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renovate
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restore smth to better condition
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renowned
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celebrated famous
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repast
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meal
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repel
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refuse to accept/cause dislike
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repine
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at be discontented with
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reproach
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scold upbraid
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reprobate
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person hardened in sin one devoid of decency
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repudiate
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disown refuse to accept or pay
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repulsive
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causing a feeling of disgust
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requite
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repay give in return
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rescind
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repeal/annul/cancel
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resigned
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unresisting submissive
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resilience
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quality of quickly recovering the original shape
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resort
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to frequently visit
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restive
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refusing to move reluctant to be controlled
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resuscitation
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coming back to consciousness
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retard
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check hinder
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reticent
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reserved untalkative silent taciturn
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revere
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have deep respect for
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reverent
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feeling or showing deep respect
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riddle
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puzzling person or thing
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rift
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split crack dissension
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rivet
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fix take up secure metal pin
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roll
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call calling of names
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rotund
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rich and deep plump and round
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ruffian
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violent cruel man
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rumple
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make rough
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sagacious
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having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage
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salacious
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obscene
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salubrious
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healthful
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salutary
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remedial wholesome causing improvement
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sanctimony
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self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety
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sanction
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approval (by authority) penalty
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sanguine
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cheerful confident optimistic
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sanity
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health of mind soundness of judgement
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sash
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long strip worn round the waist
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satiate
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satisfy fully
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saturnine
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gloomy dark sullen morose
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savant
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person of great learning
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savor
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taste flavor smth
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sawdust
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tiny bits of wood
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scabbard
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sheath for the blade
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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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incense
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make angry
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incessant
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often repeated continual
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inchoate
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not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary
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incipient
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beginning
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incise
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engrave make a cut in
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incite
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stir up rouse
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inclined
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directing the mind in a certain direction
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incongruous
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out of place not in harmony or agreement
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incorrigibility
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cannot be cured or corrected
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incredulous
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skeptical unwilling to believe
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inculcate
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fix firmly by repetition
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incumbents
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official duties
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incursion
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a raid a sudden attack
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indefatigability
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not easily exhaustible tirelessness
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indelible
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that cannot be rubbed out
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indigence
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poverty
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indigenous
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native
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indistinct
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not easily heard seen clearly marked
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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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pied
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of mixed colors
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pinch
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be too tight take between the thumb and finger
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pine
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waste away through sorrow or illness
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pious
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dutiful to parents devoted to religion
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piquant
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agreeably pungent stimulating
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pique
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hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity)
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pitfall
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covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger
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pith
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essential part force soft liquid substance
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pivotal
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of great importance (others depend on it)
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placate
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soothe pacify calm
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plaintive
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mournful melancholy sorrowful
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plaque
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flat metal on a wall as a memorial
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platitude
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a trite or banal statement unoriginality
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plea
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request
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plead
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address a court of law as an advocate
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plethora
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glut
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pliant
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pliable easily bent shaped or twisted
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plod
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continue doing smth without resting
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pluck
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pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers)
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plumb
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get to the root of
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plummet
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fall plunge steeply
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plunge
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move quickly suddenly and with force
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poignant
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deeply moving keen
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poncho
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large piece of cloth
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ponderous
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heavy bulky dull
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portent
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omen marvelous threatening
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precarious
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uncertain risky dangerous
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precepts
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rules establishing standards of conduct
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preclude
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prevent make impossible
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precursory
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preliminary anticipating
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predilection
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special liking mental preference
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predominate
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have more power than others
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preen
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tidy/show self-satisfaction
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premature
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doing or happening smth before the right time
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preponderance
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greatness in number strength weight
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presage
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warning sign
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presumption
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arrogance
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preternatural
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not normal or usual
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prevalent
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common
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prevaricate
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to equivocate to stray from the truth
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prim
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neat formal
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pristine
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primitive unspoiled pure as in earlier times unadulterated
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probity
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uprightness incorruptibility principle
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proclivity
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inclination
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procrastination
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keeping on putting off
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prodigal
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wasteful reckless with money
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prodigious
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enormous wonderful
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profane
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worldly having contempt for God
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profligacy
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shameless immorality
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profligate
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wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant
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profundity
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depth
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profuse
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abundant/lavish
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proliferate
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grow reproduce by rapid multification
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prolix
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tiring because too long
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prone
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prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)
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propagation
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increasing the number spreading extending
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propinquity
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nearness in time or place affinity of nature
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propitiatory
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conciliatory appeasing mitigating
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propitious
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auspicious presenting favorable circumstances
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prosaic
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everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian
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proscribe
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denounce as dangerous
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protracted
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prolonged
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provident
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frugal looking to the future
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provisional
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of the present time only
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provoke
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make angry vax
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prudence
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careful forethought
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prudish
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easily shocked excessively modest
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prune
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dried plum silly person
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pry
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get smth inquire too curiously
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pucker
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wrinkle
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pugnacious
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fond of in the habit of fighting
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puissance
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strength
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punctilious
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precise paying attention to trivialities
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pundit
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pedant authority on a subject
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pungency
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sharpness stinging quality
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purvey
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provide supply
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pusillanimous
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cowardly craven
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putrefaction
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becoming rotten
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pyre
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large pile of wood for burning
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quack
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person dishonestly claiming to smth
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quaff
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drink deeply
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quail
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lose courage turn frightened
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qualm
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feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness
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quandary
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state of doubt or perplexity
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quell
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suppress subdue
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quibble
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try to avoid by sophistication
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quiescence
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state of being passive/motionless
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quiescent
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at rest dormant torpid
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quirk
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habit or action peculiar to smb or smth
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quixotic
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generous unselfish
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quotidian
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banal everyday
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rabble
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mob crowd the lower classes of populace
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raconteur
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person who tells anecdotes
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raffish
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low vulgar base tawdry
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ramify
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to be divided or subdivided to branch out
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rancorous
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feeling bitterness spitefulness
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rant
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use extravagant language
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rapacious
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greedy (esp for money)
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rarefy
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to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine
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rave
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act with excessive enthusiasm
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reactionary
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opposing progress
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rebuff
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snub
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recalcitrant
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disobedient
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recant
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take back as being FALSE give up
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recast
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cast or fashion anew
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recidivism
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relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
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reciprocity
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granting of privileges in return for similar
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recitals
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a number of performance of music
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recluse
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person who lives alone and avoids people
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recompense
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make payment to reward punish
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reconcile
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settle a quarrel restore peace
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recondite
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little known abstruse
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recreancy
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cowardice a cowardly giving up
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recuperate
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become strong after illness loss exhaustion
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redeem
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get back by payment compensate
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redoubtable
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formidable causing fear
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refine
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make or become pure cultural
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refractory
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stubborn unmanageable untractable
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refulgent
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shining brilliant
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regale
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to delight or entertain to feast
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regicide
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crime of killing a king
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reiterate
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say or do again several times
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rejuvenation
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becoming young in nature or appearance
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relapse
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fall back again
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remonstrate
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to protest object
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render
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deliver provide represent
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renovate
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restore smth to better condition
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renowned
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celebrated famous
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repast
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meal
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repel
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refuse to accept/cause dislike
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repine
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at be discontented with
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reproach
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scold upbraid
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reprobate
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person hardened in sin one devoid of decency
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repudiate
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disown refuse to accept or pay
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repulsive
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causing a feeling of disgust
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requite
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repay give in return
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rescind
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repeal/annul/cancel
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resigned
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unresisting submissive
|
|
|
resilience
|
quality of quickly recovering the original shape
|
|
|
resort
|
to frequently visit
|
|
|
restive
|
refusing to move reluctant to be controlled
|
|
|
resuscitation
|
coming back to consciousness
|
|
|
retard
|
check hinder
|
|
|
reticent
|
reserved untalkative silent taciturn
|
|
|
revere
|
have deep respect for
|
|
|
reverent
|
feeling or showing deep respect
|
|
|
riddle
|
puzzling person or thing
|
|
|
rift
|
split crack dissension
|
|
|
rivet
|
fix take up secure metal pin
|
|
|
roll
|
call calling of names
|
|
|
rotund
|
rich and deep plump and round
|
|
|
ruffian
|
violent cruel man
|
|
|
rumple
|
make rough
|
|
|
sagacious
|
having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage
|
|
|
salacious
|
obscene
|
|
|
salubrious
|
healthful
|
|
|
salutary
|
remedial wholesome causing improvement
|
|
|
sanctimony
|
self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety
|
|
|
sanction
|
approval (by authority) penalty
|
|
|
sanguine
|
cheerful confident optimistic
|
|
|
sanity
|
health of mind soundness of judgement
|
|
|
sash
|
long strip worn round the waist
|
|
|
satiate
|
satisfy fully
|
|
|
saturnine
|
gloomy dark sullen morose
|
|
|
savant
|
person of great learning
|
|
|
savor
|
taste flavor smth
|
|
|
sawdust
|
tiny bits of wood
|
|
|
scabbard
|
sheath for the blade
|
|
|
scent
|
smell (esp pleasant)
|
|
|
scorch
|
become discolored/dry up/go at high speed
|
|
|
scribble
|
write hastily
|
|
|
scurvy
|
mean contemptible
|
|
|
secular
|
material (not spiritual) living outside monasteries
|
|
|
sedulous
|
persevering
|
|
|
seminal
|
like a seed constituting a source originative
|
|
|
sententious
|
short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs
|
|
|
sequence
|
succession connected line of
|
|
|
sere
|
make hard and without feeling
|
|
|
sermon
|
reproving a person for his faults
|
|
|
serrated
|
having a toothed edge
|
|
|
serration
|
having a toothed edge
|
|
|
servile
|
like a slave lacking independence
|
|
|
sever
|
break off
|
|
|
severance
|
severing
|
|
|
shallow
|
little depth not earnest
|
|
|
shard
|
piece of broken earthenware
|
|
|
sheath
|
cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
|
|
|
shrewd
|
astute showing sound judgement
|
|
|
shrill
|
sharp piercing
|
|
|
shun
|
keep away from avoid
|
|
|
shunt
|
send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion
|
|
|
sidestep
|
step to one side
|
|
|
simper
|
(give a) silly/self-conscious smile
|
|
|
sinuous
|
winding undulating serpentine
|
|
|
skiff
|
small boat
|
|
|
skit
|
short piece of humorous writing
|
|
|
slack
|
sluggish dull not tight
|
|
|
slake
|
to assuage to satisfy allay
|
|
|
slate
|
king of blue-grey stone propose criticize
|
|
|
sluggard
|
lazy slow-moving person
|
|
|
slur
|
join sounds/words (indistinct)
|
|
|
smolder
|
burn slowly without flame
|
|
|
snare
|
trap
|
|
|
pied of
|
mixed
|
|
|
pinch be
|
too
|
|
|
pine waste
|
away
|
|
|
pious dutiful
|
to
|
|
|
piquant agreeably
|
pungent
|
|
|
pique hurt
|
the
|
|
|
pitfall covered
|
hole
|
|
|
pith essential
|
part
|
|
|
pivotal of
|
great
|
|
|
placate soothe
|
pacify
|
|
|
plaintive mournful
|
melancholy
|
|
|
plaque flat
|
metal
|
|
|
platitude a
|
trite
|
|
|
plea request
|
|
|
|
plead address
|
a
|
|
|
plethora glut
|
|
|
|
pliant pliable
|
easily
|
|
|
plod continue
|
doing
|
|
|
pluck pull
|
the
|
|
|
plumb get
|
to
|
|
|
plummet fall
|
plunge
|
|
|
plunge move
|
quickly
|
|
|
poignant deeply
|
moving
|
|
|
poncho large
|
piece
|
|
|
ponderous heavy
|
bulky
|
|
|
portent omen
|
marvelous
|
|
|
precarious uncertain
|
risky
|
|
|
precepts rules
|
establishing
|
|
|
preclude prevent
|
make
|
|
|
precursory preliminary
|
anticipating
|
|
|
predilection special
|
liking
|
|
|
predominate have
|
more
|
|
|
preen tidy/show
|
self-satisfaction
|
|
|
premature doing
|
or
|
|
|
preponderance greatness
|
in
|
|
|
presage warning
|
sign
|
|
|
presumption arrogance
|
|
|
|
preternatural not
|
normal
|
|
|
prevalent common
|
|
|
|
prevaricate to
|
equivocate
|
|
|
prim neat
|
formal
|
|
|
pristine primitive
|
unspoiled
|
|
|
probity uprightness
|
incorruptibility
|
|
|
proclivity inclination
|
|
|
|
procrastination keeping
|
on
|
|
|
prodigal wasteful
|
reckless
|
|
|
prodigious enormous
|
wonderful
|
|
|
profane worldly
|
having
|
|
|
profligacy shameless
|
immorality
|
|
|
profligate wasteful
|
prodigal
|
|
|
profundity depth
|
|
|
|
profuse abundant/lavish
|
|
|
|
proliferate grow
|
reproduce
|
|
|
prolix tiring
|
because
|
|
|
prone prostrate
|
inclined
|
|
|
propagation increasing
|
the
|
|
|
propinquity nearness
|
in
|
|
|
propitiatory conciliatory
|
appeasing
|
|
|
propitious auspicious
|
presenting
|
|
|
prosaic everyday
|
mundane
|
|
|
proscribe denounce
|
as
|
|
|
protracted prolonged
|
|
|
|
provident frugal
|
looking
|
|
|
provisional of
|
the
|
|
|
provoke make
|
angry
|
|
|
prudence careful
|
forethought
|
|
|
prudish easily
|
shocked
|
|
|
prune dried
|
plum
|
|
|
pry get
|
smth
|
|
|
pucker wrinkle
|
|
|
|
pugnacious fond
|
of
|
|
|
puissance strength
|
|
|
|
punctilious precise
|
paying
|
|
|
pundit pedant
|
authority
|
|
|
pungency sharpness
|
stinging
|
|
|
purvey provide
|
supply
|
|
|
pusillanimous cowardly
|
craven
|
|
|
putrefaction becoming
|
rotten
|
|
|
pyre large
|
pile
|
|
|
quack person
|
dishonestly
|
|
|
quaff drink
|
deeply
|
|
|
quail lose
|
courage
|
|
|
qualm feeling
|
of
|
|
|
quandary state
|
of
|
|
|
quell suppress
|
subdue
|
|
|
quibble try
|
to
|
|
|
quiescence state
|
of
|
|
|
quiescent at
|
rest
|
|
|
quirk habit
|
or
|
|
|
quixotic generous
|
unselfish
|
|
|
quotidian banal
|
everyday
|
|
|
rabble mob
|
crowd
|
|
|
raconteur person
|
who
|
|
|
raffish low
|
vulgar
|
|
|
ramify to
|
be
|
|
|
rancorous feeling
|
bitterness
|
|
|
rant use
|
extravagant
|
|
|
rapacious greedy
|
(esp
|
|
|
rarefy to
|
make
|
|
|
rave act
|
with
|
|
|
reactionary opposing
|
progress
|
|
|
rebuff snub
|
|
|
|
recalcitrant disobedient
|
|
|
|
recant take
|
back
|
|
|
recast cast
|
or
|
|
|
recidivism relapse
|
into
|
|
|
reciprocity granting
|
of
|
|
|
recitals a
|
number
|
|
|
recluse person
|
who
|
|
|
recompense make
|
payment
|
|
|
reconcile settle
|
a
|
|
|
recondite little
|
known
|
|
|
recreancy cowardice
|
a
|
|
|
recuperate become
|
strong
|
|
|
redeem get
|
back
|
|
|
redoubtable formidable
|
causing
|
|
|
refine make
|
or
|
|
|
refractory stubborn
|
unmanageable
|
|
|
refulgent shining
|
brilliant
|
|
|
regale to
|
delight
|
|
|
regicide crime
|
of
|
|
|
reiterate say
|
or
|
|
|
rejuvenation becoming
|
young
|
|
|
relapse fall
|
back
|
|
|
remonstrate to
|
protest
|
|
|
render deliver
|
provide
|
|
|
renovate restore
|
smth
|
|
|
renowned celebrated
|
famous
|
|
|
repast meal
|
|
|
|
repel refuse
|
to
|
|
|
repine at
|
be
|
|
|
reproach scold
|
upbraid
|
|
|
reprobate person
|
hardened
|
|
|
repudiate disown
|
refuse
|
|
|
repulsive causing
|
a
|
|
|
requite repay
|
give
|
|
|
rescind repeal/annul/cancel
|
|
|
|
resigned unresisting
|
submissive
|
|
|
resilience quality
|
of
|
|
|
resort to
|
frequently
|
|
|
restive refusing
|
to
|
|
|
resuscitation coming
|
back
|
|
|
retard check
|
hinder
|
|
|
reticent reserved
|
untalkative
|
|
|
revere have
|
deep
|
|
|
reverent feeling
|
or
|
|
|
riddle puzzling
|
person
|
|
|
rift split
|
crack
|
|
|
rivet fix
|
take
|
|
|
roll call
|
calling
|
|
|
rotund rich
|
and
|
|
|
ruffian violent
|
cruel
|
|
|
rumple make
|
rough
|
|
|
sagacious having
|
sound
|
|
|
salacious obscene
|
|
|
|
salubrious healthful
|
|
|
|
salutary remedial
|
wholesome
|
|
|
sanctimony self-righteousness
|
hypocritical
|
|
|
sanction approval
|
(by
|
|
|
sanguine cheerful
|
confident
|
|
|
sanity health
|
of
|
|
|
sash long
|
strip
|
|
|
satiate satisfy
|
fully
|
|
|
saturnine gloomy
|
dark
|
|
|
savant person
|
of
|
|
|
savor taste
|
flavor
|
|
|
sawdust tiny
|
bits
|
|
|
scabbard sheath
|
for
|
|
|
scent smell
|
(esp
|
|
|
scorch become
|
discolored/dry
|
|
|
scribble write
|
hastily
|
|
|
scurvy mean
|
contemptible
|
|
|
secular material
|
(not
|
|
|
sedulous persevering
|
|
|
|
seminal like
|
a
|
|
|
sententious short
|
and
|
|
|
sequence succession
|
connected
|
|
|
sere make
|
hard
|
|
|
sermon reproving
|
a
|
|
|
serrated having
|
a
|
|
|
serration having
|
a
|
|
|
servile like
|
a
|
|
|
sever break
|
off
|
|
|
severance severing
|
|
|
|
shallow little
|
depth
|
|
|
shard piece
|
of
|
|
|
sheath cover
|
for
|
|
|
shrewd astute
|
showing
|
|
|
shrill sharp
|
piercing
|
|
|
shun keep
|
away
|
|
|
shunt send
|
from
|
|
|
sidestep step
|
to
|
|
|
simper (give
|
a)
|
|
|
sinuous winding
|
undulating
|
|
|
skiff small
|
boat
|
|
|
skit short
|
piece
|
|
|
slack sluggish
|
dull
|
|
|
slake to
|
assuage
|
|
|
slate king
|
of
|
|
|
sluggard lazy
|
slow-moving
|
|
|
slur join
|
sounds/words
|
|
|
smolder burn
|
slowly
|
|
|
snare trap
|
|
|
|
snub treat
|
with
|
|
|
soar rise
|
fly
|
|
|
sober self-controlled
|
|
|
|
sobriety quality
|
or
|
|
|
sodden soaked
|
saturated
|
|
|
soggy heavy
|
with
|
|
|
solvent of
|
the
|
|
|
somatic of
|
the
|
|
|
soot black
|
powder
|
|
|
sophisticated complex
|
subtle
|
|
|
sophistry fallacious
|
reasoning
|
|
|
sophomoric self-assured
|
though
|
|
|
soporific producing
|
sleep
|
|
|
sordid wretched
|
comfortless
|
|
|
spear weapon
|
with
|
|
|
specious illogical
|
of
|
|
|
splenetic bad-tempered
|
irritable
|
|
|
splice join
|
(two
|
|
|
sponge porous
|
rubber
|
|
|
spurious FALSE
|
counterfeit
|
|
|
spurn have
|
nothing
|
|
|
squalid foul
|
filthy
|
|
|
squander spend
|
wastefully
|
|
|
squat crouch/settle
|
without
|
|
|
stanch to
|
stop
|
|
|
steeply rising
|
or
|
|
|
stentorian extremely
|
loud
|
|
|
stickler person
|
who
|
|
|
stigma mark
|
of
|
|
|
stigmatize describe
|
smb
|
|
|
sting smth
|
sharp
|
|
|
stingy spending
|
using
|
|
|
stint to
|
be
|
|
|
stipple paint
|
with
|
|
|
stipulate state
|
or
|
|
|
stolid showing
|
no
|
|
|
stray wander
|
lose
|
|
|
streak long
|
thin
|
|
|
striated striped
|
grooved
|
|
|
stride walk
|
with
|
|
|
strut a
|
supporting
|
|
|
stygian hence
|
dark
|
|
|
stymie to
|
hinder
|
|
|
subdue overcome
|
bring
|
|
|
sublime extreme
|
astounding
|
|
|
submerge put
|
under
|
|
|
suborn induce
|
by
|
|
|
subpoena written
|
order
|
|
|
substantiation giving
|
facts
|
|
|
subsume include
|
under
|
|
|
succor assistance
|
relief
|
|
|
suffice be
|
enough
|
|
|
suffocate cause
|
or
|
|
|
sullied to
|
be
|
|
|
summarily briefly
|
without
|
|
|
sumptuous magnificent
|
|
|
|
sundry various
|
miscellaneous
|
|
|
supercilious disdainful
|
characterized
|
|
|
superfluous more
|
then
|
|
|
superimpose put
|
smth
|
|
|
supersede take
|
the
|
|
|
supine lying
|
on
|
|
|
suppliant asking
|
humbly
|
|
|
supplicate make
|
a
|
|
|
suppress prevent
|
from
|
|
|
surcharge additional
|
load/charge
|
|
|
surfeit satiate
|
feed
|
|
|
susceptibility sensitiveness
|
|
|
|
swerve change
|
direction
|
|
|
sycophant person
|
who
|
|
|
synopsis summary
|
or
|
|
|
taciturn untalkative
|
silent
|
|
|
tadpole form
|
of
|
|
|
talon claw
|
of
|
|
|
tamp tap
|
or
|
|
|
tamper interfere
|
with
|
|
|
tangential suddenly
|
changeable
|
|
|
tarnished lost
|
brightness
|
|
|
tassel bunch
|
of
|
|
|
taunt contemptuous
|
reproach
|
|
|
taut tightly
|
stretched
|
|
|
tautology a
|
repetition
|
|
|
tawdry cheap
|
gaudy
|
|
|
teetotal oppose
|
to
|
|
|
temerity boldness
|
brashness
|
|
|
temperance abstinence
|
from
|
|
|
temperate showing
|
self-control
|
|
|
tenacity firmness
|
persistency
|
|
|
tenuous insubstantial
|
flimsy
|
|
|
tepid lukewarm
|
|
|
|
terse brief
|
and
|
|
|
testiness witness/evidence
|
|
|
|
thrift care
|
economy
|
|
|
thwart obstruct/frustrate
|
|
|
|
timid shy
|
easily
|
|
|
timorous fearful
|
timid
|
|
|
toady obsequious
|
flatterer
|
|
|
tonic smth
|
giving
|
|
|
topple be
|
unsteady
|
|
|
torment severe
|
pain
|
|
|
torpid sleeping
|
sluggish
|
|
|
torque twisting
|
force
|
|
|
tortuous devious/not
|
straightforward
|
|
|
tout person
|
who
|
|
|
tractable easily
|
controlled
|
|
|
transgress break
|
go
|
|
|
transient temporary
|
fleeting
|
|
|
transitory brief
|
|
|
|
travesty parody/imitation
|
|
|
|
trenchant forceful
|
effective
|
|
|
trepidation alarm
|
excited
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trickle flow
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in
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trifling unimportant
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trite not
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new
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truce (agreement)
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stop
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truculence aggressiveness
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ferocity
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trudge walk
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heavily
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|
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turbid muddy
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having
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turbulence being
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uncontrolled
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turgid excessively
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ornate
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turmoil trouble
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disturbance
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turpitude wickedness
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shamefulness
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turquoise greenish-blue
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precious
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|
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tyro tiro
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beginner
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ubiquitous present
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everywhere
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ulterior situated
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beyond
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umbrage offense
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resentment
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uncouth rough
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awkward
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underbid make
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a
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undermine weaken
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gradually
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undulate to
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move
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unearth discover
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and
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unencumbered easy-going
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trifle
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unfeigned not
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pretended
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|
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unscathed unharmed
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unhurt
|
|
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untoward unfortunate
|
inconvenient
|
|
|
upbraid scold
|
reproach
|
|
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urbane elegant
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refined
|
|
|
vacillation being
|
uncertain
|
|
|
vagary strange
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act
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|
vain without
|
use
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|
|
valiant brave
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valorous brave
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vanquish conquer
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|
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veer change
|
direction
|
|
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venal ready
|
to
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|
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veneer surface
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appearance
|
|
|
veneration regard
|
with
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|
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veracity truth
|
|
|
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verdant fresh
|
and
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|
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verisimilitude appearing
|
TRUE
|
|
|
veritable real
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rightly
|
|
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verve spirit
|
vigor
|
|
|
vestige trace
|
or
|
|
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vex annoy
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distress
|
|
|
vigilance watchfulness
|
self-appointed
|
|
|
vigilant member
|
of
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|
|
vigorous strong
|
energetic
|
|
|
vilify slander
|
say
|
|
|
vindictive having
|
a
|
|
|
virago a
|
loud
|
|
|
visceral of
|
the
|
|
|
viscous sticky/semi-fluid
|
|
|
|
vitiate lower
|
the
|
|
|
vituperate curse
|
abuse
|
|
|
vivacious lively
|
high-spirited
|
|
|
volatile changeable
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inconstant
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