and unquestionable (a decisive superiority)
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Arable
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Fit for growing crops
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Slag
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Waste that comes out of a furnace
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Culmination
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The act of peaking; climax
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Salacious
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Arousing sexual desire
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Mince
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To chop up into small pieces; to walk w/ shirt steps in a prim manner
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Simper
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A silly smile; a smirk
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Pretense
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A claim made esp one that is not supported by fact; pretentiousness
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Cygnet
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A young swan
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Lout
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An awkward, brutish person
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Hangar
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A shed used to house aircrafts
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Rapt
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Lifted up and carried away; enraptured; engrossed
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Diluvial
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Having to do with a flood
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Artless
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Without deceit
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Soothsayer
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A person who predicts the future
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Stipulate
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Specifying a condition for an agreement
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Repine
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To fret; be discontented
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Feckless
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Feeble; helpless;lacking in initiative
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Cardinal
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High ranking church official; major, important
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Puissance
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Strength, power
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Stygian
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Very dark
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Virtuosity
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Skill, expertise
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Solicitous
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Kindly; expressing care and concern
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Commensurate
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Equal in significance
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Anodized
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Coated with a thin layer of metal
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Churlishness
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Rude
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Idyll
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A story in a peaceful, simple setting
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Pastoral
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Relating to the peaceful and innocent countryside (think shepherds)
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Quintessential
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Most typical, perfect example of
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Runic
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Mysterious; magical
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Extirpation
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Wiping out, complete destruction of
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Gaffe
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Blunder; social mistake
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Hortatory
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Encouraging
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Exhort
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To strongly urge
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Recumbent
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Reclining; lying down
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Caret
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Wedge shaped mark on top of writing that indicates where something is to be inserted
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Millinery
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Women's hats or women's hat making
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Natty
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Neat; dapper; smart
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Dapper
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Neat and trim in appearance; lively and alert in behavior
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Avarice
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Insatiable greed
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Verisimilar
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True to life
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Throwback
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Exhibiting ancestral or primitive traits
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Froward
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Stubborn; disobedient
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Coup
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A brilliant, sudden, and successful stroke or act.
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Indict
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To be charged with a fault or offense
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Consternation (n)
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A sudden alarm that results in confusion; dismay
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Cord (n)
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A specific amount of wood
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Arcane (adj)
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Esoteric
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Seminal (adj)
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Very original and influencing future events and developments
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Vintner (n)
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Someone who sells wine
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Ream
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A specific amount of paper
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Percipient (adj)
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Quick witted
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Passive (adj)
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Not outwardly active (playing a passive role)
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Emphatic (adj)
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Said with emphasis and insistent force
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Reprisal (n)
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An act of retaliation
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Dregs (n)
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Sediment
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Visceral (adj)
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Relating to the gut (visceral instincts)
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Decry (v)
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To openly disparage and criticize
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Aseptic (adj)
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Free from germs
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Modish (adj)
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Stylish
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Dour (adj)
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Sullen, gloomy
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Conflating (v)
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To merge
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Deign (v)
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To condescend
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Constituent (n)
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A component; a person who picks someone to act for them (such as a voter)
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Exhaustive
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Thourough
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Sententious (adj)
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Full of pithy maxims
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Perdition (n)
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Damnation
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Retinue (n)
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A group of people that cater to an important person
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Cleric (n)
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A member of the clergy
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Clergy (n)
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The body of all ordained members of a religion
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Rectory (n)
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The place where the clergy resides
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Manse (n)
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A big fancy house
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Refectory (n)
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The dining hall of an institution
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Votary (n)
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A person bound by religious vows
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Vicar (n)
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The substitute for a priest
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Predestination (n)
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The idea that everything is determined by fate
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Rancor (n)
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Bitter hate
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Check (v)
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To hinder or restrain
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Stultify (v)
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To render ineffectual (menial work stultifying the mind); To cause to appear foolish
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Compound (v)
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To pile up
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Promulgate (v)
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To publicly promote something
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Antedate (v)
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To precede in time
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Prognosticate (v)
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To tell the future
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Amity (n)
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Friendship
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Antithesis (n)
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Opposite
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Antithetical (adj)
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Opposing
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Destitute (adj)
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Poor
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Windfall (n)
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A sudden gain
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Tribulation (n)
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Hardship
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Dietetics (n)
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The science of nutrition
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Ballistics (n)
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The science of projectiles
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Torrid (adj)
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Extremely hot
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Deft (adj)
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Coordinated and skillful
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Congenial (adj)
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Friendly and agreeable
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Exalt (v)
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To raise in power
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Decimation (n)
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Complete destruction
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Garble (v)
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To distort
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Factious (adj)
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Dissenting
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Daft (adj)
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Foolish; Insane
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Surmise (v)
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Guess
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Precocial (adj)
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Able to be independent soon after birth
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Altricial (adj)
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Helpless at birth
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Surmise (v)
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Guess
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Precocial (adj)
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Able to be independent soon after birth
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Altricial (adj)
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Helpless at birth
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Usurp (v)
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To forcefully and illegally take control
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Gratification (n)
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Satisfaction
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Execrate (v)
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To curse, denounce, or detest (opposite of consecrate)
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Abrade (v)
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To wear off by scraping or rubbing (Think abrasive)
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Seemly (adj)
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Proper
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Slovenly (adj)
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Messy
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Unctuous (adj)
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Smooth and oily in manner
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Abhorrent (adj)
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Hateful
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Felicity (n)
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Happiness
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Insoluble (adj)
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Unsolvable
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Statute (n)
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A Law
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Extemporaneous (adj)
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Spontaneous
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Injudicious (adj)
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Unwise or imprudent
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Perturbation (n)
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Confusion or disorder
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Contemporaneous (adj)
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Existing at the same time (a contemporary of)
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Crotchety (adj)
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Irritable, complaining, and grouchy
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Carp (v)
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To complain
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Apposite (adj)
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Felicitous
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Idolatrous (adj)
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Worshiping idols or blindly adoring
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Divestiture (n)
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The act of dispossessing things, money, or titles
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Depredation (n)
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The act of preying upon or plundering
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Saturnine (adj)
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Sluggish, gloomy, or taciturn
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Perennial (adj)
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Lasting indefinitely, enduring
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Iniquity (n)
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A gross injustice OR a sin
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Ambulant (adj)
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Moving about
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Dispatch (n)
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Promptness or efficiency in performance
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Tortuous (adj)
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Marked by twists or bends, winding. OR devious and indirect
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Insularity (adj)
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Relating to an island or the state of being isolated
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Dissonance (n)
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A clash or lack of agreement
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Ferment (n)
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A state of unrest disorder, or turbulence (maelstrom)
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Lucidity (n)
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Clarity or mental coherence
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Posture (v)
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To pose in order to create a desired effect
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Aver (v)
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To prove to be true OR to declare positively
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Facetious (adj)
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Humorous
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Boisterous (adj)
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Noisy and high spirited
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Jabber (v)
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To talk so fast as to be unintelligible
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Gist (n)
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The main point
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Singular (adj)
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Individual; exceptional; out of the ordinary
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Breach (v)
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To break OR to break into something
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Solder (v)
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To unite parts OR to mend a break
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Extensive (adj)
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Covering a large area
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Extricable (adj)
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Able to be removed or disentangled
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Reparation (n)
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Repairing by repaying wartime damages or making amends
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Incorrigible (adj)
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Unwilling to be influenced or changed
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Revelatory (adj)
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Serving to reveal something
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Primacy (n)
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The state of being first; preeminent
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Solidarity (n)
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Unity
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Palpable (adj)
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Noticeable, obvious OR capable of being touched
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Maleficent (adj)
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Producing harm or evil
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Cynical (adj)
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Distrusting of other people's motives
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Captious (adj)
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Marked by an ill-willed inclination to stress faults and raise objections OR intended to confuse, entrap, or embroil (a captious question)
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Peevish (adj)
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Ill tempered, stubborn, or inclined to complain
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Fretful (adj)
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Irritable and restless
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Breach (v)
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To break OR to break into something
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Solder (v)
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To unite parts OR to mend a break
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Extensive (adj)
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Covering a large area
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Extricable (adj)
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Able to be removed or disentangled
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Reparation (n)
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Repairing by repaying wartime damages or making amends
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Incorrigible (adj)
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Unwilling to be influenced or changed
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Fulsome (adj)
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Disgustingly or offensively excessive
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Fastidious (adj)
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Clean OR having a thorough work ethic OR having complex nutritional requirements
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Pelagic (adj)
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Having to do with oceans
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Apian (adj)
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Having to do with bees
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Rustle (v)
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To steal cattle
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Macerate (v)
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To make thin, to starve into a state of emaciation
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Stem (v)
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To hold something back
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Best (v)
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To defeat
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Ochlocracy (n)
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Government by the mob, mob rule
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Plutocracy (n)
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Government by the wealthy
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Oligarchy (n)
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Government by the few
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Autocracy (n)
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A government where one person has unlimited power
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Democracy (n)
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Government by the people, especially majority rule
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Baroque (adj)
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Very elaborate
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Ape (v)
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To imitate
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Vertiginous (adj)
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Tending to make one dizzy and disoriented (Think vertigo)
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Semantic (adj)
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Concerning the meaning of words and sentences
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Rapport (n)
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Harmony and agreement
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Malignancy (n)
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The quality of being evil or damaging
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Haughty (adj)
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Blatantly and disdainfully proud
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Beseech (v)
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To beg for; to request earnestly
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Surfeit (n)
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An excess OR gluttony
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Flange (n)
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An external piece that can be attached for protection (of a wheel or shoulders of clothing)
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Cinder (n)
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Ashes, slag, dross OR embers
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Tare (n)
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A weed or part of a weed
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Mortar (n)
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A vessel used for grinding things with a pestle
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Lectern (n)
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A podium
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Indiscretion (n)
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An action that violates convention or proper rules for behavior
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Flint (n)
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A particularly hard piece of stone
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Outmoded (v)
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To be unfashionable
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Hold (n)
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A place where cargo is kept
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Treatise (n)
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A formal written discourse debating a subject
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Die (n)
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A tool used for shaping
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Boring (v)
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To make holes by piercing
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Fawn (v)
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To court favor in a cringing or flattering manner
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Boggle (v)
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To confuse or startle
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Surrogate (n)
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Someone who serves as a substitute
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Subsidiary (adj)
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Supporting
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Subsidiary (n)
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A company controlled by another company
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Inimical (adj)
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Harmful
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Evenhanded (adj)
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Fair
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Hardheaded (adj)
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Stubborn OR practical and realistic
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Cavalier (adj)
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Not showing concern for something serious
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Countenance (v)
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To approve of something
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Affront (v)
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To do something disrespectful
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Rue (v)
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To feel regret for something
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Schism (n)
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A division between members of a group because they disagree on something
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Equable (adj)
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Possessing equanimity
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Reprove (v)
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To criticize gently
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Ken (n)
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The extent of a human's knowledge
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