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133 Cards in this Set
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ANOMALY
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syn: ABNORMALITY; DEVIATION; ABERRATION; INCONGRUITY
anty: REGULARITY; THE NORM |
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AGILE
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syn: ACTIVE; NIMBLE; BUOYANT; DEFT; DEXTEROUS; LIMBER; LITHE; MERCURIAL; SPRIGHTLY; SPRY; SUPPLE; VIVACIOUS; ZIPPY
anty: BRITTLE; OAFISH; PONDEROUS |
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ASSUAGE
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syn: SOOTHE; ALLAY; CONCILIATE; LULL; MITIGATE; PALLIATE; PLACATE; PROPITIATE; SATE; SURFEIT
anty: AGGRAVATE; EXACERBATE |
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ENIGMA
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syn: MYSTERY; CLIFFHANGER; CONUNDRUM; CRUX; CRYPTOGRAM; MIND-BOGGLER; SPHINX; PARABLE
anty: EXPLICIT; LUCID; UNEQUIVOCALNESS |
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EQUIVOCAL
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syn: UNCERTAIN; DOUBLE ENTENDRE; DOUBLE MEANING; DUBIETY; ENIGMA; TERGIVERSATION; INCERTITUDE
anty: LUCID; EXPLICITY |
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ERUDITE
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syn: WELL-EDUCATED; HIGHBROW; SAVVY; SCHOLARLY; WISE TO or UP
anty: IGNORANT; ILLITERATE |
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FERVID
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syn: ETHUSIASTIC; AGOG; AVID; FIERY; KEEN; VEHEMENT; ZEALOUS
anty: APATHETIC; FRIGID |
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LUCID
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syn: OBVIOUS; APPREHENSIBLE; CLEAR; FATHOMABLE; LIMPID; PELLUCID; UNAMBIGUOUS
anty: ENIGMA; EQUIVOCAL; AMBIGUOUS; OBSCURE; VAGUE |
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OPAQUE
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syn: CLOUDED; BLURRED; FULIGINOUS; IMPENETRATABLE; LUSTERLESS; NUBILOUS; OBFUSCATED; TURBIB
anty: LUCID; CLEAR |
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OBLIQUE
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syn: SLANTING; INCLINED; MISLEADING
anty: DIRECT |
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PRECIPITATE
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syn: SPEED; ACCELERATE; EXPEDITE; FLING; TRIGGER; HASTY; UNCEREMONIOUS
anty: ANTICIPATED; EXPECTED; DELIBERATE; GRADUAL; IMPEDE |
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PRODIGAL
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syn: WASTEFUL; DISSIPATED; IMROVIDENT; INTEMPERATE; LAVISH; SPENDTHRIFT; WANTON
anty: ECONOMICAL; THRIFTY |
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ZEAL
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syn: ENTHUSIASM; ALACRITY; ARDOR; BUSTLE; FERVOR; VEHEMENCE; VERVE; YEN; KEENESS
anty: APATHY; INDIFFERENCE; LETHARGY; INDOLENCE |
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ABSTAIN
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syn: HOLD BACK; ABJURE; ABNEGATE; ESCHEW; SPURN
anty: GIVE IN; IMBIBE; INDULGE; PARTAKE; SURRENDER |
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ADULTERATE
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syn: DIRTY; ATTENUATED; CORRUPT; DEFILED; VITIATED; TAINTED
anty: CLEAN; MORAL; VIRTUOUS |
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APATHY
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syn: UNCARING; A LOOFNESS; HEEDLESSNESS;INSOUCIANCE; LASSITUDE; LETHARGY; STOICISM
anty: CONCERN; ZEAL; PASSION |
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AUDACIOUS
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syn: RECKLESS; AWELESS; BALLSY; DAUNTLESS; INTREPID; NERVY; RESOLUTE; VALIANT: UNGOVERNED; VENTURESOME
anty: CAUTIOUS; TIMID |
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CAPRICIOUS
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syn: CHANGEABLE; ARBITUARY; LUBRICIOUS; CROTCHETY; EFFERVESCENT; ERRATIC; FANCIFUL; FANCIFUL; FANTASMO; FICKLE; MERCURIAL; VAGARIOUS; VOLATILE; WHIMSICAL
anty: CONSTANT; DEPENDABLE; PREDICTABLE |
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CORROBORATE
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syn: CONFIRM; SUBSTANTIATE; VALIDATE: SUSTAIN; VALIDATE
anty: CONTRADICT; DISCLAIM; REFUTE |
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DESICCATE
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syn: DRY; ANHYDRATE; DEPLETE; DEVITALIZE; EXSICCATE; SHRIVEL; WIZEN
anty: MOISTEN; WET |
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ENGENDER
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syn: CAUSE; BEGET; CREATE; FOMENT; HATCH; INCITE; INDUCE; INSTIGATE; MUSTER; PRECIPITATE; SIRE; SPAWN
anty: DESTROY; HALT |
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EPHEMERAL
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syn: MOMENTARY; EPISODIC; EVANESCENT; FUGACIOUS; FUGITIVE; IMPERMANENT; TRANSITORY; CAPRICIOUS
anty: ENDURING; LASTING |
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GULLIBLE
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syn: TRUSTING; BITE; CREDULOUS; FLEECEABLE; SUSCEPTIBLE; SWALLOW
anty: SUSPICIOUS; UNTRUSTING |
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HOMOGENOUS
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syn: SIMILAR; AKIN; COGNATE; KINDRED; UNVARING
anyt; HETEROGENOUS |
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Eddy
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Move in circle
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Kiosk
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Telephone booth
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Herald
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messenger; omen; courier; outrider; bearer
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Deploy
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fan out; arrange; unfold; dispose
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Transitional
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capricious; fickle; erratic; changeable; spasmodic; revocable
Anty: changeless; invariable |
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DECREE
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order; edict; mandate
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ANARCHY
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lawlessness
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DELEGATION
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assignment; mandate; deputation; devolution
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MILITANT
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combative; bellicose; belligerent; contentious; truculent
anty: apathetic; restrained |
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SOVEREIGNTY
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domination; ascendancy; masterdom; supreme power
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ANONYMITY
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icognito; innominate; pseudonymous
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VIE
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contend; be rivals
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CATCALL
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disapproval; castigation
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PROGENITOR
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predecessor; forebear; precursor
anty: decendant; offspring |
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VETERAN
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experienced; adept; worldly
anty: amateur; beginner; green |
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Malign
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deliberately evil
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Bourgeois
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middle-class
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Ennui
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boredom
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Cliche
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outworned
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Feign
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pretend
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slough
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ignore
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Psyche
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soul or spirit
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Precis
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summary
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Dissimulate
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Feign; pretend
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potent
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strong; powerful
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Chronic
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occuring overtime; constant
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Belligerent
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argumentative
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Inducement
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leading to an action; encouragement
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Protracted
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dragged out
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Vivacious
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alert; lively
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Incognito
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unrecognizable; disguised
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Nominal
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in name only;
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Verify
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attest; certify
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Fidelity
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faithfulness
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Pathos
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sympathy; pity
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Tenacious
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stubborn
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Fidelity
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faithfulness
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Chronic
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constant
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Pathos
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sentimental feeling
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Protracted
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drawn out
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Attribute
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quality of characteristics
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Benevolent
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kind
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Biodegradable
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able to be broken down
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Conspicuous
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highly visible
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Evident
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obvious
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Gregarious
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sociable; egrigious
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Impediment
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hinderance
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Incisive
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penetrating; clear cut
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Mediocre
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intermediate
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Precedent
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prior ruling
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Urbane
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polished; sophisticated
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Tangential
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slightly connected or touching
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Inference
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come to a conclusion
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Credence
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believability
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Credulous
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believe easily
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Antipathy
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hatred
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Circumvent
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to get around
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Consensus
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agreement on a course of action
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Controversy
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public dispute
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Decimate
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destroy or kill
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Illegible
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not readable
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Intermittent
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coming and going
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Malevolent
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cruel and evil
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Posterity
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future generations
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Precursor
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a form that precedes a current model
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Prognosis
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forecast; diagnosis
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Subordinate
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lower in rank
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Tripod
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three-legged stand
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Posterity
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decendant; future generations
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Agrarian
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agriculture; farming
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Bigotry
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prejudice
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Consummate
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complete; conclude
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Copious
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plentiful
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Cryptic
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mysterious; hidden
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Deferment
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delay
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etymology
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word origin; source
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Futive
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underhand; sly; secretive
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Laudable
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praiseworthy
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Mutation
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change in form
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Obsolescence
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outdated
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Parity
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equality
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Puerile
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childish
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Provocative
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inciting action
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Rectify
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correct
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Relentless
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unstoppable
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Satirize
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to use humor ot expose folly
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Venerate
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respect or worship
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contiguous
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ajoining, abutting
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inscrutable
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hidden, mysterious
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reverie
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daydream, absorption
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chimera
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dream, fantasy
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malodorous
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foul, decomposed
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philistine
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babaric, coarse
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pious
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devout
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homily
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sermon
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fetter
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hold, bind
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gumption
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nerve
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hedonist
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pleasure seeker
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agnostic
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doubter, skeptic
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languor
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lethargy, unconciousness
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tarpaulin
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shade, tenting
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queue
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sequence, chain
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dilettante
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amateurish, unskilled
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heliotrope
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blue and red shrub
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vapid
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dull
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aquiesce
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accept, agree
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confederate
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partner
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inchoate
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undeveloped, amorphous
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obeisance
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salutation, allegiance
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