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Vane
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a blade, plate, sail, etc., in the wheel of a windmill, to be moved by the air.
3. any of a number of blades or plates attached radially to a rotating drum or cylinder, as in a turbine or pump, that move or are moved by a fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air. 4. a person who is readily changeable or fickle. |
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Listless
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Having no inclination or spirit; characterized by unwillingingness to exert
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vogue
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something in fashion, as at a particular time: Short hairdos were the vogue in the twenties.
2. popular currency, acceptance, or favor; popularity: The book is having a great vogue. |
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Exasperate
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to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely: He was exasperated by the senseless delays.
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Domineer
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to rule arbitrarily or despotically; tyrannize.
to tower; to tower over or above: The castle domineers the town. |
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Chthonic
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of or pertaining to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth.
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Bastion
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Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
a fortified place. anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality, condition, etc.: a bastion of solitude; a bastion of democracy. |
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Anchorage
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1. that portion of a harbor or area outside a harbor suitable for anchoring or in which ships are permitted to anchor.
2. a charge for occupying such an area. 3. the act of anchoring or the state of being anchored. 4. that to which anything is fastened. |
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Citadel
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1. a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
2. any strongly fortified place; stronghold. |
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Embarkation
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the act, process, or an instance of embarking.
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Pavilion
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1. a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits, etc., as in a park or fair.
2. any of a number of separate or attached buildings forming a hospital or the like. |
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Babble
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to utter sounds or words imperfectly, indistinctly, or without meaning.
2. to talk idly, irrationally, excessively, or foolishly; chatter or prattle. 3. to make a continuous, murmuring sound. |
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Abet
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Aid, encourage
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Aboriginal
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Indigenous
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Accost
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To approach and speak to someone
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Aegis
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That which protects
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Aghast
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Horrified
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Collusion
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Conspiracy
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Bellicose
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War-like
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Cachet
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Prestige
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Callow
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Inexperienced
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Capacious
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Spacious
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Capitulate
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Surrender
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Cahartic
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Purgative, purifying
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Compensatory
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Redeeming
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Chagrin
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Embarrassment
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Charlatan
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Quack
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Convoluted
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Twisted, complicated
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Dauntless
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Courageous
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Defamation
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Slander
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Deleterious
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Harmful
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Denigrate
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Defame
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Hamper
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obstruct
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Harry
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harrass
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Hegemony
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authority, domination
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Histrionic
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overly dramatic
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Impecunious
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indigent, poverty
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Impolitic
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unwise
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Incontrovertable
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invincible
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Insidious
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treacherous
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Insufferable
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unbearable
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Insular
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narrow-minded
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Internecine
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mutually destructive
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Inveigle
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lure
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Lassitude
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lethargy
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Machiavellian
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politically crafty, cunning
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Magnate
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a powerful, successful person
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Malinger
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shirk
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Miscreant
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evildoer
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Nadir
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lowest point
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Nonplus
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confound
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Obtuse
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stupid
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Officious
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– forward, obtrusive
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Opprobrium
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disgrace
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Parsimonious
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stingy
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Phlegmatic
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sluggish
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Platonic
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– nonsexual
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Posthumous
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– after death
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Precarious
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– dangerous, risky
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Profusion
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– overabundance
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Propriety
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decorum
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Protuberance
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bulge
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Pundit
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politically astute person
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Quash
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put down, suppress
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Querulous
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complaining
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Redoubtable
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formidable, steadfast
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Refractory
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obstinate
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Rescind
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revoke
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Rhapsody
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ecstasy
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Sanctimonious
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self-righteous
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Sanguinary
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gory, murderous
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Schism
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rift
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Sedulous
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diligent
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Supercilious
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arrogant
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Temerity
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boldness
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Torpid
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lethargic, inactive
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Ulterior
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hidden
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Vacillate
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waver
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Verbose
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wordy
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Vernacular
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common speech
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A cappella
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without accompaniment
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A la carte
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priced separately
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Aback
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unexpected
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Abacus
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counting device
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Abase
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degrade
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Abatement
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alleviation
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Abbey
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monastery
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Abjure
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renounce
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Ablate
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cut away
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Abortive
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unsuccessful
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Abreast
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side-by-side
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Abrogate
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cancel
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Abscess
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infected and inflamed tissue
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Absolve
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acquit
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Abstruse
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difficult to understand
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Abut
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touch, border on
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Accede
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yield
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Accentuate
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emphasize
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Accession
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attainment of rank
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Acclaim
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recognition, fame
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Acclivity
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ascent, incline
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Accolade
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applause, praise
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Accouter
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equip
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Accrete
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grow larger
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Acolyte
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assistant
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Acrid
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pungent, caustic
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Acrimonious
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caustic, bitter
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Acrophobia
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fear of heights
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Actuate
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induce, start
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Adage
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proverb
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Adduce
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offer as example
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Adept
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skillful
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Adieu
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farewell
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Adipose
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fatty
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Adjourn
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discontinue
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Ado
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fuss
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Adonis
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beautiful man
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Adulation
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praise
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Adumbration
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overshadow
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Adventitious
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accidental
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Aerial
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pertaining to the air
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Affect
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influence
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Affectation
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pretense
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Affidavit
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sworn written statement
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Affray
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brawl
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Affront
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insult
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Aficionado
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devotee, ardent follower
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Afoul
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entangled
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Aft
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rear
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Agape
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wonder
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Agent provocateur
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agitator
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Aggrieve
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mistreat
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Aggrieved
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unjustly injured
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Amortize
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to pay by installments
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Agnate
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related on the father's side
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Agronomy
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science of crop production
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Akimbo
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with hands on hips
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Al fresco
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outdoors
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Albatross
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large sea bird
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Alcove
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recess, niche
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Alibi
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excuse
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Alight
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land, descend
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Allot
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allocate
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Amphitheater
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oval shaped theater
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Amuck
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murderous frenz
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Alms
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charity
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Alto
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low female voice
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Alliteration
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repetition of the same sound
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Allegro
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fast
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Ambulatory
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able to walk
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Amiable
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friendly
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Amiss
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wrong, out of place
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Amity
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friendship
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Anaerobic
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without oxygen
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Anagram
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a word formed by rearranging the letters of another word
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Aneurysm
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bulging of blood vessel
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Animadversion
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critical remark
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Annals
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historical records
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Annex
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to attach
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Annul
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cancel
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Annular
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ring shaped
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Anodyne
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pain soothing
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Antechamber
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waiting room
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Antediluvian
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ancient, obsolete
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Antic
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caper, prank
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Ape
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mimic
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Aperture
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opening
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Aphasia
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speechless
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Apoplexy
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stroke
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Apposite
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apt
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Apt
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suitable
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Arbitrament
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final judgment
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Argonauts
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gold seekers, adventurers
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Argot
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specialized vocabulary
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Armada
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fleet of ships
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Armistice
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truce
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Arrears
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in debt
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Arrogate
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seize without right
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Arroyo
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gully
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Ascendancy
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powerful state
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Ashen
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pale
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Askance
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to view with suspicion
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Askew
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crooked
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Aspersion
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slander
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Aspirant
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contestant
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Assonance
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partial rhyme
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Astral
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pertaining to stars
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Asunder
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apart
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Atavistic
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exhibiting the characteristics of one's forebearers
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Atelier
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workshop
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Atoll
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reef
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Atomize
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vaporize
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Atrophy
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wasting away of muscle
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Attrition
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deterioration, reduction
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Au courant
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well informed
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Augur
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predict
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Avant garde
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vanguard
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Averse
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loathe, reluctant
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Avert
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turn away
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Avian
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pertaining to birds
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Avocation
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hobby
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Avouch
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attest, guarantee
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Avow
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declare
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Avuncular
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like an uncle, friendly
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Aye
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affirmative voice
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Azure
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sky blue
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Balk
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hesitate
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Baleful
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hostile, malignant
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Balky
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hesitant
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Ballad
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song
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Balm
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soothing ointment
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Ballast
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counterbalance
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Bandy
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exchange
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Barbarian
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savage
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Barrister
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lawyer
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Basso
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low male voice
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Bastion
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fort
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Bathos
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sentimentality
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Batten
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fasten, board up
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Bauble
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trinket
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Bedlam
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uproar
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Befit
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to be suitable
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Behest
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command
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Beholden
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in debt
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Beleaguer
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besiege
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Babbittry
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smugness
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Bacchanal
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orgy
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Badger
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pester
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Badinage
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banter
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Bagatelle
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nonentity, trifle
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Bailiwick
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area of concern or business
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Baleen
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whalebone
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Belfry
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bell tower
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Belie
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misrepresent
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Bellwether
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leader, guide
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Bemoan
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lament
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Benchmark
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standard
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Bequest
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gift, endowment
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Bequeath
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will
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Bereave
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rob
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Beserk
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crazed
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Beset
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harass, encircle
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Besmirch
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slander, sully
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Betrothed
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engaged
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Bevy
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group
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Bicameral
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having two legislative branches
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Biennial
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occuring every two years
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Bilious
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ill-tempered
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Bilk
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swindle
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Blasé
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bored with life
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Bleak
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cheerless
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Blight
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decay
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Blithe
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joyous
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Bode
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portend
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Bogy
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bugbear
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Bon vivant
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gourtmet, epicure
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Bonanza
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a stroke of luck
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Boon
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pay-off
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Bootless
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unuvailing
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Booty
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loot
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Botch
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bungle
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Bourgeois
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middle class
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Bracing
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refreshing
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Brackish
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salty
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Brandish
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display menacingly
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Bravado
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feigned bravery
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Bravura
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technically difficult
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Brawn
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strength
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Brigand
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robber
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Broach
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bring up a topic of conversation
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Bromide
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cliche
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Brook
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tolerate
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Browbeat
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bully
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Bulwark
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fortification
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Buncombe
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empty, showy talk
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Burlesque
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farce
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Burgeon
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sprout
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Burly
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husky
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Cabal
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plot
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Cabaret
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night club
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Cadaverous
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haggard
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Cadence
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rhythm
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Canaille
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rabble
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Canard
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hoax
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Cant
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insincere speech
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Cantankerous
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peevish
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Cantata
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musical composition
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Peevish
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-cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.
-showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood: a peevish reply; a peevish frown. -perverse or obstinate. |
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Haggard
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having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn:
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Capillary
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thin tube
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Capitol
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legislative building
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Capital
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most significant, pertaining to wealth
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Capricious
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fickle, impulsive
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Carafe
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bottle
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Carbine
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rifle
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Carcinogenic
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causing cancer
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Carcinoma
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tumor
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Cardiologist
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one who studies the heart
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Careen
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swerve
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Carrion
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decaying fish
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Cashmere
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fine wool from aisia
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Cassandra
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unheeded prophet
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Castigate
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criticize
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Casuistry
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specious reasoning
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Cataclysm
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catastrophe
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Cause celebre
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celebrated legal cause
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Caveat emptor
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buyer beware
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Cavil
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quibble
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Cavort
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frolic
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Cede
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transfer ownership
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Cenotaph
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empty tomb
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Cessation
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a stopping
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Chafe
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abrade
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Chartreuse
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greenish yellow
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Chateau
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castle
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Cheeky
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brass, forward
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Cherubic
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sweet, innocent
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Choleric
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easily angered
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Chortle
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laugh, snort
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Churl
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a boor
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Cimmerian
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dim, unlit
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Cipher
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zero
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Circa
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about
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Circumlocution
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roundabout expression
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Circumspect
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cautious
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Circumvent
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evade
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Citadel
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fortress
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Clamor
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noise
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Cleave
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split
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Cleft
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split
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Clemency
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forgiveness
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Cloister
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refuge
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Clout
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influence
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Cloven
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split
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Cloyed
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jade
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Co-opt
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preempt, usurp
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Coddle
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pamper
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Jaded
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to make or become dull, worn-out, or weary, as from overwork or overuse
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Codicil
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supplement to a will
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Coffer
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strong box
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Cogitate
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ponder
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Cognate
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from the same source
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Cognomen
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family name
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Coiffur
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hairdo
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Colloquy
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conference
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Colloquial
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informal speech
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Collar
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seize
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Colonnade
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row of columns
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Comatose
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stupor
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Commissary
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food store
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Commodious
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spacious
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Commodore
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naval officer
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Commute
|
lessen punishment
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Commutation
|
exchange, substitute
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Compendium
|
summary
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Complicity
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guilt by association
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Comport
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to conduct oneself
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Compound
|
augment
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Compunction
|
remorse
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Conch
|
spiral shell
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Concordat
|
agreement
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Concourse
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throng
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Concubine
|
mistress
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Conduit
|
pipe
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Confabulate
|
discuss
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Confection
|
candy
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Confluence
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flowing together
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Conflagaration
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large fire
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Confute
|
disprove
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Congeal
|
solidify
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Congenital
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inborn, existing from birth
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Congeries
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pile
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Coniferous
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bearing cones
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Connive
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conspire
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Consanguieous
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related by blood
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Console
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comfort
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Consonant
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harmonious
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Consort
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spouse
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Consortium
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cartel
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Consternation
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anxiety, bewilderment
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Consummate
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perfect
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Contravene
|
oppose
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Contumacy
|
disobedience
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Contusion
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bruise
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Convivial
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sociable, friendly
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Cordon
|
bond, chain
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Corps
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group of people
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Corpulant
|
fat
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Cortege
|
procession
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Coruscate
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sparkle
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Cosset
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coddle
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Countervail
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counterbalance
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Coup
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master stroke
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Coup de grace
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final stroke, a blow of mercy
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Courtesan
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prostitute
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Cower
|
showing fear
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Crave
|
desire
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Credenza
|
buffet
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Crestfallen
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dejected
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Croon
|
sing
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Cruet
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bottle
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Cubism
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a style of painting
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Cudgel
|
club
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Cull
|
pick out, select
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Culvert
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drain
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Cupidity
|
greed
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Curmudgeon
|
boor
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Curry
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seek favor by flattery
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Curt
|
abrupt, rude
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Cynosure
|
celebrity
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Dais
|
platform
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Dally
|
procrastinate
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Dank
|
damp
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De facto
|
actual
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De jure
|
legally
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De rigueur
|
very formal
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Deadpan
|
expressionless
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Debacle
|
a rout, defeat
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Rout
|
a defeat attended with disorderly flight
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Debonair
|
sophisticated affable
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Debuntante
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a girl debuting into society
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Decant
|
pour
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Decathlon
|
athletic contest
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Deciduous
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shedding leaves
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Decrepitude
|
enfeeblement
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Decry
|
castigate
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Defeatist
|
one who is resigned to defeat
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Defer
|
postpone
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Deflower
|
despoil
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Despoil
|
to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
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Defraud
|
swindle
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Defray
|
pay
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Defunct
|
extinct
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Deign
|
condescend
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Delegate
|
authorize
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Delude
|
deceive
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Deluge
|
a flood
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Demagogue
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a politician who appeals to baser instincts
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Demoralize
|
dishearten
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Demure
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sedate, reserved
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Denigrate
|
defame
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Denizen
|
a dweller
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Denouement
|
resolution
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Denude
|
strip bare
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Deplore
|
condemn
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Deportment
|
behavior
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Depredation
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preying on, plunder
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Deracinate
|
uproot
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Derelict
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negligent
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Derisive
|
mocking
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Derrick
|
crane
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Desecrate
|
profane
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Despondent
|
depressed
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Desuetude
|
disuse
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Detente
|
truce
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Detractor
|
one who criticizes
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Detritus
|
debris
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Diaphanous
|
sheer, translucent
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Dicey
|
risky
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Dictum
|
saying
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Dilatory
|
procrastinating
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Diminution
|
reduce
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Disburse
|
pay out
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Disconcert
|
confuse
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Disconsolate
|
inconsolable
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Discursive
|
rambling
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Disinter
|
unearth
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Disquietude
|
anxiety
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Dissidence
|
disagreement
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Diurnal
|
daily
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Dither
|
move without purpose
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Dodder
|
tremble
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Doggerel
|
poor verse
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Dolce
|
sweetly
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Doldrums
|
dullness
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Doleful
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Sorrowful
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Dolorous
|
gloomy
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Dotage
|
senility
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Dossier
|
file
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Doughty
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resolute, unafraid
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Dour
|
sullen
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Dowager
|
widow
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Doyen
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dean of a group
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Dregs
|
residue, riffraff
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Droll
|
amusing
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Ductile
|
stretchable
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Dudgeon
|
resentment, indignant humor
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Duenna
|
governness
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Duet
|
twosome
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Dulcet
|
melodious
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Duress
|
coercion
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Ebb
|
recede
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Eclat
|
brilliance
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Ectoderm
|
top layer of skin
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Ecumenical
|
universal
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Edifice
|
building
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Educe
|
draw forth, evoke
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Effulgent
|
brilliant
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Effusion
|
pouring forth
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Eke
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to supplement with great effort, strain
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Electorate
|
Voters
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Eleemosynary
|
pertaining to charity
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Elegiac
|
sad
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Elephantine
|
large
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Elide
|
omit
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Ellipsis
|
omission of words
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Elude
|
evade
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Emblazon
|
imprint, brand
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Embargo
|
restriction
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Embrangle
|
embroil
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Embroil
|
involve
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Embryonic
|
rudimentary
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Emend
|
correct
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Emote
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to display exaggerated emotion
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Enate
|
related to the mother's side
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Enclave
|
area enclosed within another region
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Endocrinologist
|
one who studies the glands of internal secretions
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Endoderm
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within the skiin
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Enfranchise
|
liberate
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Fjord
|
inlet
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Enjoin
|
urge, order
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Enthrall
|
mesmerize
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Entreat
|
plead
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Enviable
|
plead
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Enviable
|
desirable
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Eon
|
long period of time
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Epidemiology
|
study of the spread of disease
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Epigram
|
saying
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Epithet
|
name, appellation
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Errant
|
wandering
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Escapade
|
adventure
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Escarpment
|
a steep slope
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Esplande
|
boardwalk
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Estimable
|
meritorious
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Evince
|
attest, demonstrate
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Eviscerate
|
disembowel
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Ewe
|
female sheep
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Ex officio
|
by virtue of possession
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Excision
|
removal
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Exiguous
|
scanty
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Exorbitant
|
expensive
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Expletive
|
an interjectory word or expression, frequently profane; an exclamatory oath
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Expostulate
|
protest
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Expunge
|
erase
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Extenuate
|
mitigate
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Extirpate
|
seek out and destroy
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Extradite
|
deport, deliver
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Exult
|
rejoice
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Exude
|
emit
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Extrude
|
force out
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Facsimile
|
duplicate
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Factitious
|
artificial
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Falsetto
|
high male voice
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Falter
|
waver
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Fanfare
|
publicity
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Fane
|
temple
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Farcical
|
absurd
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Farrago
|
mixture
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Fastidious
|
meticulous
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Fatuity
|
foolishness
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Faux pas
|
false step, mistake
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Fealty
|
loyalty
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Feat
|
deed
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Febrile
|
feverish, delirious
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Feckless
|
incompetent
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Fecund
|
fertile, fruitful
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Femme fatale
|
a woman who leads men to their destruction
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Fend
|
ward off
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Feral
|
untamed, wild
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Ferret
|
rummage through
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Fertile
|
fruitful
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Festive
|
joyous
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Fete
|
to honor
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Fetters
|
shackles
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Fey
|
eccentric
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Filch
|
steal
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Fillial
|
son
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Fillip
|
stimulus
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Firebrand
|
agitator
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Flagellate
|
whip
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Flippant
|
pert
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Florid
|
ruddy
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Ruddy
|
-of or having a fresh, healthy red color: a ruddy complexion.
-red or reddish. |
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Pert
|
-boldly forward in speech or behavior; impertinent; saucy.
-jaunty and stylish; chic; natty. |
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Flout
|
to show disregard for the law or rules
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Foil
|
defeat
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Foible
|
weakness
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Forage
|
search for food
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Foray
|
raid
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Force majeure
|
superior force
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Fritter
|
squander
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Frond
|
bending tree
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Furlough
|
leave of absence
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Fusillade
|
bombardment
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Galvanize
|
to excite into action
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Gamut
|
range
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Gambit
|
plot
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Garnish
|
decorate
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Garrote
|
stranglehold
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Gnarl
|
deform
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Glower
|
stare angrily
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Glut
|
surplus, excess
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Glaucoma
|
disorder of the eye
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Gibe
|
heckle
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Genuflect
|
kneel in reverence
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Genteel
|
elegant
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Googol
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a very large number
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Harridan
|
hag
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Harry
|
harass
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Haven
|
refuge
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Haggard
|
gaunt
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Gaunt
|
extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
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Goad
|
encourage
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Hapless
|
unlucky
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Harbinger
|
forerunner
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Harlequin
|
clown
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Harrowing
|
distressing
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Gravamen
|
the part of an accusation that weighs most heavily against the accused; the substantial part of a charge or complaint.
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Grimace
|
expression of disgust
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Grisly
|
gruesome
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Guffaw
|
laughter
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Gusto
|
great enjoyment
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Gyrate
|
whirl
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Guttural
|
throaty
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Helots
|
slaves
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Herald
|
harbinger
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Herpetologist
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one who studies reptiles
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Hew
|
cut
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Heyday
|
glory days
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Hibernal
|
wintry
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Hidalgo
|
nobleman
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Hidebound
|
prejudiced
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Holograph
|
written entirely by hand
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Homily
|
sermon
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Homonym
|
words that are identical in spelling and pronunciation
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Hortatory
|
inspiring good deeds
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Hospice
|
shelter
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Hovel
|
shanty, cabin
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Hoyden
|
tomboy
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Hummock
|
knoll, mound
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Humus
|
soil
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Husbandry
|
management
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Hydrophobia
|
fear of water
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Hymeneal
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pertaining to marriage
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Hypoglycemic
|
low blood sugar
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Hypothermia
|
low body temperature
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Ibidem
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in the same place
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Ichthyology
|
study of fish
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Idyllic
|
natural, picturesque
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Ignoble
|
dishonorable
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Ilk
|
class, clan
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Illimitable
|
limitless
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Imbibe
|
drink
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Imbue
|
infuse
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Immure
|
build a wall around
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Impel
|
urge, force
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Imperil
|
endanger
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Implore
|
entreat
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Entreat
|
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg: to entreat the judge for mercy.
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Importune
|
urgent request
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Imprecation
|
curse, inculcate
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Impresario
|
promoter
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In toto
|
full, entirety
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Incursion
|
raid
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Indurate
|
harden
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Infirmary
|
clinic
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Ingress
|
entering
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Inquest
|
investigation
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Insensate
|
without feeling
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Insignia
|
emblems
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Insolvent
|
bankrupt
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Insouciant
|
nonchalant
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Interloper
|
intruder
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Intestate
|
leaving to will
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Journeyman
|
reliable worker
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Jostle
|
push, brush against
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Jilt
|
reject
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Jabberwocky
|
nonsense
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Jaundiced
|
biased, embittered
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Jejune
|
barrent
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Jingoistic
|
warmongering, nationalistic
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Itinerant
|
wandering
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Inviolate
|
sacred
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Inveigh
|
to rail against
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Junoesque
|
stately beauty
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Junta
|
small ruling group
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Jvenescent
|
making young
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Ken
|
purview, range of comprehension
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Kismet
|
fate
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Kitsch
|
trashy art
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Knead
|
massage
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Knell
|
sound of a bell
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Kowtow
|
behaving obsequiously
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Lackey
|
servant
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Laggard
|
loafer
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Loafer
|
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
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Laity
|
laymen
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Lamina
|
layer
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Lagniappe
|
bonus
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Lactic
|
derived from milk
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Lacuna
|
hole
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Languish
|
weaken
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Lanyard
|
short rope
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Largess
|
generious donation
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Lascivious
|
lustful
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Lave
|
wash
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Lax
|
loose, careless
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Leviathan
|
monster
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Libertine
|
roué, rake
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roué
|
a dissolute and licentious man; rake
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Libidinous
|
lustful
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Lien
|
financial claim
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Ligature
|
bond
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Linchpin
|
something that is indispensible
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Lissome
|
agile, supple
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Listless
|
lacking spirit or interest
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Logy
|
sluggish
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Lithe
|
supple
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Supple
|
-bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible: a supple bough.
-ease, responsiveness |
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Litotes
|
two negative statements that cancel out to make a positive statement
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Lothario
|
rake, womanizer
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Lout
|
goon
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Lupine
|
wolf-like
|
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Lurid
|
ghastly
|
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Luster
|
gloss
|
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Macabre
|
gruesome
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Machination
|
plot
|
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|
Macrobiosis
|
longevity
|
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Maelstrom
|
whirlpool, turmoil
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Magnum opus
|
a masterpiece
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Malodorous
|
fetid
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Manacle
|
shackle
|
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Mandrill
|
baboon
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Mar
|
damage
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Marauder
|
plunderer
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Marionette
|
puppet
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Mastiff
|
large dog
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Mastodon
|
extinct elephant
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Matutinal
|
early
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Mausoleum
|
tomb
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Meander
|
roam, ramble
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Mea culpa
|
my fault
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|
Megalith
|
mixture
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Melee
|
fight, riot
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Mellifluous
|
sweet sounding
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Mercantile
|
commercial
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Meteroic
|
swift
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Métier
|
occupation
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Miasma
|
toxin
|
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|
Metonymy
|
the substitution of a phrase for the name itself
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Mien
|
appearance, bearing
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Mirage
|
illusion
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Misbegotten
|
illegitimate
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Miscegenation
|
intermarriage between races
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Mire
|
marsh
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Mirth
|
jollity
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Modish
|
chic
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Chic
|
attractive and fashionable; stylish
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Mobocracy
|
rule by mob
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Mogul
|
powerful person
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Mote
|
speck
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Mulct
|
defraud
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|
Ne'er-do-well
|
loafer, idler
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|
|
Nativity
|
the process of birth
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|
|
Myrmidons
|
loyal followers
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|
Myopic
|
narrow-minded
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|
|
Noctambulism
|
sleepwalking
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|
Nocturne
|
serenade
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|
|
Nonesuch
|
paragan, one in a thousand
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|
|
Nonpareil
|
unequaled, peerless
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Nouveau riche
|
newly rich
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Nub
|
crux
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Nubile
|
marriageable
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Nugatory
|
worthless, useless, invalid
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|
|
Numismatics
|
coin collecting
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|
Nymph
|
goddess
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Oaf
|
awkward person
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Obelisk
|
tall column
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|
Oblique
|
indirect
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Obliquity
|
perversity
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Oblong
|
elliptical, oval
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Obsequy
|
funeral service
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|
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Occident
|
the west
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Octogenarian
|
person in her eighties
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Ocular
|
optic, visual
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Ode
|
poem
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Odoriferous
|
pleasant odor
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|
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Offertory
|
church collection
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Offal
|
inedible parts of a butchered animal
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|
Officiate
|
supervise
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Ogle
|
flirt
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|
Oligarchy
|
aristocracy
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Ogre
|
monster
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Oleaginous
|
oily
|
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Omnibus
|
collection
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Operetta
|
musical comedy
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|
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Opine
|
think
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Oppugn
|
assail
|
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|
Opulence
|
wealth
|
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|
Opus
|
literary work or musical composition
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Ornate
|
lavishly decorated
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Orient
|
align
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Orison
|
prayer
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Ossify
|
harden, make into bone
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Ouster
|
ejection
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Otiose
|
idle
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Outmoded
|
out of date
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Outre
|
eccentric
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Ovation
|
applause
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Overture
|
advance, proposal
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|
Overwrought
|
overworked, high strung
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|
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Ovum
|
egg, cell
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|
|
Pachyderm
|
elephant
|
|
|
Page
|
attendant
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|
|
Paleolithic
|
stone age
|
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|
Palaver
|
babble, nonsense
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|
|
Pall
|
to become dull or weary
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|
Pallid
|
pale, sallow
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|
|
Sallow
|
of a sickly, yellowish color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
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|
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Palsy
|
paralysis
|
|
|
Pan
|
criticize
|
|
|
Panacea
|
cure-all
|
|
|
Pandemic
|
universal
|
|
|
Pandemonium
|
din, commotion
|
|
|
Pander
|
cater to people's baser instincts
|
|
|
Pang
|
pain
|
|
|
Pant
|
gasp, puff
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|
|
Panoply
|
full suit of armor
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Pantomime
|
mime
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Paramour
|
love
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|
Parchment
|
paper
|
|
|
Pare
|
peel
|
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|
Parvenu
|
newcomer, social climber
|
|
|
Pasquinade
|
satire
|
|
|
Passim
|
here and there
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|
|
Pasteurize
|
disinfect
|
|
|
Patent
|
obvious
|
|
|
Pax
|
peace
|
|
|
Peaked
|
wan, pale, haggard
|
|
|
Peal
|
reverberation, outburst
|
|
|
Patter
|
walk lightly
|
|
|
Paunch
|
stomach
|
|
|
Patrimony
|
inheritance
|
|
|
Patrician
|
aristocrat
|
|
|
Pawn
|
(verp) pledge
|
|
|
Pawn
|
(noun) tool, stooge
|
|
|
Pavilion
|
tent
|
|
|
Pauper
|
poor person
|
|
|
Patronymic
|
a name formed form the same name of a father
|
|
|
Pariah
|
outcast
|
|
|
Parish
|
fold, church
|
|
|
Parlay
|
increase
|
|
|
Parley
|
conference
|
|
|
Paroxysm
|
outburst, convulsion
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|
|
Parry
|
avert, ward off
|
|
|
Parson
|
clergyman
|
|
|
Parting
|
farewell, severance
|
|
|
Peculate
|
embezzle
|
|
|
Pedagogue
|
dull, formal teacher
|
|
|
Pedant
|
Pedagogue
|
|
|
Pedantic
|
bookish
|
|
|
Bookish
|
-given or devoted to reading or study.
-more acquainted with books than with real life. -of or pertaining to books; literary. -stilted; pedantic |
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|
Peddle
|
sell
|
|
|
Peerage
|
aristocracy
|
|
|
Peevish
|
cranky
|
|
|
Pell-mell
|
in a confused manner
|
|
|
Pejorative
|
insulting
|
|
|
Aristocracy
|
- a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, esp. the hereditary nobility.
-a government or state ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class. |
|
|
Pellucid
|
transparent
|
|
|
Per se
|
in itself
|
|
|
Peregrination
|
wandering
|
|
|
Perfidious
|
treacherous (of a person)
|
|
|
Perforce
|
necessity
|
|
|
Perish
|
die
|
|
|
Pillory
|
punish by ridicule
|
|
|
Pert
|
flippant, bold
|
|
|
Petrology
|
study of rocks
|
|
|
Phantasm
|
apparition
|
|
|
Pettifogger
|
unscrupulous lawyer
|
|
|
Philatelist
|
stamp collector
|
|
|
Phoenix
|
rebirth
|
|
|
Physique
|
fame, musculature
|
|
|
Picaresque
|
roguish, adventurous
|
|
|
Piecemeal
|
one at a time
|
|
|
Pied
|
mottled, brindled
|
|
|
Brindled
|
gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots.
|
|
|
Tawny
|
of a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color.
|
|
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Pilfer
|
steal
|
|
|
Pillage
|
plunder
|
|
|
Pinnacle
|
highest point
|
|
|
Plebiscite
|
referendum
|
|
|
Referendum
|
a measure referred.
|
|
|
Pleasantry
|
banter, persiflage
|
|
|
Persiflage
|
-light, bantering talk or writing.
-a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject. |
|
|
Plenary
|
full
|
|
|
Plucky
|
courageous
|
|
|
Pleonasm
|
redundancy, verbosity
|
|
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Plutocrat
|
wealthy person
|
|
|
Podgy
|
fat
|
|
|
Pogrom
|
massacre, mass murder
|
|
|
Polity
|
methods of government
|
|
|
Pontiff
|
bishop
|
|
|
Portly
|
large
|
|
|
Portmanteau
|
suitcase
|
|
|
Portend
|
signify, augur
|
|
|
Porcine
|
pig-like
|
|
|
Pontificate
|
to speak at length
|
|
|
Potion
|
brew
|
|
|
Prattle
|
chatter
|
|
|
Potpourri
|
medley
|
|
|
Medley
|
-a mixture, esp. of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble.
-a piece of music combining tunes or passages from various sources: |
|
|
Potter
|
aimlessly busy
|
|
|
Prate
|
babble
|
|
|
Precipitous
|
steep
|
|
|
Priggish
|
pedantic, affected
|
|
|
Prefect
|
magistrate
|
|
|
Presage
|
omen
|
|
|
Prestidigator
|
magicians
|
|
|
Preternatural
|
abnormal, unnatural
|
|
|
Prod
|
urge
|
|
|
Privation
|
hardship
|
|
|
Prim
|
formal, prudish
|
|
|
Princely
|
regal, generous
|
|
|
Primogeniture
|
first-born child
|
|
|
Prismatic
|
many colored, sparkling
|
|
|
Proctor
|
supervise
|
|
|
Proboscis
|
snout
|
|
|
Procurer
|
panderer
|
|
|
Procure
|
acquire
|
|
|
Progeny
|
children
|
|
|
Progenitor
|
ancestor
|
|
|
Proletariat
|
working class
|
|
|
Pulchritude
|
beauty
|
|
|
Proscenium
|
platform, rostrum
|
|
|
Protean
|
changing readily
|
|
|
Provender
|
food
|
|
|
Pruish
|
puritanical
|
|
|
Putsch
|
a sudden attempt to overthrow a governement
|
|
|
Purlieus
|
environs, surroundings
|
|
|
Puerile
|
childish
|
|
|
Puckish
|
impish, mischevious
|
|
|
Puissant
|
strong
|
|
|
Pugilism
|
boxing
|
|
|
Purblind
|
obtuse, stupid
|
|
|
Purloin
|
steal
|
|
|
Pusillanimous
|
cowardly
|
|
|
Putative
|
reputed
|
|
|
Pygmy
|
dwarf
|
|
|
Pyrrhic
|
a battle won with unacceptable losses
|
|
|
Quadrille
|
square dance
|
|
|
Quail
|
shrink, cower
|
|
|
Quaint
|
old fashioned
|
|
|
Rankle
|
cause bitterness, resentment
|
|
|
Rapine
|
plunder
|
|
|
Rappor
|
affinity
|
|
|
Rapprochement
|
reconciliation
|
|
|
Rasp
|
scrape
|
|
|
Quaver
|
tremble
|
|
|
Quay
|
wharf
|
|
|
Quell
|
suppress, allay
|
|
|
Quiddity
|
essence
|
|
|
Quietus
|
a cessation of activity
|
|
|
Quip
|
joke
|
|
|
Quill
|
feather, pen
|
|
|
Quizzical
|
odd
|
|
|
Quorum
|
majority
|
|
|
Quota
|
a share of portion
|
|
|
Ratify
|
approve
|
|
|
Raze
|
destroy
|
|
|
Realpolitik
|
cynical interpretation of politics
|
|
|
Rebuff
|
reject
|
|
|
Ravish
|
captivate, charm
|
|
|
Rebus
|
picture puzzle
|
|
|
Recant
|
retract
|
|
|
Recidivism
|
habitual criminal activity
|
|
|
Rabble
|
crowd
|
|
|
Racketeer
|
gangster
|
|
|
Rake
|
womanizer
|
|
|
Randy
|
vulgar
|
|
|
Ramrod
|
rod
|
|
|
Reconnoiter
|
to survey
|
|
|
Redolent
|
fragrant
|
|
|
Redoubt
|
fort
|
|
|
Reel
|
stagger
|
|
|
Reflux
|
ebb
|
|
|
Refraction
|
bending, deflection
|
|
|
Refurbish
|
remodel
|
|
|
Regale
|
entertain
|
|
|
Regalia
|
emblems
|
|
|
Recreant
|
cowardly
|
|
|
Repatriate
|
to send back to a native land
|
|
|
Repartee
|
witty conversation
|
|
|
Relic
|
antique
|
|
|
Renumeration
|
compensation
|
|
|
Reprieve
|
temporary suspension
|
|
|
Replica
|
copy
|
|
|
Requite
|
to return in kind
|
|
|
Respire
|
breathe
|
|
|
Respite
|
rest
|
|
|
Restive
|
nervous, uneasy
|
|
|
Repose
|
rest
|
|
|
Retch
|
vomit
|
|
|
Ribald
|
coarse, vulgar
|
|
|
Rheumatism
|
inflammation
|
|
|
Rife
|
widespread, abundant
|
|
|
Rime
|
crust
|
|
|
Riposte
|
counterthrust
|
|
|
Rogue
|
scoundrel
|
|
|
Romp
|
frolic
|
|
|
Riffraff
|
dregs of society
|
|
|
Retort
|
quick reply
|
|
|
Retrench
|
cut back, economize
|
|
|
Revamp
|
recast
|
|
|
Roseate
|
rosy, optimistic
|
|
|
Roue
|
libertine
|
|
|
Rout
|
vanquish
|
|
|
Rue
|
regret
|
|
|
Ruminate
|
ponder
|
|
|
Runnel
|
stream
|
|
|
Rusic
|
rural
|
|
|
Sabbatical
|
vacation
|
|
|
Saber
|
sword
|
|
|
Sacerdotal
|
priestly
|
|
|
Sack
|
pillage
|
|
|
Sacrament
|
rite
|
|
|
Sacred cow
|
idol
|
|
|
Reveille
|
bugle call
|
|
|
Revel
|
frolic, take joy in
|
|
|
Reverie
|
daydream
|
|
|
Saddle
|
encumber
|
|
|
Sally
|
sortie, attack
|
|
|
Salvo
|
volley, gunfire
|
|
|
Sang-froid
|
coolness under fire
|
|
|
Saline
|
salty
|
|
|
Sagacious
|
wise
|
|
|
Salacious
|
licentious
|
|
|
Sallow
|
sickly complexion
|
|
|
Seethe
|
fume, resent
|
|
|
Sarcophagus
|
stone coffin
|
|
|
Sapient
|
wise
|
|
|
Saunter
|
stroll
|
|
|
Savvy
|
perceptive
|
|
|
Scarify
|
criticize
|
|
|
Scepter
|
a rod, staff
|
|
|
Scathe
|
injure, denounce
|
|
|
Scintilla
|
speck
|
|
|
Scoff
|
jeer
|
|
|
Scourge
|
dandruff
|
|
|
Sebaceous
|
like fat
|
|
|
Sear
|
burn
|
|
|
Scythe
|
long, curved blade
|
|
|
Scuttle
|
to sink (a ship)
|
|
|
Seedy
|
rundown, ramshackle
|
|
|
Seismology
|
study of earthquakes
|
|
|
Seminal
|
fundamental
|
|
|
Sepulcher
|
tomb
|
|
|
Silo
|
storage tower
|
|
|
Settee
|
seat, sofa
|
|
|
Sheen
|
luster
|
|
|
Shoal
|
reef
|
|
|
Shibboleth
|
password
|
|
|
Shirk
|
evade
|
|
|
Sliver
|
fragment
|
|
|
Sibilant
|
a hissing sound
|
|
|
Shallot
|
onion
|
|
|
Sessile
|
permanently attached
|
|
|
Serried
|
saw-toothed
|
|
|
Serpentine
|
winding
|
|
|
Saturnine
|
gloomy
|
|
|
Sans
|
without
|
|
|
Sapid
|
interesing
|
|
|
Sate
|
satisfy fully
|
|
|
Sheepish
|
shy
|
|
|
Shoring
|
supportive
|
|
|
Sidle
|
move sideways
|
|
|
Sierra
|
mountain range
|
|
|
Simian
|
monkey
|
|
|
Simper
|
smile, shirk
|
|
|
Simulacrum
|
likeness
|
|
|
Sinecure
|
posiiton with little responsibility
|
|
|
Singly
|
one by one
|
|
|
Slate
|
list of candidates
|
|
|
Slaver
|
drivel, fawn
|
|
|
Skullduggery
|
trickery
|
|
|
Skittish
|
excitable
|
|
|
Skulk
|
sneak about
|
|
|
Slake
|
quench
|
|
|
Sire
|
forefather, to beget
|
|
|
Sinistral
|
left-handed
|
|
|
Smelt
|
refine metal
|
|
|
Solstice
|
furthest point
|
|
|
Spindly
|
tall and thin
|
|
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Spire
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pinnacle
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Spinster
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old maid
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Splay
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spread apart
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Spittle
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spit
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Spite
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malice, grudge
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Spleen
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resentment, wrath
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Souse
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a drum
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Somnolent
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sleepy
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Spenetic
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peevish
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Supernumerary
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subordinate
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Spurn
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reject
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Sportive
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playful
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Squall
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rainstorm
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Stanch
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loyal
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Stanchion
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prop
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Stately
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impressive, noble
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Stodgy
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stuffy, pompous
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Stole
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long scarf
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Spry
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nimble
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Stultify
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inhibit, enfeeble
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Sub rosa
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in secret
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Subterfuge
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cunning, ruse
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Succor
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help, comfort
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Stratum
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layer
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Stout
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stocky
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Suffrage
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vote
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Sundry
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various
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Supine
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laying on the back
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Surly
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rude, crass
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Suture
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surgical stitch
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Syllabicate
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divide into symbols
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Taper
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candle
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Terpisichorean
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related to dance
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Synod
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council
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Syndicate
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cartel
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Systole
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heart contraction
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Tableau
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backdrop, scene
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Tenement
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decaying apartment building
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Tendentious
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biased
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Terrapin
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turtle
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Testy
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petulant
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Thews
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muscles
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Thrall
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slave
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Throttle
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choke
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Talon
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claw
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Threadbare
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tattered
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Tocscin
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alarm bell
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Timbre
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tonal quality, resonance
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Tincture
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trace, vestige, tint
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Tinsel
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tawdriness
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Tawdry
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-(of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
-low or mean; base: tawdry motives. |
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Torsion
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twisting
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Totter
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stagger
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Transfix
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impale
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Triad
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group of three
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Troupe
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group of actors
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Truckle
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yield
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Tumbler
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drinking glass
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Tumefy
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swell
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Tussle
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fight
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Ululate
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howl, wail
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Vagary
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whim
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Uxorious
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a doting husband
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Unsung
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neglected
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Writ
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summons
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Waggish
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playful
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Wane
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dissipate, wither
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Wastrel
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spendthrift
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Visage
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facial expression
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Vitreous
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glassy
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Volant
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agile
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Votary
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fan, aficionado
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Wistful
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yearning
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Welter
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confusion, hodgepodge
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Weir
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dam
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Wheedle
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coax
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Whet
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stimulate
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Wry
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twisted
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Xenophillic
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attraction to strangers
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Xylophone
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musical percussion instrument
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Yen
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desire
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Yarn
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story
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Yore
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long ago
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Zephyr
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gentle breeze
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Wallow
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indulge
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Wanton
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lewd, abandoned
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Whiffle
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vacillate
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Wily
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shrewd
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Winnow
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separate
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Proselyte
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a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert
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Effusive
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unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
2. pouring out; overflowing. |
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Ennoble
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1 : to make noble : elevate <seemed ennobled by suffering>
2 : to raise to the rank of nobility |
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Miscegenate
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v. 1. to marry or cohabit with a person of another race
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Adulterated
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to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
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