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136 Cards in this Set
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commiserated
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to feel or express sorrow
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jilted
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rejected or cast aside especially unfeelingly
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permeated
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to pass into or through, to penetrate through the pores
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hampered
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to hold back, to interfere with
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deluge
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a great flood, down pour
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pinion
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a gear with a small numbers of teeth
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abeyance
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temporary inactivity, suspension
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turpitude
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shameful, or base character, depravity, wrong doing
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urban
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pertaining to, characteristic of or accustomed to cities
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inimical
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unfriendly, hostile, harmful
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unrequited
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not returned, not satisfied, not avenged, not repaid
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droll
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amusing in an odd way, humorous
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prolific
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abundant production, producing in large quantities
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a prolific year for tomatoes
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flippant
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frivolously disrespectful, shallow
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stringent
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strict, precise, rigid, exacting.
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effigy
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a representation or image,
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fallow
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not in use, inactive, left unseeded
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benchmark
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a standard of excellence, achievement
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vestige
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a mark, trace, a surviving evidence
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efface
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to wipe out, erase
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to enfface ones unhappy memories
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extol
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to praise highly, glorify, celebrate
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daunt
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to overcome with fear, intimidate
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don't be daunted by the amount of work still to be done
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misnomer
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a misapplied, or inappropriate name, an error in naming a person or thing
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flagrant
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shockingly noticeable or evident, notorious
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egregious
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extraordinary in some bad way, gross, outrageous
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winsome
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innocently charming
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funereal
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mournful, gloomy, dismal
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brandished
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to shake or wave, seeing, flourish, as of a weapon
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blandished
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to coax or influence, by gentle flattery
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surmounted
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to get over or across, to be on top or above
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frisk
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dance, leap, skip, jump
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prosaic
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dull, common place, boring
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commensurate
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equivalent to.
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rebuff
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blunt or abrupt rejection, repel, refuse
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collude
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plot, act together through a secret understanding with evil intent.
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savants
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person of profound learning, expert, pundit, wise
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cohorts
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partner in crime, ally
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longshoremen
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a person employed in a port to load and unload ships.
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raconteurs
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person skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly
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presage
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forecast or prediction
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portent
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omen, hunch, premonition
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polyglot
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multilingual, person able to write or speak multiple languages
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pundit
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knowledgable person on particular subject
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untoward
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unfortunate, improper, inimical
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penurious
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stingy, poor, destitute, indigent
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gamut
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entire scale or range. area,
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untenable
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indefensible, not fit to be ocupied
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breadth
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width
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blithe
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carefree, joyful, merry
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comity
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mutual courtesy.
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barren
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infertile, depleted,
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glib
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articulate, eloquent, fluent
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perusal
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a reading or examining something
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epithet
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description, name, title
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whit
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iota, scintilla, small amount
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impale
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pierce, perforate
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decry
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abuse, depreciate, derogate, belittle
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debunk
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to expose or excoriate a claim as being false, exaggerated
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entreat
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to ask earnestly. implore, beg, ask
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exhaustive
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painstakingly thorough
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chagrin
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an embarrassment, humiliation
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tangential
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superficially connected
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to stigmatize
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brand with desgrace
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to condescend
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talk down to, patronize
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to emigrate
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leave one's country
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torpor
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sluggishness
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an increment
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an increase
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viable
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feasible, that can be done
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duplicity
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deception
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ineffable
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inexpressible
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pivotal
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crucial, critically important
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mercenary means to be motivated by;
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money alone
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moribund
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near death, dying
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fortuitous
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accidental, happening by chance, fluke
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salient
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prominent, conspicuous
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abortive
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unsuccessful
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to stipulate
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specify a condition
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to patronize
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be a customer or client of
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penchant
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a strong inclination
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nefarious
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villainous, wicked
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to circumvent
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go around, to bypass
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plebeian
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the common class
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vicissitudes
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changes in fortune or circumsances
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to vex
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annoy, to irritate
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oblivion
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forgotten or unknown
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pedantic
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precise, bookish, pompous, punctilious.
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to be petulant
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cranky
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reciprocal
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given in return
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to be adamant
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stubborn, unyielding
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a labyrinth
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a maze
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to mollify
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soothe
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profuse
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abundantly flowing
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obsequious
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fawning, servile
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to usurp
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wrongfully seize
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discrete
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separate and distinct
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nominal
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in name only
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elusive
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evasive
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muffle
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reduce the sound.
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dogmatic
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blindly committed to a belief system, peremptory, adamant
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to perturb
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greatly disturb or agitate
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impetuous
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impulsive, rash
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a fatalist
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predestined
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obscure
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hard to understand, vague
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to acquiesce
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agree or submit, concede
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to rebuke
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sharply criticize. reprove, censure, admonish, reproach
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profane
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irreverent, blasphemous, unholy, sacrilegious
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vehement
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intense, forceful, impassioned
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trepidation
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apprehension. consternation
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vociferous
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loud and unrestrained
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to exult
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rejoice, to celebrate. revel
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an insurgent
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a rebel
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ironic
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contradictory, not as you would expect
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a criterion
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a standard, a basis
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clandestine
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secret, concealed. incognito
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vernacular
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speech common to where you live. jargon, lingo
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to polarize
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split into opposing
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esoteric
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understood by only a select few. abstruse, recondite.
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perfunctory
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done routinely
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infinitesimal
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minute, inconceivably small, minuscule, diminutive, lilliputian
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to construe
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interpret, to assign meaning
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heresy
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unorthodoxy
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juxtapose
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side by side comparison
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a panacea
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a cure-all
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to be terse
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abrupt, succinct, concise, pithy
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fidelity
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faithfulness, loyalty,
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deference
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honoring or respecting, venerate
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to be pensive
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in a state of thoughtfulness
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a stratum (strata is plural)
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a layer, a level, echelon
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to prevail
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triumph
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reprehensible
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blameworthy, disgraceful
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heyday
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one's prime, or to a golden age
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painstaking
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extremely careful, meticulous
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elliptical
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oval
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ethereal
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of the heavens
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sagacious
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wise, discerning, sage erudite
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an effusion
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a pouring forth
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