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Abridged
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to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic content
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to shorten...
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Affability
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pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial
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friendly; pleasantly
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Alchemy
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and magical power or process of transmiting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value.
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magician; little stuff into bigger stuff
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Ascend
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to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise
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incline; increase
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Augmented
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to make something greater
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smaller to GREATER
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Augurers
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a priest at rituals of fertility and increase
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"pastor"
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Baseness
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morally low; without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable
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morals- low
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Bequeathing
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to pass something on to another; hand down
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i give something to my brother
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Bestow
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to present as a gift; give; confe
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birthday, xmas, presents
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Clamor
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a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people
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concert; audience
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Conceit
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an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance.
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"cocky" person
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Confounded
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bewildered; confused; perplexed
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what???
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Contaminate
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to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad
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to make something bad by using unclean stuff
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Covert
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concealed; secret; disguised
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shhh; don't tell
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Craves
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to have an intense desire for
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i'm craving oreo ice cream!
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Derisive
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characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking
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making fun of
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Derisive
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characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking
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making fun of
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Enfranchisement
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to grant a franchise to; admit to citizenship
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citizenship
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Enfranchisement
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to grant a franchise to; admit to citizenship
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citizenship
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Engendered
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to bring into existence; give rise to
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to bring life
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Engendered
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to bring into existence; give rise to
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to bring life
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Entreat
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to ask a person earnestly; beseech; implore; beg
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please mom, please please please please
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Entreat
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to ask a person earnestly; beseech; implore; beg
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please mom, please please please please
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Exalted
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raised or elevated, as in rank or character; of high station
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principle, president, CEO
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Exalted
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raised or elevated, as in rank or character; of high station
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principle, president, CEO
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