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103 Cards in this Set
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ABERRANT
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DEVIATING FROM THE NORM
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ALACRITY
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EAGER AND ENTHUSIASTIC WILLINGNESS
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ANOMALY
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DEVIATION FROM THE NORMAL ORDER, FORM OR RULE
ABNORMALITY |
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APPROBATION
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AN EXPRESSION OF APRROVAL OR PRAISE
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ASSUAGE
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TO EASE OF LESSEN
TO APPEASE OR PACIFY |
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AUDACIOUS
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DARING OR FEARLESS
RECKLESSLY BOLD |
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CAPRICIOUS
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INCLINED TO CHANGE ONE'S MIND IMPULSIVELY
ERRATIC UNPREDICTABKE |
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CENSURE
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TO CRITICISE SEVERELY
TO OFFICIALLY REBUKE |
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CHICANERY
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TRICKERY
SUBTERFUGE |
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CONNOISSEUR
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AN INFORMED AND ASTUTE JUDGE IN MATTERS OF TASTE
EXPERT |
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DISCORDANT
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CONFLICTING
DISSONANT OR HARSH IN SOUND |
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DISPARATE
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FUNDAMENTALLY DISTINCT OR DISSIMILAR
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ELOQUENT
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WELL-SPOKEN
EXPRESSIVE ARTICULATE |
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ENERVATE
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TO WEAKEN
TO REDUCE IN VITALITY |
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ENNUI
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DISSATISFACTION AND RESTLESSNESS RESULTING FROM BOREDOM OR APATHY
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EQUIVOCATE
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TO USE AMBIGUOUS LANGAUGE WITH A DECEPTIVE INTENT
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EXCULPATE
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EXONERATE
TO CLEAR OF BLAME |
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EXIGENT
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URGENT
PRESSING REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ACTION OR ATTENTION |
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FILIBUSTER
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INTENTIONAL OBSTRUCTION, ESP, USING PROLONGED SPEECHMAKING TO DELAY LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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INGENUOUS
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ARTLESS
FRANK AND CANDID LACKING IN SOPHISTICATION |
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INURED
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ACCUSTOMED TO ACCEPTING SOMETHING UNDESIRABLE
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IRASCIBLE
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EASILY ANGERED
PRONE TO TEMPERAMENTAL OUTBURTS |
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LAUD
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TO PRAISE HIGHLY
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MAGNANIMITY
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THE QUALITY OF BEING GENEROUSLY NOBLE IN MIND AND HEART ESP. IN FORGIVING
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MARTIAL
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ASSOCIATED WITH WAR AND THE ARMED FORCES
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MUNDANE
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OF THE WORLD
TYPICAL OR CONCERNED WITH THE ORDINARY |
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NASCENT
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COMING INTO BEING
IN EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES |
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NEBULOUS
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VAGUE
CLOUDY LACKING CLEARLY DEFINED FORM |
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NEOLOGISM
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A NEW WORD ESPRESSION OR USAGE
THE CREATION OR USE OF NEW WORDS OR SENSES |
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NOXIOUS
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HARMFUL
INJURIOUS |
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OBTUSE
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LACKING SHARPNESS OF INTELLECT
NOT CLEAR OR PRECISE IN THOUGHT OR EXPRESSION |
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OBVIATE
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TO ANTICIPATE AND MAKE UNNECESSARY
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ONEROUS
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TROUBLING
BURDENSOME |
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PARODY
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A HUMOROUS IMITATION INTENDED FOR RIDICULE OR COMIC EFFECT ESP IN LITERATURE AND ART
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PERENNIAL
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RECURRENT THROUGH THE YEAR OR MANY YEARS
HAPPENING REPEATEDLY |
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PERFUNCTORY
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CURSORY
DONE WITHOUT CARE OR INTEREST |
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PRATTLE
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TO BABBLE MEANINGLESSLY
TO TALK IN AN EMPTY AND IDLE MANNER |
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PRESCIENCE
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FOREKNOWLEDGE OF EEVNTS
KNOWING EVENTS PRIOR TO THEIR OCCURING |
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PREVARICATE
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TO DELIBERATELY AVOID THE TRUTH
TO MISLEAD |
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REFUTE
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TO DISPROVE
TO SUCCESFULLY ARGUE AGAINST |
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RELEGATE
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TO FORCIBLY ASSIGN ESP TO A LOWER PLACE OR POSITION
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SOLICITOUS
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CONCERNED AND ATTENTIVE
EAGER |
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SPORADIC
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OCCURING ONLY OCCASSIONALLY OR IN SCATTERED INSTANCES
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STATIC
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NOT MOVING, ACTIVE OR IN MOTION
AT REST |
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STUPEFY
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TO STUN, BAFFLE, OR AMAZE
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TORTUOUS
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WINDING
TWISTING EXCESSIVELY COMPLICATED |
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TRUCULENT
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FIERCE AND CRUAL
EAGER TO FIGHT |
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VORACIOUS
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HAVING AN INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR AN ACTIVITY OR PURSUIT
RAVENOUS |
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WAVER
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TO MOVE TO AND FRO
TO BE UNSETTLES IN OPINION |
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ABSCOND
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TO DEPART CLANDESTINELY
TO STEAL OFF AND HIDE |
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AMELIORATE
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TO MAKE BETTER OR MORE TOLERABLE
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ARDUOUS
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STRENUOUS
TAXING REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT EFFORT |
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ASCETIC
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ONE WHO PRACTICES RIGID SELF-DENAIL ESP AS AN ACT OF RELIGIOUS DEVOTION
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AUSTERE
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WITHOUT ADORNMENT
BARE SEVERELY SIMPLE ASCETIC |
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AXIOM
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A UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED PRINCIPLE
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AXIOMATIC
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TAKEN AS A GIVEN
POSSESSING SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH |
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BUCOLIC
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RUSTIC AND PASTORAL
CHARACTERSITIC OF RURAL AREAS AND THEIR INHABITANTS |
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CANONICAL
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FOLLOWING OR IN AGREEMENT WITH ACCEPTED TRADITONAL STANDARDS
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CONTENTIOUS
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ARGUMENATIVE
QUARRELSOME CAUSING CONTROVERSY OR DISAGGREEMENT |
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CONVOLUTED
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COMPLEX OR COMPLICATED
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CULPABLE
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DESERVING BLAME
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DISABUSE
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TO UNDECIEVE
TO SET RIGHT |
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ECLECTIC
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COMPOSED OF ELEMENTS DRAWN FROM VARIOUS SOURCES
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EFFRONTERY
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EXTREME BOLDNESS
PRESUMPTIONESS |
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EPHEMERAL
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BRIEF
FLEETING |
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ERUDITE
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VERY LEARNED
SCHOLARLY |
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EULOGY
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A SPEECH HONORING THE DEAD
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EXTEMPORANEOUS
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IMPROVISED
DONE WITHOUT PREPARATION |
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FACETIOUS
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PLAYFUL
HUMOROUS |
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FULMINATE
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TO LOUDLY ATTACK OR DENOUNCE
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HYPERBOLE
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AN EXAGGERATED STATEMENT, OFTEN USED AS A FIGURE OF SPEECH
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LUCID
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CLEAR
EASILY UNDERSTOOD |
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OSCILLATION
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THE ACT OR STATE OF SWINGING BACK AND FORTH WITH A STEADY, UNITERUPTED RHYTHM
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PAEAN
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A SONG OR HYMN OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
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PENURIOUS
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PENNY PINCHING
EXCESSIVEKY THRIFTY UNGENROUS |
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PERFIDY
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INTENTIONAL
BREACH OF FAITH TREACHERY |
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PERNICIOUS
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EXTREMELY HARMFUL
POTENTIALLY CAUSING DEATH |
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PERSPICACIOUS
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ACUTELY PERCEPTIVE
HAVING KEEN DISCERNMENT |
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PIOUS
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EXTREMELY DEVOUT OR REVERRENT
SHOWING STRONG RELIGIOUS DEVOTION |
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PRECIPITATE
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ACTING WITH EXCESSIVE HASTE OR IMPULSE
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PRECIPITATE
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TO CAUSE OR HAPPEN BEFORE ANTICIPATED OR REQUIRED
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PRECURSOR
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ONE THAT PRECEDES AND INDICATES OR ANNOUNCES ANOTHER
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PREDILECTION
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A DISPOSITION IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING
PREFERENCE |
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PROLIFIC
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PRODUCING LARGE VOLUMES OF AMOUNTS
PRODUCTIVE |
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QUALMS
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MISGVINGS
RESERVATIONS CAUSES FOR HESITANCY |
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QUIESCENCE
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STILLNESS
MOTIONLESSNESS QUALITY OF BEING AT REST |
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RECANT
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TO RETRACT ESP A PREVIOUSELY HELD BELIEF
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REDOUBTABLE
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AAWE-INSPIRING
WORTHY OF HONOR |
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RETICENT
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QUIET
RESERVED RELUCTANT TO EXPRESS THOUGHTD AND FEELINGS |
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SATIRE
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A LITERARY WORK THAT RIDICULES OR CRITICIZES A HUMAN VICE THROUGH HUMOR OR DERISION
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SORDID
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CHARACTERIZED BY FILTH, GRIME, OR SQUALOR
FOUL |
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SQUALID
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SORDID
WRETCHED AND DIRTY AS FROM NEGLECT |
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SQUANDER
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TO WASTE BY SPEDNING OR USING IRRESPONSIBLY
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STOIC
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INDIFFERENT OR UNAFFECTED BY PLEASURE OR PAIN
STEADFAST |
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STYMIE
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TO BLOCK
THWART |
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SUPPLANT
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TO TAKE PLACE OF
TO SUPERCEDE |
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SYNTHESIS
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THE COMO OF PARTS TO MAKE A WHOLE
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TORPID
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LETHARGIC
SLUGGISH DORMANT |
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UBIQUITOUS
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EXISTING EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME
CONSTANTLY ENCOUNTERED WIDESPREAD |
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VERACITY
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TRUTHFULNESS
HONESTY |
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TORQUE
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A FORCE THAT CAUSES ROTATION
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VILIFIY
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TO DEFAME
TO CHARACTERIZE HARSHLY |
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VIRULENT
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EXTREMELY HARMFUL OR POISONOUS
BITTERLY HOSTILE OR ANTAGONISTIC |
