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alacrity
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cheerful readiness
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take a lakh rupees with alacrity
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chicanery
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trickery
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chicken tikki
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discordant
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conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound
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dis-chord
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ennui
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dissatisfaction resulting from boredom
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anything new Idya?
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exculpate
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exonerate, clear of blame
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ex-culprit, not anymore
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exigent
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urgent, requiring immediate action or attention
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run to gents room
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filibuster
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long speech to delay legislative action
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busted me with his filosophy
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ingenuous
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artless, lacking sophistication
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chiku bukku engine
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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inured to the injury
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nebulous
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vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form
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no bulls's eye
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neologism
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creation or use of new words or senses
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new logism(new word)
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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ab tho prevent
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onerous
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troubling, burdensome
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oh my nervous system
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parody
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humourous imitation intended for comic effect
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paaru rowdy
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prattle
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babble meaninglessly
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plus rattle
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events
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pre omniscience
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive, eager
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so liking to
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truculent
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fierce and cruel, eager to fight, deadly
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truck went
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BUCOLIC
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(adj)rustic, pastoral, characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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Rustic brocolli
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CANONICAL
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(adj) following accepted/traditional standards
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Canon when i call
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FACETIOUS
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(adj)humorous, playful
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tissues on the face
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FULMINATE
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(verb) attack loudly, denounce
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foul mouth
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HYPERBOLE
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(noun) exaggerated statement
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Hyper bol
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PAEAN
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(noun) song or hymn of praise or thanksgiving
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pray and sing
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PENURIOUS
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(adj) penny-pinching, stingy
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Penny curious
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PERFIDY
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(noun) intentional breach of faith
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per fidelity?
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PERNICIOUS
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(adj) harmful, potentially causing death
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Per noxious
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PERSPICACIOUS
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(adj) shrewd, perceptive, having keen discernment
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Eh she is a purse picker!
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PRECIPITATE
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(adj) acting with excessive haste or impulse
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Ate before making the recipe
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PRECIPITATE
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(verb) cause or happen before anticipated or required
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Pre, sipped and ate
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RECANT
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(verb) to withdraw, take back
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Take the can back
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REDOUBTABLE
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(adj) awe-inspiring, worthy of honour
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Red&White able
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SORDID, SQUALID
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(adj) characterized by filth, grime, squalor
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Soro dindu, dirty qualis
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STOIC
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(adj)indifferent to pleasure and pain
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stable always
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STYMIE
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(verb) to block, thwart
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stop tying me
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SUPPLANT
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(verb) take place of, supersede
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Plant your foot up there
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TORPID
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(adj) lethargic, sluggish
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torpid tortoise
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VERACITY
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(noun) truthfulness, honesty
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very actless
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VILIFY
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(verb) defame
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villain-fy
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VIRULENT
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(adj) extremely harmful, bitterly hostile
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Viru the serpent
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burgeon
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(verb) grow rapidly, flourish
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bulge on
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cogent
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(adj) having the power to compel, convincing
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convincing gent
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complaisance
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(noun) disposition to please or comply, affability
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complan boy
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contrite
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(adj) remorseful, seeking forgiveness
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couldn't i do it right :-(
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demur
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(verb)to oppose, question
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dai maar..
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didactic
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(adj) intended to instruct or teach
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did ya tick?
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ebullience
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(noun) quality of lively expression of thoughts or feelings
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brilliant expression
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elegy
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(noun) sorrowful poem lamenting the dead
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no u eulogy
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emollient
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(adj) soothing to the skin, making less harsh
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make better molly
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esoteric
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(adj) designed for/understood by a small group
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be secretive
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fallacy
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(noun) false or mistaken belief
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false-acy
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heretical
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(adj) violating accepted dogma or convention
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tickle me here
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impecunious
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(adj) lacking funds
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inme paisa kyu nahi hain
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paleontology
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study of prehistoric life or fossils
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past leo
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palimpsest
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parchment used for second time when original writing has been erased
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limp paper
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pall
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grow tiresome
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pall the pal
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pallet
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small poor bed
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don't let pal sleep on pallet
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palliate
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ease the pain, alleviate
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bali ate and felt better
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pallid
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pale, wan
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he looks like a paal lid
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pan
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criticize severely
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hit with pan
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pander
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cater to low desires of others
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under the pants
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panegyric
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formal praise
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no pan, but eulogy
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paragon
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model of perfection
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she hit him with paragon slippers - paragon of bravery
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parquet
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flooring with wooden strips in a mosaic fashion
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park has parka
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patina
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green crust on old bronze works
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patti na?
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patois
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local dialect
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paat ois
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patrician
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noble, aristocratic
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patricia is patrician
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pejorative
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negative in connotation, having belittling effect
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jore aetu
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penumbra
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partial shadow during eclipse
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peregrination
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journey on foot
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whole nation on paidal
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peremptory
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demanding, leaving no choice
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preempt something cause another this is peremptory
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perigee
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point on moon's orbit nearest to earth
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peripatetic
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moving, walking about
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walking periappa
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peroration
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conclusion of oration
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per-oration
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perpetrate
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commit an offense
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he sold her at puppet's rate
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personable
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attractive
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able persona
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perspicuity
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clearness of expression
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pert
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impertinent, forward
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prat is pert
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pertinacious
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stubborn, persistant
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pestilential
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causing plague, baneful
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lend a pest
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pestle
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tool used for mashing/grinding
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pisku
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petrify
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turn to stone
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petulant
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touchy, peevish
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aunt petunia
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pharisaical
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self righteous, hypocritical
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pharisee
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philanderer
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flirt
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jk
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PHILISTINE
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UNCULTURED PERSON INTERESTED IN MATERIAL GAIN
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LIKES TO LIST ALL HIS PROPERTY
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PHILOLOGY
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STUDY OF LANGUAGE OR WORDS
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PHIL IS ENGLISH
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PHYLUM
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MAJOR CLASSIFICATION, CATEGORY BELOW KINGDOM AND ABOVE CLASS
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FILE EVERYTHING INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
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PHYSIOGNOMY
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FACE, STUDY OF CHARACTER FROM FACE
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HIS FACE IS LIKE A GNOME
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PIEBALD
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OF DIFFERENT COLORS
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BALD EAGLE HAS DIFFERENT COLORS
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PIED
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VARIEGATED(MULTI-COLORED)
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DYE THE PIE
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PILLAGE
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(VERB) PLUNDER
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SPILLAGE
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PILLORY
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(VERB)PUNISH BY PLACING IN A WOODEN FRAME, SUBJECT TO REBUKE OR CRITICISM
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STAND AGAINST THE PILLAR
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PINION
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(VERB) RESTRAIN
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PINION RIDER PINIONS FROM DRIVING
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PIQUANT
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(ADJ) PLEASANTLY STIMULATING, SPICY
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PICK YOUR TASTE BUDS
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PISCATORIAL
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(ADJ)PERTAINING TO FISH
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FISH KATORI
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PLAUDIT
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(NOUN) ENTHUSIASTIC APPROVAL, ROUND OF APPLAUSE
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APPLAUD IT
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PLENARY
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(ADJ)COMPLETE, FULL
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PLAIN FULL OF NARIS
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PLENITUDE
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COMPLETENESS, ABUNDANCE
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PLENARITUDE
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POLEMIC
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(NOUN) CONTROVERSY
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OF TWO OPP POLES
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POLEMICAL
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(ADJ)AGGRESSIVE IN VERBAL ATTACKS, DISPUTATIOUS
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POLITIC
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(ADJ) WELL DEVISED
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POLITICS
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POLITY
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(NOUN) FORM OF GOVT OF STATE OR NATION
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PLOYGLOT
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(NOUN) ONE WHO KNOWS MANY LANGUAGES
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PLOY- GUJJU GULTU
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PONTIFICAL
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(ADJ) OF BISHOP OR POPE, POMPOUS, PRETENTIOUS
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BISHOP WITH A POINTY HAT
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PORTEND
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(VERB) FORETELL, PRESAGE
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PORT KE END ME KYA HAI?
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PORTENT
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(NOUN) SIGN, OMEN
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PORTLY
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(ADJ) STOUT, CORPOUS
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POT BELLY
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POTENTATE
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(NOUN) MONARCH, SOVEREIGN
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THE POTENT ATE
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POULTICE
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(NOUN) SOOTHING AGENT APPLIED ON INFLAMED PARTS OF BODY
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BOWL OF ICE
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PRATE
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(VERB) TALK MEANINGLESSLY, BOAST IDLY
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PRECIPITUOUS
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(ADJ) STEEP, OVERHASTY
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PREFATORY
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(ADJ) INTRODUCTORY
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BEFORE YOU ARE FATED TO LISTEN
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PREHENSILE
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(ADJ) CAPABLE OF GRASPING OR HOLDING
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CATCH ALL THE HENS
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PRELATE
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(NOUN)CHURCH DIGNITARY
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THEY ARE PRETTY LATE!
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PREPOSTEROUS
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(ADJ) ABSURD, RIDICULOUS
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PRE-POST ERA. CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE THAT?
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PRIMOGENITURE
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(NOUN) SENIORITY BY BIRTH
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PRIMA- GENI
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PRIMORDIAL
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(ADJ) OCCURRING IN THE BEGINNING OF TIME
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PRIME TIME ORDEAL
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PRISTINE
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(ADJ) PRIMITIVE
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CHRISTINE IS VERY PRISTINE
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PRIVATION
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(NOUN) HARDSHIP
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PRIVATION TO SCRATCH YOUR PRIVATE
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PROCLIVITY
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(NOUN) NATURAL INCLINATION
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NATURAL INCLINATION TO SEE THE CLEAVAGE
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PROFANE
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(VERB) VIOLATE, DESECRATE
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PROFLIGATE
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(ADJ) WASTEFUL, DISSIPATED
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ALL STUDENTS LEFT THE PROF AND WENT TO THE GATE
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PROLETARIAN
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(NOUN) BLUE COLLARED WORKER
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LATRINE WORKER
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PROLIXITY
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(NOUN) VERBOSITY
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LEXICON
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PROMONTORY
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(N) HEADLAND
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MONTESSORI ON THE CLIFF
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PROMULGATE
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(V) ANNOUNCE, PUBLISH OFFICIALLY
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MULLU SHOUTING AT THE GATE
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PROPENSITY
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(N) NATURAL INCLINATION
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I LIKE THAT CITY
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PROPHYLACTIC
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(A) USED TO PREVENT A DISEASE
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PROPHYLAXIS
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PROPINQUITY
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(N) KINSHIP, NEARNESS
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TELL HIM YOU LIKE PINK
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proscenium
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(n) part of stage in front of the curtain
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pro-scene
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proselytize
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(v) convert one to another faith
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come i'll make you elite
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pugilist
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(b) boxer
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i'll make your nose like that of a pug
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pugnacity
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(n) combativeness
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puissant
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(adj) powerful
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pussy is powerful than an ant
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pulchritude
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(n) beauty
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mallika sherawat
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pummel
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(v) punch with fists
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bamma dummamma
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punctilious
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(adj) giving attention to minor details
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little punc is very meticulous
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punitive
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(adj) punishing
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puny
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(adj) insignificant
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pony
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pyromaniac
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(n) one who has an insane desire to set things on fire
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quaff
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(v) drink with zest
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quagmire
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(n) soft land, difficult situation
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mire is soft
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quandary
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(n) dilemma
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kounsi daari?
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quarantine
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(n) isolation to prevent spread of infection
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warranty your recovery when in quarantine
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GROTTO
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(N) SMALL CAVERN
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ROTTY GUHE
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GROVEL
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(V) CREEP ON GROUND, REMAIN PROSTRATE
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GO LOW IN A GROVE
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GUSTATORY
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(ADJ) AFFECTING THE SENSE OF TASTE
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GUS-TASTORY
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GUY
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(N) CABLE OR CHAIN ATTACHED TO SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE STEADIED
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GYROSCOPE
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(N) APPARATUS USED TO MAINTAIN BALANCE, ASCERTAIN DIRECTION
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ROTATING GYROSCOPE
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HACKLES
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(N) HAIR ON NECK AND BACK OF DOG
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NECKLES!
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hirsute
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(adj) hairy, having lot of hair
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her suite has a lot of hair from his
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hoary
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(adj) white with age
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hoary hair
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holster
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(n) leather purse to hold purse
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holster on hipster
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homeostasis
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(n) tendency of an organism to maintain internal balance
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homeo-stable
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horde
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(n) crowd, swarm
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hoard into a horde
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hortatory
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(adj) encouraging
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touched my heart
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hovel
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(n) shack
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oh well here!
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hubris
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(n) arrogance
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if you have hubris you'll go into debris
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hummock
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(n) small hill, hillock
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hammock on a hummock
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humus
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(n) soil formed by vegetable decay
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humid mud
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hurtle
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(v) rush, move with great speed
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turtle does not hurtle
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hypochondriac
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(adj) excessively worried about one's health
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mytochondriA
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ichthyology
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(n) study of fish
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ice
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idyllic
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(adj) simple and care free
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i love idly
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idyll
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(n) poem idealizing rural life
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idlis
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imbue
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(v) saturate, soak thoroughly
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in saku bidu
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inviduous
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(adj) designed to cause ill will or envy
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vidya
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jabber
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(v) chatter rapidly
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blabber
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jingoist
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(n) extremely patriotic
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jingo jeet singh - navy officer
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jurisprudence
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(n) science of law
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jury - prudence
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salacious
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(adj) lustful
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sala - he is so lustful
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salubrious
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(adj) healthful
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so lubrious
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sanctimonious
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(adj) ostentatiously and hypocritically devout
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sancti - money - ous
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sanguinary
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(adj) bloody, with bloodshed
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sanguine - nari
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saturnine
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(adj) gloomy, morose
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saturn - ninth planet
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satyr
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(n) cunning person, lecher
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half satan - half martyr
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saunter
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(v) stroll
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sonta tirigskond nadi
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scabbard
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(n) case for sword, sheath
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hide the sword in the scrabble board
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scad
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(n) great quantity
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cads
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schism
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(n) division into factions
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isms
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scintilla
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(n) least bit
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like iota;
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scourge
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(v) lash, whip
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uncle scrooge will scrouge
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scurrilous
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(v) indecent, obscene
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indecent rat scurrying
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scuttle
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(v) sink the ship by cutting holes in the hull
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seamy
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(adj) unwholesome
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seema is not seamy
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secession
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(n) withdrawal
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recession
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sedition
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(n) rebellion
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fight coz the edition was not proper
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sedulous
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(adj) diligent
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can't seduce a sedulous person
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seedy
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(adj) run-down, decrepit, with seeds
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shady
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seine
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(n) net for fish
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seive
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seminal
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(adj) of semen or seed, basis for future development
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semi - naal today
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sententious
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(adj) terse
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not much sentence
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sentient
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(adj) sensitive
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senti
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sepulcher
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(n) tomb
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kon saep pankonta
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sequester
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(v) isolate, retire from public life
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seek western
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serrated
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(adj) saw tooth edged
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errated
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shyster
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(n) lawyer using questionable methods
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shy - ster
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sibylline
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(adj) prophetic
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sibyll - lady prophet; sibling
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sidereal
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(adj) related to the stars
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real from side
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simian
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(adj) monkey like
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simi garewal
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simper
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(v) smirk
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dimple when you simper
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sinecure
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(n) high paying job with no responsibility
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just sign
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sinuous
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(adj) twisting, not morally honest
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sin-uous
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skiff
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(n) small sail boat
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she wore a skirt and ran away in a skiff
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skinflint
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(n) miser, stingy
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skin - flint
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skirmish
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(n) minor fight, minor battle in war
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skirt fight
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skittish
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(adj) capricious
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skirtish
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slapdash
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(adj) haphazard
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slap and dash
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sleeper
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(n) person who achieves unexpected success
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sleeps all the while
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slew
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(n) great deal
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slew of errands
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slipshod
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(adj) slovenly, careless, sloppy, shabby
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shabby - slips always
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slough
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(v) cut off, shed skin
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opp of plough
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smattering
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(n) little knowledge
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cannot shatter with smattering
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smolder
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(v) burn without flame, be in a suppressed state
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smoldering anger;
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snicker
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(n) half suppressed laugh
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snicker in knickers
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snivel
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(v) run at the nose, complain, whine
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nivi
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solecism
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(n) construction with incorrect grammar
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so less ism
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somnambulist
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sleep walker
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ambulance
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somnolent
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half asleep
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somnambulist
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sophist
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teacher of philosophy
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sophias
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spate
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sudden rush
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spate of accidents
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spawn
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lay eggs
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spawn a series of children
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specious
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(adj) seemingly reasonable but incorrect
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sophistry
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spry
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(adj) active, nimble esp of old age
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drink sprite, become spry
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squabble
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(n) minor fight, spat
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squat
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(adj) stocky
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squatty hobbits squat on the floor
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staccato
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(adj) marked by abrupt sharp sound
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staccato speech, stuck-at-o
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staid
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(adj) serious, sedate
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he was staid coz he stayed
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stanch, stem
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(v) stop the flow of
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stanch the wound, stand!
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steep
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(v) soak, saturate
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seep
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stentorian
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(adj) extremely loud (of the voice)
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stunt orian
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stickler
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(n) perfectionist, insistant on something
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stickler for accuracy
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stilted
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(adj) bombastic, pompous
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tilted s
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stint
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(v) set limits in number
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stipple
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(v) paint with dots or short strokes
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stipple the nipple
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stockade
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(n) wooden enclosure, defensive barrier
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stockade for the horses
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stodgy
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(adj) boringly conservative
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not dodgy
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stolid
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(adj) stoic
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stratagem
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clever wicked plan
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stratagy
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stratified
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(adj) classified into sections
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stratum - layer
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striated
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(adj) marked with parallel grooves
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stripated
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stricture
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(n) severe adverse criticism
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strict - lecture
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strident
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(adj) harsh and loud
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trident - sound
strident cry |
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stultify
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(v) cause to appear stupid, hinder
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stultify your brain;
ultify |
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stygian
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(adj) gloomy, deathly
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sty - giant
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subaltern
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(adj) subordinate
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sub - aLu
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suborn
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(v) persuade to act unlawfully
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godfather
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supererogatory
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(adj) superfluous
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super go
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suture
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(n) stitches around a wound
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stiture
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swarthy
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(adj) dark, dusky
|
swathy is swarthy
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swathe
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(v) wrap around
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bathe and swathe a towel
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swelter
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(v) suffer from oppressive heat
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no sweater
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sybarite
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(n) lover of luxury
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syberian
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sylvan
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(adj) rural, rustic
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sylvan goes in a caravan
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talon
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(n) claw of a bird
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vulture took the tampon with the talon
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duress
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(n) forcible restraint, unlawfully
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promise made under duress..
durex mattress |
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ebb
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(v) recede, lessen
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edify
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(v) correct morally
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edifice - moral statue
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efface
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(v) rub out
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erase
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effete
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(adj) worn out, exhausted
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exhausted after a feat
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effluvium
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(n) noxious smell
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flourine
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egregious
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(adj) conspicuously bad, notorious
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gregarious but egregious liar
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egress
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(n) exit
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where's the rest room? at the exit
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ellipsis
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(n) omission of words from text
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slipsis
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elysian
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(adj) relating to paradise, blissful
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venetian blinds are elysian
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emaciated
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(adj) thin and wasted
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mashed
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emancipate
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(v) set free
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man free-pate
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embargo
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(n) bar on commerce or other activity
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bar on ember
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embroil
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(v) throw into confusion
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emetic
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(adj) substance causing vomiting
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makes me tick/puke
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emolument
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(n) salary, compensation
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maal
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enclave
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(n) territory within an alien land
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cave in alien land
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encomiastic, encomium
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eulogy
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come
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encumber
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(v) burden
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cucumber does not encumber you
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ensconce
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(v) settle comfortable
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ensconce kids in the playhome
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Laity
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laypersons
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lancert
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small surgical tool for making incisions
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larceny
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Theft
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Larder
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Pantry
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Largress
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Generous gift
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Lectern
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Reading desk
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Legerdemain
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Sleight of hand
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Libel
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Defamatory statement
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Libertine
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Debauched person
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Libretto
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Text of an opera
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Licentious(
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adj.amoral
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lien
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legal claim on property
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ligneous
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adj.like wood
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liteny
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supplicatory prayer
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litotes
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understatement for emphasis
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lode
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metal-bearing vein
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lurid
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adj.wild;sensational
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macerate
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soften by soaling in liquid
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machiavellian
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adj.crafty
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machinations
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evil schemes for plots
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maculated
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adj.spotted
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madrigal
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pastoral song
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magniloquent
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adj.boastful
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malaise
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uneasiness
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Malediction
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N.Curse
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Malfeasance
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N.wrongdoing
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Manacle
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V.restrain
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Mangy
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ADJ. shabby
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Manumit
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V. emancipate
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Maritime
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ADJ. bordering on the sea
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Masticate
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V. chew
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Maudlin
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ADJ. effusively sentimental
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Maul
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V. handle roughly
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Mausoleum
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N. monumental tomb
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His body was placed in the family mausoleum
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Melee
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N. flight
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Menagerie
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N. collection of wild animals
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Meretricious
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ADJ. flashy
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Mete
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V. measure
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Miasma
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N. swamp gas; pervasive corrupting influence
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Minatory
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ADJ. menacing; threatening
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Minutiae
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N. petty details
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Ensconce
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V. settle comfortably
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Eon
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N. long period of time; an age
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Epaulet
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N. Ornament worn on the shoulder
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Epistemologist
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N. philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge
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Equable
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ADJ. tranquil; steady; uniform
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Equestrain
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N. rider on horseback
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Equine
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ADJ. resembling a horse
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Eugenic
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ADJ. pertaining to the improvement of race
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Evince
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V. show clearly
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Excoriate
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V. scold with biting harshness
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Execrable
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ADJ.very bad
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Execrate
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V. curse
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Exiguous
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ADJ. small; minute
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Expansive
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ADJ. outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive
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Expletive
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N. interjection; profane oath
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Explicate
|
V. explain; interpret
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Exploit
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N. deed or action, particularly a great deed
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Expository
|
ADJ. explanatory; serving to explain
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Expostulation
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N. protest; remonstrance
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Expropriate
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V. take possession of
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Extort
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V. wring from; get money by threats
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Extraneous
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ADJ. not essential; superfluous
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Extricate
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V. free; disentangle
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Extrude
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V. force or push out
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Facile
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ADJ. easily accomplished; ready or fluent
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Factitious
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ADJ.
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Factotum
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N. handyman; person who deals all kinds of work
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Bluster
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V.blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily
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Boorish
|
ADJ. rude; insensitive
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Bouillon
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N. clear beef soup
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Bowdlerize
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V. expurgate
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Brindled
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ADJ. tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
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Browbeat
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V. bully; intimidate
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Buccaneer
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N. pirate
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Bugaboo
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N. bugbear; object of baseless terror
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Bungle
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V. mismanage; blunder
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Burlesque
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V. give an imitation that ridicules
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Cabal
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N. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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Cadence
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N. rhythmic rise and fall(of words or sounds); beat
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Caldron
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N. large kettle
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Callow
|
ADJ. youthful; immature; inexperienced
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Calumny
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N. malicious misrepresentation; slander
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Canard
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N. unfounded rumor; exaggerated report
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Cantankerous
|
ADJ. ill-humored; irritable
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Cantata
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N. story set to music,to be sung by a chorus
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Canto
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N. division of long poem
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Carafe
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N. glass water bottle; decanter
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Carapace
|
N. shell covering the back(of a turtle, crab,etc)
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Careen
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V. lurch; sway from side to side
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Carillon
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N. a set of bells capable of being played
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Carrion
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N. rotting flesh of a dead body
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Catechism
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N. book for a religious instruction; instruction by question and answer
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Caucus
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N. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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Caulk
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V. to make watertight(by plugging seams)
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Cauterize
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V. burn with hot iron or caustic
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Cavalcade
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N. procession; parade
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Chase
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V. ornament a metal surface by indenting
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Cherubic
|
ADJ. angelic; innocent-looking
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Chortle
|
V. chuckle with delight
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Clangor
|
N. loud, resounding noise
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Clapper
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N. striker(tongue) of a bell
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Clarion
|
ADJ. shrill, trumpetlike sound
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Clavicle
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N. collarbone
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Clime
|
N. region; climate
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Cloister
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N. monastery or convent
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Cloying
|
ADJ. distasteful(because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental
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Coda
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N. concluding section of a musical or literary composition
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Codicil
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N. supplement to the body of a will
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Coeval
|
ADJ. living at the same time as; contemporary
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Cog
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N. tooth projecting from a wheel
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Cohorts
|
N. harmed band
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Coiffure
|
N. hairstyle
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Colander
|
N. utensils with perforated bottle used for straining
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collation
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n. a light meal
|
college function
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colloquy
|
n. informal discussion
|
soliloquy
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collusion
|
n. conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
|
kalla yojane
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comestible
|
adj. fit to be eaten
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commandeer
|
n. take for public use
|
police commandeered the car
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commiserate
|
v. express sympathy for
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compendium
|
n. brief comprehensive summary
|
end of composition
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complicity
|
n. participation, involvement
|
simplicity to reveal the complicity in crime
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concerted
|
adj. with mutual consent, working together
|
concerted efforts
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conclave
|
n. private meeting
|
meeting in a cave
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concord
|
n. harmony, accord
|
opp X discord
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condign
|
adj. adequate, well deserved(punishment)
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conduit
|
n. aqueduct, passageway for fluids
|
condom went through the conduit
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conflagration
|
n. great fire
|
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confluence
|
n. flowing together, crowd
|
confluence of rivers
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conglomeration
|
n. mass of material sticking together
|
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conjugal
|
adj. pertaining to marriage
|
conjugal bliss;
jugalbandhi |
|
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conjure
|
v. summon a devil, imagine or invent
|
conjure a devil
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connubial
|
adj. of marriage
|
connubial bliss;
new bees |
|
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consanguinity
|
n. kinship
|
prove your consanguinity with the estate;
sangha |
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conscript
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n. draftee, person forced into military service
|
draft the script
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consternation
|
n. great shock, dismay
|
stern person scorning
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contagion
|
n. infection
|
contagious
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continence
|
n. self restraint, sexual chastity
|
continents' convents practice continence
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contraband
|
n. illegal trade
|
contraceptive band
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contravene
|
v. oppose, violate, contradict
|
use contraceptive against advice
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contumacious
|
adj. disobedient, resisting authority
|
can't amma
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contusion
|
n. bruise
|
blood oozing out of contusion
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copious
|
adj. plentiful
|
copier produces copious copies
|
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cordon
|
n. extended line of men or fortification to prevent access or egress
|
police cordoned the crowd
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cornice
|
n. projecting molding on building
|
cornice in the corner
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cornucopia
|
n. symbol of abundance
|
copious corn;
cornucopia of information |
|
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coterie
|
n. group that meets socially, select circle
|
coterie meet in the cote
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coup
|
n. highly successful action or sudden attack
|
ladies' coup
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covenant
|
n. agreement
|
cova nandu
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|
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covert
|
adj. secret, hidden
|
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covetous
|
adj. greedy, avaricious
|
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cow
|
v. terrorize, intimidate
|
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cower
|
v. cringe, shrink with fear
|
cower and cover
|
|
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coy
|
adj. shy(flirtatiously)
|
coy smile
|
|
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cozen
|
v. cheat, swindle, hoodwink
|
cozen when cozy
|
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crabbed
|
adj. sour, peevish
|
the crab soup is so sour
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crass
|
adj. very unrefined
|
grass is crass
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craven
|
adj. cowardly
|
she craves for it but is too craven to ask for it
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crescendo
|
n. increase in volume or intensity of musical composition
|
ascendo
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cringe
|
v. shake with fear
|
cower
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crone
|
n. hag, ugly old woman
|
crone is crooning
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crotchety
|
adj. eccentric, odd
|
crotchety old man thinks he can make crochet with tea
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cull
|
v. pick out the weakest to destroy
|
pull the kalla
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culvert
|
n. artificial channel for water
|
divert water in the culvert
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curmudgeon
|
n. churlish bad tempered person
|
karma jergu
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dapper
|
adj. neat and trim
|
baby is dapper after changing diaper
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dappled
|
adj. spotted
|
apple is dapple
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|
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daub
|
v. smear with paint
|
daubed some color
|
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d´ebˆacle
|
n. sudden disastrous downfall, disaster
|
opp X pinnacle
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decapitate
|
v. behead
|
she decapitated when he came to capitulate
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gainsay
|
v. deny
|
gain to say and then deny
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gall
|
v. annoy, chafe
n. bitterness, nerve |
ball,
call and gall |
|
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galleon
|
v. large sailing ship
|
galleon sails on gallons of water
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gambit
|
n. opening in chess where a pawn is sacrificed
|
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gambol
|
v. leap playfully, skip about
|
opp is plod
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gastronomy
|
n. art science of preparing and serving good food
|
gas
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|
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gaunt
|
adj. lean and angular, barren
|
gaunt face;
cheeks are gone |
|
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gavel
|
n. hammering tool
|
judge banged her gavel
|
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gentry
|
n. people of standing, just below nobility
|
gents trying to stand and do
|
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genuflect
|
v. kneel in worship
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girth
|
n. distance around something, circumference
|
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gloss over
|
v. explain away with the intention of hiding faults
|
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glutinous
|
adj. sticky, viscous
|
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natation
|
n. swimming
|
natasha millet
|
|
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natty
|
adj. smartly dressed
|
nati tomato on natty person
|
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nefarious
|
adj. very wicked
|
lofarious
|
|
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nemesis
|
n. person seeking revenge
|
na mein sis
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neophyte
|
n. new convert, beginner
|
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nettle
|
v. irritate, vex
|
tickle nettle
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nicety
|
n. precision, minute distinction
|
nice tea done accurately
|
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|
niggle
|
v. carp, complain about minor points
|
niggle is wriggling with minor issues
|
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|
nostrum
|
n. questionable medicine
|
no nostrum under my nostril
|
|
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nubile
|
adj. pertaining to marriage
|
|
|
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nugatory
|
adj. trifling, futile
|
nugatory argument
|
|
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obdurate
|
adj. obstinate
|
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obeisance
|
n. bow
|
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obelisk
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n. tall column tapering like a pyramid
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obliterate
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v. destroy completely
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make omelette
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oblivion
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n. forgetfulness, obscurity
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his works fallen into oblivion
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obloquy
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n. infamy, disgrace
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cast obloquy on his fame
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obsequious
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adj. sycophantic
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obsequy
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n. funeral ceremony
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obsidian
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n. black volcanic rock
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sediment
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