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229 Cards in this Set
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Abstract
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Not easy to understand; theoretical
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Acquiesce
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To agree to an opinion
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Altruistic
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Unselfish
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Amorphous
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Having no determinate form
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Anarchist
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Believes formal government is unnecessary
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Appease
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To make quiet; to calm
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Apprehensive
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Fearful; aware; conscious
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Arbitrary
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Based on one’s preference or whim
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Audacious
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Fearless; bold
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Authoritarian
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Acting as a dictator; demanding obedience
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Benevolent
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Kind; generous
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Blasphemous
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Irreligious; profane; impious; unacceptable
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Capricious
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Changeable; fickle
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Censure
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To criticize or disapprove
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Complacent
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Content; self-satisfied; smug
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Compliant
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Yielding; obedient
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Comprehensive
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All-inclusive; complete; thorough
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Compromise
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To settle by mutual adjustment
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Concede
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To acknowledge; to admit; to surrender; to abandon one’s position
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Condescend
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To consciously come down from one’s position or rank
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Condone
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To overlook; to forgive
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Conspicuous
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Easy to see; noticeable
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Consternation
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Amazement or terror that causes confusion
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Consummation
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The completion; finish
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Contrite
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Regretful; sorrowful
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Cower
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To crouch down in fear or shame
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Deference
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Yielding to another’s opinion
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Denounce
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To speak out against; to condemn
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Depravity
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Moral corruption; badness
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Desecrate
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To violate a holy place or sanctuary
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Deter
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To prevent; to discourage; to hinder
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Discerning
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Distinguishing one thing from another
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Discriminate
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To distinguish one thing from another; to demonstrate bias; able to distinguish
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Distain
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Intense dislike; to look down at; to scorn
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Disparage
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To belittle; to undervalue
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Disparity
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Difference in form, character, or degree
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Document
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Official paper containing information; to support; to substantiate or verify
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Elaboration
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Act of clarifying; adding details
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Elusive
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Hard to catch; difficult to understand
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Engender
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To create; to bring about
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Equivocal
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Doubtful; uncertain
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Esoteric
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Incomprehensible; obscure
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Expedient
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Helpful; practical; worthwhile
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Extol
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To praise; to commend
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Extraneous
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Irrelevant; not related; not essential
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Facilitate
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To make easier; to simplify
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Fanatic
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Enthusiast; extremist
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Fastidious
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Fussy; hard to please
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Fortuitous
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Accidental; happening by chance; lucky
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Furtive
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Secretive; sly
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Futile
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Worthless; unprofitable
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Guile
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Slyness; deceit
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Hamper
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To interfere with; to hinder
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Haphazard
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Disorganized; random
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Heed
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To obey; to yield to
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Humility
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Lack of pride; modesty
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Hypothetical
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Assumed; uncertain
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Illuminate
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To make understandable
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Impetuous
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Rash; impulsive; forcible; violent
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Implication
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Suggestion; inference
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Incidental
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Extraneous; unexpected
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Inclined
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Apt to; likely to; angled
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Incredulous
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Unwilling to believe; skeptical
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Indulgent
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Lenient; patient
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Infamous
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Having a bad reputation; notorious
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Infer
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To form an opinion; to conclude
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Innocuous
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Harmless; innocent
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Innovate
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To introduce a change; to depart from the old
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Instigate
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To start; to provoke
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Languid
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Weak; fatigued
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Lax
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Careless; irresponsible
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Levity
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Silliness; lack of seriousness
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Magnanimous
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Forgiving; unselfish
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Mitigate
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To alleviate; to lessen; to soothe
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Ominous
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Threatening
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Pernicious
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Dangerous; harmful
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Placate
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To pacify; to calm
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Pragmatic
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Matter-of-fact; practical
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Preclude
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To inhibit; to make impossible
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Predecessor
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One who occupied an office before another
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Prodigal
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Wasteful; lavish
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Prodigious
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Exceptional; tremendous
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Prosaic
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Tiresome; ordinary
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Provincial
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Regional; unsophisticated
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Prudent
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Wise; careful; prepared
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Relegate
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To banish; to put to a lower position
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Relevant
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Of concern; significant
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Reprehensible
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Wicked; disgraceful
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Resolution
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Proposal; promise; determination
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Reticent
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Silent; reserved; shy
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Reverent
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Respectful
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Rhetorical
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Having to do with verbal communication; concerned with style and effect
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Scanty
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Inadequate; sparse
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Scrupulous
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Honorable; exact
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Servile
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Slavish; groveling
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Stoic
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Detached; unruffled; calm
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Taciturn
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Reserved; quiet; secretive
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Temper
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To soften; to pacify or calm; to compose
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Tentative
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Not confirmed; indefinite
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Tumid
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Swollen; inflated
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Uniform
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Consistent; unvaried; unchanging
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Universal
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Concerning everyone; existing everywhere
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Unobtrusive
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Inconspicuous; reserved
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Unprecedented
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Unheard of; exceptional
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Unpretentious
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Simple; plain; modest
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Vacillation
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Fluctuation
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Valid
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Acceptable; legal
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Vehement
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Intense; excited; enthusiastic
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Venerate
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To revere or admire
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Viable
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Capable of maintaining life; possible; attainable
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Vilify
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To slander
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Virulent
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Deadly; harmful; malicious
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Volatile
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Changeable; undependable
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Wane
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To grow gradually smaller
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Whimsical
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Fanciful; amusing
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Abase
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To degrade; to humiliate; to disgrace
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Abominate
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To loathe; to hate
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Absolve
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To forgive; to acquit
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Accede
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To comply with; to consent to
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Accrue
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To collect; to build up
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Adept
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Skilled; practiced
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Alacrity
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Enthusiasm; fervor; liveliness; sprightliness
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Allocate
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To set aside; to designate; to assign
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Allure
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To attract; to entice; attraction; temptation; glamour
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Amiss
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Wrong; awry or skewed; mistakenly
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Anoint
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To crown; to ordain; to smear with oil
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Awry
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Crooked; uneven; wrong; askew
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Baleful
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Sinister; threatening; evil; deadly
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Behoove
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To be advantageous; to be necessary
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Bereft
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Hurt by someone’s death
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Consecrate
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To sanctify; to make sacred; to immortalize
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Craven
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Cowardly; fearful
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Dearth
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Scarcity; shortage
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Debilitate
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To deprive of strength
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Deign
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To condescend; to stoop
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Delineate
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To outline; to describe
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Demur
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To object; objection; misgiving or doubt
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Destitute
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Poor; poverty-stricken
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Disheartened
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Discouraged; depressed
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Docile
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Manageable; obedient
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Duress
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Force; constraint
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Educe
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To draw forth
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Errant
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Wandering
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Ferret
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To drive or hunt out of hiding
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Finite
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Measurable; limited; not everlasting
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Forbearance
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Patience; self-restraint
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Germane
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Pertinent; related; to the point
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Guile
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Slyness; fraud
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Haggard
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Tired looking; fatigued
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Hierarchy
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Body of people, things, or concepts divided into ranks
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Hubris
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Arrogance
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Ignoble
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Shameful; dishonorable
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Imbue
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To inspire; to arouse
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Impale
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To fix on a stake; to stick; to pierce
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Impromptu
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Without preparation
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Indict
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To charge with a crime
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Inept
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Incompetent; unskilled
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Innuendo
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Hint; insinuation
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Intermittent
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Periodic; occasional
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Invoke
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To ask for; to call upon
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Lascivious
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Indecent; immoral
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Lecherous
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Impure in thought and act
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Liaison
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Connection; link
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Livid
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Black-and-blue; discolored; enraged
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Lucrative
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Profitable; gainful
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Lustrous
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Bright; radiant
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Manifest
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Obvious; clear
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Nettle
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To annoy; to irritate
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Obdurate
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Stubborn; inflexible
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Obsequious
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Fawning
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Obstinate
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Stubborn
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Occult
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Mystical; mysterious
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Painstaking
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Thorough; careful; precise
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Palpable
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Tangible; apparent
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Parochial
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Religious; narrow-minded
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Percussion
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The striking of one object against another
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Perjury
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The practice of lying
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Pervade
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To occupy the whole of
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Phlegmatic
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Without emotion or interest
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Pittance
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Small allowance
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Privy
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Private; confidential
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Progeny
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Children; offspring
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Pungent
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Sharp; stinging
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Quiescent
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Inactive; at rest
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Quirk
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Peculiar behavior; startling twist
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Rabid
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Furious; with extreme anger
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Ratify
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To make valid; to confirm
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Rationalize
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To offer reasons for; to account for
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Raucous
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Disagreeable; harsh
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Realm
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An area; sphere of activity
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Recession
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Withdrawal; depression
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Relinquish
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To let go; to abandon
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Render
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To deliver; to provide; to give up a possession
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Retroaction
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An action elicited by a stimulus
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Rustic
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Plain and unsophisticated; homely
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Sarcasm
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Ironic, bitter humor designed to wound
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Satire
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A novel or play using humor or irony to expose folly
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Seethe
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To be in a state of emotional turmoil; to become angry
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Skulk
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To move secretly
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Sordid
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Filthy
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Succinct
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Consisting of few words; concise
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Suppress
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To bring to an end; to hold back
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Surmise
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to guess
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Tacit
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Not voiced or expressed
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Tantalize
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To tempt; to torment
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Torpid
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Lacking alertness and activity; lethargic
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Transpire
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To take place; to come about
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Traumatic
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Causing a violent injury
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Truculent
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Aggressive; eager to fight
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Turmoil
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Unrest; agitation
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Ubiquitous
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Ever present in all places; universal
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Uncanny
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Of a strange nature; weird
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Unequivocal
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Clear; definite
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Unique
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Without equal; incomparable
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Unruly
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Not submitting to discipline; disobedient
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Unwonted
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unusual
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Usurpation
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Act of taking something for oneself; seizure
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Usury
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The act of lending money at illegal rates of interest
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Vagrant
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A homeless person; rambling; wandering; passing through
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Valance
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Short drapery hanging over a window frame
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Vaunted
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Boasted of
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Veracious
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Conforming to fact; accurate
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Vex
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To annoy
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Vindicate
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To free from charge; to clear
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Voluble
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Fluent
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Waive
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To give up possession or right
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Warrant
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To justify; to authorize
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Wrath
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Violent or unrestrained anger; fury
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Wry
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Mocking; cynical
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