Lesson 1

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advocate

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one who supports a cause

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evocative

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tending to call forth or summon; drawing forth or eliciting

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espouse

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to take in marriage; to give a woman in marriage; to give one's loyalty to a cuase

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elicit

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to bring out or draw out

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voc, vok

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voice; call

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dic, dict

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say; speak; assert

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duc, duct

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lead

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gen, gener, gend

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origin; race; kind

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locu, locut

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speak

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anim

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life; spirit; mind; soul

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vol

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wish; will

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garrul

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chatter; talk

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volu, volv

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roll

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equ

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equal; fair

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par

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pair; peer

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para, par

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prepare; ward off

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trah, tract

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draw, drag

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prim

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first

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ben-, bon-

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good; well

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mal-

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bad, ill

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magn-

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great; large

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magnify

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to make larger

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magnitude

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greatness

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magniloquence

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the act of speaking in a lofty style or grandiose manner

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magnate

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a great or important person

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magnanimous

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large-minded; generous and noble, especially in giving and forgiving

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magnum

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double-sized wine bottle

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monolithic

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having to do with a single large block or piece of stone, as is used for architecture or sculpture

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largess

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generous in giving

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behemoth

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something of monstrous size or power

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prodigious

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exciting amazement or wonder

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bref-

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short

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brevity

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the quality of being brief; shortness of time

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breve

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a mark placed over a short vowel sound or unstressed syllable

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malign

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to speak evil of; defame; slander

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malignant

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harmful, malevolent

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malaise

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vague feeling of illness or depression

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dismal

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causing gloom or misery

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maladroit

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awkward, clumsy

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adroit

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having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations

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slander

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defamation; a malicious statement or report delivered orally

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libel

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defamation by printed word or picture

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malapropism

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humorous misuse of words

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malodorous

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stinky

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malice

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active ill will; desire to harm another or engage in mischief

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malicious

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spiteful; wanting to harm others

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malaria

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bad air; disease carried by mosquitos

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malcontent

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one who is discontented

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pro bono

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designating professional services provided, without compensation, for charitable organizations, poor persons, etc.

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benediction

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blessing or prayer

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benign

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mild, kindly, favorable

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primus interpares

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first among equals

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prima donna

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principal singer in an opera company; vain, tempermental person who expects preferential treatment

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primogenitor

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forefather; ancestor

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primogeniture

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inheritance of the family fortune by the oldest child

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primate

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any mammal of the order Primates; the first archbishop within a country

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primordial

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of or relating tothe earlierst age; original, in the earliest stage of development

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primary

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first in order of any series

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tractable

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easily managed or controlled

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preparatory

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serving or designed to prepare; preliminary or introductory reparation

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apparatus

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group or combination of instruments, machines, or tools having a particular function; complext instrument

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paramutual

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describes a system of betting in which the odds makes chances for winning more equal

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parody

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literary or musical work imitating the characteristic style

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disparity

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inequality; unlikeness

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parody

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a literary or musical work imitating the characteristic style of another more famous

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disparity

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inequality; unlikeness

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par

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even or equal

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disparate

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distinct or different in kind

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disparage

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to belittle or put down

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peer

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a person or thing of the same rank, value, or ability

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egalitarian

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affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people

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quid pro quo

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something that is given or taken in return for something else

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prevaricate

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to equivocate (literally to walk crooked)

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iniquitous

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wicked, evil, unfair

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iniquity

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sin, wickedness, an evil act; lack of fairness

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equanimity

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teh quality of remaining calm or undisturbed

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equitable

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equal

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equilibrium

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(equal balance)
a state of balance between opposing forces; the ability of an animal to keep itself properly positioned or oriented

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equivocate

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to be deliberately ambiguous; to mislead

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equivocal

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having tow or more meanings; purposely vague or misleading

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inequity

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lack of justice or equality

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equity

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the condition, act, or quality of being just, impartial, or fair; the value of a business or property beyond mortgage or liability

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volvo

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make of car that gets its name from the root

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voluble

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fluent; readily flowing in speech

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convoluted

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complicated; twisted or bound together

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evolve

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to develop by gradual changes

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devolve

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to pass by transmission or succession; to degenerate through a gradual change or evolution

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garrulous

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habitually chatty; talkative

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garrulity

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the act of being excessively talkative

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misanthropic

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characterized by hatred, dislike, or mistrust of humanking

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misanthrope

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hater of humankind

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altruistic

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acting unselfishly

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altruism

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the practice of unselfish concern for the welfare of others; behavior by an animal that may be to its disadvantage but that benefits others of its kind

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munificent

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charitable; generous

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involuntary

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uncontrollable; done without conscious decision

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volition

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the act of making a conscious decision

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malevolent

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characterized by ill will or hostility

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benevolent

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characterized by doing good

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craven

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cowardly, contemptibly timid or weak

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pussillanimous

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weak-spirited; faint-hearted; cowardly

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anime

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Japanese style of motion picture

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inanimate

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no endowed with life

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animus

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strong dislike or enmity; animating force or underlying purpose

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animalcule

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a microscopic animal; protozoan

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animosity

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hostility; feeling of dislike or hate

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animate

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living; lively

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animation

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vivacity; brisk, lively quality

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vernacular

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using plan, everyday language

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circumlocution

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circular speaking (beating around the bush)

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eolcution

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effective speech making

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obloquy

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the act of speaking against, censuring, blaming; abusive or slanderous language

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interlocutor

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person who takes part in a conversation; an interrogator

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colloquy

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conversation, dialogue or conference

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ventriloquist

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one who "throws" the voice so as to make it seem to come from the mouth of a puppet

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allocute

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to make a formal address, especially an address to a court at teh time of sentencing

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allocution

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formal address, especially warning or advising with authority

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eloquent

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fluent and persuasive in discourse

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colloquium

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lecture given to a gathering of students

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colloquialism

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word said in informal speech

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loquacity

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excessive talking; fondness for speaking

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loquacious

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talkative

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callow

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lacking adult maturity or experience

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artless

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free from craftiness, not artificial or fake

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endemic

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belonging or native to a particular people or country