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ABASE

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TO HUMBLE OR DISGRACE

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ABJURE

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PROMISE OR SWEAR TO GIVE UP

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ABNEGATE

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TO DENY OR RENOUNCE

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ABROGATE

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TO REPEAL, AS IN A LAW; TO ANNUL SOMETHING THROUGH AN AUTHORITATIVEACT

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ADJURATION

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SOLEMN URGING ”Her adjuration to tell the truth did not change thewitnesses' testimony.”

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ADJUTANT

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STAFF OFFICER ASSISTING THE COMMANDER; ASSISTANT ”Though hedelegated many tasks to his chief adjutant, Somerset, Somerset wasin no doubt as to who made all major decisions.”

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ADVENTITIOUS

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ACCIDENTAL, CASUAL ”He found this adventitious meeting with hisfriend extremely fortunate.”

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AFFIDAVIT

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WRITTEN STATEMENT MADE UNDER OATH

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AGGRIEVE

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TO AFFLICT OR DISTRESS

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ANIMADVERSION

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CRITICAL REMARK ”He resented the animadversions of his critics,particularly because he realized they were true.”

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ARRAIGN

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CHARGE IN COURT; INDICT

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ARROGATE

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TO ASSUME, OR CLAIM AS ONE'S OWN; TO TAKE OVER WITHOUT DUE CAUSE..“to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions toright or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings.”

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ASCENDANCY

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CONTROLLING INFLUENCE “President Marcos failed to maintain hisascendency over Philippines"

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ASCETIC

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PRACTICING SELF-DENIAL; AUSTERE

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BALK

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FOILTo stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump. To refuse obstinately or abruptly: She balked at the very idea ofcompromise.

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BARRISTER

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COUNSELOR-AT-LAW

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BELEAGUER

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TO HARASS, PLAGUE

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BENIGHTED

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UNENLIGHTENED

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BETOKEN

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TO INDICATE, SIGNIFY, GIVE EVIDENCE OF

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BILLET

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BOARD AND LODGING FOR TROOPS

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BILK

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FRUSTRATE OR DISAPPOINT; TO DECEIVE OR DEFRAUD..

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BLOWHARD

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TALKATIVE BOASTER

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BLUSTER

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BOAST OR MAKE THREATS LOUDLY

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BROCADE

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RICH, FIGURED FABRIC

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BROMIDE

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A DULL PERSON OR IDEA

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BURNISH

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TO POLISH

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CADGE

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TO BEG, TO GET BY BEGGIN

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CANARD

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UNFOUNDED RUMOR OR LIE

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CANVASS

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DISCUSS THOROUGHLY; SORT OF TOUTING

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CATECHISM

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BOOK FOR RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION; INSTRUCTION BY QUESTION AND ANSWER

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CODICIL

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SUPPLEMENT TO THE BODY OF A WILL

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COFFER

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STRONGBOX, CHEST FOR MONEY

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COMITY

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COURTESY; CIVILITY “A spirit of comity should exist among nations.”

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COMPENSATORY

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MAKING UP FOR; REPAYING

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CONSEQUENTIAL

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POMPOUS, SELF IMPORTANT

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CONSTRUE

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TO EXPLAIN OR INTERPRET

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CONTENTIOUS

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ARGUEMENTATIVE, CAUSING CONTROVERSY

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CONTUMACIOUS

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DISOBEDIENT; RESISTING AUTHORITY ”The contumacious mob shouteddefiantly at the police.”

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COZEN

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TO DECEIVE. BEGUILE, HOODWINK

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CULL

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PICK OUT; REJECT ”Every month the farmer culls the nonplaying hensand sells them to the local butcher.”

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CULVERT

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ARTIFICIAL CHANNEL FOR WATER

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CURMUDGEON

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CRANKY PERSON

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DEBAUCH

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TO CORRUPT, SEDUCE FROM VIRTUE OR DUTY, INDULGE

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DEMAGOGUE

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SOMEONE WHO APPEALS TO THE PREJUDICES AND EMOTIONS OF THE PEOPLE INAN ATTEMPT TO GAIN POWER.. “A consummate demagogue, [Joseph]McCarthy played upon cold war emotions and made charges sofantastic that frightened people believed the worst.”

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DEMUR

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TO QUESTION OR OPPOSE

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DESUETUDE

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CESSATION OF USE; DISUSE

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DENIGRATE

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TO SULLY, BELITTLE, DEFAME

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DETRACTION

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SLANDERING, VERBAL ATTACK, ASPERSION

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DISPARAGE

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TO BELITTLE

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DISPORT

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AMUSE ”The popularity of Florida as a winter resort is constantlyincreasing; each year, thousands more disport themselves at Miamiand Palm Beach.”

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DISSIPATE

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TO SCATTER, PURSUE PLEASURE TO EXCESS

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DISSOLUTION

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DISINTEGRATION, LOOSENESS IN MORALS

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DISTAFF

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THE FEMALE BRANCH OF A FAMILY (OPP.= AGNATE), A DEVICE TO SPIN YARN

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DISTRAIT

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ABSENTMINDED, DISTRACTED

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DOCKET

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Calender of court cases.
A brief entry of the court proceedings.
The book containing such entries.
A summary of a document
A list of things to be done.
directions for assembling or operating.

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DOUGHTY

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COURAGEOUS

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DUDGEON

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ANGRY INDIGNATION “Higgins was so frustrated by such a basic errorthat he stormed out of the arena for the mid-session interval inhigh dudgeon.”

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DYSPEPTIC

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SUFFERING FROM INDIGESTION

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ECUMENICAL

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ENCOMPASSING A WIDE VARIETY OF FAITHS OR BELIEFS, OFTEN IN REFERENCETO RELIGION.. (AFFECTED OR EXAGGERATED EARNESTNESS, ESPECIALLY INCHOICE AND USE OF LANGUAGE.)

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EDACIOUS

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VORACIOUS, DEVOURING devouring or craving food in great quantities;"edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"

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EFFECTUAL

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EFFICIENT

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EFFETE

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DEPLETED OF VITALITY
MARKED BY SELF-INDULGENCE,TRIVIALITY, OR DECADENCE, OVERREFINED; EFFEMINATE.

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ELEEMOSYNARY

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PERTAINING TO CHARITY; CHARITABLE.

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ENJOIN

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TO URGE OREDER OR COMMAND, FORBID OR PROHIBIT AS BY COURT ORDER

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ENORMITY

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EXCESSIVE WICKEDNESS

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EPIGRAPH

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QUOTE AT THE BIGINNING OF A LITERARY WORK

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EQUABLE

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STEADY, REGULAR

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EQUITY

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FAIRNESS OR EQUALITY

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ESCHEW

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AVOID

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ESURIENT

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HUNGRY, GREEDY

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ETIOLOGY

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THE STUDY OF CAUSES

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EUPHONY

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PLEASANT HARMONIOUS SOUND

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EVINCE

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TO SHOW CLEARLY

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EXECRABLE

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VERY BAD

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EXIGUOUS

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SMALL, MINUTE

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EXPATIATE

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TO ENLARGE OR ELABORATE UPON SOMETHING; TO GO ON IN GREAT DETAIL..“Every day he would expatiate in great detail on the quality of thesandwiches”

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EXPLODE

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TO DEBUNK, DISPROVE

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EXTRICABLE

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THAT CAN BE FREED

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BUNGLER

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To work or act ineptly or inefficiently

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BUNGLER

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To work or act ineptly or inefficiently

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PHARISICAL

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HYPOCRITICALLY SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND CONDEMNATORY, SANCTIMONIOUS

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PITTANCE

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MEAGER AMOUNT OR WAGE

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PLANGENT

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POUNDING, THUNDERING, RESOUNDING, WAILING SOUND

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PLEBIAN

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CRUDE, LOWER-CLASS, VULGAR

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PONDEROUS

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HEAVY, BULKY, DULL

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PONTIFICATE

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TO SPEAK IN A PRETENTIOUS MANNER

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PREDICATE

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TO FOUND OR BASE ON

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PRESTIDIGITATION

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SLEIGHT OF HAND

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PRIVATION

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LACK OF USUAL NECESSETIES OR COMFORTS

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PROPITIOUS

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AUSPICIOUS, PRESENTING FAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES “the clearing of the sky was a propitious omen that the storm had passed”

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PROPOUND

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TO OFFER FOR CONSIDERATION; TO EXHIBIT (PROPOUND AN ARGUMENT)

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PROVISIONAL

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OF THE PRESENT TIME ONLY

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PRUNE

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SILLY PERSON

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PURBLIND

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BEING UNABLE TO SEE

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PURBLIND

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BEING UNABLE TO SEE

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QUALIFY

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TO LIMIT “he qualified the harshness of his criticisms by smiling as he said them”

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QUIXOTIC

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GENEROUS, UNSELFISH

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QUIZZICAL

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BANTERING, COMICAL, HUMOROUSLY SERIOUS

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PROGENITOR

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A direct ancestor.
An originator of a line of descent; a precursor.
An originator; (ex: of the new music)

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PONDEROUS

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Having great weight. Unwieldy from weight or bulk. Lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull: a ponderous speech.