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157 Cards in this Set
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alacrity
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quickness of movement
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aspirant
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candidate from a higher position
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belligerent
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hostile, out of control
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bellittle
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to lessen the value of
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brandish
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show aggresively; flaunt
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castigate
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punish, chastise
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disdain
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indifference,scorn
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dregs
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most wortheless part
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feint
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false move
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frenzy
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frantic outburst; wild fit
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intimidate
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to awe; to show force
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laceration
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jagged wound
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octogenarian
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person of 83
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promulgate
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to make known; officially
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pugnacious
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quarrelsome; bothersome
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scoff
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to sneer at
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scurrilous
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vulgar, indecent
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solace
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comfort, easing of pain
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sordid
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filthy, immoral
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tangible
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able to be touched
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abstemious
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moderate, sparse
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censurable
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deserving of blame or change
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florid
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ruddy, showy
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pernicious
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harmful, deadly
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foist
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to pass off as genuine?????????????
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corroborate
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to confirm or back up
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denizen
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inhabitant
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contingent
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representative
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palpable
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easily felt or seen
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heresy
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abnormal opinions of values
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disseminate
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to scatter wildly
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accentuate
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emphsize
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dowdy
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shabby, dirty
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discursive
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rambling, disorganized
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inculcate
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to teach by repetition
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bristle
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tense up
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caustic
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sarcastic
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cessation
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pause
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condolence
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sympathetic word
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dupe
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cheat
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euphemism
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substitute word
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inadvertent
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accidental
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incipient
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initial
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incongruous
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inconsistent
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infamous
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evil or bad
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jostle
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push
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lackluster
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dull
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loathe
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hate
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mundane
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simple
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ominous
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menacing
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reprimand
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punish
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relegate
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assign
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stipulate
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make a demand
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tremulous
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nervous
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wrest
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tug
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vigilant
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on alert
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throng
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great number of people
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rudimentary
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basic, elementary
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reticent
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uncommunicative, silent
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pretext
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an excuse, a reason
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plathora
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overbundance
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nuance
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slight diffrence
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laconic
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concise, strict
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irate
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angry
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intrepid
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brave, courageous
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hapless
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unlucky, woeful
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gesticulate
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to use lively gestures
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furtive
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sly, tricky
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felon
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criminal
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fabricate
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to lie, to make up
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enmity
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deep, genuine hatred
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cajole
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coax, wheedle
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avid
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enthusiastic
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adriot
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clever
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accost
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to greet first
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aesthetic
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to appearances
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bias
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inclination
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havoc
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disorder
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incisive
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keen
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inveigh
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protest
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lethal
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deadly
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mammoth
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large
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nettle
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aggravate
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overt
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openly
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precipitate
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quickness
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raze
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destroy
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proscribe
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banish
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repulse
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drive back
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scurry
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run quickly
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sinecure
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easy job
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singular
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solitary
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stentorian
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loud
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stereotype
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conventional custom
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supine
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reclined
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valor
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honor
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assiduous
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busy, attentive
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attest
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confirm as accurate, vouch
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component
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element, part of
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concoct
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devise, plan
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consummate
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perfect, complete
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deploy
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put in battle formation
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enigma
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riddle, puzzle
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evaluate
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review, find the value of
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exult
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rejoice greatly, celebrate
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fallacious
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misleading false
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fraught
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filled completely
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gullible
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easily fooled
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hoax
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trick
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impeccable
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pristine, faultless
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labyrinth
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winding passage, maze
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manifold
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many, varied
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murky
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dark, gloomy
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perpetrate
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commit
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resourceful
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able to meet any situation
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subterfuge
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deception, trickery
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iniquity
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wickedness, evil
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insouciant
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carefree, happy
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intuitive
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insightful, instinctual
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jocular
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humorous, funny
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judicious
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wise, showing good judgement
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laden
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burdened, loaded down
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lavish
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very generous, extravagant
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lucid
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clear, easy to understand
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macabre
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gruesome, horrible
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malleable
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adaptable, capable of change
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maudlin
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sickeningly sentimental
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miscreant
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villian, criminal
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morose
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gloomy, ill humored
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nether
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lower, under
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nonplus
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confuse, perplex
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occlude
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to close, to shut
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olfactory
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pertaining to smell
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opulent
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rich, luxurious
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ordain
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to order, establish by law
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palatial
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magnificent, royal
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afflict
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cause physical pain or suffering
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ascend
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travel up; move to a better position in life
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besiege
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harass, as with questions or requests;
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emaciated
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to become abnormally thin; wasted away
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excruciating
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intensely painful, agonizing
never ending |
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fretful
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nervous
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harbinger
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sign for things to come
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malignant
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hateful, mean, crues, deadly
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malnutrition
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inproper diet
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privation
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shortage of things
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remote
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not near, distant
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respite
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temporary delay, break
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neverberate
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reflect; resound in series of echoes
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sanctuary
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heven, shelter, consecrated place
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sinister
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singularly evil or productive of evil
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succumb
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give in, yield, surrender
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surge
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to rush forward
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thwart
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defeat, beat, stop
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tranquil
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calm, peaceful, quiet
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ubiquitous
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existing or being everywhere at the same time
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acme
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peak, the top
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candid
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honest
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