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200 Cards in this Set
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forswear
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renounce disallow repudiate
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foster
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nurture care for
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fracas
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noisy quarrel
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fragile
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easily injured broken or destroyed
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fragrant
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sweet-smelling
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frantic
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wildly excited with joy pain anxiety
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frenetic
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frantic frenzied
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fret
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worry irritation wear away
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fringe
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edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead
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froward
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intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn
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frugal
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careful economical
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fulmination
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bitter protest
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fulsome
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disgusting offensive due to excessiveness
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gainsay
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to deny to oppose
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garble
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make unfair selection from facts
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garment
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article of clothing
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garner
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to gather and save to store up
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garrulity
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talkativeness
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garrulous
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too talkative
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gaucherie
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socially awkward tactless behavior
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germane
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relevant pertinent to
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gist
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the point general sense
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glean
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gather facts in small quantities
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glib
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ready and smooth but not sincere
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glimmer
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weak/unsteady light
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gloat
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over look at with selfish delight
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glut
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supply to much fill to excess
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gnaw
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waste away bite steadily
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goad
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smth urging a person to action
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gorge
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eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
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gossamer
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soft light delicate material
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gouge
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tool for cutting grooves in wood
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grandiloquent
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using pompous words
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grave
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serious requiring consideration
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graze
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touch or scrape lightly in passing
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gregarious
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living in societies liking the company
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grievous
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causing grief or pain serious dire grave
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grovel
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crawl humble oneself
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guile
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deceit cunning
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gullible
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easily gulled
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gush
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burst out suddenly/talk ardently
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gust
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outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.
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hack
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cut roughly hired horse
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful
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hallow
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to make holy consecrate
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harangue
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a long passionate speech
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harbinger
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smth or smb that foretells the coming of
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harrow
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to distress create stress or torment
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haughty
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arrogant conceited
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heed
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attention/give notice to
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heinous
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odious (of crime)
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heresy
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belief contrary to what is generally accepted
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hermetic
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sealed by fusion
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heterogeneous
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made up of different kinds
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hew
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make by hard work cut (by striking)
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highbrow
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(person) with superior tastes
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hirsute
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hairy shaggy
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hoax
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mischievous trick played on smb for a joke
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hoi
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polloi the masses the rabble
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hollow
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not soled with hole
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holster
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leather case for a pistol
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homiletics
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act of preaching
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hone
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stone used for sharpening tools
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hoodwink
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trick mislead
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hospitable
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liking to give hospitality
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hubris
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arrogant pride
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hush
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make or become silent
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husk
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worthless outside part of anything
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hypocrisy
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falsely making oneself appear to be good
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iconoclast
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person who attacks popular beliefs
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idiosyncrasy
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personal mannerism
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idolatry
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excessive admiration of
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idyll
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a carefree episode or experience
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ignoble
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dishonorable common undignified
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ignominious
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shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful
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illicit
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unlawful forbidden
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imbroglio
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complicated and embarrassing situation
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immaculate
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pure faultless
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imminent
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likely to come or happen soon
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immutable
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that cannot be changed
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impair
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worsen diminish in value
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impassive
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unmoved feeling no sign of passion
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impecunious
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having little or no money
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impede
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hinder get in the way of
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impediment
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smth that hinders (e.g. stammer)
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impending
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imminent being about to happen expected
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imperative
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urgent essential
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imperious
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commanding haughty arrogant
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impermeable
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that cannot be permeated
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imperturbable
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calm not capable of being excited
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impervious
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not allowing to pass through (of materials)
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imperviousness
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haughty arrogant commanding
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impetuous
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having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful
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impiety
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lack of reverence or dutifulness
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implacable
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incapable of being placated unpleasable
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implicate
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show that smb has a share
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implicit
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implied though not plainly expressed
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implosion
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collapse bursting inward
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importune
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beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute)
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imprecation
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an invocation of evil a curse
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impromptu
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without preparation
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impudent
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rash indiscreet
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impugned
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challenged to be doubted
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impute
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to attribute to a cause or source ascribe
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inadvertent
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not paying proper attention
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inane
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silly senseless
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inasmuch
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since because
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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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indolence
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laziness
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indomitable
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not easily discouraged or subdued
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indulge
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gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself
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indulgent
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inclined to indulge
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ineffable
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to great to be described in words
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ineluctable
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certain inevitable
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inept
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unskillful said or done at the wrong time
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ineptitude
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quality of being unskillful
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inferno
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hell
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infuriate
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fill with fury or rage
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infuse
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put pour fill
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ingenuous
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naive young artless frank honest sincere
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ingest
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take in by swallowing
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inimical
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harmful or friendly
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inimitable
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defying imitation unmatchable
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innocuous
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causing no harm
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inscrutable
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incapable of being discovered or understood
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insensible
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unconscious unresponsive unaffected
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insinuate
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suggest unpleasantly make a way for smth gently
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insipid
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without taste or flavor
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insouciant
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unconcerned carefree
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insularity
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narrow-mindedness isolated
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insurrection
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rising of people to open resistance to
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interdict
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prohibit forbid
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interim
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as an installment
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intersperse
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place here and there
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intransigence
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unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability
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intransigent
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uncompromising
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intrepid
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fearless brave undaunted
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introspection
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examining one's own thoughts and feelings
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inundate
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flood cover by overflowing
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inured
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accustomed to adapted
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invective
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abusive language curses
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inveigh
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to attack verbally denounce deprecate
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inveterate
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deep-rooted. long-established
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invincible
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too strong to be defeated
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involute
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complex
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irascible
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irritable easily angered
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irate
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angry
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ire
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anger
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irksome
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tiresome
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irresolute
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hesitating undecided
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irrevocable
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final and unalterable
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itinerate
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to travel from place to place to peregrinate
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jabber
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talk excitedly utter rapidly
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jibe
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gibe make fun of
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jocular
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meant as a joke
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judicious
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sound in judgment wise
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knit
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draw together unite firmly
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labyrinthine
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to entangle the state of affairs
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lachrymose
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causing tears tearful
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lackluster
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(of eyes) dull
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lament
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show feel great sorrow
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lassitude
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weariness tiredness
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latent
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present but not yet active developed or visible
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laudatory
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expressing or giving praise
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lavish
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giving or producing freely liberally or generously
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legacy
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smth handed down from ancestors
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levee
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formal reception/embankment
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levity
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lack of seriousness
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libel
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statement that damages reputation
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liberality
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free giving generosity
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libertine
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immoral person
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lien
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legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
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limn
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paint portray
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limp
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lacking strength walking unevenly
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lionize
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treat as a famous person
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lithe
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bending twisting
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loll
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rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue)
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lope
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move along with long strides
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loquacious
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talkative garrulous
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lucubrate
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write in scholarly fashion
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luculent
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easily understood lucid clear
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lugubrious
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mournful excessively sad
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lull
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become quiet or less active
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