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abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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abate
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to lessen, to subside
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abdication
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giving up control, authority
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abdomen
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stomach and bowels
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aberration
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straying away from what is normal
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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to hate, to detest
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abide
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be faithful to; endure
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abjure
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promise or swear to give up
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abraded
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rubbed off, worn away by friction
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abrasion
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rubbing, scraping, wearing off
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abrogate
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repeal or annul by authority
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abscond
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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend; obscure
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abundant
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plentiful
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abut
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border on
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abysmal
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, extreme
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acarpous
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effete, no longer fertile, worn out
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accentuate
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give more force or attention to
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acclaimed
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welcomed with shouts and approval
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accolade
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praise, approval
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accretion
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the growing of separate things into one
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acquiesce in
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agree (without protest)
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acquisition
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smth acquired, acquiring
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adamant
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kind of stone; inflexible
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adhere
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remain faithful, stick fast to
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adhesion
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adhering, support
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adjacent
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lying near, next
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admonitory
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containing warning
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adorn
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add beauty; decorate
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adulteration
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making unpure, poorer in quality
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affinity
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close connection, relationship
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aggravate
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make worse; irritate
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agile
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active, quick-moving
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ail
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trouble; be ill
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alacrity
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eager and cheerful readiness
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alienate
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estrange
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allegiance
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duty, support, loyalty
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alleviate
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make (pain) easier to bear
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alloy
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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aloof
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reserved, indifferent
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amalgamate
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mix, combine, unite societies
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ambidextrous
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able to use the left hand or the right equally well
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ambiguous
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doubtful, uncertain
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ambivalent
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having both of two contrary meanings
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ameliorate
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improve, make better
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amendment
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improving
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amicable
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friendly
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amortize
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end (a debt) by setting aside money
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amplify
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make large or fuller, increase the strength
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animosity
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strong dislike
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annul
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put an end to
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anticlimax
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sudden fall
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antidote
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medicine used against a poison or a disease
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antithetical
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direct opposing
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apartheid
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brutal racial discrimination
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apathetic
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indifference
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aplomb
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self-confidence
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
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deification, glorification to godliness
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appease
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make quiet or calm
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apprehensive
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grasping, understanding; fear, unhappy feeling about future
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apprise
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give notice to, inform
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approbation
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approval
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appropriate
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take for one's own use, acquire, set aside
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apropos
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appropriate to the situation; apt
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apt
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well-suited, quick-witted
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arabesque
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a complex, ornate design
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arabesque
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whimsical
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arbitrate
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decide by arbitration
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arboreal
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of connected with trees
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ardently
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with full of ardor
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ardor
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enthusiasm
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arduous
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steep, difficult ascent; laborious
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argot
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jargon, slang
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arrant
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in the highest degree
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arrogance
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proud, superior manner of behaviour
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articulate
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speak distinctly, connect by joints
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ascend
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go or come up
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ascent
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the act of ascending
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ascertain
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get to know
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial, austere, stark
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ascribe
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consider to be the origin of or belonging to
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asperity
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roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability
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aspersion
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slander
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assail with
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attack violently
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asset
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valuable quality, smth that has money value
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assiduous
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diligent, hard-working, sedulous
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assuage
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make smth (pain, desire) less
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assumption
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smth supposed but not proved
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asterisk
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the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
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astringent
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substance that shrinks
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astute
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clever; quick at seeing to get an advantage
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atonement
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repayment; death of Jesus
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attenuate
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make thin. weaken, enervate
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audacious
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daring, foolishly bold, impudent
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augury
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omen, sign
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august
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majestic, venerable
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auspice
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protection or support, patronage
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auspicious
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favorable, successful, prosperous
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austere
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severely moral and strict; simple and plain
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auxiliary
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helping, supporting
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aver
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affirm, assert, prove, justify
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aversion
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strong dislike
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avid
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eager, greedy
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avow
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admit. Declare openly
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baleful
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harmful, ominous, causing evil
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balk
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obstacle; purposely to get on the way of
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balloon
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swell out like balloon
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balm
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sweet-smelling oil; consolation
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banal
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uninteresting
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band
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flat, thin strip of material; range of frequencies
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bane
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cause of injury, poison, source of harm
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baneful
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causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive
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barrage
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artificial obstacle built across a river
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barren
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not good enough, unable to have young ones, without value
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bask in
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enjoy warmth and light
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bazaar
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market
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be irreconcilabl
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e cannot be brought into harmony
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beatify
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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to
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bedizen
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to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner
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belie
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contradict, give a false impression
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belittle
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cause to seem unimportant
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bellicose
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belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
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belligerent
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(person, nation) waging war
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belligerently
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waging war
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bend
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cause smth to be out of a straight line
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benefactor
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person who has given help
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benevolence
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wish or activity in doing good
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benign
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kind and gentle; mild (climate)
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bequest
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arrangement to give smth at death
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berate
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scold sharply
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bereft
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rob or dispossess of smth (material)
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bewilder
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puzzle, confuse
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biased
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prejudice
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bigot
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stubborn, narrow-minded person
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bilge
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bulge, the protuberance of a cask
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blandishment
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flattery, coaxing
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blandness
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polite manner, comforting, uninteresting
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blatant
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noisy and rough
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blithe
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cheerful, casual, carefree
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blithe
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gay and joyous
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blueprint
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plan, scheme, photographic print
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blunt
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plain, not troubling to be polite
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boggle
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be alarmed, hesitate, amazed
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bogus
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sham, counterfeit, not genuine
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boisterous
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loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint
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bolster
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give greatly needed support
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boorish
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crude, offensive, rude
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braid
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strands of hair woven together, smth edging sloth
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brash
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hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy
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brass
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yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
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brazen
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made of brass
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breach
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opening, broken place, breaking
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brisk
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active, lively
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brisket
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breast of an animal
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brittle
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easily broken
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broach
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bring up, announce, begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate, endure
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buoyant
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able to float; light-hearted
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burgeon
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grow forth, send out buds
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burnish
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to polish, rub to a shine
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bust
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run out of money
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cabal
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a scheme or plot, a group of plotters
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cadge
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to beg, to get by begging
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calipers
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metal supports attached to the legs, measuring instrument
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calumniate
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to slander, present false accusal
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calumny
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slander, aspersion
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candid
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frank, straight-forward
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canvass
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discuss thoroughly; sort of touting
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capricious
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fickle, whimsical, given to change, unpredictable
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castigate
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to chastise, correct by punishing
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castigation
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severe punishment
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casual
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happening by chance, careless
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catalyst
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substance that causes speeding up
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caustic
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biting, sarcastic
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censure
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expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke
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census
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official counting of the population
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centurion
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leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
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chary
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cautious, wary
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chastened
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corrected, punished
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chastisement
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punishment
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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chisel
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steel tool for shaping materials
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churl
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bad-tempered person
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cite
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give as an example
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clamor
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shout, complain with a lot of noise
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cleanse
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make pure, thoroughly clean
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cling to
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resist separation
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clot
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half-solid lump formed from liquid
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cloture
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closing, device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
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coalescing
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coming together and uniting into one substance
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coax
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get smb to do smth by kindness
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coddle
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treat with care and tenderness
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coerce
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compel, to force to make obedient
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coeval
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of the same period, coexisting
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cogent
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strong, convincing
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cogitate
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think deeply, mediate
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cognition
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knowing, awareness (emotionless)
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cognizant
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being fully aware of
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coherent
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sticking together
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colander
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bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
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collaborate
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work in partnership
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collusion
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secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
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combustion
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process of burning
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commemorate
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keep the memory of
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commend
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praise
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commendable
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worthy of praise
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commingle
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mingle together
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commuter
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person who travels regularly
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complacently
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with self-satisfaction
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complaisance
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tending to comply, obliging, willingness to please
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comply
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act in accordance
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compound
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mix or combine
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comprise
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be composed of
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compunction
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feeling of regret for one's action
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conceal
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hide, keep secret
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conceit
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over-high opinion of, too much pride
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conciliatory
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reconciling, soothing, comforting, mollifying
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concord
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agreement or harmony
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concur
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agree in opinion, happen together
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condense
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increase in density, strength, make laconic
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condone
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forgive
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congeal
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make or become stiff and solid
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conjoin
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to join together
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connoisseur
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a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)
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connotation
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suggestion in addition to
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consent
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give agreement or permission
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consequential
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pompous, self important
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consolation
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consoling or being consoled
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console
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give comfort or sympathy to
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conspicuous
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easily seen; remarkable
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consternation
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surprise and fear, dismay
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constrict
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make tight or smaller
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consume
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get to the end of
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contemn
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to scorn or despise
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contentious
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argumentative, pugnacious, combative, quarrelsome
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contiguous
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touching, neighboring, near
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contrite
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filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
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contumacious
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insubordinate, rebellious
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conundrum
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a riddle, dilemma, enigma
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conviction
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convincing; firm belief
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convoke
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call together, summon
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convoluted
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complicated; coiled, twisted
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cord
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twisted strands
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cordial
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warm and sincere
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cordon
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line (of police acting as a guard)
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corporeal
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physical; of or for the body
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correlate
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have a mutual relation
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corroboration
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additional, strengthening evidence
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countenance
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to favor or approve of
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counterfeit
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forgery
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countervail
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counterbalance
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covert
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disguised
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covetous
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eagerly desirous
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cower
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crouch; shrink back
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craven
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cowardly
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crease
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line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket
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credulity
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too great a readiness to believe things
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credulous
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ready to believe things
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crush
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press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm
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cryptic
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secret, with a hidden meaning
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cumbersome
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burdensome, heavy and awkward to carry
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curmudgeon
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bad-tempered person
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curriculum
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course of study
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cursory
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quick, hurried
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curtail
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make shorter then was planned
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cynic
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person who see no good in anything
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dart
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quick movement; missile in darts
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daunt
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intimidate, make fearful
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dawdler
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person who is slow; waste of time
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dearth
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shortage
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debacle
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a breakup, overthrow, sudden disaster
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decorous
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polite, decent
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decorum
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propriety, properness
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decree
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order given by authority
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decry
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disapprove of
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defer
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postpone; give way (to show respect)
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deference
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respect
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deferential
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showing respect
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defiance
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open disobedience or resistance
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deflect
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turn aside
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defy
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resist openly
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degrade
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reduce in rank or status
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delineate
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to portray, depict, sketch out
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deluge
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great flood, heavy rush of water
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demagogue
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person appealing not to reasons
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demur
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to hesitate, raise objections
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denigrate
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blacken, belittle, sully, defame
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denouement
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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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denounce
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give information against
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dent
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hollow, depression mad by a blow
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deplete
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use until none remains
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deposition
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dethronement, depositing
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deprave
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make morally bad; corrupt
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deprecate
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protest against, express disapproval of
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dereliction
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deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
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derision
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ridicule, mockery, deriding
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derivative
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derived, not original or primitive
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derivative
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unoriginal, obtained from another source
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derogatory
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insulting; tending to damage
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descry
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catch sight of, see smth in the distance
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desiccant
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substance used to absorb moisture
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desiccate
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to dry up, dehydrate
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desuetude
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cessation of use; disuse
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desultory
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aimless, haphazard, digressing at random
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detach
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separate
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deter
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discourage, hinder
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detraction
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slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
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detumescence
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diminishing or lessening of swelling
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deviance
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being different in moral standards (from normal)
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dexterity
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skill (esp. in handling)
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dexterous
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clever, skillful with hands
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diaphanous
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transparent, gauzy
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diatribe
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bitter and violent attack in words
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dictate
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order
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diffidence
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shyness
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diffident
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lacking in self-confidence
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dilate
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speak comprehensively, become wider, large
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dilatory
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causing delay, procrastinating
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disabuse
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to undeceive, correct a false impression
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disallow
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refuse to allow or accept as a correct
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discern
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see with an effort but clearly
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discomfit
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confuse, embarrass
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discomfit
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to defeat, put down
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disconcert
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upset the self-possession of
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discountenance
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refuse to approve of
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discourse
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speech, lecture,
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discredit
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refuse to believe
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disdain
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look on with contempt
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disencumber
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free from encumbrance
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disheveled
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untidy
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disingenuous
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sophisticated, artful, trying to deceive, cunning
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disinter
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dig up from the earth
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dislodge
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move, force from the place occupied
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dismal
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sad, gloomy, miserable
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disparate
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essentially different
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dispassionate
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free from passion
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dissemble
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speak or behave so as to hide smth (in mind)
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disseminate
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distribute (esp. ideas)
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dissent
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have a different opinion, refuse to assent
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dissipation
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going away, dispersing
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dissolution
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disintegration, looseness in morals
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distinct
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easily heard, seen, understood, clearly marked
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distorted
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pulled out of the usual shape, give a false account of
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distraught
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distracted, violently upset in mind
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distress
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great pain; cause discomfort
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divergence
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getting farther apart from a point
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diverse
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of different kinds
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divestiture
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taking off, getting rid of, giving up
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divulge
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make known smth secret
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doggerel
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trivial, poorly constructed verse
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dogmatic
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positive, certain, arbitrary, without room for discussion
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dogmatism
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being dogmatic
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dolt
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stupid fellow
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dormant
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in a state of inactivity but awaiting development
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dote
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show much fondness, center one's attention
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drone
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male bee, person who isn't self-employed
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drowsiness
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feeling sleepy, half asleep
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dubious
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feeling doubt
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dud
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no use person, smth that fails
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dulcet
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melodious, harmonious
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dupe
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cheat, make a fool of
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duplicity
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deliberate deception
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duress
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threats to compel smb
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dwarf
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person or smb much below the usual size
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dynamo
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a generator, something that produces electric current
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earthenware
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dishes made of baked clay
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ebullience
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exuberance, outburst of feeling
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ebullient
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overflowing with enthusiasm; showing excitement
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ecumenical
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representing the whole Christian world
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edacious
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voracious, devouring
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eddy
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circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)
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effete
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infertile, worn out, weak
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efficacy
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production of a desired result
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effluvia
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outflow in a stream of particles; a noxious odor or vapor
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effrontery
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boldness, impudence, arrogance
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egress
|
way out, exit
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elaborate
|
worked out with much care in great detail
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elate
|
stimulate
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elation
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high-spirits
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electorate
|
all the electors
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elegy
|
a lament, a melancholy composition
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elicit
|
draw out
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eloquence
|
fluent speaking; skillful use of language
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emaciate
|
make thin and weak
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embellish
|
make beautiful
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embezzle
|
use in a wrong way for one's own benefit
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emergence
|
emerging
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emote
|
stir up, excite
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empirical
|
relying on experiment
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encapsulate
|
enclose in capsule
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encomium
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warm or glowing praise; eulogy, panegyric
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encumbrance
|
burden; things that get on the way of
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endearing
|
making dear or liked
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endemic
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epidemic
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endemic
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prevailing in a specific area
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endorse
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write one's name on the back of
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enduring
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lasting
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enervate
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weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate
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engender
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cause, produce, give rise to
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engrave
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impress deeply
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engrossing
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taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or formal
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engulf
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swallow up
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enigma
|
smth that is puzzling
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enmity
|
hatred; being an enemy
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enormity
|
excessive wickedness; evilness
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enormousness
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great size
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entangle
|
put into difficulties
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entreat
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ask earnestly
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enzyme
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catalyst
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epicure
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food lover, a connoisseur of food
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epicurean
|
devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
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epistle
|
letter
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epithet
|
adjective
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epitome
|
brief summary; representative example; a typical model
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equable
|
steady, regular
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equanimity
|
calmness of temperament
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equilibrium
|
state of being balanced
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equipoise
|
equal distribution of weight; equilibrium
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equivocal
|
having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious
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equivocate
|
try to deceive by equivocal language
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eradicate
|
get rid of; pull up by the roots
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erasure
|
erasing, removing all traces
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erode
|
wear away, eat into
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erratic
|
irregular in behaviour or opinion
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erudite
|
learned, scholarly
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escalate
|
increase, develop
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esoteric
|
abstruse; intended only for a small circle of
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espouse
|
marry; give one's support to
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eulogy
|
formal praise; panegyric
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euphoria
|
elation; state of pleasant excitement
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euthanasia
|
easy and painless death
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evaluating
|
finding out the value
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evaporate
|
change into vapor, disappear, die
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evince
|
to show clearly, to indicate
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evoke
|
call up, bring out
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evolve
|
unfold, develop naturally and gradually
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excoriate
|
to flay, stip off the skin; to denounce sharply
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excoriation
|
severe criticism
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exculpate
|
free from blame
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exculpate
|
to clear from a charge of guilt
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exert
|
but forth; bring into use
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exertion
|
instance of exerting
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exhaustive
|
complete, thorough
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exigency
|
emergency, an urgent situation
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exonerate
|
free; clear
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exoneration
|
set smb clear, free (e.g.. from blame)
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exorbitant
|
much too high or great
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expatiate
|
to roam, wander freely
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expedient
|
likely to be useful for a purpose
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expiation
|
ending; expiring
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exploit
|
brilliant achievement; develop; use selfishly
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expostulate
|
argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest
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expurgate
|
to remove obscenity, purify, censor
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exscind
|
to cut out, cut away
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exsert
|
thrust out, push forth
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extant
|
still in existence
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extensive
|
far-reaching
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extenuate
|
reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially excuse
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extinct
|
no longer active
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extirpate
|
to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind
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extol
|
praise highly
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extort
|
obtain by threats, violence
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extralegal
|
outside the law
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extricable
|
that can be freed
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extrovert
|
cheerful person
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exuberance
|
state of growing vigorously; being full of life
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facetious
|
humorous, funny, jocular
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facile
|
easily done
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facilitate
|
make easy (e.g.. a process of smth)
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fallacious
|
based on error
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fallacy
|
false or mistaken belief
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fatuous
|
without sense, foolish self-satisfaction
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faucet
|
device for controlling the outflow of a liquid
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fawn
|
young deer, try to win smb's favor
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feckless
|
futile, irresponsible, inefficient
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feckless
|
lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless
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fecund
|
fertile
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feint
|
pretend
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felicitous
|
apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos
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felon
|
person guilty of murder
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ferment
|
substance; become excited
|
|
ferocity
|
savage cruelty
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|
ferret
|
discover by searching; search
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fertile
|
producing much, full of ideas
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fertilize
|
make fertile or productive
|
|
fervid
|
intense, zealous
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fervid
|
showing earnest feeling
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|
fervor
|
warmth of feelings; earnestness
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|
fetter
|
to shackle, put in chains
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feud
|
bitter quarrel over a long period of time
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fidelity
|
loyalty, accuracy
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|
fidget
|
move restlessly, make nervous
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|
figurehead
|
carved image on the prow of a ship
|
|
finesse
|
delicate way of dealing with a situation
|
|
finical
|
too fussy about food, clothing, etc.
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|
finicky
|
finical
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finite
|
limited, having bounds
|
|
fission
|
splitting or division (esp. of cells)
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|
fixate
|
stare at
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flamboyant
|
brightly colored, florid
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flammable
|
having tendency to burst into flames
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flaunting
|
show off complacently
|
|
flaw
|
crack, lessen value
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flax
|
pale yellow (hair); a plant
|
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fledged
|
able to fly, trained, experienced
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fleet
|
number of ships, quick-moving
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fleeting
|
passing quickly
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flexibility
|
easily bent without braking
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flinch
|
draw, move back, wince
|
|
florid
|
very much ornamented; naturally red (e.g.. of face)
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floridness
|
ruddiness; heavily decorated; ornateness
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flout
|
reject, mock, to go against (as in going against tradition)
|
|
fluster
|
make nervous or confused
|
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foible
|
defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
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foil
|
prevent from carrying out; contrast
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foment
|
put smth warm (to lessen the pain)
|
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foppish
|
like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
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forbear
|
refrain from, be patient; ancestor
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forbearance
|
patience, willingness to wait
|
|
ford
|
shallow place in a river (to cross)
|
|
forestall
|
prevent by taking action in advance, preempt
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forfeit
|
suffer the loss of smth
|
|
forge
|
workshop for the shaping of metal; to shape metal; lead
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|
forgery
|
counterfeit
|
|
forswear
|
renounce, disallow, repudiate
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fortify
|
strengthen
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fortuitous
|
happening by chance
|
|
foster
|
nurture, care for
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fragile
|
easily injured, broken or destroyed
|
|
fragrant
|
sweet-smelling
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franchise
|
special right given by authority
|
|
frantic
|
wildly excited with joy, pain, anxiety
|
|
frenetic
|
frantic, frenzied
|
|
fret
|
worry; irritation; wear away
|
|
friction
|
the rubbing of one thing against another, difference of opinion
|
|
fringe
|
edge; ornamental border; part of hair over the forehead
|
|
froward
|
intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubborn
|
|
frugal
|
careful, economical
|
|
fulminate
|
berate, vituperate, to thunder out, to explode
|
|
fulmination
|
bitter protest
|
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fulsome
|
disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness
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gainsay
|
to deny, declare false, to oppose
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|
gambol
|
quick, playful jumping
|
|
garment
|
article of clothing
|
|
garner
|
to gather and save; to store up
|
|
garrulity
|
talkativeness
|
|
garrulous
|
too talkative
|
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gaucherie
|
socially awkward, tactless behavior
|
|
germane
|
relevant; pertinent to
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gist
|
the point, general sense
|
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glean
|
gather facts in small quantities
|
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glib
|
ready and smooth but not sincere
|
|
gloat over
|
look at with selfish delight
|
|
glut
|
supply to much, fill to excess
|
|
gnaw
|
waste away; bite steadily
|
|
goad
|
smth urging a person to action
|
|
gossamer
|
soft, light, delicate material
|
|
gouge
|
tool for cutting grooves in wood
|
|
grace
|
favor
|
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grave
|
serious, requiring consideration
|
|
gregarious
|
living in societies; liking the company
|
|
grievance
|
cause for complaint or protest
|
|
grievous
|
causing grief or pain; serious, dire, grave
|
|
grimace
|
twisted expression of a face
|
|
grind
|
crush, polish
|
|
grooves
|
long channel in the surface, habitual way of living
|
|
grovel
|
crawl, humble oneself
|
|
guile
|
deceit, cunning
|
|
guileless
|
straight-forward, candid
|
|
gull
|
cheat, deceive
|
|
gullible
|
easily gulled
|
|
gust
|
outburst of feeling; sudden rain, wind, fire, etc.
|
|
hack
|
cut roughly; hired horse
|
|
hallow
|
to make holy; consecrate
|
|
hamper
|
basket with a lid, prevent free movement or activity
|
|
hapless
|
unlucky, unfortunate
|
|
harangue
|
a long, passionate speech
|
|
harbinger
|
smth or smb that foretells the coming of
|
|
harrow
|
to distress, create stress or torment
|
|
harsh
|
rough, cruel, stern
|
|
haughty
|
arrogant; conceited
|
|
haven
|
harbor, safety place
|
|
heed
|
pay attention; notice
|
|
heinous
|
odious (of crime)
|
|
heresy
|
belief contrary to what is generally accepted
|
|
hermetic
|
sealed by fusion
|
|
heterogeneous
|
made up of different kinds
|
|
hew
|
make by hard work; cut (by striking)
|
|
hirsute
|
hairy, shaggy
|
|
hoax
|
mischievous trick played on smb for a joke
|
|
hoi polloi
|
the masses; the rabble
|
|
hollow
|
not soled, with hole
|
|
holster
|
leather case for a pistol
|
|
hone
|
stone used for sharpening tools
|
|
hoodwink
|
trick, mislead
|
|
hospitable
|
liking to give hospitality
|
|
hubris
|
arrogant pride
|
|
hurdle
|
light frame, fence to be jumped over
|
|
husk
|
worthless outside part of anything
|
|
hypocrisy
|
falsely making oneself appear to be good
|
|
iconoclast
|
person who attacks popular beliefs
|
|
iconoclastic
|
attacking cherished beliefs
|
|
idiosyncrasy
|
personal mannerism
|
|
idolatrous
|
worshipping idols
|
|
idolatry
|
excessive admiration of
|
|
idyll
|
a carefree episode or experience
|
|
ignoble
|
dishonorable, common, undignified
|
|
ignominious
|
shameful, dishonorable, undignified, disgraceful
|
|
illicit
|
unlawful, forbidden
|
|
illusory
|
deceptive; an illusion
|
|
imbroglio
|
complicated and embarrassing situation
|
|
immaculate
|
pure, faultless
|
|
immerse
|
absorb; put under the surface of
|
|
imminent
|
likely to come or happen soon
|
|
immutable
|
that cannot be changed
|
|
impair
|
worsen, diminish in value
|
|
impaired
|
damaged, weakened
|
|
impassive
|
unmoved; feeling no sign of passion
|
|
impecunious
|
having little or no money
|
|
impede
|
hinder; get in the way of
|
|
impediment
|
smth that hinders (e.g. stammer)
|
|
impending
|
imminent, being about to happen, expected
|
|
imperative
|
urgent, essential
|
|
imperious
|
commanding, haughty, arrogant
|
|
imperviousness
|
haughty, arrogant, commanding
|
|
impermeable
|
that cannot be permeated
|
|
imperturbable
|
calm; not capable of being excited
|
|
impervious
|
not allowing to pass through (of materials)
|
|
imperviousness
|
arrogance, commanding presence, overbearingness
|
|
impetuous
|
having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting ahead, forceful
|
|
impiety
|
lack of reverence or dutifulness
|
|
implacable
|
incapable of being placated, unpleasable
|
|
implausibility
|
incredibility
|
|
implicate
|
show that smb has a share
|
|
implicit
|
implied though not plainly expressed
|
|
implosion
|
collapse; bursting inward
|
|
imply
|
make a suggestion
|
|
importune
|
beg urgently; solicit (of a prostitute)
|
|
imprecation
|
an invocation of evil; a curse
|
|
impromptu
|
without preparation
|
|
impudence
|
being rash, indiscreet
|
|
impudent
|
rash, indiscreet
|
|
impugned
|
challenged, to be doubted
|
|
impute
|
to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe
|
|
inadvertent
|
not paying proper attention
|
|
inane
|
silly, senseless
|
|
inasmuch
|
since, because
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incense
|
make angry
|
|
incessant
|
often repeated, continual
|
|
inchoate
|
not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary
|
|
incise
|
engrave, make a cut in
|
|
incite
|
stir up, rouse
|
|
inclined
|
directing the mind in a certain direction
|
|
incoherently
|
not consistently, unclearly
|
|
incongruous
|
out of place, not in harmony or agreement
|
|
incorrigibility
|
cannot be cured or corrected
|
|
incredulous
|
skeptical, unwilling to believe
|
|
inculcate
|
fix firmly by repetition
|
|
incumbents
|
official duties
|
|
incursion
|
a raid, a sudden attack
|
|
indefatigability
|
not easily exhaustible; tirelessness
|
|
indelible
|
that cannot be rubbed out
|
|
indelicate
|
immodest; lacking in refinement
|
|
indigence
|
poverty
|
|
indigenous
|
native
|
|
indistinct
|
not easily heard, seen, clearly marked
|
|
indolence
|
laziness
|
|
indomitable
|
not easily discouraged or subdued
|
|
indulge
|
gratify, give way to, satisfy; allow oneself
|
|
indulgent
|
inclined to indulge
|
|
ineffable
|
to great to be described in words
|
|
ineluctable
|
certain, inevitable
|
|
inept
|
unskillful; said or done at the wrong time
|
|
infertile
|
not fertile, barren
|
|
inflame
|
become red, angry
|
|
inflammatory
|
tending to inflame
|
|
infuriate
|
fill with fury or rage
|
|
infuse
|
put, pour, fill
|
|
ingenuous
|
naive, young, artless, frank, honest, sincere
|
|
ingest
|
take in by swallowing
|
|
inherent
|
existing as a natural part
|
|
inhibit
|
hinder, restrain
|
|
inimical
|
harmful or friendly
|
|
inimitable
|
defying imitation, unmatchable
|
|
innocuous
|
causing no harm
|
|
inscrutable
|
incapable of being discovered or understood
|
|
insensible
|
unconscious, unresponsive, unaffected
|
|
insinuate
|
suggest unpleasantly; make a way for smth gently
|
|
insipid
|
without taste or flavor
|
|
insouciant
|
unconcerned, carefree
|
|
insularity
|
narrow-mindedness, isolated
|
|
insurrection
|
rising of people to open resistance to
|
|
interdict
|
prohibit, forbid
|
|
interim
|
as an installment
|
|
intersperse
|
place here and there
|
|
intervene
|
come between; interfere to change the result
|
|
intractable
|
unruly, refractory, stubborn
|
|
intransigence
|
unwillingness to compromise, stubbornness, intractability
|
|
intransigent
|
uncompromising
|
|
intrepid
|
fearless, brave, undaunted
|
|
introspection
|
examining one's own thoughts and feelings
|
|
inundate
|
flood; cover by overflowing
|
|
inured
|
accustomed to, adapted
|
|
invective
|
abusive language, curses
|
|
inveigh
|
to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate
|
|
inveterate
|
deep-rooted. long-established
|
|
involute
|
complex
|
|
irascible
|
irritable, easily angered
|
|
irate
|
angry
|
|
ire
|
anger
|
|
irksome
|
tiresome
|
|
irrelevant
|
not relevant, not connected
|
|
irresolute
|
hesitating; undecided
|
|
irrevocable
|
final and unalterable
|
|
itinerary
|
plan for a journey, details or records of a route
|
|
itinerate
|
to travel from place to place, to peregrinate
|
|
jabber
|
talk excitedly; utter rapidly
|
|
jeopardize
|
put in danger
|
|
jibe
|
gibe, make fun of
|
|
jocular
|
meant as a joke
|
|
judicious
|
sound in judgment; wise
|
|
knit
|
draw together, unite firmly
|
|
labyrinthine
|
to entangle the state of affairs
|
|
lachrymose
|
causing tears, tearful
|
|
lackluster
|
(of eyes) dull
|
|
laconic
|
brief, to the point, terse
|
|
lag
|
go too slow
|
|
lament
|
show, feel great sorrow
|
|
lassitude
|
weariness, tiredness
|
|
latent
|
present but not yet active, developed or visible
|
|
laudatory
|
expressing or giving praise
|
|
lavish
|
giving or producing freely, liberally or generously
|
|
leakage
|
the process of leaking
|
|
legacy
|
smth handed down from ancestors
|
|
libel
|
statement that damages reputation
|
|
liberality
|
free giving; generosity
|
|
libertine
|
immoral person
|
|
lien
|
legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
|
|
limn
|
paint, portray
|
|
limp
|
lacking strength, walking unevenly
|
|
lithe
|
bending, twisting
|
|
loll
|
rest, to sit or stand in a lazy way; hang (dog's tongue)
|
|
loquacious
|
talkative, garrulous
|
|
lubricant
|
substance that makes work easier
|
|
lubricate
|
put oil to make work easily
|
|
lubricious
|
lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
|
|
lucubrate
|
write in scholarly fashion
|
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luculent
|
easily understood, lucid, clear
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lugubrious
|
mournful, excessively sad
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lull
|
become quiet or less active
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|
luminary
|
star, light-giving body
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lustrous
|
being bright, polished
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|
macabre
|
gruesome, suggesting death
|
|
machination
|
plot, scheme (esp. evil)
|
|
maladroit
|
tactless, clumsy
|
|
malapropism
|
misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
|
|
malevolence
|
wishing to do evil
|
|
malign
|
injurious, speak ill of smb, tell lie
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|
malinger
|
to fake illness or injury, in order to shirk a duty
|
|
malleable
|
yielding; easily shaped; moldable; adapting
|
|
manacle
|
chains for the hands or feet
|
|
martial
|
brave, of associated with war
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|
massacre
|
cruel killing of a large number of people
|
|
matriculation
|
be admitted, enter a university as a student
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|
mature
|
come to full development, to a state ready for use
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|
maudlin
|
sentimental in a silly or tearful way
|
|
maverick
|
rebel, nonconformist
|
|
mellifluous
|
sweetly flowing
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|
mendacious
|
FALSE
|
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mendacity
|
dishonesty
|
|
mendicant
|
a beggar
|
|
mercurial
|
quick, changeable in character, fleeting
|
|
meretricious
|
attractive on the surface but of little value
|
|
mesmerize
|
hypnotize
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meticulous
|
giving great attention to details
|
|
mettle
|
quality of endurance or courage
|
|
mettlesome
|
courageous, high-spirited
|
|
middling
|
fairly good but not very good
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|
minatory
|
menacing, threatening
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|
mince
|
pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize
|
|
misanthrope
|
person who hates mankind
|
|
mischievous
|
harmful, causing mischief
|
|
miser
|
person who loves wealth and spends little
|
|
misogynist
|
one who hates women/females
|
|
missile
|
smth that is thrown or shot
|
|
mitigate
|
make less severe or painful
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|
moderation
|
quality of being limited, not extreme
|
|
mollify
|
make calmer or quieter
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|
molt
|
moult, lose hair, feathers before new growing
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|
morbid
|
diseased, unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
|
|
morose
|
ill-tempered, unsocial
|
|
mortuary
|
place where dead bodies are taken to be kept until burial
|
|
multifarious
|
varied, motley, greatly diversified
|
|
mundane
|
worldly as opposed to spiritual; commonplace, everyday
|
|
myriad
|
very great number
|
|
nadir
|
lowest, weakest point
|
|
nascent
|
coming into existence, emerging
|
|
nebulous
|
cloud-like; hazy; vague; indistinct
|
|
negligent
|
taking too little care
|
|
neophyte
|
person who has been converted to a belief
|
|
nexus
|
a connection, tie, or link
|
|
nibble
|
show some inclination to accept (an offer)
|
|
nice
|
precise, sensitive to subtleness
|
|
noisome
|
offensive, disgusting (smell)
|
|
nonchalant
|
not having interest
|
|
nonplused
|
greatly surprised
|
|
nostrum
|
a quack remedy, an untested cure
|
|
notion
|
nominal, token
|
|
noxious
|
harmful
|
|
nullify
|
make void and null
|
|
numb
|
without ability to feel or move
|
|
numbness
|
without ability to move a finger
|
|
obdurate
|
hardened and unrepenting; stubborn, inflexible
|
|
obfuscate
|
to darken, make obscure, muddle
|
|
oblivious
|
unaware, having no memory
|
|
obloquy
|
abusively detractive language, sharp criticism, vituperation
|
|
obsequious
|
too eager to obey or serve
|
|
obsolete
|
no longer used
|
|
obstreperous
|
noisy, loud
|
|
obtain
|
to be established, accepted, or customary
|
|
obtrusive
|
projecting, prominent, undesirably noticeable
|
|
obviate
|
to make unnecessary, get rid of
|
|
occluded
|
blocked up
|
|
occult
|
hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
|
|
odious
|
repulsive, hateful
|
|
odium
|
contempt, dislike, aversion
|
|
odor
|
smell; favor; reputation
|
|
officious
|
too eager or ready to help, offer advice
|
|
onerous
|
needing effort, burdensome
|
|
opprobrious
|
showing scorn or reproach
|
|
ossify
|
to turn to bone; to settle rigidly into an idea
|
|
ostensible
|
seeming, appearing as such, professed
|
|
ostentation
|
display to obtain admiration or envy
|
|
ostentatious
|
fond of showing ostentation
|
|
ostracism
|
shut out from society, refuse to meet, talk
|
|
ostrich
|
fast-running bird unable to fly
|
|
outset
|
start
|
|
overhaul
|
examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
|
|
overweening
|
presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate, being a jerk
|
|
overwhelm
|
weigh down, submerge
|
|
paean
|
song of praise or triumph
|
|
palate
|
roof of the mouth; sense of taste
|
|
palatial
|
magnificent
|
|
palliate
|
lessen the severity of
|
|
palliate
|
to make something appear less serious, to alleviate, to gloss over
|
|
palpability
|
can be felt, touched, understood
|
|
palpitate
|
tremble, beat rapidly and irregularly
|
|
panegyric
|
formal praise, eulogy
|
|
paradigm
|
a model, example, or pattern
|
|
parenthesis
|
sentence within another one, smth separated
|
|
pariah
|
an outcast, a rejected and despised person
|
|
parsimonious
|
too economical, miserly
|
|
partisan
|
one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced
|
|
patron
|
regular customer; person who gives support
|
|
paucity
|
scarcity, a lacking of
|
|
peccadillo
|
small sin; small weakness in one's character
|
|
pedantic
|
bookish, showing off learning
|
|
pedestrian
|
commonplace, trite, unremarkable
|
|
pellucid
|
transparent, easy to understand
|
|
penchant
|
strong inclination, a liking
|
|
penitent
|
feeling or showing regret
|
|
penury
|
extreme poverty
|
|
peregrination
|
traveling about, wandering
|
|
peremptory
|
urgent, imperative, unchallengeable, ending debate
|
|
perennial
|
lasting for a long time (e.g.. a year)
|
|
perfidious
|
treacherous, faithless
|
|
perfidy
|
treachery; breaking of faith
|
|
perfunctory
|
done as a duty without care
|
|
perilous
|
dangerous
|
|
peripatetic
|
wandering
|
|
perish
|
be destroyed; decay
|
|
perjury
|
willful false statement, unlawful act
|
|
permeate
|
spread into every part of
|
|
pernicious
|
harmful, injurious
|
|
perpetrate
|
be guilty; commit (a crime)
|
|
persevere
|
keep on steadily, continue
|
|
personable
|
pleasing in appearance, attractive
|
|
perspicacity
|
quick judging and understanding
|
|
pertain
|
belong as a part, have reference
|
|
pest
|
destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
|
|
petrified
|
taken away power (to think, feel, act)
|
|
petrify
|
to make hard, rocklike
|
|
petrous
|
like a rock, hard, stony
|
|
petulant
|
unreasonably impatient
|
|
philistine
|
a smug ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge
|
|
phlegmatic
|
calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional
|
|
picaresque
|
involving clever rogues or adventurers
|
|
pied
|
of mixed colors
|
|
pinch
|
be too tight, take between the thumb and finger
|
|
pious
|
dutiful to parents; devoted to religion
|
|
piquant
|
agreeably pungent, stimulating
|
|
pique
|
hurt the pride or self-respect, stir (curiosity)
|
|
pitfall
|
covered hole as a trap, unsuspected danger
|
|
pith
|
essential part, force, soft liquid substance
|
|
pivotal
|
of great importance (others depend on it)
|
|
placate
|
soothe, pacify, calm
|
|
plaintive
|
mournful, melancholy, sorrowful
|
|
plaque
|
flat metal on a wall as a memorial
|
|
platitude
|
a trite or banal statement; unoriginality
|
|
plea
|
request
|
|
plead
|
address a court of law as an advocate
|
|
plethora
|
glut
|
|
pliant
|
pliable, easily bent, shaped or twisted
|
|
plod
|
continue doing smth without resting
|
|
pluck
|
pull the feathers off, pick (e.g.. flowers)
|
|
plumb
|
get to the root of
|
|
plummet
|
fall, plunge, steeply
|
|
plunge
|
move quickly, suddenly and with force
|
|
poignant
|
deeply moving; keen
|
|
poise
|
be ready, be balanced, self-possession
|
|
polemical
|
controversial, argued
|
|
ponderous
|
heavy, bulky, dull
|
|
portent
|
omen; marvelous; threatening
|
|
poseur
|
someone taking on airs to impress others; a phony
|
|
posture
|
state, attitude; adopt a vain
|
|
poverty
|
state of being poor
|
|
pragmatic
|
practical, favoring utility
|
|
precarious
|
uncertain, risky, dangerous
|
|
precept
|
moral instruction
|
|
precepts
|
rules establishing standards of conduct
|
|
precipitate
|
throw smth violently down from a height
|
|
preclude
|
prevent, make impossible
|
|
precursory
|
preliminary, anticipating
|
|
predilection
|
special liking, mental preference
|
|
predominate
|
have more power than others
|
|
preempt
|
obtain by preemption or in advance
|
|
premature
|
doing or happening smth before the right time
|
|
preponderance
|
greatness in number, strength, weight
|
|
presage
|
warning sign
|
|
preternatural
|
not normal or usual
|
|
prevalent
|
common
|
|
prevaricate
|
to equivocate, to stray from the truth
|
|
prim
|
neat; formal
|
|
pristine
|
primitive, unspoiled, pure, as in earlier times, unadulterated
|
|
probity
|
uprightness, incorruptibility, principle
|
|
proclivity
|
inclination
|
|
procrastination
|
keeping on putting off
|
|
prodigal
|
wasteful, reckless with money
|
|
prodigious
|
enormous, wonderful
|
|
profane
|
worldly, having contempt for God
|
|
profligate
|
wasteful, prodigal, licentious, extravagant
|
|
profundity
|
depth
|
|
proliferate
|
grow, reproduce by rapid multification
|
|
prolix
|
tiring because too long
|
|
prone
|
prostrate; inclined to (undesirable things)
|
|
propagation
|
increasing the number, spreading, extending
|
|
propinquity
|
nearness in time or place, affinity of nature
|
|
propitiate
|
do smth to take away the anger of
|
|
propitiatory
|
conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating
|
|
propitious
|
auspicious, presenting favorable circumstances
|
|
prosaic
|
everyday, mundane, commonplace, trite, pedestrian
|
|
proscribe
|
denounce as dangerous
|
|
protracted
|
prolonged
|
|
provident
|
frugal; looking to the future
|
|
provisional
|
of the present time only
|
|
provoke
|
make angry; vax
|
|
prudence
|
careful forethought
|
|
prudish
|
easily shocked, excessively modest
|
|
prune
|
dried plum, silly person
|
|
pry
|
get smth; inquire too curiously
|
|
pugnacious
|
fond of, in the habit of fighting
|
|
punch
|
strike with the fist; tool for cutting holes; alc. drink
|
|
punctilious
|
precise, paying attention to trivialities
|
|
pundit
|
pedant, authority on a subject
|
|
pungency
|
sharpness; stinging quality
|
|
purvey
|
provide, supply
|
|
pusillanimous
|
cowardly, craven
|
|
pyre
|
large pile of wood for burning
|
|
quack
|
person dishonestly claiming to smth
|
|
quaff
|
drink deeply
|
|
quail
|
lose courage, turn frightened
|
|
qualm
|
feeling of doubt, temporary feeling of sickness
|
|
quell
|
suppress, subdue
|
|
quibble
|
try to avoid by sophistication
|
|
quiescent
|
at rest, dormant, torpid
|
|
quirk
|
habit or action peculiar to smb or smth
|
|
quixotic
|
generous, unselfish
|
|
quotidian
|
banal; everyday
|
|
rabble
|
mob, crowd; the lower classes of populace
|
|
raconteur
|
person who tells anecdotes
|
|
radiant
|
bright, shining
|
|
raffish
|
low, vulgar, base, tawdry
|
|
rail at
|
find fault, utter reproaches
|
|
ramify
|
to be divided or subdivided; to branch out
|
|
rancorous
|
feeling bitterness, spitefulness
|
|
rant
|
use extravagant language
|
|
rapacious
|
greedy (esp for money)
|
|
rarefy
|
to make thin, to make less dense, to purify or refine
|
|
reactionary
|
opposing progress
|
|
rebuff
|
snub
|
|
recalcitrant
|
disobedient
|
|
recant
|
take back as being false; give up
|
|
recast
|
cast or fashion anew
|
|
recidivism
|
relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
|
|
reciprocity
|
granting of privileges in return for similar
|
|
recitals
|
a number of, performance of music
|
|
recluse
|
person who lives alone and avoids people
|
|
recompense
|
make payment to; reward, punish
|
|
reconcile
|
settle a quarrel; restore peace
|
|
recondite
|
little known; abstruse
|
|
recourse
|
smth turned to for help
|
|
recreancy
|
cowardice, a cowardly giving up
|
|
recuperate
|
become strong after illness, loss, exhaustion
|
|
redeem
|
get back by payment; compensate
|
|
redemptive
|
serving to redeem
|
|
redoubtable
|
formidable, causing fear
|
|
refine
|
make or become pure, cultural
|
|
refractory
|
stubborn, unmanageable, untractable
|
|
refulgent
|
shining, brilliant
|
|
regale
|
to delight or entertain; to feast
|
|
regicide
|
crime of killing a king
|
|
reiterate
|
say or do again several times
|
|
rejuvenation
|
becoming young in nature or appearance
|
|
relapse
|
fall back again
|
|
relinquish
|
give up
|
|
reluctant
|
unwilling or disinclined
|
|
remonstrate
|
to protest, object
|
|
render
|
deliver, provide, represent
|
|
renovate
|
restore smth to better condition
|
|
renowned
|
celebrated, famous
|
|
rent
|
regular payment for the use of smth, division or split
|
|
repast
|
meal
|
|
repine at
|
be discontented with
|
|
reproach
|
scold, upbraid
|
|
reprobate
|
person hardened in sin; one devoid of decency
|
|
repudiate
|
disown, refuse to accept or pay
|
|
repulsive
|
causing a feeling of disgust
|
|
requite
|
repay, give in return
|
|
resigned
|
unresisting, submissive
|
|
resilience
|
quality of quickly recovering the original shape
|
|
resolve
|
determine
|
|
resort to
|
frequently visit
|
|
restive
|
refusing to move; reluctant to be controlled
|
|
resurrect
|
bring back into use
|
|
resuscitation
|
coming back to consciousness
|
|
retard
|
check, hinder
|
|
reticent
|
reserved, untalkative, silent, taciturn
|
|
revere
|
have deep respect for
|
|
rift
|
split, crack, dissension
|
|
rivet
|
fix, take up, secure; metal pin
|
|
roll call
|
calling of names
|
|
rope
|
thick strong cord made by twisting
|
|
rotund
|
rich and deep; plump and round
|
|
rubric
|
heading, title, or category
|
|
ruffian
|
violent, cruel man
|
|
sagacious
|
having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; like a sage
|
|
salacious
|
obscene
|
|
salient
|
prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant
|
|
salubrious
|
healthful
|
|
salutary
|
remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
|
|
sanctimony
|
self-righteousness, hypocritical, with false piety
|
|
sanction
|
approval (by authority); penalty
|
|
sanguine
|
cheerful, confident, optimistic
|
|
sanity
|
health of mind; soundness of judgement
|
|
sap
|
weaken
|
|
sate
|
satiate
|
|
satiate
|
satisfy fully
|
|
saturnine
|
gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
|
|
savant
|
person of great learning
|
|
savor
|
taste, flavor smth
|
|
sawdust
|
tiny bits of wood
|
|
scabbard
|
sheath for the blade
|
|
scent
|
smell (esp pleasant)
|
|
scribble
|
write hastily
|
|
scurvy
|
mean, contemptible
|
|
seal
|
piece of wax, lead, etc stamped on the document
|
|
secular
|
material (not spiritual); living outside monasteries
|
|
sedulous
|
persevering
|
|
seminal
|
like a seed; constituting a source, originative
|
|
sententious
|
short and pithy, full of maxims/proverbs
|
|
sequence
|
succession, connected line of
|
|
se
|
having a toothed edge
|
|
serration
|
having a toothed edge
|
|
servile
|
like a slave, lacking independence
|
|
severance
|
severing
|
|
shaft
|
arrow or spear, smth long and narrow
|
|
shallow
|
little depth; not earnest
|
|
shard
|
piece of broken earthenware
|
|
sheath
|
cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
|
|
shove
|
push
|
|
shrewd
|
astute; showing sound judgement
|
|
shrill
|
sharp, piercing
|
|
shun
|
keep away from; avoid
|
|
shunt
|
send from one track to another; lay aside; evade discussion
|
|
sidestep
|
step to one side
|
|
sinuous
|
winding, undulating, serpentine
|
|
skiff
|
small boat
|
|
skit
|
short piece of humorous writing
|
|
slack
|
sluggish; dull; not tight
|
|
slake
|
to assuage, to satisfy, allay
|
|
slate
|
king of blue-grey stone; propose; criticize
|
|
sluggard
|
lazy, slow-moving person
|
|
soar
|
rise, fly high
|
|
sober
|
self-controlled
|
|
sobriety
|
quality or condition of being sober
|
|
sodden
|
soaked, saturated
|
|
soggy
|
heavy with water
|
|
solvent
|
of the power of forming a solution
|
|
somatic
|
of the body
|
|
soot
|
black powder in smoke
|
|
sophisticated
|
complex, subtle, refined
|
|
sophistry
|
fallacious reasoning, faulty logic
|
|
sophomoric
|
self-assured though immature, affected, bombastic, overblown
|
|
sordid
|
wretched, comfortless, contemptible
|
|
spear
|
weapon with a metal point on a long shaft
|
|
specious
|
illogical, of questionable truth or merit
|
|
splenetic
|
bad-tempered, irritable
|
|
splice
|
join (two ends)
|
|
sponge
|
porous rubber for washing; live at once expense
|
|
spurious
|
false, counterfeit
|
|
spurn
|
have nothing to do; reject or refuse
|
|
squalid
|
foul, filthy
|
|
squander
|
spend wastefully
|
|
stanch
|
to stop the flow of a fluid
|
|
steeply
|
rising or falling sharply
|
|
stentorian
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extremely loud and powerful
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stickler
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person who insists on importance of smth
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stigma
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mark of shame or disgrace
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stigmatize
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describe smb scornfully
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sting
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smth sharp
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stingy
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spending, using unwillingly
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stint
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to be thrifty, to set limits
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stipulate
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state or put forward as a necessary condition
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stolid
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showing no emotion; impassive
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strands
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smth twisted together into a rope, line of development
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stray
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wander, lose one's way
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streak
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long, thin; move very fast
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striated
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striped, grooved, or banded
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stride
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walk with long steps
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strut
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a supporting bar
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stygian
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hence, dark, gloomy
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stymie
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to hinder, obstruct, or block
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subdue
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overcome, bring under control
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sublime
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extreme; astounding
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submerge
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put under water, liquid, sink out of sight
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suborn
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induce by bribery or smth to commit perjury
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subpoena
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written order requiring a person to appear in a low court
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subsume
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include under a rule
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succor
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assistance, relief in time of distress
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suffice
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be enough
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sullied
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to be stained or discredited
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summarily
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briefly; without delay
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sumptuous
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magnificent
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sundry
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various, miscellaneous, separate
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supercilious
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disdainful; characterized by haughty scorn
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superfluous
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more then is needed or wanted
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superimpose
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put smth on the top
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supersede
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take the place of
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supine
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lying on the back; slow to act, passive
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suppliant
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asking humbly, beseeching
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supplicate
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make a humble petition to
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suppress
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prevent from being known; put an end to
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surfeit
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satiate, feed to fulness or to excess
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susceptibility
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sensitiveness
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sustain
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keep from falling; maintain; suffer; give a decision
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sycophant
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person who flatter to the rich and powerful
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synopsis
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summary or outline
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taciturn
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untalkative, silent
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talon
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claw of a bird of prey
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tamp
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tap or drive down by repeated light blows
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tamper
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interfere with
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tangential
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suddenly changeable
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tarnished
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lost brightness
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taunt
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contemptuous reproach, hurtful remark
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taut
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tightly stretched
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tautology
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a repetition, a redundancy
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tawdry
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cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky
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tease
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annoy; puzzling question
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tedious
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tiresome
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teetotal
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oppose to alcohol
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temerity
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boldness, brashness, intrepidness
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temperance
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abstinence from alcohol, self-control, moderation
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temperate
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showing self-control
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tenacity
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firmness, persistency, adhesiveness, tending to hang on
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tenuous
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insubstantial, flimsy, weak
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terse
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brief and to the point
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thrift
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care, economy, thriving, prosperous
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timid
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shy, easily frightened
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timorous
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fearful, timid, afraid
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tolerable
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fairly good
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tonic
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smth giving strength or energy
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topple
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be unsteady and overturn
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torment
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severe pain or suffering
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torpid
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sleeping, sluggish, lethargic, dormant
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tortuous
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full of twists and bends
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tout
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person who worries others to buy smth, to use his service
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touting
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act as tout
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toy
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think not seriously, handle absent-mindedly
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tractable
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easily controlled or guided
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transgress
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break, go beyond (a limit)
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transient
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temporary, fleeting
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transitory
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brief
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trenchant
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forceful, effective, vigorous; extremely perceptive, incisive
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trend
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tendency, general direction
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trepidation
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alarm, excited state of mind
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trifling
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unimportant
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trite
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not new
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truculence
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aggressiveness, ferocity
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trudge
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walk heavily
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turbid
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muddy, having the sediment stirred up
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turbulence
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being uncontrolled, violent
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turgid
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excessively ornate; swollen or bloated
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turmoil
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trouble, disturbance
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turpitude
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wickedness, shamefulness
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tyro
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tiro, beginner
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ulterior
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situated beyond
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umbrage
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offense, resentment
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uncouth
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rough, awkward
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underbid
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make a lower bid then smb else
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undermine
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weaken gradually, at the base, make smth under
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undulate
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to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate
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unencumbered
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easy-going, trifle
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unfeigned
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not pretended, sincere
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unscathed
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unharmed, unhurt
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untoward
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unfortunate, inconvenient
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upbraid
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scold, reproach
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urbane
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elegant, refined in manners
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vacillation
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being uncertain, hesitating
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vagary
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strange act or idea
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vain
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without use, result; conceited
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valiant
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brave
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valorous
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brave
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vanquish
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conquer
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vapor
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stim, mist
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veer
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change direction
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venal
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ready to do smth dishonest
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veneer
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surface appearance covering the true nature
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veneration
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regard with deep respect
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veracity
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truth
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verisimilitude
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appearing true or real
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veritable
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real, rightly named
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verve
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spirit, vigor, enthusiasm
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vex
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annoy, distress, trouble
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vigilance
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watchfulness, self-appointed group who maintain order
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vigilant
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member of a vigilance committee
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vigorous
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strong, energetic
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vilify
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slander, say evil things
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vindictive
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having a desire to revenge
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virago
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a loud, domineering woman; a scold or nag
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visceral
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of the internal organs of the body
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vitiate
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lower the quality; weaken the strength
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vituperate
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curse, abuse in words
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vivacious
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lively, high-spirited
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volatile
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changeable, inconstant, fickle, unstable, explosive
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volubility
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fluency, verbosity, easy use of spoken language
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voluble
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fluent
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voluminous
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occupying much space
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waft
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scent, waving movement; carry lightly through
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wag
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merry person
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wage
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payment, carry on, engage in (war)
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warmonger
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person who stirs up war
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warp
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become bent
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warrant
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authority, written order, guarantee
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wary
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cautious
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weave
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make (threads) into cloth
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weigh
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measure hoe heavy smth is
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welter
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turmoil; a bewildering jumble
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wend
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to go, proceed
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whimsical
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full of odd and fanciful ideas
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wince
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show bodily or mental pain
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woo
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try to win
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yarn
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tale, story; fibers for knitting
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