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dry food; fodder
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provender
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dry up (dessicated romance)
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dessicate
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dry; barren
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arid
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dull; lacking brilliace; lacking luster
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lackluster
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dull and unimaginative; insipid or favourless (vapid tea; vapid smile)
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vapid
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dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual(dull and prossaic essay)
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prosaic
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impassive; dull (an stolid creature -- one that does not move)
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stolid
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lacking in color; dull; cheerless( drab old building)
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drab
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monotonous; lacking in variety; dull
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humdrum
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dull; not fresh; cheerless
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dingy
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dummy( people burned effigy of sachin ater world cup)
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effigy
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dwarf; spirit protecting a underground creature
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gnome
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dying ( a moribund patient)
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moribund
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eagerness; enthusiasm(zeal of youth)
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zeal
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earthen or stone embarkment to prevent floods
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levee
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person who defends; earthen works to protect
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bulwark
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ease or lessen(pain); satisfy ( hunger); sooth (hunger)
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assuage
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releive the pain of; lessen or make less severe(palliate the crime; palliate the headache)
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palliate
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(facile hand, facile tongue) fluent; easily accomplish
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facile
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approachable; warmly friendly
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affable
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delicate; difficult
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brittle
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that can easily catch fire
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combustible
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easily deceived
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gullible
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easily detected; allows light pass through it
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transparent
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nauseate; (feeling to vomit)
squeamish |
queasy
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clear; easy to understand; intelligible
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lucid
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approachable; obtainable
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accessible
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eat away
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erode
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erode by chemical reaction
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corrode
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eat all
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omnivorous
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eccentric; whimsical
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crotchetry
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echo; resounding
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reverberate
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echo; deep and full in sound
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resonant
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edge, especially of something round
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periphery
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(articulate speec); distinct; effective
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articulate
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efficiency or conciseness in use of
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economy
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effort; expenditure of physical strength
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exertion
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effusively sentimental
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maudlin
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egg-shaped
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ovoid
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ability to bounce back; elastic;power of springing back
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resilient
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element that is creatures natural environment; element in which micro organisms are cultivated
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medium
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element; ingredient
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component
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reject; rule out of considerattions
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dismiss
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manumit; free from bondage( military personnels were manumit from neighbouring countries)
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manumit
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embarass
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abash
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emit (odour); stink
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reek
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connection; emotional closeness; harmony
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rapport
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emotional urges that affect human activities
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libido
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elevation to godhood;an ideal axample of something(federer)
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apotheosis
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having no connection; objective and calm; physically seperate
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detached
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highlighted
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underscore
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empty; lacking in ideas; stupid(vacuous comments)
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vacuous
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enclose; surround
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emviron
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eclosure for birds
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aviary
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encode' convert into code
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encipher
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encourage; support
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hortatory
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end
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termination
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endanger; put at risk, imperil
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jeopardize
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unending
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interminable
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enclose ;place into something
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embed
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personification; endowed in flesh
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incarnate
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endure all forces
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weather
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(dynamic president)enthusiastic; vigorously active
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dynamic
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not spiritual; engrossed in the matters of earth
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worldly
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puzzling; mystic
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sphinx-like
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enjoy; distinct flavor; tang
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savor
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enjoyment; enthusiasm
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gusto
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bottomless; pit
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abyss
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large; enormous
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astronomical
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(Agarbatti)enrage; infuraite
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incense
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enroll(in college)
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matriculate
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entangle; stick in swampy ground(mud mired our cat)
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mire
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entertain; (treat with food or drink)
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regale
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enthusiasm; verve
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verve
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(standing ovation of crowd for steve waugh), applause
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ovation
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enthusiastic follower
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devotee
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entice; attract
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allure
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entire range( face that expressed gamut of expressions)
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gamut
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entrance; way in
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entree
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entusiastis ; round of applause(plaudits of crowd)
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plaudit
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humbly entreating; besseching
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suppliant
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environment; surrounding
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ambience
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environment; means of expression
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milieu
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person who takes excess pleasure in food and drink
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gourmand
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equal in extent
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commensurate
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equality; close resemblance
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parity
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equip( with military equipment)
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accoutre
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euipment; odds and ends;(gear or appurtenance)
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paraphernalia
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equvalent in value or effect (tantamount to gold)
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tantamount
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erase; strike out
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delete
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error
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blunder
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error; misunderstanding
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misapprehension
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essence
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gist
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main point( crux of the problem)
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crux
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essential quality
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attribute
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inherent; built in ;essential
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intrinsic
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essential ; pertaining to substance(substantive information, law)
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substantive
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establish by evidence; verify ; support (RAW substantaited the reports;)
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substantiate
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estimate the value of
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appraise
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estimation; appraisal
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assessment
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evasive; baffling ; difficult to grasp;(skillful at eluding capture)..( elusive Osama )
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elusive
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evrlasting
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perpetual
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every two years( they meet at biennial conventions)
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biennial
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evident; visible; obvoius
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manifest
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evil
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sinister
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evil plan or plot
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machinations
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criminal or evildoer
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malefactor
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evolve; as in preternal growth
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gestate
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exact( precise measurement)
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precise
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enlarged; pompous; enlarged
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inflated
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exagerated
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hyperbole
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exalted; noble and uplifting; utter (hearts were sublime)
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sublime
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examine the dead body
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sublime
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examine the account
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audit
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examine critically or closely ( scrutinize the reports)
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scrutinize
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examine closely to understand; measure depth
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plumb
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examine in order to authenticate; arrange in order
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collate
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exceed
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surpass
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excess; oveabundance
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plethoria
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excessive
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exorbidant
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excessive interest in oneself; belief that one should be interested in ones self rather than others
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egoism
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excessive zeal; extreme devotion; to a belief or cause
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fanaticism
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unnecessary; excessive; overabundant; (remove the superfluous words from the novel)
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superfluous
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extremely careful; painstaking; scrupulous ( a meticulous craftsman)
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meticulous
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excessively devoted to his wife
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uxorious
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excessively exacting
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hypercritical
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excessively fat
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obese
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miser; frugal person
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tightwad
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greedy or grasping; plundering
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rapacious
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modest or proper person
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prude
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excessively or elaborately decorated (ornate hall)
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ornate
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conceited; self-important;excessively self centered
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egotistical
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abrupt emphatic exclamation
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ejaculation
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ban; exclude from public favor ( from the day I spoke up, my friends ostracized me)
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ostracize
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excuse
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pretext
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exhausting( a grueling campaign)
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grueling
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showing rainbow like colours
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iridescent
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exile; someone who has withdrawen from original habitat( Dawood expatriated from India )
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expatriated
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means of support; livelihood; existence ( Farming is a hard way of subsistence)
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subsistence
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existing at birth
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congenital
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existing from the beginning( primordial forms of life)
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primordial
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exit
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egress
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to enlarge( dilation of pupil); expand
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dilation
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expand; swell out( distend bellies of the starving cows)
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distend
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(politic decision) expedient; prudent; well devised( politic manager)
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politic
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expel ; drive out ( word document oust the typewriter)
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oust
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nourish ; support; experience (sustain on bread and water)
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sustain
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experienced;( seasoned soldiers)
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seasoned
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expert; skilled ( adept programmer)
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adept
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expain away( I gloss over my mistakes)
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gloss over
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explain to a ridiculous degree;assail verbally
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belabor
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explain; enlighten( elucidate the mysterious death of Peter Patterson)
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elucidate
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explain ; interpret ( how do u construe his behaviour)
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construe
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explain; interpret; clarify (explicate the laws of physics)
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explicate
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explanation of the biblical passages( exegesis of satpreet)
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exegesis
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explanatory list of symbols used in the map
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legend
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explanatory; serving to explain( expository lectures of khade on VLSI)
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expository
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investigate
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probe
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explosion
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detonation
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expose as false; worthless; ; ridicule; exaggerated (the actor debunked the claim of the media)
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debunk
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expose to slander( the wife traduces fer husband where ever he goes)
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traduce
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(we deprecated reservations);express disapproval; protest against; belittle
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deprecate
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express disapproval or disappointment ( father reproached his son for irresponsible behaviour )
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reproach
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express evil satisfaction; view malevolently
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gloat
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express strong disapproval;disparage(decry racism in Sa)
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decry
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express sympathetic sorrow( condole the widow)
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condole
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express, utter(the graduates gave vent to cheers)
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vent
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expressing low opinion
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derogatory
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possibility, latent
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potential
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expression of praise; often on the ocassion od someone's death
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eulogy
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phrase
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idiom
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fluency; persuasive speech
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eloquence
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expurgate(bowdlerize the novel)
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bowdlerize
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lenghten; extend
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prolong
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extended line of men to avoid acess or entree
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cordon
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extended scolding; harangue; denunciation(tirade of the pm)
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tirade
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external; not essential; extraneous
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extrisic
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a flying reptile
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pterodactyl
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extinguish; put down;quiet
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quell
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extraordinary ability;military bravery
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prowess
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extreme corruption; wickedness ( depravity in indian politics)
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depravity
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extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance( opulence displayed by amma's way of living)
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opulence
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military patriot; warlike chauvinist ( hitler)
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Jingoist
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extremely agitated; hysterical
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overwrought
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extremely demanding ( exacting TL)
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exacting
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dry; thirsty( the parched aoil)
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parched
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(ravenous boy in help); hungry
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ravenous
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extremely obvious; loudly offensive( blatant appeal to vanity)
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blatant
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extremely loud
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stentorian
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poisonous;hostile; bitter;
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virulent
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extremely poor
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destitute
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extremely severe
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draconian
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small
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lilliputian
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small
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miniscule
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small
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minute
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fail completely; sink( the project foundered)
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foundered
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eye defect that prevent proper focus
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astigmatism
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face
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a pleasant countenance
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face; appearance
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physiognomy
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face' appearance
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visage
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(confluence of two rivers)
flowing together; crowd |
confluence
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running (cursive handwriting)
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cursive
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(magnetic flux) flowing; series of change
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flux
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fluent; slick;facile;
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glib
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fluent;talkative; glib
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voluble
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fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by
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flit
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foil
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balk
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follow
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ensue
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following;attendants
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retinue
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following; later
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subsequnt
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fond word or act
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endearment
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food(delicious food)
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viand
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food(stock of food)
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victuals
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food of the gods(rahu kitu tried to have amdrosia)
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anbrosia
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foolish; idiotic
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witless
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foolish; inane
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fatuous
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extremely simple; forbidingly stern; (an austere expression of dad; austere interior)
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austere
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forcing out ( extrude steel)
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extrude
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(contrived modesty); forced; artificial ; not spontaneous;
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contrived
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forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor(vehement dislike)
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