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rapport
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harmony
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ochlocracy
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ruled by a mob
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preemptory
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authoritative, dictatorial
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behemoth
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leviathan, large creature
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microbe
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tiny creature
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leviathan
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large creature, behemoth
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reserves
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troops generally held back from attacks
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vanguard
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forefront
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cavalry
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mounted soldiers
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infantry
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foot soldiers
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soporific
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sleep-inducing
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listless
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sluggish, apathetic
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limpid
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clear, transparent
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inchoate
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unformed, in early stages of development
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mark
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to notice
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ape
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to imitate (in a positive way)
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constancy
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loyalty
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crapulence
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sickness from overeating or drinking too much
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philandery
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flirt, cheat
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spendthrift
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extravagant
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slake
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to relieve thirst
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stoke
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to replenish fire
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elucidation
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an explanation
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impregnable
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impossible to penetrate
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halcyon
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beautiful, prosperous
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solicitous
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concerned, attentive
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fulmination
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violent verbal attack
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panegyric
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an elaborate compliment
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opprobrium
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disgrace, shame
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oviparous
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egg producing
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risible
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laughable
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gravity
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seriousness
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lassitude
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fatigue
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langor
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fatigue
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rectilinear
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made of straight lines
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oblique
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indirect
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lariat
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a lasso
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whisk
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a tool that aerates / fills with air
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auger
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a tool that bores
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crook
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a long pole with a hook at the end used to catch sheep
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mollify
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to soothe
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recumbency
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reclined posture
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wraith
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a ghost
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priggish
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overly propper
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mettlesome
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brave
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ticker
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displays news reports and stock information
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inconstancy
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variable, fickle
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venal
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corrupt, open to bribes
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retardant
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slows something down
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monolithic
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massive, solid, uniform
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limpid
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clear, intelligible, calm
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improvidence
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not providing for the future, rash, not cautious, lack of forethought
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plutocracy
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governed by the wealthy
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autocracy
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governed by a single person with unlimited power, despotism
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despotism
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governed by one person with unlimited power, autocracy
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oligarchy
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governed by a few
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commodious
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spacious, roomy
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lassitude
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weary, listless
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larceny
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theft
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largess
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bestowing gifts, generosity of spirit or attitude
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immure
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confine, imprison
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inured
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accustomed to
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granulate
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form granulating tissue
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broach
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bring up discussion topic
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sluggard
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slothful
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rail
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by train, to construct a fence
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trappings
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decor
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expiate
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atone, make ammends
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jolly
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tease
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fain
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make preparations
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sartorial
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related to a tailor
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attrition
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to rub together
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curdled
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to go from liquid to mass, grumose
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grumose
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to go from liquid to mass, curdled
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bauble
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cheap jewelry
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remonstrance
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objection, protest
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etymology
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study of word development
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zeal
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willingness
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blasphemous
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profanity, cursing
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ferret
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to search and discover through investigation
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ravel
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knot
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low
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a moo
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disabuse
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free (from false belief)
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throttle
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reduce air supply
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beatific
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saintly
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intimate
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imply as a possibility
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cerebration
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thought process
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papistical
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roman catholic
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especial
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surpassing the usual or expected
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patent
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plain, unmistakable
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bristling
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stiff or rigid with anger
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ensconce
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fix firmly
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argent
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silvery, grey
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spat
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a young oyster
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paean
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song of rejoice
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recrimination
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mutual accusations
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connivance
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encouragement
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acclivity
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upwards slope, raise
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preternatural
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transcendental - exists outside of nature
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transcendental
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exists outside of nature, preternatural
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impetus
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suddenly applying force
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stifle
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asphyxiate
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cocker
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spoil
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waggish
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joking
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alluvial
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related to alluvium (sediment deposited by water, delta)
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delta
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sediment deposited by water
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bamboozle
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hoodwink, conceal motives, feign good intention for gain
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plaintive
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expressing sorrow
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rakish
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disreputable, unconventional
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taut
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subject to great tension
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contentious
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controversy causing
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synoptic
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same points of view
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negligible
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trifling, not worth consideration
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trifling
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not worth consideration, negligible
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impeccable
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incapable of sin
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gilt
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golden
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witticism
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a message of humor
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adactylia
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absence of fingers or toes at birth
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amyotonia
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lack of muscular tension or tone
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daub
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smear
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accost
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approach for sexual behavior
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gingerly
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cautiously
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momism
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overshielding
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perspicacious
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discerning, accute
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temporal
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of this earth
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chimerical
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produced by imagination
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tertiary
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third
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bounderish
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rude, yokelish
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yokelish
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rude, bounderish
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nomenclature
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language
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lucre
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net profits, earnings
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verdigris
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green that forms on copper or grass
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portent
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sign of something about to happen
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egression
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coming out, emergence
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conflate
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to merge
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interdict
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command against, veto, proscribe
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proscribe
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command against, interdict
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supplicate
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ask for in prayer
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impute
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attribute responsibility to source
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wrawl
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cry loudly
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lallygag
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to loaf
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askance
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distrustfully
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heterogenous
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outside the body
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penumbra
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partly lighted area around shadow
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motley
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multicolored
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resinous
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tar-like
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putative
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purported
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wanton
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sluttish
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tawdry
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cheap
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enormity
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attrocious, offensive
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skinflint
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a scrooge
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conserves
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preserves
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espouse
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to adopt, support
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prostrate
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throw down to the ground
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fathom
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a measurement of water depth
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enumerate
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determine the amount of, count
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posture
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view point
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decant
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to pour out
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rotundity
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fullness of voice
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bedraggle
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to make wet or dirty
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headlong
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recklessly
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gage
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to place a bet on
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insuperable
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incapable of being overcome
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assailable
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undefended
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unbarred
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unsecured
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gelid
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cold, icy
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juggernaut
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crude idol of Krishna
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bluejacket
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serviceman in the navy, sailor
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implore
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supplication, pray
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supplication
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prayer, implore
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beleaguer
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surround, circumvent
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circumvent
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surround, beleaguer
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decrypt
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decipher
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hulk
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large
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nigrify
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to make black
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scintillate
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shine, glow
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vagrant
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vagabond
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sodden
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wet
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limbo
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state of oblivion
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ignominious
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shameful
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affiance
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give in to marriage, plight, betroth
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precipitate
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done with haste
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lucrative
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profitable, renumerative
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renumerative
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profitable, lucrative
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timid
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lacking courage
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factitious
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not produced by natural forces
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solicitous
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attentive, concerned
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disquisition
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analytical essay or discussion
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slag
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scum on metal, dross
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dross
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the scum on metal, slag
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explicit
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in accordance with fact
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caviler
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a quibbler, pettifogger
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pettifogger
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caviler, quibbler
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niggle
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argue over petty things, bicker
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roil
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stur up
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sap
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excavate the earth beneath
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vixen
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female fox
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circumscribe
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surround, restrict
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commutate
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reverse direction of electric current
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concenter
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focus
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invective
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abusive language
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troth
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fidelity pledge
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vogue
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state of us and acceptance
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diadem
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crown
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dotage
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similarity, infatuation
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ligneous
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made of wood
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abdominous
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pot-bellied
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scurillous
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expressing offensive reproach/blame
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reproach
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blame
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pejorative
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expressing disapproval
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onus
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a difficult person, onerous, encumbrance
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encumbrance
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a difficult person, onerous, onus
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philology
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the study of language and literature
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obsidion
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glass made from lava
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dialectic
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contradiction of ideas in interaction
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flail
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hit
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dismiss
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declare void
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chase
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cut into columns
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tipple
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drink moderately
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setoff
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structure where wall or building narrows, offset
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mewl
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to cry
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arroyo
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intermittent river
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gerrymander
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unfairly divide
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constringe
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tighten
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puerile
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juvenile
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pretensile
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greedy
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flippancy
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inappropriate levity, lightness
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levity
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lightness, changeable
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sixpenny
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of trifling worth
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disquieted
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worried, upset
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truism
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obvious truth
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clime
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average weather over time
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libretto
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words of an opera or musical
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verdancy
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lush appearance of vegetation, verdure
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kyphosis
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hunchback
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muggins
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fool
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invalidate
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render ineffective, vitiate
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impinge
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advance beyond limit
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anodyne
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pain pill
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oxygenerate
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impregnate, aerate
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impregnate
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aerate, oxygenerate
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cark
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trouble, disturb, worry
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caustic
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strong acid, erosive, vitriolic, mordent
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mordent
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erosive, acidic, vitriolic
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cryptic
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puzzling terseness
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desolate
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devastate
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decollete
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low neck line
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ingeminate
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restate
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soliloquy
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long dramatic speech
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comport
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conduct, carry, deport
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scotch
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make small cut
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betroth
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marriage, affiance, plight
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apogee
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apoapsis (point furthest away from orbit) in earth orbit
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garble
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warp
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vex
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bewilder
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dyspeptic
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irritable, indigestion, liverish
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subsidiary
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supplemental
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musky
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animal scent
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bane
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nemesis, causes misery or death
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bespoke
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custom or tailor-made
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dipped
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sag of spine (particularly in horses)
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facet
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smooth surface
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parameter
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variable, determines function form
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victuals
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edible, pabulum
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pabulum
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edible, victuals
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emptor
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he buys, i.e. a vendee
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veer
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shift clockwise
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deprecate
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to belittle, vilipend
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vilipend
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to belittle, deprecate
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ordain
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issue an order
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suborn
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induce to false testimony
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nettle
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annoy, bother
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unrequited
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not returned in kind
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hapless
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poor, pathetic
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whit
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iota, smidgeon, tittle
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caulk
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make watertight
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lout
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an oaf
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factotum
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servant employed for many jobs
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brumous
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foggy, misty
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prow
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front of vessel or craft, stern
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importunate
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expressing earnest entreaty/plea
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entreaty
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plea, earnest request, importunate
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capacious
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large capacity
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rabid
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overzealous
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indissoluble
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of decisions and contracts
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pedagism
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educates the young
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bard
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ornamental for horse
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cirque
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steep-walled semicurcular basis in mountain
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requiem
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mass celebrated for the dead
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aver
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to swear, assert firmly as fact
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jawbone
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bind, handcuff
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apprehend
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anticipate with dread or anxiety
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alloy
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impair quality, reduce valve
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streer
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cover
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ambidextrous
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duplicitious, double-handed
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sonorous
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full, loud, deep
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fitful
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intermittent
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miasmal
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full of vapor, vaporous
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dyspneic
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not breathing, difficulty breathing
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myriad
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number
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sybarite
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addicted to luxury, pleasure
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rubric
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category name
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wont
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established custom
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malaise
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physical discomfort
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paladin
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hero
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stipple
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apply in small dots, dabble
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traverse
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to cross
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construe
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to make sense of
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scarper
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flee
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quail
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draw back, recoil
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pillory
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harshly criticize, crucify
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prosaic
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dull, unchallenging
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retroactive
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taking effect on past date
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pertinaceous
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unyielding, stubborn, tenacious
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artless
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natural, unaffected
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physiognomy
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facial features
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girtrock
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hard coarse stone, sandstone
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decadent
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degenerate in morals
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ruminate
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chew cud, reflect again and again
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abash
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embarass
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bask
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exposed
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brook
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endure, put up with
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impassive
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unexpressive, apathy
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ingenuous
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lack of sophistication
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abase
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shame, chagrin, humble
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tender
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formally offer, suggest
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osseus
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bony
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augury
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event indicating important future events
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transient
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temporary
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articled
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bound, indentured
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fancier
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person with a strong liking for something
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rebus
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puzzle to decode messages
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occident
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american hemisphere, new world
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felon
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finger or toe infection around nail
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slub
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lump in yarn, burl
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burl
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a lump in yarn
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tribunal
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assembly for judicial, judicature
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ballyhoo
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hype
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unfrock
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to fire a priest
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askew
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slanted, angled
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burlesque
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parody
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guttle
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greedily eat
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negation
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operate on logical values
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baleful
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foreshadow bad events, menacing
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diversity
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condition of being changeable
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despoiled
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sacked, ravaged
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dogged
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unyielding, tenacious, cohesive
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impenetrable
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impossible to understand
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recalcitrant
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stubborn resistance to authority
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mannered
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unnatural mannerisms
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pursy
|
winded
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amble
|
leisurely walk
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sleight
|
adroitness in using hands
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immutrent
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imprisoned
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conctation
|
procrastinate
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importune
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to beg
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beset
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to cover lavishly
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scruple
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doubts about
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wallow
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greatly delight in
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despondent
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without hope
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leaven
|
influence, cause gradual change
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|
impunity
|
exception from punishment
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sextant
|
measures angular distances from celestial objects
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mellifluous
|
sweet, mellisonant, pleasing to the ear
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|
august
|
honored, venerable
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inimical
|
not friendly
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|
swarthy
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having a dark complexion
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ebullient
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high-spirited
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impious
|
lacking respect or duty
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acidulent
|
sour to taste, acidulous
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impinging
|
striking
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crosspatch
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bad tempered, churl
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churl
|
crosspatch, bad tempered
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undergird
|
secure underneath
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mulet
|
impose a fine on
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controvert
|
prove false or incorrect
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mulet
|
impose a fine on
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|
keel
|
swag, careen
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|
|
stymy
|
hinder, embarass
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|
|
dissembling
|
lying
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|
|
detritus
|
trash
|
|
|
dashiki
|
type of shirt
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|
salient
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a feature that makes something stand out
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|
|
votary
|
devoted follower
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|
|
preemptory
|
absolute
|
|
|
pulchitudinous
|
attractive
|
|
|
pusillanimous
|
cowardly
|
|
|
warren
|
rabbit hole
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|
bleat
|
a baaaa
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|
anaerobic
|
without oxygen
|
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|
insolvent
|
no money
|
|
|
reproof
|
criticism
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|
perfidy
|
disloyalty
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|
|
cow
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intimidate, browbent
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elegiac
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sad, mournful
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|
dynamic
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full of energy
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|
|
phlegmatic
|
calm
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|
implacable
|
unable to be calmed
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|
|
pecadillo
|
small wrong or fault
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|
|
transgression
|
sin
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|
|
eructation
|
belch
|
|
|
prognostication
|
soothsayer
|
|
|
ruthless
|
without pity
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|
|
dessicate
|
remove moisture, dry
|
|
|
enervate
|
weaken, remove energy
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|
|
toady
|
kiss-up, sycophant
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|
|
sycophant
|
kiss-up, toady
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|
|
bluestocking
|
learned woman
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|
|
pugilist
|
boxer, fighter
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|
|
obsequious
|
obsessively flattering
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|
|
cadging
|
begging
|
|
|
froward
|
stubborn
|
|
|
effervescent
|
bubbly
|
|
|
effer
|
bubble
|
|
|
viable
|
liveable
|
|
|
moribund
|
near death or extinction
|
|
|
irascible
|
hot tempered
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|
|
mendacious
|
lying
|
|
|
serpentine
|
snake-like
|
|
|
tepid
|
lukewarm
|
|
|
frangible
|
breakable
|
|
|
refulgent
|
radiant
|
|
|
palliate
|
soften, assuage, lessen, mitigate
|
|
|
condign
|
deserved
|
|
|
salacious
|
lustful, lewd, lecherous
|
|
|
puissant
|
strong
|
|
|
lugubrious
|
sad
|
|
|
supercilious
|
stuck up
|
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|
ebullient
|
happy
|
|
|
indolent
|
lazy
|
|
|
sesquipedation
|
a foot and a half long
|
|
|
credulous
|
naive, gulliblehomophone
|
|
|
prolix
|
very talkative
|
|
|
homophone
|
words that sound the same
|
|
|
penultimate
|
2nd to last
|
|
|
antepenultimate
|
third to last
|
|
|
visage
|
facial expression
|
|
|
lampoon
|
ridicule
|
|
|
grouse
|
complain
|
|
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solecism
|
mistake
|
|
|
egregious
|
terrible
|
|
|
vestigial
|
functionless
|
|
|
pecuniary
|
relating to money matters
|
|
|
prenurious
|
poor
|
|
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desultory
|
aimless
|
|
|
heedlessly
|
not paying attention
|
|
|
sardonic
|
sarcastic
|
|
|
analogous
|
similar
|
|
|
dogmatic
|
narrow-minded
|
|
|
eponym
|
a word derived from the name of another person
|
|
|
simony
|
buying or selling religious objects
|
|
|
chilling
|
negative (effect)
|
|
|
tonsorial
|
pertains to hair
|
|
|
impetuous
|
hasty
|
|
|
dilatory
|
slow
|
|
|
equivocal
|
uncertain
|
|
|
bequest
|
gift to an heir
|
|
|
testator
|
makes last will and statement
|
|
|
restive
|
restless
|
|
|
striated
|
striped
|
|
|
lachrimose
|
sorrowful
|
|
|
perdition
|
hell
|
|
|
syllogism
|
deduction, reasoning
|
|
|
sedulity
|
assidulous, preserving constant effort
|
|
|
assidulous
|
effort
|
|
|
fastidious
|
difficult to please, exacting, meticulous
|
|
|
plucky
|
courageous
|
|
|
cogitate
|
deeply think about something
|
|
|
partisan
|
member of party
|
|
|
rapt
|
deeply moved, enraptured
|
|
|
furtive
|
stealthy, surreptitious
|
|
|
disseminate
|
disperse
|
|
|
craven
|
coward
|
|
|
sedulity
|
hardworking
|
|
|
petulant
|
ill-tempered
|
|
|
enlist
|
voluntary
|
|
|
conscription
|
involuntary
|
|
|
cephalic
|
related to skull
|
|
|
obverse
|
counterpart, facing observer
|
|
|
pejorative
|
disparaging
|
|
|
profundity
|
great depth
|
|
|
travail
|
work hard, with effort
|
|
|
rig
|
provide equipment, a trailer
|
|
|
knoll
|
sound a bell mournfully
|
|
|
ditties
|
songs
|
|
|
imprecation
|
curse
|
|
|
satiate
|
satisfy
|
|
|
foment
|
promote growth of
|
|
|
cosset
|
to pamper
|
|
|
cupidity
|
excessive desire, especially for wealth, avarice
|
|
|
bawdy
|
excessively prudish
|
|
|
torpor
|
lethargy
|
|
|
vim
|
energy
|
|
|
eminence
|
high rank
|
|
|
jettison
|
discard, cast overboard
|
|
|
berate
|
scold to a large degree
|
|
|
impudent
|
shameless
|
|
|
imperious
|
haughty
|
|
|
exorbitant
|
excessive
|
|
|
vestige
|
trace or sign
|
|
|
fixate
|
stare at
|
|
|
perfidy
|
treachery, break of faith
|
|
|
alloy
|
mix with something inferior
|
|
|
reactionary
|
opposing progress
|
|
|
facetious
|
jocular, funny
|
|
|
jocular
|
funny, facetious
|
|
|
proscribe
|
denounce as dangerous
|
|
|
antithetical
|
opposing
|
|
|
requite
|
repay
|
|
|
exuberance
|
full of life
|
|
|
ostention
|
display for showy admiration, envy
|
|
|
astringent
|
substance that causes shrinkage
|
|
|
noisome
|
digusting
|
|
|
mien
|
demeanor
|
|
|
connivance
|
encouragement
|
|
|
effectual
|
something that has force
|
|
|
inured
|
hardened
|
|
|
unruffled
|
unflurried
|
|
|
clanger
|
loud noise
|
|
|
exemplary
|
serving to warn
|
|
|
extradition
|
surrender of accused
|
|
|
coquette
|
tease
|
|
|
perspicatious
|
plain
|
|
|
doldrum
|
bored, depressed
|
|
|
denigrate
|
smear, charge falsely
|
|
|
carrell
|
study area, i.e. cubicle
|
|
|
addlepated
|
stupid, confused
|
|
|
libertine
|
disolute person, freethinker, morally unrestrained
|
|
|
suavity
|
bland, gracious, agreeable, curteous
|
|
|
hummock
|
small hill
|
|
|
satellite
|
orbits stars
|
|
|
aspersion
|
sprinkle water, i.e. baptism
|
|
|
gourmand
|
eat, drink a lot
|
|
|
formidable
|
unnerving, fear inspiring
|
|
|
jaunty
|
cheerful
|
|
|
ramification
|
arrangement of branching parts
|
|
|
peach
|
divulge confidential info
|
|
|
knottiness
|
puzzling, complex, tortuous
|
|
|
conjugal
|
marriage related
|
|
|
nisus
|
attempt to attain goal, effort or endeavor to realize aim
|
|
|
uxorious
|
foolishly fond of
|
|
|
lacerate
|
deeply hurt feelings of
|
|
|
dint
|
forcibly drive, force, effort, dent
|
|
|
febricity
|
feverish
|
|
|
valedictory
|
speech of leave taking
|
|
|
insolvent
|
unable to meet finances
|
|
|
haggle
|
wrangle
|
|
|
environ
|
border
|
|
|
lancinate
|
piercing, stabbing
|
|
|
askance
|
distrustfully
|
|
|
fervent
|
hot
|
|
|
maculated
|
dirty
|
|
|
cranch
|
grind
|
|
|
patness
|
timeliness
|
|
|
checkered
|
marked by changeable fortune
|
|
|
sectarian
|
narrow-minded
|
|
|
verisimilitude
|
truth
|
|
|
corollary
|
inference from truth, absence of logic
|
|
|
whet
|
sharpen by rule, sharpen knife
|
|
|
shinny
|
struggle, awkward climb
|
|
|
deign
|
descend
|
|
|
gamely
|
bravely
|
|
|
guffaw
|
deep loud hearty laughter
|
|
|
harnow
|
harass
|
|
|
cognate
|
related or similar
|
|
|
exegesis
|
interpretation
|
|
|
chouse
|
defeat by trick, deceit
|
|
|
plethora
|
embarassment, overabundance
|
|
|
lugubrious
|
overly mournful
|
|
|
centripetal
|
nervous system
|
|
|
modulation
|
variation
|
|
|
hotfoot
|
hasten, move fence
|
|
|
euphony
|
agreeable sounds
|
|
|
bedizen
|
dress tastelessly
|
|
|
bedraggle
|
make wet or dirty
|
|
|
stodgy
|
dull, unimaginative
|
|
|
tensile
|
pliant, tractable
|
|
|
guttle
|
eat greadiy, pig, raven
|
|
|
lope
|
run easily
|
|
|
surfeit
|
overindulge
|
|
|
aphasia
|
inability to use or understand language
|
|
|
stridence
|
high pitched sound
|
|
|
glowering
|
sullen
|
|
|
trope
|
metaphor
|
|
|
rhapsodize
|
say with great enthusiasm
|
|
|
subjective
|
existing in mind, personal
|
|
|
recumbent
|
lying down
|
|
|
amylaceous
|
resembling starch
|
|
|
larceny
|
stealing
|
|
|
decoke
|
remove carbon
|
|
|
eminent
|
towering
|
|
|
simian
|
apelike
|
|
|
bovine
|
dull, slow
|
|
|
cunctuation
|
procrastination
|
|
|
rampart
|
wall
|
|
|
germane
|
relevant, appropriate
|
|
|
wizened
|
shrunken
|
|
|
caviler
|
quibbler, pettifogger
|
|
|
kayoed
|
stunned, knocked unconscious
|
|
|
incommedius
|
uncomfy, small
|
|
|
philology
|
study of language, literature
|
|
|
archness
|
saucy, inappropriate play
|
|
|
austere
|
spartan, self denial
|
|
|
clarion
|
medieval brass instrument
|
|
|
rebus
|
puzzle to decode message
|
|
|
walker
|
noncompliant
|
|
|
comminute
|
crunch, reduce to small pieces
|
|
|
supposititious
|
hypothetical
|
|
|
temprament
|
play different keys
|
|
|
dross
|
scum, metal oxidation
|
|
|
recapitulate
|
summarize,conclude
|
|
|
shew
|
establish validity
|
|
|
concerted
|
cooperative
|
|
|
perusal
|
studying
|
|
|
civil
|
in condition of social order
|
|
|
resumption
|
beginning again
|
|
|
trudger
|
heavy footed, slogger
|
|
|
disagreement
|
scrap, argufy
|
|
|
bate
|
decrease
|
|
|
sully
|
calumniate, smear
|
|
|
calumniate
|
sully, smear
|
|
|
brakish
|
salty
|
|
|
tightwad
|
miserly
|
|
|
nanus
|
midget
|
|
|
flint
|
unfeeling
|
|
|
callow
|
young, inexperienced
|
|
|
carillon
|
playing with bell in tower
|
|
|
chaff
|
into thin strips, trivial, worthless
|
|
|
goad
|
tease
|
|
|
ascribable
|
imputable, referable, credited to
|
|
|
dispassionate
|
unfair, biased
|
|
|
bawdy
|
racy, lewd (good lawdy!)
|
|
|
tentative
|
provisional, unsettled, indefinite
|
|
|
polemic
|
verbal attack, argument
|
|
|
guile
|
deceit, trickery
|
|
|
invective
|
abusive language
|
|
|
palliate
|
mitigate, ease
|
|
|
lionize
|
honor, treat as celebrity
|
|
|
wily
|
clever
|
|
|
ignoble
|
not noble
|
|
|
erudite
|
learned
|
|
|
surly
|
rude, bad tempered
|
|
|
glib
|
easily/casually fluent, insincere
|
|
|
inimical
|
hostile
|
|
|
perspicacious
|
keen, astute, shrewd
|
|
|
inchoate
|
disorganized, uncoherent
|
|
|
florid
|
excessively decorated, red
|
|
|
intrepid
|
fearless, courageous
|
|
|
endemic
|
inherent to region
|
|
|
voluble
|
talk or speak easily
|
|
|
turgid
|
bloated, swollen ie from fluid
|
|
|
tawdry
|
cheap, showy
|
|
|
hoary
|
old, white haired
|
|
|
tangential
|
digressing, extraneous
|
|
|
unconscionable
|
unfair, unjust
|
|
|
monastic
|
austere, extremely plain
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