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bane
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cause of ruin
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censure
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severe criticism
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cipher
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nothing, zero, null
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harangue
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lenthy bombastic speach
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inexorable
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relentless
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fuliginous
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smoky
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pariah
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outcast
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phlegmatic
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apathetic
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proselytize
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convert
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contumacious
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recalcitrant, rebellious
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obeisance
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reverant bowing
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recondite
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abstruse
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anathema
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thing cursed and loathed
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asperity
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roughness of tone or manner
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caluminate
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besmirch
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bilious
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peevish
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Of, relating to, or containing bile; biliary. <br />
<br /> Characterized by an excess secretion of bile. <br /> Relating to, characterized by, or experiencing gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gallbladder. <br /> <br /> Appearing as if affected by such a disorder; sickly. <br /> <br /> Resembling bile, especially in color: a bilious green. <br /> <br /> Having a peevish disposition; ill-humored. |
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callow
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young, immature
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sententious
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pithy, terse
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celerity
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speed
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cozen
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defraud
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cynosure
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center of attention
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exculpate
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free from blame
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forensic
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preservation of evidence, suitable for a court of law
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impunity
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privelege
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impecunious
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lacking money
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multifarious
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diversified, many parts
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obstreperous
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unruly
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peregrination
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journey
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querulous
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whining
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rhapsodic
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exalted enthusiasm
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sanguine
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cheerful
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temerity
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brave
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torpor
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lethargy
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turgid
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swollen, pomopous
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virulent
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deadly
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acolyte
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assistant
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approbation
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approval
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bastion
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stronghold
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boorish
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rude
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bumptious
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overly assertive
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cant
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jargon
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chimerical
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fanciful
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deign
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deem worthy
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diffidence
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shy, lacking faith in oneself
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dint
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force
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Elysian
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heavenly
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emendation
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correction
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fulminate
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erupt
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ignominious
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disgraceful
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ingenuous
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naive
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mordant
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biting, stinging
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nugatory
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worthless
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pastiche
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assorted variety
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penurious
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miserly
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perfidy
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breech of trust
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perspicacious
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insightful
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prodigal
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wasteful
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progenitor
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forefather
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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risible
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comical
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solicitious
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concerned
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stolid
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indifferent
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stultify
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render foolish or ineffective
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trenchant
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keen, incisive
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turbid
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muddy
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turpitude
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wickedness
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venal
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corruptible
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vituperate
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to scold harshly
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winnow
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to scatter
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bijou
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ornament
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nepenthe
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medicine
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opprobrium
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dishonor
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phalanx
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union
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quotidian
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trite
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succedaneum
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replacement
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imprimatur
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license to publish
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insouciant
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unconcerned
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yen
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yearning or desire
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adventitious
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accidental
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annular
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round
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condign
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appropriate
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dissemble
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hide
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friable
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fragile
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importunate
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demanding
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obloquy
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condemnation
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obviate
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avoid
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preciocity
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refinement
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proean
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flexible
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asservate
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declare
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consequential
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arrogant
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disabuse
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correct
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disport
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amuse
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factotum
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handyman
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officious
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pushy
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pullulate
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reproduce
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rakish
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stylish
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redress
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fix
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refactory
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unmanageable
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extripate
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remove
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funereal
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sorrowful
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maculated
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stained
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militate
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advocate
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prepossessing
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enticing
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quiescent
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serene
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stricture
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constraint
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tendentious
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biased
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politic
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shrewd
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abrogate
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repeal
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abjection
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hopelessness
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effable
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expressible
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amerce
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punish
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anaphora
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in speech, repeating the first words of the sentence
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annunciate
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to proclaim
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averse
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unwilling
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apiary
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a place for bees
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apostate
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one who defects from ones faith
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reticulate
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veined
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augur
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predict
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autonomic
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movement produced by internal stimulus
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complaisant
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willing to please
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relegate
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transfer to an inferior position
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demur
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delay
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depredate
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plunder
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devise
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gift of property
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dissolute
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lewd
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distrait
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absent-minded
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efflorescent
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bursting into bloom
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immanent
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indwelling
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escheat
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transfer of title by default to the state
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inveigh
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denounce
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macerate
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To make soft by soaking or steeping in a liquid.
To separate into constituents by soaking. To cause to become lean, usually by starvation; emaciate. |
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evince
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show clearly
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inveigh
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denounce
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exigent
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urgent
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exiguous
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scanty
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expurgate
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to clean
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extripate
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root up
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feculent
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relating to feces (excrement)
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felicitous
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suitable
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filaceous
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composed of threads
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glutious
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sticky
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horde
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crowd
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hypocritical
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insincere
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igneous
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caused by fire
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impugn
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to challenge
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inculcate
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teach
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indict
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charge with an offense
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indite
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express in words
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indurated
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unyielding
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invidious
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ill will
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insular
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narrowly exclusive
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inveigle
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lure through enticements
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labile
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unstable
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macerate
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soften by soaking, waste away
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masticate
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chew
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mettlesome
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courageous
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nettlesome
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prickly
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mendacity
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fraud
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mendicancy
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begging
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meretricious
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gaudy
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miscreant
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evil person
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recreant
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one who begs for mercy
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multiparous
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producing more than one offspring at birth
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