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173 Cards in this Set
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Cull
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pick out, reject
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Culmination
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Attainment of highest point
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Culvert
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Artificial channel for water
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Cupidity
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Greed
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Cynosure
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Object of general affection
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Dais
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Raised platform for guests of honor
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Dally
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Trifle with; procrastinate
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Daub
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Smear
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Debauch
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Corrupt; seduce from virtue
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Debonair
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Urbane and suave; amiable; cheerful and carefree
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Decadance
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Decay
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Deciduous
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Falling off, as of leaves
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Decimate
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Kill, usually one out of ten
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Defection
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Desertion
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Defoliate
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Destroy leaves
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Defray
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Provide for the payment of. Her employer offered to defray the costs of her postgraduate education.
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Defrock
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To strip a priest or minister of church authority
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Deft
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Neat, skillful
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Deign
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Condescend; stoop.
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Delta
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Flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river
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Demagogue
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person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader
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Demoniac
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Fiendish.
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Demotic
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pertaining to the people
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Demur
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Object; protest
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Demure
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Grave, serious, coy
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Denigrate
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Blacken
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Denizen
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Inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
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Denoument
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Outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work
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Derelict
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Abandoned; negligent
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Descry
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Catch sight of
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Desperado
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Reckless outlaw
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Desuetude
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State of disuse
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Desultory
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Aimless; haphazard
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Deterrent
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Something that disoucrages; hindrance
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Detonation
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Explosion
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Detraction
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Slandering; aspersion
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Devolve
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Be transferred to another; delegate to another; gradually worsen
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Diadem
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Crown
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Dialectical
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Relating to the art of dbeate; mutual or reciprocal
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Dilatory
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Tending to delay; intentionally delaying
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Dilettante
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Aimless follower of the arts
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Din
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Continued loud noise
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Dinghy
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Small boat
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Dint
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means; effort. By dint of much hard work, the volunteers were able to control the raging forest fire
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Disaffected
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Disloyal. Once the most loyal of Bradley's supporters, so and so found hiself increasingly disaffected
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Disavowal
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Denial
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Disburse
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Pay out
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Disclose
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Reveal
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Discomfit
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Put to rout; defeat; disconcert
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Disconcert
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Confuse, upset, embarrass
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Disconsolate
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Sad
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Discursive
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Digressing; rambling
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Disembark
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Go ashore; unload cargo from a ship
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Disgorge
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Surrender something; eject; vomit
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Disinter
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Dig up; unearth
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Disinterested
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Unprejudiced. Think of a judge.
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Disparate
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Basically different; unrelated
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Dispel
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Scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
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Disport
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Amuse
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Disputatious
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Argumentative; fond of arguing
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Disquietude
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Uneasiness; anxiety
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Disquisition
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A formal systematic inquiry; an explation of the results of a formal inquiry
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Dissimulate
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Pretend; conceal by feigning
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Dissipate
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Squander; waste; scatter
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Dissolution
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Disintegration; looseness in morlas
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Divest
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Strip; deprive
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Docket
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Program as for trial; book where such entries are made
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Doddering
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Shaky; inform in old age
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Doff
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take off
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Dogged
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Determined; stubborn
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Dissimulate
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Pretend
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Dissipate
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Squander
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Dissolution
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Disintegration
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Divest
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Strip; deprive
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Docket
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Program as for trial; book where such entries are made
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Doddering
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Shaky; inform from old age
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Doff
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Take off
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Dogged
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Determined; stubborn
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Doleful
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Mournful; causing sadness
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Dolorous
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Sorrowful
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Dolt
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Stupid person; dunce
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Domicile
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Home
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Dormer
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Window projecting from roof
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Dorsal
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Relating to the back of an animal
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Dotage
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Senility
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Drone
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idle person
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Drone
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alk dully; buzz or murmur
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Duplicity
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Double-dealing; hypocrisy
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Duress
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Forcible restraint
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Ecclesiastic
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Pertaining to the church
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Eddy
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Swirling current of water, air, etc
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Edict
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Decree
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Edify
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Instruct; correct morally
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Effeminate
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Having womanly traits
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Effete
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lacking vigor; worn out; sterile
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Effluvium
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Noxious smell
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Egregrious
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Notorious; conspiculously bad or shocking
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Elicit
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Draw out by discussion
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Ellipsis
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Ommision of words from a text
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Elysian
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Relating to paradise; blissful
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Embargo
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Ban on commerce or other activity
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Embroil
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Throw into confusion; involve in strife; entangle
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Emend
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Correct, usually a text
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Emendation
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correction of errors; improvement
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Emetic
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Substance causing vomiting
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Eminent
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high; lofty
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Emolument
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Salary; compensation
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Enconimastic
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Praising; eulogistic
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Encroachment
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Gradual intrusion
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Encumber
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Burden
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Endue
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Provide with some quality; endow
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Enervate
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Weaken
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Enjoin
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Command; order; forbid
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Enrapture
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Please intensely
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Ensconce
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Settle comfortably
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Entree
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Entrance; a way in
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Environ
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Enclose; surround
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Epaulet
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Ornament worn on the shoulder
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Epigram
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Witty thought or saying, usually short
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Equable
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Tranquil; steady; uniform
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Equanimity
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Calmness of temperament; composure. What barback obama is known for
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Equipose
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Balance; balancing force
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Equitable
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Fair; impartial
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Equivocate
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lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
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Erudite
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Learned; scholarly
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Esoteric
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hard to understand; known only to a chosen few
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espouse
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adopt; support
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ethnology
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study of humankind
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ethos
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underlying character of a culture, group, etc
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eulogistic
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praising
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evocative
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tending to call up (emotions and memories)
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exalt
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raise in rank or dignity; praise
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Execrable
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very bad
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execrate
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curse; express abhorrence for
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exegesis
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explanation; especially of biblical passages. The minister based her sermon on her exegesis of a diffulct passage from the book of Job
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Expatiate
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Talk at length; at this time, please give us a brief resume of your work; we shall permit you to expatiate later
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Expatriate
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Exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land
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Expiate
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make amends for (a sin)
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Expository
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Explanatory; serving to explain
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Expostulation
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Protest; remonstrance
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Expropriate
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Take possession of
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Extant
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Still in existence
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Extenuate
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Weaken; mitigate
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Extol
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Praise; glorify
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Extradition
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Surrender of prisoner by one state to another.
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Extrinsic
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External; not essential; extraneous
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Extrude
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Force or push out
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Exult
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Rejoice
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Fascimile
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Copy; many museums sell fascimiles of the works of art on display
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Factious
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Inclined to form factions; causing dissension
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Factotum
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handyman
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Fancier
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Breeder or dealer of animals
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Fastidious
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Difficult to please; squeamish
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Fatuous
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Brainless; insane; foolish, yet smug.
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Fawning
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trying to please by behaving obsequisouly, flattering, or cringing
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Febrile
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Feverish.
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Fecundity
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Ferility; fruitfulness
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Feint
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Trick; sift; sharm blow
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Felicitous
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Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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Fell
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Cruel; deadly
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fell
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cut or knocked down
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Ferment
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Agitation; commotion
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Fester
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rankle; produce irritation or resentment
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Fetter
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shackle
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fiat
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command; authoritization
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Filigree
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Delicate, lacelike metalwork
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Firebrand
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hothead; troublemaker
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Fissure
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crevice
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Flag
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droop; grow feeble
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Fleece
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rob; plunder
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flick
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light stroke as with a whip
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Flit
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Dart lightly; pass switfly by
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Floe
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mass of floating ice
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