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207 Cards in this Set
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DIATRIBE
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LOONG NEGATIVE SPEECH
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RANT
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TO SPEAK IN LOUND AND ANGRY WAY
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INVECTIVE
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AN INSULT
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INVEIGH
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GIVE VENT TO DISAPPROVAL (INVECTIVE)
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INVEIGLE
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TO PERSUADE BY FLATTERY
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FAWN
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EXTREMELY NICE
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DROSS
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WASTE MATTER
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ASSAY
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TO EVALUATE CONTENTS
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PREVARICATION
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A LIE
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DIFFIDENT
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SHY, NOT TRUSTING ONESELF
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ENCUMBER
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PREVENT FROM MOVING FREELY
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MORDANT
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SHARPLY SARCASTIC
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ACCOLADE
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ACTION TO SHOW RESPECT
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ALACRITY
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BRISK ENTHOUSIASM
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APPOSITE
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APPROPRIATE
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ARCANE
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UNDERSTOOD BY FEW
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AXIOM
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STATEMENT UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED AS TRUE
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BEREAVE
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DEPRIVE. TO LEAVE IN A SAD STATE
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BOLSTER
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STRENGHTHEN
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BUCOLIC
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RURAL, RUSTIC
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CAJOLE
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COAX WITH FLATTERY
COAX= PERSUADE GENTLY |
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CHICANERY
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USE TRICKERY TO DECEIVE
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SULLEN
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BAD TEMPERED
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DISMAY
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DISCOURAGEMENT
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TAWDRY
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CHEAP AND SHOWY
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SATURNINE
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MOROSE= SULLEN AND BAD TEMPERED
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MAUDLIN
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FOOLISHLY SENTIMENTAL
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MISANTHROPE
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HATES HUMANITY
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JEER
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TO UPSET WITH WORDS
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LACONIC
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OF FEW WORDS
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INCHOATE
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JUST BEGUN
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INELUCTABLE
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INEVITABLE
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QUERULOUS
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COMPLAINING IN AN IRRITABLE WAY
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RECALCITRANT
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UNWILLING TO COOPERATE
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FATUOUS
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STUPID
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FRUGAL
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NOT WASTEFUL
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ZEALOT
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FANATIC
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COMPLAISANT
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AGREEABLE
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CONDONE
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GIVE TACIT APPROVAL, DISREGARD
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CONTENTIOUS
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QUARRELSOME
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DAUNT
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TO INTIMIDATE
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DETERRENT
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DISCOURAGING
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DISPARAGE
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TO BELITTLE
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HARBINGER
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SIGN OF SOMETHING TO COME
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COGNIZANCE
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AWARENES
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CURSORY
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GO RAPIDLY OVER SOMETHING. PERFORM WITH HASTE
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PRESCIENT
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KNOWLEDGE OF EVENT BEFORE IT HAPPENS
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DELECTABLE
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DELICIOUS
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PREDILECTION
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PREFERENCE
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MALINGER
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TO FEIGN ILLNESS
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PRECARIOUS
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DANGEROUSLY UNBALANCED. UNSTABLE
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VACUITY
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EMPTINESS
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ENTICE
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ENVEIGLE. TO LEAD ON BY EXCITING HOPE
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CAUSTIC
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HARSH AND INTELLIGENT. SARCASTIC
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HISTRIONIC
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OVERLY DRAMATIC
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IMPLACABLE
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INCAPABLE OF BEING PLEASED
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COGENT
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CONVINCING
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CARCASS
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FLESH
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EXONERATE
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RELIEVE OF BURDEN OF PUNISHMENT
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ONEROUS
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HEAVY, BURDENSOME
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HAPLESS
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UNLUCKY
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FELICITOUS
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WELL PHRASED
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ASSUAGE
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TO CALM DOWN
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DAMPEN
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TO MAKE DULL
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DAMP
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TO EXTINGUISH A SOUND, A VIBRATION
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TARNISH
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STAIN
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HECKLE
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TO HARASS A PUBLIC SPEAKER
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RAUCOUS
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DISORDERLY, BOISTEROUS
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RUCKUS
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A DISTURBANCE
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SINUOUS
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NOT STRAIGHT
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SINEWY
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MUSCULAR BUT THIN
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TREPIDATION
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FEELING OF FEAR THAT SOMETHING BAD MAY HAPPEN
TREMOR |
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REFRACTORY
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STUBBORN OR DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ABOUT A DISEASE
TECHNICAL HEAT-RESISTANT |
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INTRANSIGENCE
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INFLEXIBLE
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VOLUBILITY
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SPEAKING EASILY AND AT LENGHT
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SORDID
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DIRTY REPUTATION OR PAST
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ASPERITY
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HARSHNESS
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DERISIVE
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MOCKING
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BROACH
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BREAK OPEN =BREACH
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FELON
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CRIMINAL
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OFFHAND
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NOT THOUGHT
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GIST
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CENTRAL POINT OF SOMETHING
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PITH
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CORE. VERY IMPORTANT
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DIVESTITURE
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STRIP. DIVEST FROM RIGHTS OR PROPERTY
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EXTANT
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EXISTING. STILL AROUND
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EXTRANEOUS
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NOT NEEDED. EXTRA
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EXTRICABLE
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THAT CAN BE DRAGGED OUT
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IMPLAUSIBILITY
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UNLIKELY
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NOISOME
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BAD SMELL
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CLING
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TO HOLD TIGHT
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FUMBLE
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TO DROP THE BALL
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ADROITLY
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DEXTEROUS
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BOGUS
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FAKE
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BONAFIDE
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AUTHENTIC. YOU CAN TRUST ITS QUALITY
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COW
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TO INTIMIDATE
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BRAZENLY
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SHAMELESS, FLRAGRANT.
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RUTHLESS
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MERCILESS
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LAMBASTE
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HARSH CRITIC. BEATEN
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EXCORIATE
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TO WEAR AWAY THE SKIN
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EXTOL
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PRAISE
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VISCID
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STICKY
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PRONE
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LYING FACING DOWNWARD.
LIKELY TO DO IT |
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TURPITUDE
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MORAL DEPRAVITY
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PHILISTINE
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NO REGARD TOWARD ANYTHING ARTISTIC OR CULTURAL
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ICONOCLAST
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CHALLENGES TRADITIONAL BELIEFS
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INFATUATION
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INTENSE CRUSH WITH SOMEONE
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AGRAPHIA
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INABILITY TO WRITE
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EVANESCENT
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BEGINNING TO DISAPPEAR
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QUIESCENT
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RESTING OR STILL
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GRANDILOQUENT
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POMPOUS, BOMBAST
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VERASIMILAR
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APPEARS TO BE TRUE
LIKE SOMETHING ELSE |
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AVER
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TO ASSERT, TO CLAIM SOMETHING IS TRUE
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AVERT
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TO PUSH ASIDE
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AVERSION
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DISLIKE
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ADVERT
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TURN SOMEONE'S ATTENTION TO
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VERDANT
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GREEN. SPRING TIME
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VERNACULAR
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NATIVE OR LOCAL LANGUAGE. COMMON
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LEViTY
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LIGHTNESS OF MOOD
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FELICITY
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PUT IN GOOD WORDING
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INFELICITOUS
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PUT IN WRONG LANGUAGE
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RABID
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FAR TOO ENTHOUSIASTIC
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PEDANTIC
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SHOWING OFF KNOWLEDGE FROM BOOK LEARNING
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CHARY
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CAUTIOUS, ON THE GUARD, WARY
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CONFLATE
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TO MERGE IDEAS
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OCCLUDE
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CLOSE-OFF
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HARANGUE
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TO SPEAK TO AN ASSEMBLY. LONG POMPOUS SPEECH. TIRADE=DIATRIBE
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ELEGY
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MOURNFUL POEM
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DIRGE
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MOURNING SONG OR POEM
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ENCOMIUM
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SPEECH OF PRAISE
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PANEGYRIC
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PRAISE
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PAEAN
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A PRAISE
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HULL
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PROTECTION OF A SEED
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LITURGY
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FORM FOR PUBLIC RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, RITUAL
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PRECIPITATED
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LED TO HAPPEN
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SWINDLE
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CHEAT SOMEONE OUT OF MONEY
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HUSTLE
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TO WORK ENERGETICALLY.
SLANG: TO GET SOMETHING FROM ILLICIT MEANS |
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IRASCIBLE
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EASILY ANGERED
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REQUIEM
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MUSIC FOR DEAD
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AMENABLE
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WILLING TO COOPERATE OR BE PERSUADED
(AMENER) |
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MISCREANT
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EVIL DOER
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SQUANDER
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TO WASTE (RESOURCES, $, TALENT)
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PRODIGAL
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WASTEFUL
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LIBERALITY
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FREE WITH MONEY
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WHEEDLE
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TO ENVEIGLE= PERSUADE BY FLATTERY
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GUILE
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(N) CLEVER BUT DISHONEST
TICKERY, FRAUD |
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PRUDERY
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SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO SHOW CORRECT BEHAVIOUR (-)
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FLAG
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DECREASE VIGOR
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OBVIATE
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RENDER SOMTHING UNNECESSARY
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INADVERTENT
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UNINTENTIONAL
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ANTAGONIZE
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TRY TO PICK UP A FIGHT
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SUMMARILY
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WITHOUT FOLLOWING THE NORMAL PROCEDURES. SUMMARILY FIRED!
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STOLID
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UNDISTURBABLE. IMPERTURBABLE. IMPASSIVE=NO FEELINGS
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ARTLESS
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SINCERE. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. AN ARTLESS RESPONSE...
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ARTFUL
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COULD BE DECEPTIVE TALK
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DESULTORY
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JUMPING AROUND WITHOUT METHOD
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INIMICAL
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HARMFUL
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DETRIMENTAL
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HARMFUL
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LUMBER
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TO MOVE WITHOUT GRACE
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DISSEMBLE
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TO FEIGN, TO PRETEND
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WAVER
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TO VASCILLATE
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SERE
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DRY, ARID
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REAGENT
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SUBSTANCE THAT INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING ELSE
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BIND
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TO TIE AND BOUND
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RECLUSE
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AVOIDS HUMANITY
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MISER
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GREEDY
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COMPEL
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TO FORCE, OBLIGE, COERCE
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BELIE
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TO MISREPRESENT THE FACTS
OR TO SHOW TO BE FALSE, CONTRADICT |
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SLACK
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A LOOSE PIECE OF ROPE
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TAUT
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TIGHTENED
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JOCULAR
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JOKING
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AVOW
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TO ACKNOWLEDGE OPENLY. TO CONFESS
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DISLODGE
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TO REMOVE FROM A TIGHT PLACE
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SAP
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(V) TO DRAIN STRENGTH
(N) GUM OF TREE |
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FELL
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TO CAUSE TO FALL
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RENT
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PAST PARTICIPLE OF REND, TO SPLIT APPART.
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NICE
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PRECISE. ABOUT A STATEMENT
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HOLD FAST
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HOLD FIRMLY
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CONTROL
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GROUP NOT EXPERIMENTED ON
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RECONDITE
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UNDERSTOOD BY FEW PEOPLE
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ABSTRUSE
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HARD TO UNDERSTAND
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ABSTRACT
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HARD TO UNDERSTAND
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RAREFIED
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HARD TO UNDERSTAND. UNFREQUENTLY SEEN
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DISINTER
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EXHUME... DIG SOMEONE UP
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HOODWINK
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TO DECEiVE
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SPENDTHRIFT
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WASTEFUL, PRODIGAL
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THRIFTY
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CAREFUL WITH MONEY
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HACKNEYED
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LACKING MEANING, CLICHE, OVERUSED
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TRITE
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OVERUSED, LACKING MEANING
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PLATITUDE
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TRITE OR BANAL REMARK
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STALE
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LOST IT'S JUICE. NOW HAS NO MEANING
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GAFFE
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CLUMSY SOCIAL ERROR
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BOLD
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DARING, CONFIDENT
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SCURVY
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RUDE AND ROUGH. (SOMEONE SCURVY MIGHT MAKE A GAFFE AND BREACH DECORUM)
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KILLJOY
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PARTYPOOPER
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CHASM
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BIG LONG DEEP CUT OF THE LAND
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CLEAVE
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TO CUT IN TWO. CLEFT= DIVISION. (CLEFT PALET, CLEFT CHIN)
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RIFT
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A BREAK BETWEEN TWO THINGS
DIFFERENCE IN OPPINION TO BREAK OPEN |
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REBUTTAL
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ANSWER TO A CRITICISM
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FUMBLE
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TO BE CLUMSY WITH YOUR HANDS
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TORPOR
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LASSITUDE, TO LACK ENERGY=LETHARGY
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RAZE
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DESTROY
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ARTIFICE
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CRAFTY STRATAGEM
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INNOCUOUS
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HARMLESS
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INJUNCTION
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AN ORDER BY A COURT. A STRONG WARNING
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INSIPID
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BLAND=WITHOUT DISTINCTIVE QUALITIES
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INSOLVENT
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BANKRUPT
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GOSSAMER
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DELICATE THIN FIBER
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