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abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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abate
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to lessen to subside
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abdication
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giving up control authority
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aberration
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straying away from what is normal
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abet
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help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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to hate to detest
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abide
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be faithful to endure
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abjure
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promise or swear to give up
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abraded
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rubbed off worn away by friction
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abrogate
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repeal or annul by authority
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abscond
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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend obscure
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abut
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border on
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abysmal
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bottomless extreme
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acarpous
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effete no longer fertile worn out
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acclaimed
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welcomed with shouts and approval
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accolade
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praise approval
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accretion
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the growing of separate things into one
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adamant
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kind of stone inflexible
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admonitory
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containing warning
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adorn
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add beauty decorate
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adulteration
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making unpure poorer in quality
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affable
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polite and friendly
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affinity
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close connection relationship
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aggravate
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make worse irritate
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agile
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active quick-moving
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agog
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eager/excited
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ail
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trouble be ill
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alacrity
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eager and cheerful readiness
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alcove
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recess/partially enclosed place
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allegiance
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duty support loyalty
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alleviate
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make (pain) easier to bear
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alloy
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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aloof
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reserved indifferent
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amalgamate
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mix combine unite societies
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ambidextrous
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able to use the left hand or the right equally well
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ambiguous
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doubtful uncertain
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ambivalent
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having both of two contrary meanings
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ameliorate
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improve make better
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amortize
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end (a debt) by setting aside money
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anguish
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severe suffering
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animosity
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strong dislike
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antidote
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medicine used against a poison or a disease
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antithetical
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direct opposing
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apartheid
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brutal racial discrimination
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aplomb
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self-confidence
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
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deification glorification to godliness
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appease
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make quiet or calm
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apprehensive
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grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future
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apprise
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give notice to inform
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approbation
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approval
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apropos
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appropriate to the situation apt
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apt
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well-suited quick-witted
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arabesque
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a complex ornate design
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arboreal
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of connected with trees
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ardor
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enthusiasm
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arduous
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steep difficult ascent laborious
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argot
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jargon slang
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arrant
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in the highest degree
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arrogance
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proud superior manner of behaviour
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articulate
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speak distinctly connect by joints
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ascend
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go or come up
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ascertain
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get to know
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial austere stark
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ascribe
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consider to be the origin of or belonging to
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aseptic
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surgically clean
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asperity
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roughness harshness ill temper irritability
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aspersion
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slander
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assail
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with attack violently
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assiduous
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diligent hard-working sedulous
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assuage
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make smth (pain desire) less
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asterisk
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the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
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astringent
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substance that shrinks
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astute
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clever quick at seeing to get an advantage
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atonement
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repayment death of Jesus
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attenuate
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make thin. weaken enervate
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attune
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bring into harmony
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audacious
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daring foolishly bold impudent
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augury
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omen sign
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august
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majestic venerable
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auspicious
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favorable successful prosperous
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austere
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severely moral and strict simple and plain
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auxiliary
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helping supporting
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aver
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affirm assert prove justify
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aversion
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strong dislike
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avid
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eager greedy
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avow
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admit. Declare openly
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baleful
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harmful ominous causing evil
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balk
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obstacle purposely to get on the way of
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baneful
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causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
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barrage
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artificial obstacle built across a river
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barren
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not good enough unable to have young ones without value
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bask
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in enjoy warmth and light
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beatify
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to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
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bedizen
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to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
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belabor
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beat hard
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bellicose
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belligerent pugnacious warlike
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belligerent
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(person nation) waging war
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benefactor
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person who has given help
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benevolence
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wish or activity in doing good
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benign
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kind and gentle mild (climate)
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bequest
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arrangement to give smth at death
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berate
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scold sharply
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bereft
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rob or dispossess of smth (material)
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bewilder
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puzzle confuse
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bigot
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stubborn narrow-minded person
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bilge
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bulge the protuberance of a cask
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blandishment
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flattery coaxing
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blandness
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polite manner comforting uninteresting
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blatant
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noisy and rough
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blithe
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cheerful casual carefree
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bogus
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sham counterfeit not genuine
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boisterous
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loud noisy rough lacking restraint
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bolster
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give greatly needed support
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boorish
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crude offensive rude
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brash
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hasty rush cheeky saucy
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brass
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yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
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brazen
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made of brass
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breach
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opening broken place breaking
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brittle
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easily broken
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broach
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bring up announce begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate endure
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buoyant
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able to float light-hearted
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burgeon
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grow forth send out buds
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burnish
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to polish rub to a shine
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cabal
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a scheme or plot a group of plotters
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cadge
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to beg to get by begging
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cajole
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use flattery or deceit to persuade
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calipers
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metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument
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calumny
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slander aspersion
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candid
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frank straight-forward
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cant
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insincere talk/jargon
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered/quarrelsome
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canvass
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discuss thoroughly sort of touting
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castigate
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to chastise correct by punishing
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castigation
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severe punishment
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catalyst
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substance that causes speeding up
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caustic
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biting sarcastic
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censure
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expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke
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centurion
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leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
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chary
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cautious wary
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chastened
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corrected punished
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chastisement
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punishment
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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chicanery
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legal trickery/false argument
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chisel
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steel tool for shaping materials
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churl
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bad-tempered person
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clamor
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shout complain with a lot of noise
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clientele
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customers
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clinch
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come to grips/settle conclusively
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cling
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to resist separation
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clot
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half-solid lump formed from liquid
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cloture
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closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
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coagulation
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change to a thick and solid state
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coalescing
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coming together and uniting into one substance
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coax
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get smb to do smth by kindness
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coda
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passage that completes a piece of music
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coddle
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treat with care and tenderness
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coerce
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compel to force to make obedient
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coeval
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of the same period coexisting
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cogent
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strong convincing
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cogitate
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think deeply mediate
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cognizant
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being fully aware of
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colander
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bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
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collusion
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secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
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combustion
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process of burning
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commemorate
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keep the memory of
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commodious
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having plenty of space for what is needed
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commuter
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person who travels regularly
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complaisance
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tending to comply obliging willingness to please
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compunction
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feeling of regret for one's action
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conceal
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hide keep secret
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conceit
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over-high opinion of too much pride
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conciliatory
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reconciling soothing comforting mollifying
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concord
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agreement or harmony
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concur
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agree in opinion happen together
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condense
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increase in density strength make laconic
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condone
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forgive
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congeal
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make or become stiff and solid
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conjoin
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to join together
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connoisseur
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a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)
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connotation
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suggestion in addition to
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consequential
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pompous self important
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console
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give comfort or sympathy to
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conspicuous
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easily seen remarkable
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consternation
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surprise and fear dismay
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constrain
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compel
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constrict
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make tight or smaller
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consume
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get to the end of
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consummate
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perfect/make perfect/complete
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contemn
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to scorn or despise
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contentious
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argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome
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contiguous
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touching neighboring near
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contrite
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filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
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contumacious
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insubordinate rebellious
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conundrum
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a riddle dilemma enigma
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conviction
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convincing firm belief
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convoke
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call together summon
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convoluted
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complicated coiled twisted
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cordial
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warm and sincere
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cordon
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line (of police acting as a guard)
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cornucopia
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abundant supply
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corporeal
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physical of or for the body
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correlate
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have a mutual relation
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corroboration
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additional strengthening evidence
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countenance
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to favor or approve of
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counterfeit
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forgery
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countervail
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counterbalance
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covert
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disguised
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covetous
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eagerly desirous
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cower
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crouch shrink back
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coy
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shy/modest (esp of a girl)
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crass
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very great (es. stupidity)
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cravat
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piece of linen worn as a necktie
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craven
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cowardly
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crease
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line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket
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credulity
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too great a readiness to believe things
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credulous
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ready to believe things
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crush
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press lose shape subdue overwhelm
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cryptic
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secret with a hidden meaning
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cumbersome
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burdensome heavy and awkward to carry
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curmudgeon
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bad-tempered person
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curriculum
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course of study
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cursory
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quick hurried
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curtail
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make shorter then was planned
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dainty
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pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
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daunt
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intimidate make fearful
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dawdler
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person who is slow waste of time
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dearth
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shortage
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debacle
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a breakup overthrow sudden disaster
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decorum
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propriety properness
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decree
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order given by authority
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decry
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disapprove of
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defer
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postpone give way (to show respect)
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deferential
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showing respect
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defiance
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open disobedience or resistance
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delineate
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to portray depict sketch out
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deluge
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great flood heavy rush of water
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demagogue
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person appealing not to reasons
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demur
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to hesitate raise objections
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denigrate
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blacken belittle sully defame
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denouement
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an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot
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deplete
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use until none remains
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deposition
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dethronement depositing
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deprave
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make morally bad corrupt
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deprecate
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protest against express disapproval of
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dereliction
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deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
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derision
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ridicule mockery deriding
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derivative
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unoriginal obtained from another source
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derogatory
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insulting tending to damage
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descry
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catch sight of see smth in the distance
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desiccant
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substance used to absorb moisture
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desuetude
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cessation of use disuse
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desultory
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aimless haphazard digressing at random
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deter
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discourage hinder
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detraction
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slandering verbal attack aspersion
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detumescence
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diminishing or lessening of swelling
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deviance
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being different in moral standards (from normal)
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dexterity
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skill (esp. in handling)
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diaphanous
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transparent gauzy
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diatribe
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bitter and violent attack in words
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diffidence
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shyness
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dilate
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speak comprehensively become wider large
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disallow
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refuse to allow or accept as a correct
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discern
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see with an effort but clearly
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discomfit
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confuse embarrass
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disconcert
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upset the self-possession of
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discountenance
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refuse to approve of
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discourse
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speech lecture
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discredit
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refuse to believe
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discreet
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careful/prudent
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discrete
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individually distinct
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disdain
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look on with contempt
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disencumber
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free from encumbrance
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disheveled
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untidy
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disingenuous
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sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning
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disinter
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dig up from the earth
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dislodge
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move force from the place occupied
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dismal
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sad gloomy miserable
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disparate
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essentially different
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disproof
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proof to the contrary
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dissemble
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speak or behave so as to hide smth (in mind)
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disseminate
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distribute (esp. ideas)
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dissent
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have a different opinion refuse to assent
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dissolution
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disintegration looseness in morals
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distraught
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distracted violently upset in mind
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divergence
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getting farther apart from a point
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divestiture
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taking off getting rid of giving up
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divulge
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make known smth secret
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doggerel
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trivial poorly constructed verse
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dogmatic
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positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion
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dolt
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stupid fellow
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dormant
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in a state of inactivity but awaiting development
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dote
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show much fondness center one's attention
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drawl
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slow way of speaking
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droll
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jesting
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drone
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male bee person who isn't self-employed
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drowsiness
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feeling sleepy half asleep
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dubious
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feeling doubt
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dud
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no use person smth that fails
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dulcet
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melodious harmonious
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dupe
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cheat make a fool of
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duplicity
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deliberate deception
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duress
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threats to compel smb
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dwarf
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person or smb much below the usual size
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dynamo
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a generator something that produces electric current
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earthenware
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dishes made of baked clay
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ebullience
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exuberance outburst of feeling
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ebullient
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overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement
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ecumenical
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representing the whole Christian world
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edacious
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voracious devouring
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eddy
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circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)
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edible
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fit to be eaten/not poisonous
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effete
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infertile worn out weak
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efficacy
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production of a desired result
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effluvia
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outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor
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effrontery
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boldness impudence arrogance
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egress
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way out exit
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elaborate
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worked out with much care in great detail
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elegy
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a lament a melancholy composition
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elicit
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draw out
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eloquence
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fluent speaking skillful use of language
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emaciate
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make thin and weak
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embellish
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make beautiful
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embezzle
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use in a wrong way for one's own benefit
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emote
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stir up excite
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empirical
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relying on experiment
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encapsulate
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enclose in capsule
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encomium
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warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric
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encumbrance
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burden things that get on the way of
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endearing
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making dear or liked
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endemic
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epidemic
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endorse
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write one's name on the back of
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enduring
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lasting
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enervate
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weaken deprive of strength attenuate
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engender
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cause produce give rise to
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engrave
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impress deeply
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engrossing
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taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal
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engulf
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swallow up
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enigma
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smth that is puzzling
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enmity
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hatred being an enemy
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ensign
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flag/badge
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entangle
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put into difficulties
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enthral
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please greatly/enslave (fig)
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entice
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tempt or persuade
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entreat
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ask earnestly
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enunciate
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pronounce (words)/express a theory
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enzyme
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catalyst
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epicurean
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devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
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epistle
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letter
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epithet
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adjective
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epitome
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brief summary representative example a typical model
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equable
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steady regular
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equanimity
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calmness of temperament
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equilibrium
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state of being balanced
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equipoise
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equal distribution of weight equilibrium
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equivocal
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having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious
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equivocate
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try to deceive by equivocal language
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eradicate
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get rid of pull up by the roots
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erratic
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irregular in behaviour or opinion
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erudite
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learned scholarly
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eschew
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avoid
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esoteric
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abstruse intended only for a small circle of
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espouse
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marry give one's support to
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eulogy
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formal praise panegyric
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euphoria
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elation state of pleasant excitement
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euthanasia
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easy and painless death
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evasive
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tending to evade
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evince
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to show clearly to indicate
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evoke
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call up bring out
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excoriation
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severe criticism
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exculpate
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to clear from a charge of guilt
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exhaustive
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complete thorough
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exigency
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emergency an urgent situation
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exoneration
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set smb clear free (e.g.. from blame)
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exorbitant
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much too high or great
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expatiate
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to roam wander freely
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expedient
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likely to be useful for a purpose
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expiation
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ending expiring
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exploit
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brilliant achievement develop use selfishly
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expostulate
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argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest
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expurgate
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to remove obscenity purify censor
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exscind
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to cut out cut away
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extant
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still in existence
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extempore
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without previous thought or preparation
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extenuate
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reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse
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extinct
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no longer active
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extinguish
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end the existence of/wipe or put out
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extirpate
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to destroy exterminate cut out exscind
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extol
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praise highly
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extort
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obtain by threats violence
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extralegal
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outside the law
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extricable
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that can be freed
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extrovert
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cheerful person
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exuberance
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state of growing vigorously being full of life
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facetious
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humorous funny jocular
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facile
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easily done
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fallacious
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based on error
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falter
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waver/move in an uncertain manner
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fatuous
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without sense foolish self-satisfaction
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fawn
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young deer try to win smb's favor
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feckless
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lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless
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fecund
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fertile
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feint
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pretend
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felicitous
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apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos
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felon
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person guilty of murder
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ferment
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substance become excited
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ferocity
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savage cruelty
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ferret
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discover by searching search
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fervid
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showing earnest feeling
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fervor
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warmth of feelings earnestness
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fetid
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stinking
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fetter
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to shackle put in chains
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feud
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bitter quarrel over a long period of time
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fidelity
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loyalty accuracy
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fidget
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move restlessly make nervous
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figurehead
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carved image on the prow of a ship
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finesse
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delicate way of dealing with a situation
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finical
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too fussy about food clothing etc.
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finicky
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finical
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fission
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splitting or division (esp. of cells)
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fixate
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stare at
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flak
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criticism/anti-aircraft guns
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flamboyant
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brightly colored florid
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flaunting
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show off complacently
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flax
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pale yellow (hair) a plant
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fledged
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able to fly trained experienced
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fleet
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number of ships quick-moving
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flinch
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draw move back wince
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flop
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fail/move/fall clumsily
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florid
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very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)
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flout
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reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition)
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fluke
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lucky stroke
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fluster
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make nervous or confused
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foible
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defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
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foil
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prevent from carrying out contrast
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foment
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put smth warm (to lessen the pain)
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foolproof
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incapable of failure or error
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foppish
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like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
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forage
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food for horses and cattle
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forbear
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refrain from be patient ancestor
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forbearance
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patience willingness to wait
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ford
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shallow place in a river (to cross)
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forestall
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prevent by taking action in advance preempt
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forfeit
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suffer the loss of smth
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forge
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workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead
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forgery
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counterfeit
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forswear
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renounce disallow repudiate
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foster
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nurture care for
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fracas
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noisy quarrel
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frame with balls for calculating
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abacus
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to lessen to subside
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abate
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giving up control authority
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abdication
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straying away from what is normal
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aberration
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help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)
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abet
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suspended action
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abeyance
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to hate to detest
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abhor
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be faithful to endure
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abide
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promise or swear to give up
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abjure
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rubbed off worn away by friction
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abraded
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repeal or annul by authority
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abrogate
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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
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abscond
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difficult to comprehend obscure
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abstruse
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border on
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abut
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bottomless extreme
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abysmal
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effete no longer fertile worn out
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acarpous
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welcomed with shouts and approval
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acclaimed
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praise approval
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accolade
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the growing of separate things into one
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accretion
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kind of stone inflexible
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adamant
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containing warning
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admonitory
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add beauty decorate
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adorn
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making unpure poorer in quality
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adulteration
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polite and friendly
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affable
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close connection relationship
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affinity
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make worse irritate
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aggravate
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active quick-moving
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agile
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eager/excited
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agog
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trouble be ill
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ail
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eager and cheerful readiness
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alacrity
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recess/partially enclosed place
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alcove
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duty support loyalty
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allegiance
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make (pain) easier to bear
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alleviate
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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alloy
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reserved indifferent
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aloof
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mix combine unite societies
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amalgamate
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able to use the left hand or the right equally well
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ambidextrous
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doubtful uncertain
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ambiguous
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having both of two contrary meanings
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ambivalent
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improve make better
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ameliorate
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end (a debt) by setting aside money
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amortize
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severe suffering
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anguish
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strong dislike
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animosity
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medicine used against a poison or a disease
|
antidote
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direct opposing
|
antithetical
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brutal racial discrimination
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apartheid
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self-confidence
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aplomb
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apostate
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deification glorification to godliness
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apotheosis
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make quiet or calm
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appease
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grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future
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apprehensive
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give notice to inform
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apprise
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approval
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approbation
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appropriate to the situation apt
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apropos
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well-suited quick-witted
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apt
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a complex ornate design
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arabesque
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of connected with trees
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arboreal
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enthusiasm
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ardor
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steep difficult ascent laborious
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arduous
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jargon slang
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argot
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in the highest degree
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arrant
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proud superior manner of behaviour
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arrogance
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speak distinctly connect by joints
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articulate
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go or come up
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ascend
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get to know
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ascertain
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practicing self-denial austere stark
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ascetic
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consider to be the origin of or belonging to
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ascribe
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surgically clean
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aseptic
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roughness harshness ill temper irritability
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asperity
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slander
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aspersion
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with attack violently
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assail
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diligent hard-working sedulous
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assiduous
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make smth (pain desire) less
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assuage
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the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
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asterisk
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substance that shrinks
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astringent
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clever quick at seeing to get an advantage
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astute
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repayment death of Jesus
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atonement
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make thin. weaken enervate
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attenuate
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bring into harmony
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attune
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daring foolishly bold impudent
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audacious
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omen sign
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augury
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majestic venerable
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august
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favorable successful prosperous
|
auspicious
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severely moral and strict simple and plain
|
austere
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helping supporting
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auxiliary
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affirm assert prove justify
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aver
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strong dislike
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aversion
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eager greedy
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avid
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admit. Declare openly
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avow
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harmful ominous causing evil
|
baleful
|
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obstacle purposely to get on the way of
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balk
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causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
|
baneful
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artificial obstacle built across a river
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barrage
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not good enough unable to have young ones without value
|
barren
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in enjoy warmth and light
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bask
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to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
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beatify
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to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
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bedizen
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beat hard
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belabor
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belligerent pugnacious warlike
|
bellicose
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|
(person nation) waging war
|
belligerent
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person who has given help
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benefactor
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wish or activity in doing good
|
benevolence
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kind and gentle mild (climate)
|
benign
|
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arrangement to give smth at death
|
bequest
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scold sharply
|
berate
|
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rob or dispossess of smth (material)
|
bereft
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puzzle confuse
|
bewilder
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stubborn narrow-minded person
|
bigot
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bulge the protuberance of a cask
|
bilge
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flattery coaxing
|
blandishment
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polite manner comforting uninteresting
|
blandness
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noisy and rough
|
blatant
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cheerful casual carefree
|
blithe
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sham counterfeit not genuine
|
bogus
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loud noisy rough lacking restraint
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boisterous
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give greatly needed support
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bolster
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crude offensive rude
|
boorish
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hasty rush cheeky saucy
|
brash
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yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
|
brass
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made of brass
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brazen
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opening broken place breaking
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breach
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easily broken
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brittle
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bring up announce begin to talk about
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broach
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to tolerate endure
|
brook
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able to float light-hearted
|
buoyant
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grow forth send out buds
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burgeon
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to polish rub to a shine
|
burnish
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|
|
a scheme or plot a group of plotters
|
cabal
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to beg to get by begging
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cadge
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|
|
use flattery or deceit to persuade
|
cajole
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metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument
|
calipers
|
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slander aspersion
|
calumny
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|
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frank straight-forward
|
candid
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insincere talk/jargon
|
cant
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|
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bad-tempered/quarrelsome
|
cantankerous
|
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discuss thoroughly sort of touting
|
canvass
|
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|
to chastise correct by punishing
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castigate
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severe punishment
|
castigation
|
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substance that causes speeding up
|
catalyst
|
|
|
biting sarcastic
|
caustic
|
|
|
expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke
|
censure
|
|
|
leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
|
centurion
|
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cautious wary
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chary
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corrected punished
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chastened
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punishment
|
chastisement
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a blindly devoted patriot
|
chauvinist
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legal trickery/false argument
|
chicanery
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steel tool for shaping materials
|
chisel
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bad-tempered person
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churl
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shout complain with a lot of noise
|
clamor
|
|
|
customers
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clientele
|
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come to grips/settle conclusively
|
clinch
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to resist separation
|
cling
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|
half-solid lump formed from liquid
|
clot
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|
|
closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
|
cloture
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change to a thick and solid state
|
coagulation
|
|
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coming together and uniting into one substance
|
coalescing
|
|
|
get smb to do smth by kindness
|
coax
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passage that completes a piece of music
|
coda
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treat with care and tenderness
|
coddle
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|
|
compel to force to make obedient
|
coerce
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of the same period coexisting
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coeval
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strong convincing
|
cogent
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think deeply mediate
|
cogitate
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being fully aware of
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cognizant
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|
bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
|
colander
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|
secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
|
collusion
|
|
|
process of burning
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combustion
|
|
|
keep the memory of
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commemorate
|
|
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having plenty of space for what is needed
|
commodious
|
|
|
person who travels regularly
|
commuter
|
|
|
tending to comply obliging willingness to please
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complaisance
|
|
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feeling of regret for one's action
|
compunction
|
|
|
hide keep secret
|
conceal
|
|
|
over-high opinion of too much pride
|
conceit
|
|
|
reconciling soothing comforting mollifying
|
conciliatory
|
|
|
agreement or harmony
|
concord
|
|
|
agree in opinion happen together
|
concur
|
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|
increase in density strength make laconic
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condense
|
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forgive
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condone
|
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|
make or become stiff and solid
|
congeal
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|
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to join together
|
conjoin
|
|
|
a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)
|
connoisseur
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|
|
suggestion in addition to
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connotation
|
|
|
pompous self important
|
consequential
|
|
|
give comfort or sympathy to
|
console
|
|
|
easily seen remarkable
|
conspicuous
|
|
|
surprise and fear dismay
|
consternation
|
|
|
compel
|
constrain
|
|
|
make tight or smaller
|
constrict
|
|
|
get to the end of
|
consume
|
|
|
perfect/make perfect/complete
|
consummate
|
|
|
to scorn or despise
|
contemn
|
|
|
argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome
|
contentious
|
|
|
touching neighboring near
|
contiguous
|
|
|
filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
|
contrite
|
|
|
insubordinate rebellious
|
contumacious
|
|
|
a riddle dilemma enigma
|
conundrum
|
|
|
convincing firm belief
|
conviction
|
|
|
call together summon
|
convoke
|
|
|
complicated coiled twisted
|
convoluted
|
|
|
warm and sincere
|
cordial
|
|
|
line (of police acting as a guard)
|
cordon
|
|
|
abundant supply
|
cornucopia
|
|
|
physical of or for the body
|
corporeal
|
|
|
have a mutual relation
|
correlate
|
|
|
additional strengthening evidence
|
corroboration
|
|
|
to favor or approve of
|
countenance
|
|
|
forgery
|
counterfeit
|
|
|
counterbalance
|
countervail
|
|
|
disguised
|
covert
|
|
|
eagerly desirous
|
covetous
|
|
|
crouch shrink back
|
cower
|
|
|
shy/modest (esp of a girl)
|
coy
|
|
|
very great (es. stupidity)
|
crass
|
|
|
piece of linen worn as a necktie
|
cravat
|
|
|
cowardly
|
craven
|
|
|
line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket
|
crease
|
|
|
too great a readiness to believe things
|
credulity
|
|
|
ready to believe things
|
credulous
|
|
|
press lose shape subdue overwhelm
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crush
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secret with a hidden meaning
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cryptic
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burdensome heavy and awkward to carry
|
cumbersome
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bad-tempered person
|
curmudgeon
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course of study
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curriculum
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quick hurried
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cursory
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make shorter then was planned
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curtail
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pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
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dainty
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intimidate make fearful
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daunt
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person who is slow waste of time
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dawdler
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shortage
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dearth
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a breakup overthrow sudden disaster
|
debacle
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propriety properness
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decorum
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order given by authority
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decree
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disapprove of
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decry
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postpone give way (to show respect)
|
defer
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showing respect
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deferential
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open disobedience or resistance
|
defiance
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to portray depict sketch out
|
delineate
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great flood heavy rush of water
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deluge
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person appealing not to reasons
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demagogue
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to hesitate raise objections
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demur
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blacken belittle sully defame
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denigrate
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an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot
|
denouement
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use until none remains
|
deplete
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|
dethronement depositing
|
deposition
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make morally bad corrupt
|
deprave
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protest against express disapproval of
|
deprecate
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deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
|
dereliction
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ridicule mockery deriding
|
derision
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unoriginal obtained from another source
|
derivative
|
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insulting tending to damage
|
derogatory
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catch sight of see smth in the distance
|
descry
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|
substance used to absorb moisture
|
desiccant
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cessation of use disuse
|
desuetude
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aimless haphazard digressing at random
|
desultory
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discourage hinder
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deter
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slandering verbal attack aspersion
|
detraction
|
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diminishing or lessening of swelling
|
detumescence
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being different in moral standards (from normal)
|
deviance
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skill (esp. in handling)
|
dexterity
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|
transparent gauzy
|
diaphanous
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bitter and violent attack in words
|
diatribe
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shyness
|
diffidence
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speak comprehensively become wider large
|
dilate
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|
refuse to allow or accept as a correct
|
disallow
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|
see with an effort but clearly
|
discern
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confuse embarrass
|
discomfit
|
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|
upset the self-possession of
|
disconcert
|
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|
refuse to approve of
|
discountenance
|
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|
speech lecture
|
discourse
|
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|
refuse to believe
|
discredit
|
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|
careful/prudent
|
discreet
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|
individually distinct
|
discrete
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|
look on with contempt
|
disdain
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free from encumbrance
|
disencumber
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|
untidy
|
disheveled
|
|
|
sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning
|
disingenuous
|
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|
dig up from the earth
|
disinter
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|
move force from the place occupied
|
dislodge
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|
sad gloomy miserable
|
dismal
|
|
|
essentially different
|
disparate
|
|
|
proof to the contrary
|
disproof
|
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|
speak or behave so as to hide smth (in mind)
|
dissemble
|
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|
distribute (esp. ideas)
|
disseminate
|
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|
have a different opinion refuse to assent
|
dissent
|
|
|
disintegration looseness in morals
|
dissolution
|
|
|
distracted violently upset in mind
|
distraught
|
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|
getting farther apart from a point
|
divergence
|
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|
taking off getting rid of giving up
|
divestiture
|
|
|
make known smth secret
|
divulge
|
|
|
trivial poorly constructed verse
|
doggerel
|
|
|
positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion
|
dogmatic
|
|
|
stupid fellow
|
dolt
|
|
|
in a state of inactivity but awaiting development
|
dormant
|
|
|
show much fondness center one's attention
|
dote
|
|
|
slow way of speaking
|
drawl
|
|
|
jesting
|
droll
|
|
|
male bee person who isn't self-employed
|
drone
|
|
|
feeling sleepy half asleep
|
drowsiness
|
|
|
feeling doubt
|
dubious
|
|
|
no use person smth that fails
|
dud
|
|
|
melodious harmonious
|
dulcet
|
|
|
cheat make a fool of
|
dupe
|
|
|
deliberate deception
|
duplicity
|
|
|
threats to compel smb
|
duress
|
|
|
person or smb much below the usual size
|
dwarf
|
|
|
a generator something that produces electric current
|
dynamo
|
|
|
dishes made of baked clay
|
earthenware
|
|
|
exuberance outburst of feeling
|
ebullience
|
|
|
overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement
|
ebullient
|
|
|
representing the whole Christian world
|
ecumenical
|
|
|
voracious devouring
|
edacious
|
|
|
circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)
|
eddy
|
|
|
fit to be eaten/not poisonous
|
edible
|
|
|
infertile worn out weak
|
effete
|
|
|
production of a desired result
|
efficacy
|
|
|
outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor
|
effluvia
|
|
|
boldness impudence arrogance
|
effrontery
|
|
|
way out exit
|
egress
|
|
|
worked out with much care in great detail
|
elaborate
|
|
|
a lament a melancholy composition
|
elegy
|
|
|
draw out
|
elicit
|
|
|
fluent speaking skillful use of language
|
eloquence
|
|
|
make thin and weak
|
emaciate
|
|
|
make beautiful
|
embellish
|
|
|
use in a wrong way for one's own benefit
|
embezzle
|
|
|
stir up excite
|
emote
|
|
|
relying on experiment
|
empirical
|
|
|
enclose in capsule
|
encapsulate
|
|
|
warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric
|
encomium
|
|
|
burden things that get on the way of
|
encumbrance
|
|
|
making dear or liked
|
endearing
|
|
|
epidemic
|
endemic
|
|
|
write one's name on the back of
|
endorse
|
|
|
lasting
|
enduring
|
|
|
weaken deprive of strength attenuate
|
enervate
|
|
|
cause produce give rise to
|
engender
|
|
|
impress deeply
|
engrave
|
|
|
taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal
|
engrossing
|
|
|
swallow up
|
engulf
|
|
|
smth that is puzzling
|
enigma
|
|
|
hatred being an enemy
|
enmity
|
|
|
flag/badge
|
ensign
|
|
|
put into difficulties
|
entangle
|
|
|
please greatly/enslave (fig)
|
enthral
|
|
|
tempt or persuade
|
entice
|
|
|
ask earnestly
|
entreat
|
|
|
pronounce (words)/express a theory
|
enunciate
|
|
|
catalyst
|
enzyme
|
|
|
devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
|
epicurean
|
|
|
letter
|
epistle
|
|
|
adjective
|
epithet
|
|
|
brief summary representative example a typical model
|
epitome
|
|
|
steady regular
|
equable
|
|
|
calmness of temperament
|
equanimity
|
|
|
state of being balanced
|
equilibrium
|
|
|
equal distribution of weight equilibrium
|
equipoise
|
|
|
having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious
|
equivocal
|
|
|
try to deceive by equivocal language
|
equivocate
|
|
|
get rid of pull up by the roots
|
eradicate
|
|
|
irregular in behaviour or opinion
|
erratic
|
|
|
learned scholarly
|
erudite
|
|
|
avoid
|
eschew
|
|
|
abstruse intended only for a small circle of
|
esoteric
|
|
|
marry give one's support to
|
espouse
|
|
|
formal praise panegyric
|
eulogy
|
|
|
elation state of pleasant excitement
|
euphoria
|
|
|
easy and painless death
|
euthanasia
|
|
|
tending to evade
|
evasive
|
|
|
to show clearly to indicate
|
evince
|
|
|
call up bring out
|
evoke
|
|
|
severe criticism
|
excoriation
|
|
|
to clear from a charge of guilt
|
exculpate
|
|
|
complete thorough
|
exhaustive
|
|
|
emergency an urgent situation
|
exigency
|
|
|
set smb clear free (e.g.. from blame)
|
exoneration
|
|
|
much too high or great
|
exorbitant
|
|
|
to roam wander freely
|
expatiate
|
|
|
likely to be useful for a purpose
|
expedient
|
|
|
ending expiring
|
expiation
|
|
|
brilliant achievement develop use selfishly
|
exploit
|
|
|
argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest
|
expostulate
|
|
|
to remove obscenity purify censor
|
expurgate
|
|
|
to cut out cut away
|
exscind
|
|
|
still in existence
|
extant
|
|
|
without previous thought or preparation
|
extempore
|
|
|
reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse
|
extenuate
|
|
|
no longer active
|
extinct
|
|
|
end the existence of/wipe or put out
|
extinguish
|
|
|
to destroy exterminate cut out exscind
|
extirpate
|
|
|
praise highly
|
extol
|
|
|
obtain by threats violence
|
extort
|
|
|
outside the law
|
extralegal
|
|
|
that can be freed
|
extricable
|
|
|
cheerful person
|
extrovert
|
|
|
state of growing vigorously being full of life
|
exuberance
|
|
|
humorous funny jocular
|
facetious
|
|
|
easily done
|
facile
|
|
|
based on error
|
fallacious
|
|
|
waver/move in an uncertain manner
|
falter
|
|
|
without sense foolish self-satisfaction
|
fatuous
|
|
|
young deer try to win smb's favor
|
fawn
|
|
|
lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless
|
feckless
|
|
|
fertile
|
fecund
|
|
|
pretend
|
feint
|
|
|
apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos
|
felicitous
|
|
|
person guilty of murder
|
felon
|
|
|
substance become excited
|
ferment
|
|
|
savage cruelty
|
ferocity
|
|
|
discover by searching search
|
ferret
|
|
|
showing earnest feeling
|
fervid
|
|
|
warmth of feelings earnestness
|
fervor
|
|
|
stinking
|
fetid
|
|
|
to shackle put in chains
|
fetter
|
|
|
bitter quarrel over a long period of time
|
feud
|
|
|
loyalty accuracy
|
fidelity
|
|
|
move restlessly make nervous
|
fidget
|
|
|
carved image on the prow of a ship
|
figurehead
|
|
|
delicate way of dealing with a situation
|
finesse
|
|
|
too fussy about food clothing etc.
|
finical
|
|
|
finical
|
finicky
|
|
|
splitting or division (esp. of cells)
|
fission
|
|
|
stare at
|
fixate
|
|
|
criticism/anti-aircraft guns
|
flak
|
|
|
brightly colored florid
|
flamboyant
|
|
|
show off complacently
|
flaunting
|
|
|
pale yellow (hair) a plant
|
flax
|
|
|
able to fly trained experienced
|
fledged
|
|
|
number of ships quick-moving
|
fleet
|
|
|
draw move back wince
|
flinch
|
|
|
fail/move/fall clumsily
|
flop
|
|
|
very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)
|
florid
|
|
|
reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition)
|
flout
|
|
|
lucky stroke
|
fluke
|
|
|
make nervous or confused
|
fluster
|
|
|
defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
|
foible
|
|
|
prevent from carrying out contrast
|
foil
|
|
|
put smth warm (to lessen the pain)
|
foment
|
|
|
incapable of failure or error
|
foolproof
|
|
|
like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
|
foppish
|
|
|
food for horses and cattle
|
forage
|
|
|
refrain from be patient ancestor
|
forbear
|
|
|
patience willingness to wait
|
forbearance
|
|
|
shallow place in a river (to cross)
|
ford
|
|
|
prevent by taking action in advance preempt
|
forestall
|
|
|
suffer the loss of smth
|
forfeit
|
|
|
workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead
|
forge
|
|
|
counterfeit
|
forgery
|
|
|
renounce disallow repudiate
|
forswear
|
|
|
nurture care for
|
foster
|
|
|
noisy quarrel
|
fracas
|
|
|
easily injured broken or destroyed
|
fragile
|
|
|
sweet-smelling
|
fragrant
|
|
|
wildly excited with joy pain anxiety
|
frantic
|
|
|
frantic frenzied
|
frenetic
|
|
|
worry irritation wear away
|
fret
|
|
|
edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead
|
fringe
|
|
|
intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn
|
froward
|
|
|
careful economical
|
frugal
|
|
|
bitter protest
|
fulmination
|
|
|
disgusting offensive due to excessiveness
|
fulsome
|
|
|
to deny to oppose
|
gainsay
|
|
|
make unfair selection from facts
|
garble
|
|
|
article of clothing
|
garment
|
|
|
to gather and save to store up
|
garner
|
|
|
talkativeness
|
garrulity
|
|
|
too talkative
|
garrulous
|
|
|
socially awkward tactless behavior
|
gaucherie
|
|
|
relevant pertinent to
|
germane
|
|
|
the point general sense
|
gist
|
|
|
gather facts in small quantities
|
glean
|
|
|
ready and smooth but not sincere
|
glib
|
|
|
weak/unsteady light
|
glimmer
|
|
|
over look at with selfish delight
|
gloat
|
|
|
supply to much fill to excess
|
glut
|
|
|
waste away bite steadily
|
gnaw
|
|
|
smth urging a person to action
|
goad
|
|
|
eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
|
gorge
|
|
|
soft light delicate material
|
gossamer
|
|
|
tool for cutting grooves in wood
|
gouge
|
|
|
using pompous words
|
grandiloquent
|
|
|
serious requiring consideration
|
grave
|
|
|
touch or scrape lightly in passing
|
graze
|
|
|
living in societies liking the company
|
gregarious
|
|
|
causing grief or pain serious dire grave
|
grievous
|
|
|
crawl humble oneself
|
grovel
|
|
|
deceit cunning
|
guile
|
|
|
easily gulled
|
gullible
|
|
|
burst out suddenly/talk ardently
|
gush
|
|
|
outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.
|
gust
|
|
|
cut roughly hired horse
|
hack
|
|
|
calm and peaceful
|
halcyon
|
|
|
to make holy consecrate
|
hallow
|
|
|
a long passionate speech
|
harangue
|
|
|
smth or smb that foretells the coming of
|
harbinger
|
|
|
to distress create stress or torment
|
harrow
|
|
|
arrogant conceited
|
haughty
|
|
|
attention/give notice to
|
heed
|
|
|
odious (of crime)
|
heinous
|
|
|
belief contrary to what is generally accepted
|
heresy
|
|
|
sealed by fusion
|
hermetic
|
|
|
made up of different kinds
|
heterogeneous
|
|
|
make by hard work cut (by striking)
|
hew
|
|
|
(person) with superior tastes
|
highbrow
|
|
|
hairy shaggy
|
hirsute
|
|
|
mischievous trick played on smb for a joke
|
hoax
|
|
|
polloi the masses the rabble
|
hoi
|
|
|
not soled with hole
|
hollow
|
|
|
leather case for a pistol
|
holster
|
|
|
act of preaching
|
homiletics
|
|
|
stone used for sharpening tools
|
hone
|
|
|
trick mislead
|
hoodwink
|
|
|
liking to give hospitality
|
hospitable
|
|
|
arrogant pride
|
hubris
|
|
|
make or become silent
|
hush
|
|
|
worthless outside part of anything
|
husk
|
|
|
falsely making oneself appear to be good
|
hypocrisy
|
|
|
person who attacks popular beliefs
|
iconoclast
|
|
|
personal mannerism
|
idiosyncrasy
|
|
|
excessive admiration of
|
idolatry
|
|
|
a carefree episode or experience
|
idyll
|
|
|
dishonorable common undignified
|
ignoble
|
|
|
shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful
|
ignominious
|
|
|
unlawful forbidden
|
illicit
|
|
|
complicated and embarrassing situation
|
imbroglio
|
|
|
pure faultless
|
immaculate
|
|
|
likely to come or happen soon
|
imminent
|
|
|
that cannot be changed
|
immutable
|
|
|
worsen diminish in value
|
impair
|
|
|
unmoved feeling no sign of passion
|
impassive
|
|
|
having little or no money
|
impecunious
|
|
|
hinder get in the way of
|
impede
|
|
|
smth that hinders (e.g. stammer)
|
impediment
|
|
|
imminent being about to happen expected
|
impending
|
|
|
urgent essential
|
imperative
|
|
|
commanding haughty arrogant
|
imperious
|
|
|
that cannot be permeated
|
impermeable
|
|
|
calm not capable of being excited
|
imperturbable
|
|
|
not allowing to pass through (of materials)
|
impervious
|
|
|
haughty arrogant commanding
|
imperviousness
|
|
|
having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful
|
impetuous
|
|
|
lack of reverence or dutifulness
|
impiety
|
|
|
incapable of being placated unpleasable
|
implacable
|
|
|
show that smb has a share
|
implicate
|
|
|
implied though not plainly expressed
|
implicit
|
|
|
collapse bursting inward
|
implosion
|
|
|
beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute)
|
importune
|
|
|
an invocation of evil a curse
|
imprecation
|
|
|
without preparation
|
impromptu
|
|
|
rash indiscreet
|
impudent
|
|
|
challenged to be doubted
|
impugned
|
|
|
to attribute to a cause or source ascribe
|
impute
|
|
|
not paying proper attention
|
inadvertent
|
|
|
silly senseless
|
inane
|
|
|
since because
|
inasmuch
|
|
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make angry
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incense
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often repeated continual
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incessant
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not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary
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inchoate
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beginning
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incipient
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engrave make a cut in
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incise
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stir up rouse
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incite
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directing the mind in a certain direction
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inclined
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out of place not in harmony or agreement
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incongruous
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cannot be cured or corrected
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incorrigibility
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skeptical unwilling to believe
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incredulous
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fix firmly by repetition
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inculcate
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official duties
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incumbents
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a raid a sudden attack
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incursion
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not easily exhaustible tirelessness
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indefatigability
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that cannot be rubbed out
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indelible
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poverty
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indigence
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native
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indigenous
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not easily heard seen clearly marked
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indistinct
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laziness
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indolence
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not easily discouraged or subdued
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indomitable
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gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself
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indulge
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inclined to indulge
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indulgent
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to great to be described in words
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ineffable
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certain inevitable
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ineluctable
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unskillful said or done at the wrong time
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inept
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quality of being unskillful
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ineptitude
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hell
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inferno
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fill with fury or rage
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infuriate
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put pour fill
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infuse
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naive young artless frank honest sincere
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ingenuous
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take in by swallowing
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ingest
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harmful or friendly
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inimical
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defying imitation unmatchable
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inimitable
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causing no harm
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innocuous
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incapable of being discovered or understood
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inscrutable
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unconscious unresponsive unaffected
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insensible
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suggest unpleasantly make a way for smth gently
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insinuate
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without taste or flavor
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insipid
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unconcerned carefree
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insouciant
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narrow-mindedness isolated
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insularity
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rising of people to open resistance to
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insurrection
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prohibit forbid
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interdict
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as an installment
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interim
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place here and there
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intersperse
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unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability
|
intransigence
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uncompromising
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intransigent
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fearless brave undaunted
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intrepid
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examining one's own thoughts and feelings
|
introspection
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flood cover by overflowing
|
inundate
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accustomed to adapted
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inured
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abusive language curses
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invective
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to attack verbally denounce deprecate
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inveigh
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deep-rooted. long-established
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inveterate
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too strong to be defeated
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invincible
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complex
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involute
|
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irritable easily angered
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irascible
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angry
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irate
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anger
|
ire
|
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tiresome
|
irksome
|
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hesitating undecided
|
irresolute
|
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final and unalterable
|
irrevocable
|
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to travel from place to place to peregrinate
|
itinerate
|
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talk excitedly utter rapidly
|
jabber
|
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gibe make fun of
|
jibe
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meant as a joke
|
jocular
|
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sound in judgment wise
|
judicious
|
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draw together unite firmly
|
knit
|
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to entangle the state of affairs
|
labyrinthine
|
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causing tears tearful
|
lachrymose
|
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(of eyes) dull
|
lackluster
|
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show feel great sorrow
|
lament
|
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weariness tiredness
|
lassitude
|
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present but not yet active developed or visible
|
latent
|
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expressing or giving praise
|
laudatory
|
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giving or producing freely liberally or generously
|
lavish
|
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smth handed down from ancestors
|
legacy
|
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formal reception/embankment
|
levee
|
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lack of seriousness
|
levity
|
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statement that damages reputation
|
libel
|
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free giving generosity
|
liberality
|
|
|
immoral person
|
libertine
|
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legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
|
lien
|
|
|
paint portray
|
limn
|
|
|
lacking strength walking unevenly
|
limp
|
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treat as a famous person
|
lionize
|
|
|
bending twisting
|
lithe
|
|
|
rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue)
|
loll
|
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move along with long strides
|
lope
|
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talkative garrulous
|
loquacious
|
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|
write in scholarly fashion
|
lucubrate
|
|
|
easily understood lucid clear
|
luculent
|
|
|
mournful excessively sad
|
lugubrious
|
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|
become quiet or less active
|
lull
|
|
|
move in a clumsy/noisy way
|
lumber
|
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|
star light-giving body
|
luminary
|
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be out of view ready to attack
|
lurk
|
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being bright polished
|
lustrous
|
|
|
gruesome suggesting death
|
macabre
|
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|
make or become soft by soaking in water
|
macerate
|
|
|
plot scheme (esp. evil)
|
machination
|
|
|
tactless clumsy
|
maladroit
|
|
|
misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
|
malapropism
|
|
|
wishing to do evil
|
malevolence
|
|
|
injurious speak ill of smb tell lie
|
malign
|
|
|
to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
|
malinger
|
|
|
yielding easily shaped moldable adapting
|
malleable
|
|
|
chains for the hands or feet
|
manacle
|
|
|
cruel killing of a large number of people
|
massacre
|
|
|
be admitted enter a university as a student
|
matriculation
|
|
|
sentimental in a silly or tearful way
|
maudlin
|
|
|
hurt by rough handling
|
maul
|
|
|
rebel nonconformist
|
maverick
|
|
|
sweetly flowing
|
mellifluous
|
|
|
dishonesty
|
mendacity
|
|
|
a beggar
|
mendicant
|
|
|
quick changeable in character fleeting
|
mercurial
|
|
|
attractive on the surface but of little value
|
meretricious
|
|
|
hypnotize
|
mesmerize
|
|
|
giving great attention to details
|
meticulous
|
|
|
quality of endurance or courage
|
mettle
|
|
|
courageous high-spirited
|
mettlesome
|
|
|
fairly good but not very good
|
middling
|
|
|
menacing threatening
|
minatory
|
|
|
pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
|
mince
|
|
|
person who hates mankind
|
misanthrope
|
|
|
harmful causing mischief
|
mischievous
|
|
|
person who loves wealth and spends little
|
miser
|
|
|
one who hates women/females
|
misogynist
|
|
|
quality of being limited not extreme
|
moderation
|
|
|
make calmer or quieter
|
mollify
|
|
|
moult lose hair feathers before new growing
|
molt
|
|
|
diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
|
morbid
|
|
|
ill-tempered unsocial
|
morose
|
|
|
cloth worn round the neck/silencer
|
muffler
|
|
|
varied motley greatly diversified
|
multifarious
|
|
|
worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday
|
mundane
|
|
|
very great number
|
myriad
|
|
|
lowest weakest point
|
nadir
|
|
|
coming into existence emerging
|
nascent
|
|
|
cloud-like hazy vague indistinct
|
nebulous
|
|
|
taking too little care
|
negligent
|
|
|
person who has been converted to a belief
|
neophyte
|
|
|
a connection tie or link
|
nexus
|
|
|
show some inclination to accept (an offer)
|
nibble
|
|
|
offensive disgusting (smell)
|
noisome
|
|
|
not having interest
|
nonchalant
|
|
|
greatly surprised
|
nonplused
|
|
|
a quack remedy an untested cure
|
nostrum
|
|
|
harmful
|
noxious
|
|
|
trifling/worthless
|
nugatory
|
|
|
hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible
|
obdurate
|
|
|
to darken make obscure muddle
|
obfuscate
|
|
|
unaware having no memory
|
oblivious
|
|
|
abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation
|
obloquy
|
|
|
too eager to obey or serve
|
obsequious
|
|
|
noisy loud
|
obstreperous
|
|
|
to be established accepted or customary
|
obtain
|
|
|
projecting prominent undesirably noticeable
|
obtrusive
|
|
|
blunt/stupid
|
obtuse
|
|
|
to make unnecessary get rid of
|
obviate
|
|
|
blocked up
|
occluded
|
|
|
repulsive hateful
|
odious
|
|
|
contempt dislike aversion
|
odium
|
|
|
smell favor reputation
|
odor
|
|
|
too eager or ready to help offer advice
|
officious
|
|
|
threatening
|
ominous
|
|
|
needing effort burdensome
|
onerous
|
|
|
dullness/not allowing light to pass through
|
opaqueness
|
|
|
showing scorn or reproach
|
opprobrious
|
|
|
to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea
|
ossify
|
|
|
seeming appearing as such professed
|
ostensible
|
|
|
display to obtain admiration or envy
|
ostentation
|
|
|
shut out from society refuse to meet talk
|
ostracism
|
|
|
examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
|
overhaul
|
|
|
presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk
|
overweening
|
|
|
song of praise or triumph
|
paean
|
|
|
roof of the mouth sense of taste
|
palate
|
|
|
magnificent
|
palatial
|
|
|
lessen the severity of
|
palliate
|
|
|
can be felt touched understood
|
palpability
|
|
|
tremble beat rapidly and irregularly
|
palpitate
|
|
|
formal praise eulogy
|
panegyric
|
|
|
a model example or pattern
|
paradigm
|
|
|
sentence within another one smth separated
|
parenthesis
|
|
|
an outcast a rejected and despised person
|
pariah
|
|
|
too economical miserly
|
parsimonious
|
|
|
one-sided committed to a party biased or prejudiced
|
partisan
|
|
|
regular customer person who gives support
|
patron
|
|
|
scarcity a lacking of
|
paucity
|
|
|
small sin small weakness in one's character
|
peccadillo
|
|
|
bookish showing off learning
|
pedantic
|
|
|
commonplace trite unremarkable
|
pedestrian
|
|
|
transparent easy to understand
|
pellucid
|
|
|
strong inclination a liking
|
penchant
|
|
|
feeling or showing regret
|
penitent
|
|
|
poor/stingy
|
penurious
|
|
|
extreme poverty
|
penury
|
|
|
traveling about wandering
|
peregrination
|
|
|
urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate
|
peremptory
|
|
|
treacherous faithless
|
perfidious
|
|
|
treachery breaking of faith
|
perfidy
|
|
|
done as a duty without care
|
perfunctory
|
|
|
dangerous
|
perilous
|
|
|
wandering
|
peripatetic
|
|
|
be destroyed decay
|
perish
|
|
|
willful FALSE statement unlawful act
|
perjury
|
|
|
spread into every part of
|
permeate
|
|
|
harmful injurious
|
pernicious
|
|
|
be guilty commit (a crime)
|
perpetrate
|
|
|
pleasing in appearance attractive
|
personable
|
|
|
quick judging and understanding
|
perspicacity
|
|
|
belong as a part have reference
|
pertain
|
|
|
destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
|
pest
|
|
|
taken away power (to think feel act)
|
petrified
|
|
|
to make hard rocklike
|
petrify
|
|
|
like a rock hard stony
|
petrous
|
|
|
unreasonably impatient
|
petulant
|
|
|
a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge
|
philistine
|
|
|
calm sluggish temperament unemotional
|
phlegmatic
|
|
|
involving clever rogues or adventurers
|
picaresque
|
|
|
of mixed colors
|
pied
|
|
|
be too tight take between the thumb and finger
|
pinch
|
|
|
waste away through sorrow or illness
|
pine
|
|
|
dutiful to parents devoted to religion
|
pious
|
|
|
agreeably pungent stimulating
|
piquant
|
|
|
hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity)
|
pique
|
|
|
covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger
|
pitfall
|
|
|
essential part force soft liquid substance
|
pith
|
|
|
of great importance (others depend on it)
|
pivotal
|
|
|
soothe pacify calm
|
placate
|
|
|
mournful melancholy sorrowful
|
plaintive
|
|
|
frame with balls for calculating
|
abacus
|
|
|
to lessen to subside
|
abate
|
|
|
giving up control authority
|
abdication
|
|
|
straying away from what is normal
|
aberration
|
|
|
help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)
|
abet
|
|
|
suspended action
|
abeyance
|
|
|
to hate to detest
|
abhor
|
|
|
be faithful to endure
|
abide
|
|
|
promise or swear to give up
|
abjure
|
|
|
rubbed off worn away by friction
|
abraded
|
|
|
repeal or annul by authority
|
abrogate
|
|
|
to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
|
abscond
|
|
|
difficult to comprehend obscure
|
abstruse
|
|
|
border on
|
abut
|
|
|
bottomless extreme
|
abysmal
|
|
|
effete no longer fertile worn out
|
acarpous
|
|
|
welcomed with shouts and approval
|
acclaimed
|
|
|
praise approval
|
accolade
|
|
|
the growing of separate things into one
|
accretion
|
|
|
kind of stone inflexible
|
adamant
|
|
|
containing warning
|
admonitory
|
|
|
add beauty decorate
|
adorn
|
|
|
making unpure poorer in quality
|
adulteration
|
|
|
polite and friendly
|
affable
|
|
|
close connection relationship
|
affinity
|
|
|
make worse irritate
|
aggravate
|
|
|
active quick-moving
|
agile
|
|
|
eager/excited
|
agog
|
|
|
trouble be ill
|
ail
|
|
|
eager and cheerful readiness
|
alacrity
|
|
|
recess/partially enclosed place
|
alcove
|
|
|
duty support loyalty
|
allegiance
|
|
|
make (pain) easier to bear
|
alleviate
|
|
|
to debase by mixing with something inferior
|
alloy
|
|
|
reserved indifferent
|
aloof
|
|
|
mix combine unite societies
|
amalgamate
|
|
|
able to use the left hand or the right equally well
|
ambidextrous
|
|
|
doubtful uncertain
|
ambiguous
|
|
|
having both of two contrary meanings
|
ambivalent
|
|
|
improve make better
|
ameliorate
|
|
|
end (a debt) by setting aside money
|
amortize
|
|
|
severe suffering
|
anguish
|
|
|
strong dislike
|
animosity
|
|
|
medicine used against a poison or a disease
|
antidote
|
|
|
direct opposing
|
antithetical
|
|
|
brutal racial discrimination
|
apartheid
|
|
|
self-confidence
|
aplomb
|
|
|
one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
|
apostate
|
|
|
deification glorification to godliness
|
apotheosis
|
|
|
make quiet or calm
|
appease
|
|
|
grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future
|
apprehensive
|
|
|
give notice to inform
|
apprise
|
|
|
approval
|
approbation
|
|
|
appropriate to the situation apt
|
apropos
|
|
|
well-suited quick-witted
|
apt
|
|
|
a complex ornate design
|
arabesque
|
|
|
of connected with trees
|
arboreal
|
|
|
enthusiasm
|
ardor
|
|
|
steep difficult ascent laborious
|
arduous
|
|
|
jargon slang
|
argot
|
|
|
in the highest degree
|
arrant
|
|
|
proud superior manner of behaviour
|
arrogance
|
|
|
speak distinctly connect by joints
|
articulate
|
|
|
go or come up
|
ascend
|
|
|
get to know
|
ascertain
|
|
|
practicing self-denial austere stark
|
ascetic
|
|
|
consider to be the origin of or belonging to
|
ascribe
|
|
|
surgically clean
|
aseptic
|
|
|
roughness harshness ill temper irritability
|
asperity
|
|
|
slander
|
aspersion
|
|
|
with attack violently
|
assail
|
|
|
diligent hard-working sedulous
|
assiduous
|
|
|
make smth (pain desire) less
|
assuage
|
|
|
the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
|
asterisk
|
|
|
substance that shrinks
|
astringent
|
|
|
clever quick at seeing to get an advantage
|
astute
|
|
|
repayment death of Jesus
|
atonement
|
|
|
make thin. weaken enervate
|
attenuate
|
|
|
bring into harmony
|
attune
|
|
|
daring foolishly bold impudent
|
audacious
|
|
|
omen sign
|
augury
|
|
|
majestic venerable
|
august
|
|
|
favorable successful prosperous
|
auspicious
|
|
|
severely moral and strict simple and plain
|
austere
|
|
|
helping supporting
|
auxiliary
|
|
|
affirm assert prove justify
|
aver
|
|
|
strong dislike
|
aversion
|
|
|
eager greedy
|
avid
|
|
|
admit. Declare openly
|
avow
|
|
|
harmful ominous causing evil
|
baleful
|
|
|
obstacle purposely to get on the way of
|
balk
|
|
|
causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
|
baneful
|
|
|
artificial obstacle built across a river
|
barrage
|
|
|
not good enough unable to have young ones without value
|
barren
|
|
|
in enjoy warmth and light
|
bask
|
|
|
to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
|
beatify
|
|
|
to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
|
bedizen
|
|
|
beat hard
|
belabor
|
|
|
belligerent pugnacious warlike
|
bellicose
|
|
|
(person nation) waging war
|
belligerent
|
|
|
person who has given help
|
benefactor
|
|
|
wish or activity in doing good
|
benevolence
|
|
|
kind and gentle mild (climate)
|
benign
|
|
|
arrangement to give smth at death
|
bequest
|
|
|
scold sharply
|
berate
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rob or dispossess of smth (material)
|
bereft
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puzzle confuse
|
bewilder
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|
stubborn narrow-minded person
|
bigot
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bulge the protuberance of a cask
|
bilge
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flattery coaxing
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blandishment
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polite manner comforting uninteresting
|
blandness
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noisy and rough
|
blatant
|
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cheerful casual carefree
|
blithe
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sham counterfeit not genuine
|
bogus
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loud noisy rough lacking restraint
|
boisterous
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give greatly needed support
|
bolster
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crude offensive rude
|
boorish
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hasty rush cheeky saucy
|
brash
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yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
|
brass
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made of brass
|
brazen
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opening broken place breaking
|
breach
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easily broken
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brittle
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bring up announce begin to talk about
|
broach
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to tolerate endure
|
brook
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able to float light-hearted
|
buoyant
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grow forth send out buds
|
burgeon
|
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to polish rub to a shine
|
burnish
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a scheme or plot a group of plotters
|
cabal
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to beg to get by begging
|
cadge
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use flattery or deceit to persuade
|
cajole
|
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metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument
|
calipers
|
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slander aspersion
|
calumny
|
|
|
frank straight-forward
|
candid
|
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insincere talk/jargon
|
cant
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|
bad-tempered/quarrelsome
|
cantankerous
|
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discuss thoroughly sort of touting
|
canvass
|
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|
to chastise correct by punishing
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castigate
|
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severe punishment
|
castigation
|
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|
substance that causes speeding up
|
catalyst
|
|
|
biting sarcastic
|
caustic
|
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|
expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke
|
censure
|
|
|
leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
|
centurion
|
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|
cautious wary
|
chary
|
|
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corrected punished
|
chastened
|
|
|
punishment
|
chastisement
|
|
|
a blindly devoted patriot
|
chauvinist
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|
legal trickery/false argument
|
chicanery
|
|
|
steel tool for shaping materials
|
chisel
|
|
|
bad-tempered person
|
churl
|
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|
shout complain with a lot of noise
|
clamor
|
|
|
customers
|
clientele
|
|
|
come to grips/settle conclusively
|
clinch
|
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to resist separation
|
cling
|
|
|
half-solid lump formed from liquid
|
clot
|
|
|
closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
|
cloture
|
|
|
change to a thick and solid state
|
coagulation
|
|
|
coming together and uniting into one substance
|
coalescing
|
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|
get smb to do smth by kindness
|
coax
|
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|
passage that completes a piece of music
|
coda
|
|
|
treat with care and tenderness
|
coddle
|
|
|
compel to force to make obedient
|
coerce
|
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|
of the same period coexisting
|
coeval
|
|
|
strong convincing
|
cogent
|
|
|
think deeply mediate
|
cogitate
|
|
|
being fully aware of
|
cognizant
|
|
|
bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
|
colander
|
|
|
secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
|
collusion
|
|
|
process of burning
|
combustion
|
|
|
keep the memory of
|
commemorate
|
|
|
having plenty of space for what is needed
|
commodious
|
|
|
person who travels regularly
|
commuter
|
|
|
tending to comply obliging willingness to please
|
complaisance
|
|
|
feeling of regret for one's action
|
compunction
|
|
|
hide keep secret
|
conceal
|
|
|
over-high opinion of too much pride
|
conceit
|
|
|
reconciling soothing comforting mollifying
|
conciliatory
|
|
|
agreement or harmony
|
concord
|
|
|
agree in opinion happen together
|
concur
|
|
|
increase in density strength make laconic
|
condense
|
|
|
forgive
|
condone
|
|
|
make or become stiff and solid
|
congeal
|
|
|
to join together
|
conjoin
|
|
|
a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)
|
connoisseur
|
|
|
suggestion in addition to
|
connotation
|
|
|
pompous self important
|
consequential
|
|
|
give comfort or sympathy to
|
console
|
|
|
easily seen remarkable
|
conspicuous
|
|
|
surprise and fear dismay
|
consternation
|
|
|
compel
|
constrain
|
|
|
make tight or smaller
|
constrict
|
|
|
get to the end of
|
consume
|
|
|
perfect/make perfect/complete
|
consummate
|
|
|
to scorn or despise
|
contemn
|
|
|
argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome
|
contentious
|
|
|
touching neighboring near
|
contiguous
|
|
|
filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
|
contrite
|
|
|
insubordinate rebellious
|
contumacious
|
|
|
a riddle dilemma enigma
|
conundrum
|
|
|
convincing firm belief
|
conviction
|
|
|
call together summon
|
convoke
|
|
|
complicated coiled twisted
|
convoluted
|
|
|
warm and sincere
|
cordial
|
|
|
line (of police acting as a guard)
|
cordon
|
|
|
abundant supply
|
cornucopia
|
|
|
physical of or for the body
|
corporeal
|
|
|
have a mutual relation
|
correlate
|
|
|
additional strengthening evidence
|
corroboration
|
|
|
to favor or approve of
|
countenance
|
|
|
forgery
|
counterfeit
|
|
|
counterbalance
|
countervail
|
|
|
disguised
|
covert
|
|
|
eagerly desirous
|
covetous
|
|
|
crouch shrink back
|
cower
|
|
|
shy/modest (esp of a girl)
|
coy
|
|
|
very great (es. stupidity)
|
crass
|
|
|
piece of linen worn as a necktie
|
cravat
|
|
|
cowardly
|
craven
|
|
|
line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket
|
crease
|
|
|
too great a readiness to believe things
|
credulity
|
|
|
ready to believe things
|
credulous
|
|
|
press lose shape subdue overwhelm
|
crush
|
|
|
secret with a hidden meaning
|
cryptic
|
|
|
burdensome heavy and awkward to carry
|
cumbersome
|
|
|
bad-tempered person
|
curmudgeon
|
|
|
course of study
|
curriculum
|
|
|
quick hurried
|
cursory
|
|
|
make shorter then was planned
|
curtail
|
|
|
pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
|
dainty
|
|
|
intimidate make fearful
|
daunt
|
|
|
person who is slow waste of time
|
dawdler
|
|
|
shortage
|
dearth
|
|
|
a breakup overthrow sudden disaster
|
debacle
|
|
|
propriety properness
|
decorum
|
|
|
order given by authority
|
decree
|
|
|
disapprove of
|
decry
|
|
|
postpone give way (to show respect)
|
defer
|
|
|
showing respect
|
deferential
|
|
|
open disobedience or resistance
|
defiance
|
|
|
to portray depict sketch out
|
delineate
|
|
|
great flood heavy rush of water
|
deluge
|
|
|
person appealing not to reasons
|
demagogue
|
|
|
to hesitate raise objections
|
demur
|
|
|
blacken belittle sully defame
|
denigrate
|
|
|
an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot
|
denouement
|
|
|
use until none remains
|
deplete
|
|
|
dethronement depositing
|
deposition
|
|
|
make morally bad corrupt
|
deprave
|
|
|
protest against express disapproval of
|
deprecate
|
|
|
deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
|
dereliction
|
|
|
ridicule mockery deriding
|
derision
|
|
|
unoriginal obtained from another source
|
derivative
|
|
|
insulting tending to damage
|
derogatory
|
|
|
catch sight of see smth in the distance
|
descry
|
|
|
substance used to absorb moisture
|
desiccant
|
|
|
cessation of use disuse
|
desuetude
|
|
|
aimless haphazard digressing at random
|
desultory
|
|
|
discourage hinder
|
deter
|
|
|
slandering verbal attack aspersion
|
detraction
|
|
|
diminishing or lessening of swelling
|
detumescence
|
|
|
being different in moral standards (from normal)
|
deviance
|
|
|
skill (esp. in handling)
|
dexterity
|
|
|
transparent gauzy
|
diaphanous
|
|
|
bitter and violent attack in words
|
diatribe
|
|
|
shyness
|
diffidence
|
|
|
speak comprehensively become wider large
|
dilate
|
|
|
refuse to allow or accept as a correct
|
disallow
|
|
|
see with an effort but clearly
|
discern
|
|
|
confuse embarrass
|
discomfit
|
|
|
upset the self-possession of
|
disconcert
|
|
|
refuse to approve of
|
discountenance
|
|
|
speech lecture
|
discourse
|
|
|
refuse to believe
|
discredit
|
|
|
careful/prudent
|
discreet
|
|
|
individually distinct
|
discrete
|
|
|
look on with contempt
|
disdain
|
|
|
free from encumbrance
|
disencumber
|
|
|
untidy
|
disheveled
|
|
|
sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning
|
disingenuous
|
|
|
dig up from the earth
|
disinter
|
|
|
move force from the place occupied
|
dislodge
|
|
|
sad gloomy miserable
|
dismal
|
|
|
essentially different
|
disparate
|
|
|
proof to the contrary
|
disproof
|
|
|
speak or behave so as to hide smth (in mind)
|
dissemble
|
|
|
distribute (esp. ideas)
|
disseminate
|
|
|
have a different opinion refuse to assent
|
dissent
|
|
|
disintegration looseness in morals
|
dissolution
|
|
|
distracted violently upset in mind
|
distraught
|
|
|
getting farther apart from a point
|
divergence
|
|
|
taking off getting rid of giving up
|
divestiture
|
|
|
make known smth secret
|
divulge
|
|
|
trivial poorly constructed verse
|
doggerel
|
|
|
positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion
|
dogmatic
|
|
|
stupid fellow
|
dolt
|
|
|
in a state of inactivity but awaiting development
|
dormant
|
|
|
show much fondness center one's attention
|
dote
|
|
|
slow way of speaking
|
drawl
|
|
|
jesting
|
droll
|
|
|
male bee person who isn't self-employed
|
drone
|
|
|
feeling sleepy half asleep
|
drowsiness
|
|
|
feeling doubt
|
dubious
|
|
|
no use person smth that fails
|
dud
|
|
|
melodious harmonious
|
dulcet
|
|
|
cheat make a fool of
|
dupe
|
|
|
deliberate deception
|
duplicity
|
|
|
threats to compel smb
|
duress
|
|
|
person or smb much below the usual size
|
dwarf
|
|
|
a generator something that produces electric current
|
dynamo
|
|
|
dishes made of baked clay
|
earthenware
|
|
|
exuberance outburst of feeling
|
ebullience
|
|
|
overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement
|
ebullient
|
|
|
representing the whole Christian world
|
ecumenical
|
|
|
voracious devouring
|
edacious
|
|
|
circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)
|
eddy
|
|
|
fit to be eaten/not poisonous
|
edible
|
|
|
infertile worn out weak
|
effete
|
|
|
production of a desired result
|
efficacy
|
|
|
outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor
|
effluvia
|
|
|
boldness impudence arrogance
|
effrontery
|
|
|
way out exit
|
egress
|
|
|
worked out with much care in great detail
|
elaborate
|
|
|
a lament a melancholy composition
|
elegy
|
|
|
draw out
|
elicit
|
|
|
fluent speaking skillful use of language
|
eloquence
|
|
|
make thin and weak
|
emaciate
|
|
|
make beautiful
|
embellish
|
|
|
use in a wrong way for one's own benefit
|
embezzle
|
|
|
stir up excite
|
emote
|
|
|
relying on experiment
|
empirical
|
|
|
enclose in capsule
|
encapsulate
|
|
|
warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric
|
encomium
|
|
|
burden things that get on the way of
|
encumbrance
|
|
|
making dear or liked
|
endearing
|
|
|
epidemic
|
endemic
|
|
|
write one's name on the back of
|
endorse
|
|
|
lasting
|
enduring
|
|
|
weaken deprive of strength attenuate
|
enervate
|
|
|
cause produce give rise to
|
engender
|
|
|
impress deeply
|
engrave
|
|
|
taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal
|
engrossing
|
|
|
swallow up
|
engulf
|
|
|
smth that is puzzling
|
enigma
|
|
|
hatred being an enemy
|
enmity
|
|
|
flag/badge
|
ensign
|
|
|
put into difficulties
|
entangle
|
|
|
please greatly/enslave (fig)
|
enthral
|
|
|
tempt or persuade
|
entice
|
|
|
ask earnestly
|
entreat
|
|
|
pronounce (words)/express a theory
|
enunciate
|
|
|
catalyst
|
enzyme
|
|
|
devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
|
epicurean
|
|
|
letter
|
epistle
|
|
|
adjective
|
epithet
|
|
|
brief summary representative example a typical model
|
epitome
|
|
|
steady regular
|
equable
|
|
|
calmness of temperament
|
equanimity
|
|
|
state of being balanced
|
equilibrium
|
|
|
equal distribution of weight equilibrium
|
equipoise
|
|
|
having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious
|
equivocal
|
|
|
try to deceive by equivocal language
|
equivocate
|
|
|
get rid of pull up by the roots
|
eradicate
|
|
|
irregular in behaviour or opinion
|
erratic
|
|
|
learned scholarly
|
erudite
|
|
|
avoid
|
eschew
|
|
|
abstruse intended only for a small circle of
|
esoteric
|
|
|
marry give one's support to
|
espouse
|
|
|
formal praise panegyric
|
eulogy
|
|
|
elation state of pleasant excitement
|
euphoria
|
|
|
easy and painless death
|
euthanasia
|
|
|
tending to evade
|
evasive
|
|
|
to show clearly to indicate
|
evince
|
|
|
call up bring out
|
evoke
|
|
|
severe criticism
|
excoriation
|
|
|
to clear from a charge of guilt
|
exculpate
|
|
|
complete thorough
|
exhaustive
|
|
|
emergency an urgent situation
|
exigency
|
|
|
set smb clear free (e.g.. from blame)
|
exoneration
|
|
|
much too high or great
|
exorbitant
|
|
|
to roam wander freely
|
expatiate
|
|
|
likely to be useful for a purpose
|
expedient
|
|
|
ending expiring
|
expiation
|
|
|
brilliant achievement develop use selfishly
|
exploit
|
|
|
argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest
|
expostulate
|
|
|
to remove obscenity purify censor
|
expurgate
|
|
|
to cut out cut away
|
exscind
|
|
|
still in existence
|
extant
|
|
|
without previous thought or preparation
|
extempore
|
|
|
reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse
|
extenuate
|
|
|
no longer active
|
extinct
|
|
|
end the existence of/wipe or put out
|
extinguish
|
|
|
to destroy exterminate cut out exscind
|
extirpate
|
|
|
praise highly
|
extol
|
|
|
obtain by threats violence
|
extort
|
|
|
outside the law
|
extralegal
|
|
|
that can be freed
|
extricable
|
|
|
cheerful person
|
extrovert
|
|
|
state of growing vigorously being full of life
|
exuberance
|
|
|
humorous funny jocular
|
facetious
|
|
|
easily done
|
facile
|
|
|
based on error
|
fallacious
|
|
|
waver/move in an uncertain manner
|
falter
|
|
|
without sense foolish self-satisfaction
|
fatuous
|
|
|
young deer try to win smb's favor
|
fawn
|
|
|
lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless
|
feckless
|
|
|
fertile
|
fecund
|
|
|
pretend
|
feint
|
|
|
apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos
|
felicitous
|
|
|
person guilty of murder
|
felon
|
|
|
substance become excited
|
ferment
|
|
|
savage cruelty
|
ferocity
|
|
|
discover by searching search
|
ferret
|
|
|
showing earnest feeling
|
fervid
|
|
|
warmth of feelings earnestness
|
fervor
|
|
|
stinking
|
fetid
|
|
|
to shackle put in chains
|
fetter
|
|
|
bitter quarrel over a long period of time
|
feud
|
|
|
loyalty accuracy
|
fidelity
|
|
|
move restlessly make nervous
|
fidget
|
|
|
carved image on the prow of a ship
|
figurehead
|
|
|
delicate way of dealing with a situation
|
finesse
|
|
|
too fussy about food clothing etc.
|
finical
|
|
|
finical
|
finicky
|
|
|
splitting or division (esp. of cells)
|
fission
|
|
|
stare at
|
fixate
|
|
|
criticism/anti-aircraft guns
|
flak
|
|
|
brightly colored florid
|
flamboyant
|
|
|
show off complacently
|
flaunting
|
|
|
pale yellow (hair) a plant
|
flax
|
|
|
able to fly trained experienced
|
fledged
|
|
|
number of ships quick-moving
|
fleet
|
|
|
draw move back wince
|
flinch
|
|
|
fail/move/fall clumsily
|
flop
|
|
|
very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)
|
florid
|
|
|
reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition)
|
flout
|
|
|
lucky stroke
|
fluke
|
|
|
make nervous or confused
|
fluster
|
|
|
defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
|
foible
|
|
|
prevent from carrying out contrast
|
foil
|
|
|
put smth warm (to lessen the pain)
|
foment
|
|
|
incapable of failure or error
|
foolproof
|
|
|
like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
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foppish
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food for horses and cattle
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forage
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refrain from be patient ancestor
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forbear
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patience willingness to wait
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forbearance
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shallow place in a river (to cross)
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ford
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prevent by taking action in advance preempt
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forestall
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suffer the loss of smth
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forfeit
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workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead
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forge
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counterfeit
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forgery
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renounce disallow repudiate
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forswear
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nurture care for
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foster
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noisy quarrel
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fracas
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easily injured broken or destroyed
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fragile
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sweet-smelling
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fragrant
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wildly excited with joy pain anxiety
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frantic
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frantic frenzied
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frenetic
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worry irritation wear away
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fret
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edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead
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fringe
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intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn
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froward
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careful economical
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frugal
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bitter protest
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fulmination
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disgusting offensive due to excessiveness
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fulsome
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to deny to oppose
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gainsay
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make unfair selection from facts
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garble
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article of clothing
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garment
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to gather and save to store up
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garner
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talkativeness
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garrulity
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too talkative
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garrulous
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socially awkward tactless behavior
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gaucherie
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relevant pertinent to
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germane
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the point general sense
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gist
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gather facts in small quantities
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glean
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ready and smooth but not sincere
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glib
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weak/unsteady light
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glimmer
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over look at with selfish delight
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gloat
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supply to much fill to excess
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glut
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waste away bite steadily
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gnaw
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smth urging a person to action
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goad
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eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
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gorge
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soft light delicate material
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gossamer
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frame with balls for calculating
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abacus
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to lessen to subside
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abate
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giving up control authority
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abdication
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straying away from what is normal
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aberration
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help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)
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abet
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suspended action
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abeyance
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to hate to detest
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abhor
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be faithful to endure
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abide
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promise or swear to give up
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abjure
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rubbed off worn away by friction
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abraded
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repeal or annul by authority
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abrogate
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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
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abscond
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difficult to comprehend obscure
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abstruse
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border on
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abut
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bottomless extreme
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abysmal
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effete no longer fertile worn out
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acarpous
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welcomed with shouts and approval
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acclaimed
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praise approval
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accolade
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the growing of separate things into one
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accretion
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kind of stone inflexible
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adamant
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containing warning
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admonitory
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add beauty decorate
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adorn
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making unpure poorer in quality
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adulteration
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polite and friendly
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affable
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close connection relationship
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affinity
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make worse irritate
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aggravate
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active quick-moving
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agile
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eager/excited
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agog
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trouble be ill
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ail
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eager and cheerful readiness
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alacrity
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recess/partially enclosed place
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alcove
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duty support loyalty
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allegiance
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make (pain) easier to bear
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alleviate
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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alloy
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reserved indifferent
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aloof
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mix combine unite societies
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amalgamate
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able to use the left hand or the right equally well
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ambidextrous
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doubtful uncertain
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ambiguous
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having both of two contrary meanings
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ambivalent
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improve make better
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ameliorate
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end (a debt) by setting aside money
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amortize
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severe suffering
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anguish
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strong dislike
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animosity
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medicine used against a poison or a disease
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antidote
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direct opposing
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antithetical
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brutal racial discrimination
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apartheid
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self-confidence
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aplomb
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apostate
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deification glorification to godliness
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apotheosis
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make quiet or calm
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appease
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grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future
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apprehensive
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give notice to inform
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apprise
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approval
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approbation
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appropriate to the situation apt
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apropos
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well-suited quick-witted
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apt
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a complex ornate design
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arabesque
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of connected with trees
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arboreal
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enthusiasm
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ardor
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steep difficult ascent laborious
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arduous
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jargon slang
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argot
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in the highest degree
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arrant
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proud superior manner of behaviour
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arrogance
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speak distinctly connect by joints
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articulate
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go or come up
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ascend
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get to know
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ascertain
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practicing self-denial austere stark
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ascetic
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consider to be the origin of or belonging to
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ascribe
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surgically clean
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aseptic
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roughness harshness ill temper irritability
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asperity
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slander
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aspersion
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with attack violently
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assail
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diligent hard-working sedulous
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assiduous
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make smth (pain desire) less
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assuage
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the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
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asterisk
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substance that shrinks
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astringent
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clever quick at seeing to get an advantage
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astute
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repayment death of Jesus
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atonement
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make thin. weaken enervate
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attenuate
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bring into harmony
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attune
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daring foolishly bold impudent
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audacious
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omen sign
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augury
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majestic venerable
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august
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favorable successful prosperous
|
auspicious
|
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severely moral and strict simple and plain
|
austere
|
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helping supporting
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auxiliary
|
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affirm assert prove justify
|
aver
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strong dislike
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aversion
|
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eager greedy
|
avid
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admit. Declare openly
|
avow
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harmful ominous causing evil
|
baleful
|
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obstacle purposely to get on the way of
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balk
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causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
|
baneful
|
|
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artificial obstacle built across a river
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barrage
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not good enough unable to have young ones without value
|
barren
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in enjoy warmth and light
|
bask
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|
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to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
|
beatify
|
|
|
to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
|
bedizen
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beat hard
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belabor
|
|
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belligerent pugnacious warlike
|
bellicose
|
|
|
(person nation) waging war
|
belligerent
|
|
|
person who has given help
|
benefactor
|
|
|
wish or activity in doing good
|
benevolence
|
|
|
kind and gentle mild (climate)
|
benign
|
|
|
arrangement to give smth at death
|
bequest
|
|
|
scold sharply
|
berate
|
|
|
rob or dispossess of smth (material)
|
bereft
|
|
|
puzzle confuse
|
bewilder
|
|
|
stubborn narrow-minded person
|
bigot
|
|
|
bulge the protuberance of a cask
|
bilge
|
|
|
flattery coaxing
|
blandishment
|
|
|
polite manner comforting uninteresting
|
blandness
|
|
|
noisy and rough
|
blatant
|
|
|
cheerful casual carefree
|
blithe
|
|
|
sham counterfeit not genuine
|
bogus
|
|
|
loud noisy rough lacking restraint
|
boisterous
|
|
|
give greatly needed support
|
bolster
|
|
|
crude offensive rude
|
boorish
|
|
|
hasty rush cheeky saucy
|
brash
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yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
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brass
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made of brass
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brazen
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