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ameliorate
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Become better; make better: improve
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conserve
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Keep from waste; loss or decay
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detriment
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Injury; damage; or something that causes it; disadvantage
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exotic
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Introduced from another country; foreign; strange
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folly
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Lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking
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formerly
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In an earlier period; perviously
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harmony
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peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement
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ignore
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Refuse to take notice of; disregard
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impediment
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something that hinders or obstructs
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indolent
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disposed to avoid exertion; lazy
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intact
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untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire
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invalid
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not binding in law; having no force
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noncarcinogenic
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not producing or tending to produce, cancer
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parsimonious
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unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted
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raze
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destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish
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reticent
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inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative
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retire
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withdraw from active duty or business; go to bed
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retort
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answer; reply sharply or angerily
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subvert
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overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine
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tractable
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easily lead, taught, or controlled, yeilding
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baffle
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bewilder; preplex; fill with confusion; puzzle
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cinema
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movies; motion- picture industry
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despise
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look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe
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ebullient
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overflowing with enthusiam; high spirited
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exaggerate
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overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth
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exhort
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arouse by words; advise strongly
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expertise
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speciallized skill or technical knowledge
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finicky
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excessively concerened with trifles or details; hard to please
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gall
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make sore; irritate mentally; annoy
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inane
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lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; stupid
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indemnify
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compensate for loss; damage or injury
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Occident
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west; countries of America and Europe
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peruse
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read; study
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scuffle
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struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle
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spurn
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thrust aside with disdain; reject
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stipend
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fixed pay for service; salary
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surveillance
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close watch over a person, group or area
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tepid
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moderately warm; lukewarm
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wager
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risk on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event
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wane
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decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink
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abhorrent
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in conflict; utterly opposed
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admonish
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reprove gently but seriously; warn of a fault; caution
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ambrosial
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extremely pleasing to taste or smell
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confine
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shut up; imprisoned
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decade
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peroid of 10 years
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detonate
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explode with suddeness and violence
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ephemeral
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lasting only a day; short lived
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gullible
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easily desived or cheated
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haggle
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dispute or argue over a price in a petty way
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immerse
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plunge or place into a liquid
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insomnia
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inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness
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lapse
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slip; error
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probe
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investiagation
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render
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hand down offically; deliver
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repast
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food for one occasion of eating
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replenish
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bring back to condition of being full; refill
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score
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group or set of twenty
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snub
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act or instance of snubbing; insult
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suture
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strand used to sew parts of living body; sitches
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unwittingly
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uninteionally; by accident
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acquit
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relieve from an accusation; pronounce not guilty
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complex
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complicated; hard to understand
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consign
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give, transfer or deliver; commit
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effrontery
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shameless boldness; inolence
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excruciating
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causing great pain; unbearbly painful
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forbearance
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act of forbearing; patiance
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hamper
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interfere with; hinder; impede
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nettlesome
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literally, full of nettles; irritating; causing annoyance or vexation
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oblivious
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forgetful; unmindful; unaware; unwitting
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prodigious
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extraordinary in amount or size; enormous; gigantic; huge
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rejuvenante
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make young or youthful again; refresh
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residue
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whatever is left after a part taken, disposed of, or gone; remainder; rest
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salutary
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favorable to health; healthful
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scrutinize
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examine very closely; inspect; vet
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supersede
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force out of use; displace; replace
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sweltering
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oppressively hot; torrid; sultry
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unruffled
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not upset or agitated; calm; cool; unflustered; collected
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unwiedly
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hard to wield because of size or wieght; unmangable
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withdraw
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take back; remove
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zany
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having the characteristic of a clown; mildly insane; crazy; mildly insane; loony
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