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bluster
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speak or say loudly or arrogantly; behave in a bully way
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collation
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comparison of information; assembly of pages in order; reading of religious text
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mainstream
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main current of thought or behavior
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haven
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sheltered place; anchorage
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coup
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seizure of political power
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pillage
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plunder place, esp during war
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fiery
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glowing hot; red; inflamed
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demarcate
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determine and set official borders
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wile
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cunning strategy
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indespensable
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necessary
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dispensable
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not essential
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toast
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raise glass to honor somebody
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acme
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highest point of profection or achievement
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doggerel
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loose verse; poor quality composition
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enormity
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very evil
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epicure
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gourmet
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equanimity
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composure; calm
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eschew
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abstain from
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espouse
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to support; to advocate
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evince
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to show clearly
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exposition
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detail description or discussion; act of discussing or discribing something
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facile
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fluent; easy; skillful in a superficial way
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flag
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to weaken; to slow down
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forbear
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to refrain from; to abstain
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founder
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to fail; to collapse; to sink
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fulsome
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excessively complimentary
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gambit
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a scheme to gain an advantage; a plot
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gratis
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free, received or given without cost or payment
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hermetic
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airtight; impervious to external influence
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idyllic
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charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful
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ignominy
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disgrace and dishonor
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ineluctable
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unavoidable
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inveterate
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habitual; firmly established
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itnerant
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traveling to find a job
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levee
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an embankment to prevent flood
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manifest
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obvious
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maudlin
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tearfully senimental; silly or weepy
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motility
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spontaneous movement
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palliate
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mitigate, partially excused
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patina
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surface discoloration because of age
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perturb
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to disturb greatly
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piquant
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pleasantly pungent
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plumb
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measure the depth of something
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presage
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to portend; to foreshadow
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quay
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waterside platform
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quintessential
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being the most perfect example of
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rampart
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fortified embankment
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remonstrate
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argue strongly
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remuneration
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payment
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reprobate
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somebody immoral
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surreptitious
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sneaky; secret
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venal
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capable of being bribed; corrupt
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wizened
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wither; shriveled;shrunken
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privation
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poverty; lack of comforts or necessities
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prurient
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having lustful thoghts
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verdant
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covered with green plants; leafy; inexperienced
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pave
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provide with a surface for walking on
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temperament
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quality of mind
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attentive
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paying attention
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rapt
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completely engrossed
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cleaver
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heavy knife used by butchers
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sculptor
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artist who makes sculptures
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palette
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range of colors used my artist
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chisel
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carve something with chisel
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swan
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tian e
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cygnet
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young swan
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gander
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male goose
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intelligible
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understandable
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treadmill
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tread
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walk or step on something; trample
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construe
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interpret
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irksome
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annoying
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amputate
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cut off part of body
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fulminate
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speak scathingly to express forceful criticism
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cur
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contemptible person
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villain
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evil character
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octogenarian
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someone in his her eighties
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compulsory
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necessary; forced
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desperation
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recklessness; hopelessness
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reck
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care, matter
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clan
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large family;
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quill
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large feather
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fawn
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young deer; seek favor by flattory
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lout
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someone lack of grace
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poltroon
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someone lack of courage
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impostor
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someone who pretends to be another
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scold
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tell someone off; speak harshly
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berate
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scold vigorously and lengthily
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shatter
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fragments
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mourn
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express sadness at somebody's death
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cobbler
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shoemaker
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conscript
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compel to military service
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enlist
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enroll in military; gain support
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enthrall
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delight thoroughly; enslave
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buoy
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keep soemthing up;floating signal
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locomotive
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rail engine
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windjammer
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large sailing ship
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cephalic
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of the head
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scapula
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bone forming back of the shoulder
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catechism
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religious questions and answers
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odyssey
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series of travels
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truss
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to tie tightly; something that provides support
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patio
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roofless courtyard
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reel
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revolving storage device
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spool
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wind something on spool
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skein
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twisted bundle of yarn
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canopy
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cover for shelter
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legerdemain
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show of decietful skill
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orator
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givers of speeches
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damp
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moist; melancholy
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vaudeville
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popular entertainment
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caricature
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comic exaggeration
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comical
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funny
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dune
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hill of sand
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frown
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displeased expression by wrinkling brow
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proponent
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advocate
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outfox
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outwit somebody
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outdo
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do better
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batter
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hit repeatedly
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antic
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clown
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commissioned
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authority to act as agent
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depose
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remove from office; take evidence
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shrug
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raise and drop shoulders to express indifference or lack of knowledge
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shudder
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shiver violently
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prose
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language that is not poetry
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nomandic
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wanderer
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sedentary
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involving sitting
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ravenous
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extremely hungry
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disband
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split up
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wayward
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disobedience; erratic
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methodical
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systematical
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dross
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something wrothless
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pandemonium
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chaos
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quartz
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crstalline mineral
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greisen
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rock composed of quartz
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dereliction
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neglect of duty
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compend
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compendium; short account
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compendious
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full and concise
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colossal
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very large; very great
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artless
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without deception
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nosy
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intrusively inquisitive
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punctuality
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keeping in arranged time
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slumber
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sleep, inactive
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arousal
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arousing of emotion or activity; sexual desire
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grudge
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resentment that last for a long time
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arsenic
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poisonous element
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pantry
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place for storing food
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sludge
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wet material; solid waste; broken ice
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obstrusive
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conspicuous; annoying,tend to force your presence or opinions on other people
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usher
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someone who seats people; escort or seat somebody
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sabbatical
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leave from work
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caste
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social class based rank, birth, or other criterion
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gentry
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the upper class just below artistocracy
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artisan
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skilled craftsperson.
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logy
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sluggish
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interminable
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seemingly endless
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restraint
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holding back something
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dulcet
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agreeable to hear
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fracas
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quarrel or fight
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sonorous
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producing sound;
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lull
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soothe or calm somebody
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cant
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slope; jolt; jargon; hypocritical talk
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purblind
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completely bind
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amulatory
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able to move
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dispatch
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send something; carry out
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convoke
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call to assemble
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forswear
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reject strongly
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curb
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edge of sidewalk; impose limitation; restrain
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febrile
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relating fever
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sturdy
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well made; with a strong build
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coarse
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rough; vulgar
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lackey
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man servant
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unguent
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healing ointment
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ointment
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substance that soothe itchiness, soreness, or help heal wounds
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grave
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serious in manner
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dandy
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excellent; one who is very elegant in dress or manners
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stern
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strict; severe; forbidding
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rogue
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somebody dishonest
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fatalist
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believer in fatalism
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stanch
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stop liquid flow
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gnome
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tiny supernatural being
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impasse
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block to progress or agreement
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easement
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limited use of property
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nonchalance
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casual attitude
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gaudy
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showy
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gaunt
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thin; stark
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stark
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plain
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plump
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filled with something; slightly overweight
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emaciate
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make or become thin
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oblivious
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unaware; forgetten
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mortality
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certainty to die; number of death
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pediatrician
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children's doctor
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stature
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height; individual's standing
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cushy
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well-paid and easy; luxurious
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startling
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surprising or alarming
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egalitarian
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believing in equality
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femur
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main bone in human's thigh
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spurt
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jet of liquid or gas; sudden increase
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eradicate
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get rid of something completelyl
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irradicable
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impossible to eradicate
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haul
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pull or drag something
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hale
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fit and strong; make somebody go somewhere
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dither
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hestitate; teeter
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apace
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quickly
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turbid
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muddy;confused
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limpid
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clear; lucid
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pellucid
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transparent; clear in meaning
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carousal
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noisy party
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inveigh
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speak out angrily
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objurgate
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scold
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lambaste
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criticize strongly
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excoriate
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denouce
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impugn
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criticize or cast doubt on
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reprehend
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censure
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retaliate
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hurt somebody in return
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agitate
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make somebody anxious, arouse public interest, move something violently
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pillory
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ridicule or punish somebody
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bacchanilian
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druken revelry
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revelry
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noisy celebration
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deprave
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corrupt somebody
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iniquity
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injustice or immoral
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libertine
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philanderer
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philanderer
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have casual affairs with women
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libidinous
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expressing sexual desire
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salacious
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with sexual content
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fealty
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faithfulness
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canard
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hoax, false report or rumor that intended as a joke; aircraft part like wing
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ersatz
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artificial, imiatating something superior
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mordant
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sarcastic; corrosive
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mordacious
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sharply sarcastic; bitting
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eulogize
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praise highly
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minatory
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menacing
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renitent
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rigid in structure or attitude
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recreant
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disloyal
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stultify
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diminish interest; make somebody seem stupid
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ancillary
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subordinate; providing support
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mainstay
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chief support
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stalwart
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dependable;strong; hard-working loyal supporter
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curmudgeon
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somebody who is irritable or stubborn
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untoward
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inappropriate; unexpected; causing misfortune
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burgeoning
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growing quickly
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clement
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mild as regards weather; merciful
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unstinting
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generous
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covetous
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want somebody else's property (covet)
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curt
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rudely brief; terse
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pithy
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brief and to point; of pith
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periphrastic
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using circumlocution; indirect statement
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turgid
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pompous and overcomplicated; overflowing
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despotic
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(despot); powerful ruler
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peremptory
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dictatorial
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tyrannical
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ruling unjustly; authoritarian
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lackadaisical
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without enthusiasm
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odium
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hatred
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proselyte
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somebody converted to new belief
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slake
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satisfy need,esp drink
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expiate
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atone for wrongdoing
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atone
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make up for misdeed
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esurient
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very hungry or greedy
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tendentious
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trying to influence opinion
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abnegate
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renounce something
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spartan
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marked up discipline and austerity; person with strong character
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ostensible
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specious
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unctuous
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excessively ingratiating
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discomfit
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make somebody unsettled or confused
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fetter
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restraint; shackle for ankles
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forfend
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prevent something happening
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chortle
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gleeful laugh
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gleeful
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great delight, joy, joyful
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droll
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oddly amusing
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facetious
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suppoese to b funny;
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gibe
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mocking remark
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riposte
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smart reaction
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raillery
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joking remark
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simper
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coy smile
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coy
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evasive; shy or pretending to be shy
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evasive
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avoiding an issue; avoiding trouble
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fum/
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SMOKE: fume, be angry, emit gas; fumigate, treat with fumes; perfume
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juv/
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YOUNG: juvenile; junvenilia, work produced in artist's youth
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oner/
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BURDEN: exonerate; onerous, onus burden, blame
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sang/
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BLOOD: consanguinity, relationship by blood; sanguinary; sanguine
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VERD
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GREEN: verdant, verdigris, green deposit on copper; verdure, vivid green of plants
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VOL
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FLY: volant, able to fly; volatile; volley, swing at a ball, firing of weapons
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VIRU
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POISON: virulence, poisonousness; viruliferous, bearing a virus; virus
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SAL
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SALT: salary; saline, containing salt
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RETRO
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BACKWARD: retroactive, applying to the past; retroflex, bent backward; retrograde, moving backward, inverse, getting worse; retrospective, looking at the past
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FATU
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FOOLISH: fatuity, self-satisfied unintelligence; fatuous, infatuate, make somebody irrational
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FUG
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FLEE: centrifuge, separation equiptment; fugitive; fugue, musical form; refuge, refugee, subterfuge, something designed to decieve
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rapacious
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grasping
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rapacious
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greedy, grasping
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exogenous
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from an outside organsim
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rival
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competing person or group; equal or better cometitor
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congruent
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in agreement; differing by exactly divisible amount
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furnace
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enclosure producing great heat
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woe
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unfortunate happening; grief
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appalled
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shocked by something dreadful
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concur
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agree; coincide
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etiology
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study of causes
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fascism
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dictatorial movement
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tedium
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boring quality
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hidebound
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narrow-minded and conservative
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SOL
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ALONE: desolate; isolate; sole; soliloquize, speak soliloquy; solipsism, belief in self as only reality; solitude; solo
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SUMM
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HIGHEST: consummate; sum; summary, immediate; summit, top-level dipolmatic conference, highest point
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SUA
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PLEASE: assuage, dissuade, persuade, persuasive, suasion, act of persuading; suave
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UMBR
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SHADOW: adumbrate; penumbra, partial shadow; somber; umber, dark brown, pigment, coloring substance; umbrage, offense, give shadow
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UND
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WAVE: inundate; redundant; undulant; undulate, move like waves
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HETERO
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OTHER: heterodox, disagreeing with established opinions; heterodyne, combining radio frequencies; heterogeneous, consisting dissimilar parts, unrelated; heterosexual, not homosexual
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DORM
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SLEEP: dormant, not active; dormitory, dorms
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DULC
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SWEET: dulcet, agreeable to hear ; dulcified, make agreeable, sweeten; dulcimer, zither, string instrument
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ARD
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BURN: ardent, passionate; ardor, intense motion; arson, crime of burning property
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BEL, BELL
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BEAUTIFUL: belle, beautiful woman; embellish
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BELL, BELLI
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WAR: antebellum; bellicose, warlike; belligerent; rebellion
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CELER
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SPEED: accelerate; celerity; decelerate
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NULL
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NOTHING: annul, make something invalid; null; nullify; nullity, noneffectiveness
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OB
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AGAINST: obdurate; obliterate; oblong, elongate, lengthened; obloquy; object; obstacle; obstreperous; obstruct
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OSS, OSTE
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BONE: osseous, bony; ossicle, small bone in ear; ossiferous, containing bones; ossuary, container for bones; osstectomy,; ossify; osteopathy, treatment of skeletal problems
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PALP
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FEEL: palpable; palpate, examine by touching; palpitation, fast or irregular heartbeat
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ingrained
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work deep into something
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travail
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hard work
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imminence
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about to occur
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MOLL
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SOFT: emollient; mild; mollify; mollusk, clam snall, slug, or octopus
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EGO
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SELF: ego; egocentric, selfish; egoism; egotist, conceited person
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EU
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WELL, GOOD: eugenics; eulogy; euphemism; euphony; euphoria, extreme happiness; euthanasia, painless killing
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FAL
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LIABLE TO ERR TO DECEIVE: default; fail; fallacy, mistaken belief or idea, invalid argument; false; faux pas, embarrassing misktake that breaks conventioin; infallible
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GREG
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FLOCK, GROUP OF PEOPLE OR ANIMALS: aggregate; congregate, assemble people or animal; egregious, flagrant; gregarious; segregate
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HAP
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BY CHANCE: haphazard unplanned, by chance, random; hapless happen; mayhap, perhaps; mishap, accident, bad luck
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HEMI
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HALF: heiptera; hemisphere; hemistich, half line of poetry
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MOR, MORT
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DEATH: amortize, reduce debt by installments; immortal; morbid, interested in gruesome subjects; moribund, dying, becoming obsolete; mortality; mortgage; mortification, shame; mortuary
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MOT, MOV, MOM, MOB
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MOVE: automobile; demote, reduce one's rank; immovaable; locomotion; mob, noisy crownd; mobile; momentous; momentum; motion;mutiny,rebellion
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MON, MONO
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ONE: monarchy; monastic, relating to monks, austere or reclusive; monism, theory of reality as single entity; monochord; monograph, writing on a single subject; monogram, decorative initials; monolithic, in form of large stone block; monologue,long speach by one person; monomania, obsessive preoccupation; monsyllable; monotonous, repetitive and uninteresting, untter in one town
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PED, POD
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FOOT: arthropod, invertebrate animal; expedient, appropriate, advantageous; impede; pedal; pedestal, supporting base of furniture; pedestrian; pediment, supporting columns; pedgree, line of ancestors; tripod
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PED
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CHILD; EDUCATION: encyclopedia; pedagogue, teacher; pedant; pediatrician
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PEL
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DRIVE, PUSH: appellate, empowered to review judical decisions; appellation, name or title; compel; dispel; expel; impel, force to do; propel
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PHOB
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FEAR: claustrophobia, fear of confined; hydrophobia, fear of fluids; phobia; phobic, intensely fear of something; xenophobia
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PHON
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SOUND: antihphony, music performed in alternating sections; euphony; megaphone, voice amplifier; phonetics, study of speech sounds; phonograph, a record player; polyphony, music with several melodies, use of letter for different sound
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VIL
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BASE, MEAN: revile; vile; vilify; vilification
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VOLU, VOLV
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ROLL, TURN: circumvolve, revolve or wind about; revolve, move in circular fashion, recur; convolution, twisted shape; devolve, become somebody else's obligation, transfer or be transferred, deteriorate; involution, complication; revolt; voluble, talkative, twisted; volume; voluminous; volute, spiral shape
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disconsolate
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extremely sad
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elegiac
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like elegy; mournful
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forlorn
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lonely and miserable
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lugubrious
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extremely gloomy
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threnody
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a song, poem or speech of lament for dead
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fetid
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nauseating, have rottened or offensive smell
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tenet
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something accepted as important truth
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invidious
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unjust, unpleasant
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putrid
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decaying and distgusting smell
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rebarbative
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repellent: unpleasant, annoying, or forbidding
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repellent
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causing disgust; resistant to something
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abeyance
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suspension of activity; ownership unestablished
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abortive
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unsuccessful
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remission
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slowing of disease; lessening of something; release from seomthing ;forgiveness
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recidivism
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relapsing into crime
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remit
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send payment; cancel something; restore something; defer something
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relapse
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go into former state
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IN, IM, I
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IN, ON: illuminate; incantation, use of supposedly magic words; induct, formally admit to the office, introduce new ideas to, enlist of military service; infer; imbibe, drink something, absorb something; immigrate; impact; irrigate, supply area with water
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INTER
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BETWEEN, AMONG: intercept; interchange, switch or sway, exchange things; interfere; interject, interrupt with a comment; interpret; interval
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INTRA
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INSIDE, WITHIN: intramural, within school or institution; intrastate, within one state; intravenous, within vein
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IT, ITER
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WAY, JOURNEY: abition; circuit, circular path, regular journey; initial; itinerant; itinerary; reiterate, transit
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JOC
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JOKE: jocose, fun of joking; jocular; jocularity; jocund, jolly and full of good humor; joke
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JOUR
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DAY: adjourn, postpone proceeding, postpone, defer; journey; journal
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JUD
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JUDGE: adjudicate, decide legally; judiciary, court system; judicious, sensible and wise; prejudice
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JUNCT, JUG
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JOIN: adjunct, something extra added on; conjugal, relating to marriage; conjunction, combining of several things; injunction, court order; junction, place where things join; junta, new ruler after coup, secret group; subjugate; subjunctive,
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JUR
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LAW: abjure; adjure, command solemnly under oath; conjure, perform magic tricks, invoke, influence with spell; injure; juridical, relating to law; jurisdiction, legal authority; jurispredence, theory of law, legal system; jurist, legal expert; jury; perjury, telling lies under oath
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LAUD
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PRAISE: applaud; cum laude, with honor; laud; laudable; laudatory, expressing praise; plaudits, expression of praise
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LAV, LAU, LU
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WASH: ablution, ritual washing, washing yourself; laundry; lava; lavatory, toilet, wash room; lave, wash something, flow against
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LAX, LAK, LEAS, LES
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LOOSE: lax, not strict, careless, not tence; laxative; laxity lack of strictness; lease; leash; lessee, someone with a lease; lessor, someone who grants a lease; relax; release
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LEG, LEC, LEX
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READ, SPEAK: dialect; lectern, reading stand for speakers; lecture; legend; legible; lesson; lexicographer, writing of dicitonaries; lexicon
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LEV
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LIGHT: alleviation; elevate; leaven, rising agent; lever, rigid bar used for leverage; levitate, rise in the air; levity, flippancy; levy, impose a tax, raise an army, declare war; relieve
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LIBER
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FREE: delivery; illiberal, narrow-minded, ungenerous; liberal, broad-minded, generous; liberality, generousity, largeness, broad mind; liberate, set somebody free; libertine, philanderer; livery, uniform, irritable
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LIG, LI
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TIE, BIND: ally, join in, affiliate something, connect through marriage; league; liable, responsible; lien, legal claim on somebody's propery; ligament, connector; ligature, something used for tying; oblige, obligatory;
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LING, LANG
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TONGUE: bilingual; language; linguistic
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LITH
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STONE: acrolith, wood and stone statue; lithography, process of making prints; lithoid, like stone; lithology, study of rocks; lithomoty, surgical removal of stone; megalith, large stone; monolith, pillar of rocks
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LOG, LOQU
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SPEECH, THOUGHT: biology;ecology, study or organism and environment; elocution, art of clear speaking; eloquent; grandiloquent, lofy manner; interlocutor, somebody discussing; locution, phrase, style of speech; monologue, actor's long speech; obloguy; soloiloquy; ventriloquism, art of producing voices
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LUX, LUC
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LIGHT: elucidate, explain something; lucid; lucubrate, piece of learned writing, long study; luster, soften sheen, shininess; pellucid; translucent, letting light through diffusely, glowing
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MACRO
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GREAT LONG: macrobiotics; macrocephalous, excessive largeness of head; macrocosm, complex system seen as single unit
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MAG, MAX, MAJ, MAS
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GREAT: magistrate; magnanimous, nobel-spirited; magnate; magnificent; magnify; magniloquent, , using important sounding words; majesty; major; majority; maxim; mistress
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MAL
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BAD: maladroit, tactless; malady, illness, problem; malediction, curse; malefactor, malevolence; malic; malinger
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MAN, MANU
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HAND: amanuensis, scribe, writer's assistant; emancipation; manacle, ring around prisoner's wrist; manage; maneuver, skilled movement, devious act; manifest, showing something clearly; manipulate; manner; manual; manufacture; manuscript
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MAND, MEND
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COMMAND, ORDER: command; countermand, cancel a command, recall; demand; mandate; mandatory; remand, send someone back; reprimand, tell somebody off, rebuke
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MID
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MIDDLE: immediate; intermediate, being in between; mean; media; median; mediate, intervene to resolve conflict; medieval, of the middle ages in europe, old-fashioned; mediocre; medium medius?
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induct
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formally admit to office; introduce new ideas; enlist for military service
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jaded
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bored; tired
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arsenal
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resource; weapons storehouse
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canard
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hoax, false statement
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infrangible
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unbreakable
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cavil
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unreasonable object
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tactile
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of touch; tangible
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friable
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crumbly
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solicitous
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concerned
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blaspheme
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insult religion
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piquant
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spicy or savory (pleasant)
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hoary
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overused; white with age
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extraneous
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not relevant
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efface
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behave humbly
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banter
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light teasing remark
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factitous
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insincere; artificial
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vagarious
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unpredictable
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vim
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exuberance, full of enthusiasm
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cabal
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group plotters
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despondency
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discouraged
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commotion
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ruckus, a scene of noisy confusion or activity
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demean
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humiliate and degrade; behave
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realize
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accomplish
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flotsam
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worthless object
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extrusion
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force something out
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manic
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mania, obsession; overexcited
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rotund
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overweight; rich in sound
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nubile
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ready for marriage
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emasculate
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weaken
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invigorat
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fill with energy
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humble
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modest; respectful; lowly
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bereave
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deprive through death
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cadavar
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corpse
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defunct
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not operating; dead
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knell
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slow bell ring; signal something ominous
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macabre
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horribly gruesome
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moribund
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dying; stagnant; obsolecent
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obsequies
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funeral rite
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rite
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ceremonial act
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sepulchral
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dismal, depressing, hopeless
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dismal
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depressing,hopeless
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wraith
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ghost; apparition of somebody soon to die
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facsimile
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copy of something
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factitious
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insincere; artificial
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quintessence
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embodiment
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vicarious
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experienced through another by imagining
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tantamount
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the same as
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expatiate
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speak or write at length; wander
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forage
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food for animal; wander around searching
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abatement
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reducing;
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aperture
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narrow openin
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fissure
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crack; split or process of splitting
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interregnum
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time between one reign and the next; time without government control; interruption
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interstice
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small space
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orifice
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opening
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rent
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hole made be tearing
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rift
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gap or break; split; disagreement
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aphorism
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succint statement
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apothegm
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terse saying
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bromide
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unoriginal saying; unoriginal saying; uninteresting person
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epigram
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witty saying
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sententious
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pithy; full of aphorism
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truism
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obvious statement
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conjugal
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relating to marriage
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consanguine
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related by blood
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distaff
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women's work or concerns
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endogamous
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marriage within group
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filial
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of children to parents
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fratricide
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killing a brother
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progenitor
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ancester; orinator
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scion
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younger member of a family
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askance
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suspiciously; oblique
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careen
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sway or swerve while moving
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carom
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a rebound following a collision
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gyrate
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move in circle or spiral
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vortex
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whirling mass, like air or water; something overwhelmign
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reap
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obtain as result; gather crop
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enclave
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distinct group in community
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niche
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suitable place for somebody
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receptive
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willing to accept; quick to learn
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respeak
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signify something; ask for something politely
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appraise
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valuate something
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ascertain
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to find out something with certainty
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assay
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examine something; attempt to do something
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peruse
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read something very carefully
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diurnal
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in the daytime; every day
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vast amount of time
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epoch
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significant period in history
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fortnight
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two weeks
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millennium
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1000 years
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penultimate
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second to last
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temporal
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relating to time; brief
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bilious
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nauseated; showing bad mood
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dudgeon
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pique, a fit of anger and irritation
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pettish
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peevish
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querulous
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tending to complain; whining
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umbrage
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arising offience; give shadow
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waspish
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easily irritated; spiteful
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parch
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dry out
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harp
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triangular string instrument
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abash
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make somebody ashamed
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expiate
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atone for wrongdoing
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gaucherie
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social awkwardness
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dour
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severe or unfriendly
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fell
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fierce; lethal; inauspicious
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auspicious
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promising well for future
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auspice
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good omen
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sardonic
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disdainfully mockin
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vituperation
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outburst of abuse
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truculent
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aggressively defiant; ; fierce
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cavil
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object of no good reason
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belabor
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harp on, repeat something; criticize; beat
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enjoin
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command somebody; impose something; forbid somehtign
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martinet
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military disciplinarian, one who demands adherance of military rules
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augur
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indicate what will happen
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fey
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apparently irrational; supernatural;clairvoyant
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prognosticate
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predict the future
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adventitious
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unexpected outside resource
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amulet
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lucky jewelry
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kismet
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fate
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nemesis
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unbeatable opponent; source of harm
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propitiate
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to appease of conciliate to win favor
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propitious
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favorable; kindly
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providential
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very lucky; of providence
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talisman
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magical object
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sensational
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outstanding
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impudence
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deliberate rudeness
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exuberance
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full of enthusiasm; abundant; lavish
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flag
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become weak or tired
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compost
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decay plant
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estrange
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cause to stop being friendly
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reconcile
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make people friendly; end conflict
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sonnet
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poem structure
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medley
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mixture of things
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scurry
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move hurrily
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chatter
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talk rapidly
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seer
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predictor of future
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quack
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someone who is a fraud
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pilgram
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religious traveler
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indignation
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indignant
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patronage
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appointments assigned by a politician
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digress
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move off central topic
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adorn
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embellish
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flattery
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paying of compliments to win favor
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vanity
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excessive pride (vain)
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toady
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somebody ingratiating and servile
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endogenous
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without external cause
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infringe
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disobey or disregard law
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canvas
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heavy fabric to paint on
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divulge
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reveal something
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incognito
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in disguise
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imbibe
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drink something
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intricate
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complex and difficult
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decry
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criticize
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untarnish
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not dull or discolored; not spoiled
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overt
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unconcealed; opened
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discreet
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careful to avoid offending poepole; good at keeping secrets
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propagate
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reproduce organism; spread something widely
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boisterous
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turbulent, wild; noisy, energetic
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obnoxious
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objectionable, very offensive, unpleasant
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adultery
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extramarital
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morbid
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interested in gruesome subject
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quench
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satisfy thirst
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despair
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feeling of hopelessness
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disparage
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criticize
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amortize
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reduce debt by installments
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verbatim
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in identical words
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ruffle
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behave arrogantly; wave in surface
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crestfallen
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downcast
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delegate
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give task or authority to; official representitive
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slovenly
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not concerned about conventional standards of personal hygiene and tidiness
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pigheaded
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obstinate
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sound
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not damaged; completely acceptable; complete; peacefully, __ sleep
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hysteria
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emotional instability cause by trama; laughing or crying out of control
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dabble
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become involved superficially
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intercede
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plead for somebody; mediate in dispute
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scad
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large quantities; scads of mony
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oust
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force somebody out
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bolster
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encourage through support
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vibrant
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energentic
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protrusion
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protrude, sticking out
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entice
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tempt by offering something attractive
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sumptuous
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splendid; extravagant
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dank
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damp and cold
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dissolution
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disolve, breakup of something, demise
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futility
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futile, pointlessness
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retribution
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punishment
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slur
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speak indistinctly; demean somebody
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radiant
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showing happiness; shinning
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pry
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be inquisitive; prying into somebody's priavte affairs
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tinge
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slight added color
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hedge
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restrict; evasive; protective method; evasive statement
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transgress
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break law; do wrong
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hallow
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make holly; respect greatly
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qualification
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something restrictive
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industry
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hard work
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spunk
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pluckiness, eager wilingness
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spunky
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energetic and courageous
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admonition
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rebuke; advice
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premonition
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intuition of future events; warning about future
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hallucination
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false sense perception; something imagined
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brash
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hasty; aggressively self-assertive
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stupefy
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amaze; make somebody unable to think clearly
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stilted
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not fluent; formal
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slender
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slim; small in width; limited
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nonchalanct
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indifferent
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civility
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politeness
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sobriety
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abstinence; seriousness; dullness
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mirth
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laughter
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plucky
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brave
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adveristy
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misfortune; adverse happening
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spate
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flood outburst; large quantity
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smug
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self-satisfied
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bashfulness
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shy
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bash
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smash; criticize
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restiveness
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obstinate; impatient
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pejorative
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expressing disapproval
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gadfly
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someone who's annoying
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evanescent
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fleeting
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appall
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shock or disgust somebody
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unsettle
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disrupt; upset somebody
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eloquent
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speaking beautifully and forcefully; expressing emotion clearly
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gracious
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kind and polite
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sullen
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hostilely silent
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immaculate
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clean; faultess
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precarious
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unsafe; not well founded
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chancy
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risky
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bounty
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reward; generosity; abundant supply
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aggrieve
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cause distress to somebody
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overawed
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make somebody feel awe
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labored
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showing effort
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suppress
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put an end to something; prevent something
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pugnacious
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quarrelsome
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pawn
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hostage
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underside
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undesirable side
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rugged
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with irregular surface
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brunt
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main force; greater burden of something
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preponderance
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majority; dominance or superiority
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gracious
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kind and polite
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elegant
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stylish and graceful; showing skill and grace; concise
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untrammeled
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unrestrained
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grieve
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experience intense sorrow; make sad
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legacy
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something from the past; outedated or discontinued
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senile
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mentally less acute in later life; relating to later life; senior
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parasitic
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living in or on another oraganism; living off other people
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protozoan
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single cell organism
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sanctum
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sacred inner place; quiet private place
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mason
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somebody who works with stone; build something using stone
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fable
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story that teaches lesson; myths and legends; false account
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haggard
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tried looking; unruly
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epic
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long narrative poem; long series of events; large and heroic
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sermon
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religious talk; long lecture on behavior
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frailty
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weakness; character flaw
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caption
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description of illustration; heading of legal document
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drudgery
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exhausting work
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encumbrance
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burden or hinderance
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ambivalence
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conflict of ideas or attitudes; uncertainty
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makeshift
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substitute
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whim
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passing impulse
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elision
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omission of word
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contract
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shrink or lessen
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contrast
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marked difference; juxtaposition of different things
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almanac
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calender; book of data
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abacus
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counting device
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mumbler
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mumble
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enunciate
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speak or state clearly
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haggle
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try to settle on price
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outlast
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exist longer
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detritus
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debris
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glacier
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ice mass
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thaw
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melt; become less cold; defrost
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silt
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river deposits
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FOLIAGE
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leaves; building ornamentation
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corral
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place for livestock
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sty
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pigpen
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stag
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mature male deer
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muzzle
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animal's nose and jawas; restraining device for animals; put muzzle on animal; censor somebody
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reef
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underwater ridge
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brittle
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hard and breakable ;not friendly; sharp-sounding
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satin
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glossy silk
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tablet
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inscribed stone or wooden slab
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inscribe
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put writing on something
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cord
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stack wood in cords
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hobble
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limit someone's action; walk unsteadily
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masthead
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title of newspaper
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frayed
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wearaway; argument or fight
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fabric
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cloth; texture; substance
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frazzled
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exhausted or confused or irritable
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pervert
|
lead somebody away from good; use something improperly; debase; somebody whose sexual behavior is unacceptable
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officious
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meddlesome and interfering, characteristic of sombody who is eager to give unwanted help or advice; unofficial
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meddlesome
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tending to interfere in other people's concerns
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edifice
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building; structure
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nomad
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wanderer
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pinhead
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bluent end of pin; somebody very unintelligent
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spur
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encourage somebody to try harder; go quickly
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embitter
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make somebody bitter; make something worse
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mealy-mouthed
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lacking frankness or directness
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nonentity
|
insignificant person; something nonexistent
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luminary
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eminent person; characterized by light
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None
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mutineer
|
rebel
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eccentric
|
unconventional; odd
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begrudge
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resent something somebody has; not want to give
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bilk
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cheat; avoid paying
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compose
|
be the parts of something; calm; reconcile
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transcend
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go beyond limit; surpass something
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recalcitrant
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resisting control
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drudge
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do menial work, to do boring or exhausting work
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menial
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unskilled;domestic servant
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prim
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prudish; formal and proper; very neat
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prude
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somebody easily shocked by sex
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disquiet
|
lack of peace
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gruesome
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horrifying
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coax
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persuade gently; obtain something by gentle persuasion
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nettle
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irritate somebody
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muffle
|
wrap something to stifle sound
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stifle
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suffocate, stop breathing; repress, prevent development
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recompense
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pay or reward somebody
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paltry
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insignificant; despicable, worthy of contempt
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resourceful
|
ingenious and enterprising
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cordial
|
friendly; deeply felt; refresing; tonic
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adherent
|
supporter
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adhere
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obey; support
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oscillate
|
move back and forward
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gentility
|
refinement; upper-class status
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asperity
|
harshness or severity
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unscathed
|
unhurt or undamaged
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scath
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criticize somebody; harm; damage
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fetter
|
shackle for ankles; restraint
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crestfallen
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downcast
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inebriate
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excite
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purgation
|
purging
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ruffle
|
irriatating thing; wave in surface; behave arrogantly
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flouce
|
jerky movement to show displeasure or indignation
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aboveboard
|
openly; honestly
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invective
|
using language abusively
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byproduct
|
incidental product; secondary result
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sextant
|
navigational instrument
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forceps
|
surgical instruments
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refractory
|
uncontrollable
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subservient
|
too eager to obey
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inspirational
|
bring inspiration
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accentuate
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draw attention to something; stress something
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divestiture
|
take away
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bland
|
insipid; unemotional
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dispatch
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quick efficiency
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serenity
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calm and untroubled
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substantiate
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prove or support something
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unsubstantiate
|
unverified
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troupe
|
group of traveling performers
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sybarite
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somebody seeking sensual gratification
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racketeer
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criminal plotter
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vengeful
|
wanting revenge
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hack
|
trite; writer
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schism
|
splitting into factions
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faction
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conflict within group
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blasé
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unconcerned
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subtle
|
not obvious; understated
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incendiary
|
likely to catch fire
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liken
|
compare with another to find similarity
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forsake
|
abandon; give up
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adjourn
|
postpone; move as group
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teeter
|
totter; vacilliate
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nauseating
|
causing sickness in stomach; disgusting
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upkeep
|
maintenance
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forfeit
|
giving something up; penalty for wrongdoing
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bail
|
security for appearance in court; release under security; crash(slang)
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sprout
|
devlop buds or shoots; germinate, to begin to grow from seed; grow
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serf
|
medieval farmworker; enslaved labor
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phantom
|
unreal being or sensation
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seedy
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shabby, dirty-looking; unwell
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boggle
|
hesitate with second thought; baffle or become baffled
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ascertain
|
find out something with certainty
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unruffled
|
calm and poised; smooth
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gambol
|
leap playfully
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masquerade
|
disguising costume
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plod
|
walk heavily and steadily
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mellifluous
|
pleasant to hear
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buoyant
|
able to float; cheerful
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taper
|
get or make narrow; reduce graudally
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dejected
|
very unhappy
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high-handed
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dismissing others' view
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hard-handed
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unsympathetic
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short-handed
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short of workers
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diminution
|
reduction
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distend
|
swell up
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embroil
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involve somebody in a conflict; muddle or mix up somehting
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vouchsafe
|
promise something
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jettison
|
reject something; throw something overboard
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bystander
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someone nearby but not involved
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stoic
|
someone impassive; patient and uncomplaining
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victor
|
winner
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gamely
|
ready and willing; brave
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languor
|
tiredness; listlessness
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refraction
|
change of direction of wave
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seedy
|
shabby; having seeds; unwell
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chore
|
routine task; unenjoyable task
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jibe
|
change direction in sailing; be in accord
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sabotage
|
deliberate destruction
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ornate
|
excessively decorative
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flustered
|
make or become nervous
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broach
|
bring up difficult subject; open something
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posture
|
deceptive stance; pose conveying attitude
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stance
|
attitude toward something; way of standing
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jabber
|
talk very fast
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gist
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main point
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solder
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unite to form whole
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incursion
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raid, intrusion
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