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cabal
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a small group
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cache
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a hiding place
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cacophony
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unpleasant sound
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cadaver
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a dead body
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cajole
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to pursuade
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caliber
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degree of worth or value
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calligraphy
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fancy handwriting
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callous
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unyielding, insensitive
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camaraderie
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loyalty, friendship
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canard
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a false story, report, or rumor
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candor
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honest, openness, frankness
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canon
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rule
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cant
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statements made in a singing tone
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canter
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smooth, easy pace
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canvass
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to make a survey
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cabal
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a small group
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cache
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a hiding place
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cacophony
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unpleasant sound
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cadaver
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a dead body
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cajole
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to pursuade
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caliber
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degree of worth or value
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calligraphy
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fancy handwriting
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callous
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unyielding, insensitive
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camaraderie
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loyalty, friendship
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canard
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a false story, report, or rumor
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candor
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honest, openness, frankness
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canon
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rule
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cant
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statements made in a singing tone
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canter
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smooth, easy pace
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canvass
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to make a survey
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canvass
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to make a survey
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capitulate
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to surrender
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capricious
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erratic, impulsive
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cardinal
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of major importance
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careen
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to swerve
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caricature
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an exaggerated portrayal
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carrion
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decaying flesh
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caret blanche
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freedom to use one's own judgement
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cartel
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association of business
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castigate
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to punish or criticize
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cataclysm
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a violent change
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catacomb
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underground burial place
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cataract
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large waterfall
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catharsis
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act of purification
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caucus
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meeting
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caustic
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severely critical
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cauterize
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to burn
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cavalcade
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sequence of events
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cavalier
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a casually indifferent person
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caveat
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a warning
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cavil
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to argue
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cavort
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to frolic
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celerity
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swiftness
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celibate
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unmarried
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censure
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to criticize or condemn
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centrifugal
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moving away from the center
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certitude
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certainty
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chafe
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to annoy
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chaff
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worthless material
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chagrin
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embarrasment
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charlatan
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fake
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chary
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careful
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chaste
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pure
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chattel
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slave
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chauvinism
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fanatical devotion
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chic
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stylish
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chicanery
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trickery
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churish
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rude
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cipher
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a thing of no value
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circuitous
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indirect
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circumlocution
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roundabout way of speaking
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citadel
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a fortress
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clairvoyant
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having great insight, keenly perceptive
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clamber
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to climb with effort/difficulty
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clangor
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harsh ringing sound
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clarion
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clear and shrill
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cleave
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to split something apart
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clientele
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costomers
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clique
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small exclusive group
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cloistered
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secluded, confined
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clout
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colloquial power
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cloven
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divided, split
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coalesce
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to blend, merge, fuse
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coddle
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to treat tenderly
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cogitate
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to think, consider carefully
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cognate
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related, relevant
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cognizant
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aware of
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cohort
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colleague, associate, partner
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collate
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to put together in order
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collusion
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conspiracy
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commensurate
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proportionate
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compendium
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brief summary
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complacent
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satisfied
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complicity
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partnership in wrongful act
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composure
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calmness of mind or manner
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compunction
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uneasiness, remorese
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concave
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curved inward
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conception
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a beginning
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concession
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allowance
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conciliate
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to soothe the anger of
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conclave
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secret meeting
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concoct
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to invent
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concomitant
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accompanying
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concourse
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a crowd, a wide street
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concur
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to agree with
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condescend
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to toalk down to someone
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condign
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deserved
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condone
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to forgive
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conducive
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leading to
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conflagration
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a large fire
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confluent
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flowing together
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congenital
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existing at birth
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conglomerate
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mass, large corporation
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conjugal
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pertaining to marriage
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conjure
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to cast a curse/spell
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connoisseur
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an expert
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connote
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imply
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connubial
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relating to marriage
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consort
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a husband or wife
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contentious
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argumentative
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consternation
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confusion or panic
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constituents
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supporters
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consummate
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to complete or perfect
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contemptuous
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scornful
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contigent
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possible
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contrite
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sorrowful
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contumacious
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stubborn, disobedient
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contusion
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a bruise
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conundrum
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riddle or puzzle
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convene
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to assemble
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conversant
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being familiar with
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conveyance
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a vehicle
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convivial
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friendly
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coquetry
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flirtation
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corollary
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a deduction
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corona
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bright circle
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corporeal
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body, physical
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corrugated
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wrinkled
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cortege
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funeral procession
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coterie
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group of close friends
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countermand
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to cancel
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coy
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shy
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cozen
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to trick
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crass
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unrefined
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credence
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belief
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crony
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close friend
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crotchety
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grouchy
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crux
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the essential part
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cudgel
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club (thick stick)
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cull
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to pick out
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curb
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to control
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cynic
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one who is critical
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dais
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a platform
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dank
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cool and wet
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dastardy
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cowardly, shameful
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daunt
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to discourage
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debauch
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to corrupt
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debonair
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charming
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deciduous
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not permanent
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decrepit
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broken down
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decry
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to denounce
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deduce
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to reason out
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deem
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to believe
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default
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to fail to pay/perform
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defer
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to postpone
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defray
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to pay the cost of
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defunct
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extinct
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deign
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to lower oneself
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delectable
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very enjoyable
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delineate
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to describe
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delude
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to deceive, to mislead
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deluge
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a flood
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delve
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to investigate
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demagogue
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a leader who appeals to the emotions
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demeanor
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behavior
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demure
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shy
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denigrate
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to ruin one's reputation
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denizen
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inhabitant
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deplore
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to regret
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depraved
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immoral
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derelict
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abandoned
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desecrate
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to damage
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desiccate
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to dry up
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desist
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to stop
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desultory
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wandering or rambling
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detente (funny mark first 'e')
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a lessening of tension
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detriment
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harm or damage
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diadem
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crown
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dialectic
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logical discussion
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diaphanous
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transparent
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dichotomy
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division into two parts
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dictum
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a formal statement
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didactic
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instructive
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diffident
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modest
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digress
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to wander off the subject
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dilettante
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one who is not an expert
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din
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loud noise
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dint
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force or power
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disburse
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to pay
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discomfiture
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confusion
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disconcert
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to upset
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disconsolate
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wout hope
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discreet
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cautious
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discrepancy
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inconsistency
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discrete
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seperate
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disparage
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to belittle
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dispel
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to drive away
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disreputable
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having a bad reputation
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dissemble
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to conceal
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disseminate
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to spread
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disseminate
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to spread
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dissertation
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a written essay
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dither
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confused
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diurnal
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daily
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divest
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to take away
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doddering
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senile
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doff
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to throw off
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doggerel
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comic verse
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doldrums
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low spirits
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dole
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to give out sparingly
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dossier
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a complete group of documents
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dotage
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feeblemindedness
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doughty
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courageous
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douse
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to extinguish
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dowdy
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shabby
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doyen
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senior member
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dregs
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leftovers
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drivel
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foolish talk
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droll
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amusing in an odd way
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duress
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force
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ebb
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to slowly decrease
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ebullient
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enthusiastic
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eccentric
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unusual
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echelon
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level of power
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eclectic
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choosing from various sources
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effete
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wornout
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efficacy
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power to produce an effect
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effigy
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a likeness
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effrotery
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shameful boldness
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effusion
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an uncontrolled display of affection
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egaliatrian
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belief in the equality of all men
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egregious
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very bad, outrageous
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egress
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exit
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elegy
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a sad poem or speech
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elicit
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to cause to be revealed
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elixir
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remedy
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ellipsis
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saying sentences in a word
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elysian
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blissful
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emanate
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to come forth
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embezzle
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to steal
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embroil
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to involve in trouble
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emollient
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something that soothes or softens
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encroach
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to intrude
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engender
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to produce, create
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enigmatic
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mysterious
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ennui
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boredom
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enormity
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an outrageous and immoral act
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enrapture
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to delight beyond measure
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ensconce
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to hide/conceal
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enthrall
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to charm
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entity
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independent being
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entourage
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a group of followers
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entreaty
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a request, plea
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enunciate
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to pronounce clearly
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ephemeral
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temporary
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epicure
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one who seeks pleasure in fine foods
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epigram
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witty saying
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epiphany
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appearance of a deity
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epithet
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a descriptive word/phrase
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epitome
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a typical example or summary
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epoch
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particular period of history
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ersatz
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inferior substitue
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erstwhile
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in the past
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erudite
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scholarly
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eschew
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to avoid
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esoteric
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known only to a few
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estival
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pertaining to summer
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ethereal
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spiritual
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etymology
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origin dev of words
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eugenics
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science of improving the human race
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euphemism
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substitution of one expression for another
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euthanasia
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mercy killin'
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eventuate
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to happen
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evince
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to show clearly
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exacerbate
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to aggravate
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excise
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to cut out or off
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execrate
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to curse
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exhort
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to warn
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exhume
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to bring out of the ground
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exigent
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ugent
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expatiate
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to enlarge upon
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expedient
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practical
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expedite
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to make easy
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expiate
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to atone for
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expound
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to explain
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extenuating
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less serious
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extirpate
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to destroy
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facade
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outward appearance
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facetious
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sarcastic
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factious
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causing disagreement
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factitious
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artificial
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aculty
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ability or skill
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farcical
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absurd
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fastidious
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hard to please
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fauna
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animals in an area
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fawn
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excessively flattering manner
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faze
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to disturb
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fealty
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devotion loyalty
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fecundity
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fertile
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fell
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to knock down, cruel
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ferret
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to search or drive out
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fester
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to rot
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fete
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to entertain
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fetter
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to confine
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filch
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to steal
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finesse
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tact
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firmament
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strength or pertaining to the heavens
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flaccid
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flabby
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flag
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to slow down
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flagrant
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shocking, bad
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flamboyand
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showy
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fleece
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to swindle
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flourish
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a dramatic
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flout
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to ridicule
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gadfly
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a person who annoys others
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gaff
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a hook
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gainsay
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to contradict
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gait
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manner of walking
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gall
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bitterness
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galvanize
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to stimulate
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gambol
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to romp about
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gamut
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the whole range
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garish
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gaudy
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garland
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a wreath of flowers
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garner
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to acquire
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gauche
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tactless
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gazette
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newspaper
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gelid
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very cold
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genteel
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polite
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genuflect
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to kneel
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germane
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relevant
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gibbet
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gallows for criminals
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gibe
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to ridicule
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giddy
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dizzy
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gild
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to cover with gold
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gingerly
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carefully
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gird
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to encircle
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gist
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main point
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glazed
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smooth
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glean
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to gather with great effort
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glee
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happiness
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gloaming
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twilight
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glower
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to frown
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gnome
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a legendary creature
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goad
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to encourage
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gossamer
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light, flimsy
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gourmand
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a glutton
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gradient
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a slope
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grate
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to irritate
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gratis
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free
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grit
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courage
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grotesque
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distorted
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grotto
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a cave
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grovel
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to lower oneself
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gumption
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courage and initiative
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gustatory
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pertaining to the sense of taste
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guttural
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unpleasant sound
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gyrate
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to spin
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haggard
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worn out
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haggle
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to bargain over
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hacyon
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calm
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hale
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healthy
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haphazard
|
dependent upon chance
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harbinger
|
an omen
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harpy
|
a greedy person
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harrowing
|
distressing
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harry
|
to worry
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haughty
|
arrogant
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hearth
|
fireplace
|
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hector
|
to bully
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hedonist
|
a pleasure seeker
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hegemony
|
strong influence
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heinous
|
hateful or shocking
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herald
|
to announce
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heresy
|
to strongly oppose a belief
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hermetic
|
airtight
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hirsute
|
hairy
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histrionic
|
overly dramatic
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homily
|
a sermon
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hospice
|
shelter
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|
hovel
|
a dirty living place
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hubris
|
excessive pride
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hue
|
a color
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humdrum
|
boring or routine
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|
hurtle
|
to speed
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|
hypochondriac
|
a person with imaginary diseases
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idiomatic
|
language perculiar to a group
|
|
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idiosyncracy
|
a peculiar trait
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idyllic
|
charmingly simple
|
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ignoble
|
dishonorable
|
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ignominious
|
shameful
|
|
|
ilk
|
type, sort, kind
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|
illicit
|
unlawful illegal
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|
|
illustrious
|
distinguished
|
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|
imbroglio
|
a difficult or confusing situation
|
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imbue
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to fill completely
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immaculate
|
spotless, pure
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immolate
|
to kill someone as a sacrifice
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impalpable
|
vague
|
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|
impasse
|
a dead end
|
|
|
impending
|
likely to happen
|
|
|
imperturbable
|
calm
|
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impinge
|
to collide
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|
implacable
|
inflexible
|
|
|
implement
|
a tool, to carry off
|
|
|
implication
|
an indirect suggestion
|
|
|
implicit
|
suggested but not plainly stated
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importune
|
to beg
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imprecation
|
a curse
|
|
|
impromptu
|
without planning
|
|
|
improvident
|
wasteful
|
|
|
imprudent
|
disrespectful
|
|
|
impugn
|
to attack a person verbally
|
|
|
impute
|
to accuse a person
|
|
|
inadvertent
|
unintentional
|
|
|
inane
|
meaningless
|
|
|
incandescent
|
very bright
|
|
|
incarcerate
|
to imprison
|
|
|
inception
|
start
|
|
|
incholate
|
just beginning
|
|
|
incipient
|
beginning to appear
|
|
|
incubus
|
nightmare
|
|
|
inculcate
|
to influence someone to accept an idea
|
|
|
incur
|
to bring upon oneself
|
|
|
incursion
|
a raid
|
|
|
indict
|
to charge with a crime
|
|
|
indubitable
|
unquestionable
|
|
|
inebriated
|
stoned (fine... drunk)
|
|
|
ineffable
|
unspeakable
|
|
|
ineluctable
|
inevitable
|
|
|
inexorable
|
unyielding
|
|
|
infirmity
|
weakness
|
|
|
infraction
|
the breaking of a law
|
|
|
infringe
|
to violate
|
|
|
ingenuous
|
simple
|
|
|
inhibition
|
reserved
|
|
|
inimical
|
unfriendly
|
|
|
iniquity
|
wickedness
|
|
|
injunction
|
an order
|
|
|
innuendo
|
indirect remark
|
|
|
inordinate
|
excessive
|
|
|
inscrutable
|
mysterious
|
|
|
insidious
|
treacherous
|
|
|
insinuate
|
to hint, suggest
|
|
|
insipid
|
tasteless, boring
|
|
|
insolvent
|
bankrupt
|
|
|
insouciant
|
carefree
|
|
|
insurgence
|
rebellion
|
|
|
insurrection
|
uprising
|
|
|
integral
|
essential
|
|
|
inter
|
to bury
|
|
|
interdict
|
to prohibit, to block
|
|
|
interpose
|
to place between
|
|
|
intrinsic
|
essential
|
|
|
inured
|
accostomed to
|
|
|
invective
|
strong verbal abuse
|
|
|
inveigh
|
a bitter verbal attack
|
|
|
inveigle
|
trick or deceive
|
|
|
inveterate
|
firmly established
|
|
|
invidious
|
causing resentment
|
|
|
iota
|
small amt
|
|
|
iridescent
|
a wide range of colors
|
|
|
jargon
|
vocabulary of a particular group of people
|
|
|
jaunt
|
short trip
|
|
|
jaunty
|
carefree
|
|
|
jilt
|
to reject
|
|
|
jingoist
|
extreme patriotism
|
|
|
jocose
|
happy, lively
|
|
|
jostle
|
to bump
|
|
|
juggernaut
|
a destructive force
|
|
|
juncture
|
a point in time
|
|
|
junket
|
a pleasure trip
|
|
|
junta
|
a small group ruling a country
|
|
|
jurisprudence
|
study of law
|
|
|
jut
|
to stick out
|
|
|
juxtapose
|
to place side by side
|
|
|
kaleidoscopic
|
changing
|
|
|
Ken (neth Fontenot)
|
range of knowledge
|
|
|
kindle
|
to excite or start
|
|
|
kindred
|
relatives or shared feeling or views
|
|
|
kismet
|
destiny
|
|
|
kleptomania
|
a compulsion to steal
|
|
|
knell
|
the sound of a bell
|
|
|
knuckle
|
to yield, work vigorously
|
|
|
lackadaisical
|
uninterested
|
|
|
lackey
|
slavish follower
|
|
|
laconic
|
concise
|
|
|
laggard
|
a slow person
|
|
|
laity
|
religious followers
|
|
|
lambent
|
radiant, to move lightly over a surface
|
|
|
lampoon
|
sharp satire
|
|
|
languid
|
sluggish
|
|
|
lapidary
|
a dealer in precious stones
|
|
|
largess
|
a generous gift
|
|
|
lascivious
|
lustful
|
|
|
lassitude
|
weakness
|
|
|
laureate
|
worthy of honor
|
|
|
lave
|
to wash
|
|
|
legerdemain
|
deception
|
|
|
leonine
|
fierce
|
|
|
levity
|
lack of seriousness, humor
|
|
|
lexicon
|
dictionary of a special group
|
|
|
liason
|
a bond or a connection
|
|
|
libation
|
a drink
|
|
|
libel
|
a false written statement
|
|
|
libertine
|
immoral person
|
|
|
licentious
|
lawless or immoral
|
|
|
liege
|
lord, master
|
|
|
lieu
|
in place of
|
|
|
lilliputian
|
very small
|
|
|
limpid
|
transparent
|
|
|
lissome
|
moving gracefully
|
|
|
listless
|
indifferent
|
|
|
litigation
|
lawsuit
|
|
|
livid
|
discolored from anger/ embarrasment
|
|
|
loath
|
unwilling
|
|
|
locus
|
place
|
|
|
logistics
|
the supply movement maintanance of equipment
|
|
|
loll
|
to louge about or droop
|
|
|
loquacious
|
talkative
|
|
|
lout
|
an awkward stupid person, moron, idiot, retard, dumb@$$
|
|
|
lucid
|
easy to understand
|
|
|
lugubrious
|
mournful
|
|
|
macabre
|
gruesome
|
|
|
machination
|
evil design
|
|
|
malady
|
disease
|
|
|
malaise
|
uneasiness
|
|
|
malapropism
|
word humorously misused
|
|
|
malfeasance
|
wrongdoing
|
|
|
malingerer
|
one who pretends to be ill to avoid work
|
|
|
manacle
|
handcuff
|
|
|
manumit
|
to set free
|
|
|
martinet
|
strick disciplanarian (asian parents)
|
|
|
matrix
|
a place of origin, a movie in which people do cool stuff like dodge bullets in slow motion
|
|
|
maudlin
|
very sentimantal
|
|
|
mawkish
|
overly sentimental
|
|
|
melifluous
|
sweet sounding
|
|
|
menage (funny mark on first 'e')
|
household
|
|
|
menagerie
|
a collection of animals
|
|
|
mendacious
|
lying
|
|
|
medicant
|
a beggar
|
|
|
menial
|
degrading
|
|
|
mercurial
|
unpredictably
|
|
|
meretricious
|
gaudy or showy
|
|
|
mesmerize
|
hypnotize
|
|
|
mete
|
to distribute
|
|
|
mettle
|
courage
|
|
|
miasma
|
pollution
|
|
|
mien
|
manner
|
|
|
milleu
|
enviornment; setting
|
|
|
mirth
|
joy or laughter
|
|
|
misanthrope
|
hater of mankind
|
|
|
miscegenation
|
mixture of races
|
|
|
miscreant
|
a vicious person
|
|
|
miser
|
one who hoards $$$ excessively
|
|
|
misgiving
|
doubt, suspicioun
|
|
|
misogamy
|
hatred of marriage
|
|
|
misogynist
|
woman hater
|
|
|
missive
|
letter
|
|
|
mitigate
|
to make less severe
|
|
|
mnemonic
|
pertaining to memory
|
|
|
modicum
|
a small amount
|
|
|
modish
|
stylish
|
|
|
modulate
|
to tone down
|
|
|
mogul
|
powerful person
|
|
|
molt
|
to shed
|
|
|
moot
|
debatable or having no significance
|
|
|
moratorium
|
delay
|
|
|
morbid
|
depressing
|
|
|
mordant
|
sarcastic
|
|
|
mores
|
customs or traditions
|
|
|
moribund
|
dying
|
|
|
morose
|
gloomy
|
|
|
motley
|
assorted or different colors
|
|
|
mottled
|
spotted
|
|
|
mountebank
|
a fraud
|
|
|
mulct
|
a fine or to defraud
|
|
|
mull
|
overthink about
|
|
|
mundane
|
worldly
|
|
|
mute
|
Hong Song
|
|
|
muzzle
|
to restrain
|
|
|
myopic
|
having narrow point of view
|
|
|
myriad
|
infinitely vast in number
|
|
|
myrmidon
|
an unquestioning follower
|
|
|
oaf
|
a dunce
|
|
|
obeisance
|
gesture expressing deep respect
|
|
|
obfuscate
|
to confuse
|
|
|
objective
|
unbiased
|
|
|
oblation
|
an offering
|
|
|
oblique
|
indirect
|
|
|
obloquy
|
bad rep from public disgrace
|
|
|
obscure
|
not clear, hidden
|
|
|
obsequious
|
submissive
|
|
|
obsequy
|
a funeral rite
|
|
|
obstreperous
|
loud and unruly
|
|
|
obviate
|
to prevent
|
|
|
occidental
|
western
|
|
|
occlude
|
to close, block out
|
|
|
occult
|
secret or mysterious
|
|
|
odious
|
disgusting
|
|
|
offal
|
garbage
|
|
|
ogle
|
to look at with desire
|
|
|
oligarchy
|
gov by few
|
|
|
ominous
|
threatening
|
|
|
onerous
|
burdensome
|
|
|
onus
|
a burden
|
|
|
opprobrious
|
shameful
|
|
|
opt
|
to choose
|
|
|
oracular
|
mysterious
|
|
|
ostensible
|
apparent
|
|
|
ostentatious
|
showing off (bling bling)
|
|
|
ostracize
|
to banish
|
|
|
ovine
|
like a sheep
|
|
|
paean
|
song of joy
|
|
|
palatable
|
pleasant to taste
|
|
|
palatial
|
magnificent
|
|
|
pall
|
something that covers or to be unpleasant
|
|
|
palliate
|
to lessen
|
|
|
palpable
|
capable of being touched
|
|
|
palpitate
|
to beat rapidly
|
|
|
paltry
|
worthless
|
|
|
panache
|
a showy manner (bling bling)
|
|
|
panegyric
|
an exptresson of praise
|
|
|
pang
|
a sharp pain
|
|
|
panoply
|
suit of armor, protective covering
|
|
|
panorama
|
unlimited view, conprehensive survey
|
|
|
paradigm
|
a model, example
|
|
|
paragon
|
a model of perfection
|
|
|
paraphernalia
|
equipment
|
|
|
pariah
|
an outcast
|
|
|
parley
|
a conference
|
|
|
parochial
|
related to a church
|
|
|
parody
|
a work which imitates another in a satirical way
|
|
|
paroxysm
|
sudden outburst
|
|
|
passe (funny mark on last 'e')
|
out of date
|
|
|
patrician
|
aristocratic
|
|
|
patrimony
|
inherited right
|
|
|
pectoral
|
pertaining to the chest
|
|
|
peculate
|
to steal
|
|
|
pedagogue
|
a schoolteacher
|
|
|
pedantic
|
to show off one's knowledge (bling bling)
|
|
|
peevish
|
hard to please
|
|
|
pejorative
|
insulting
|
|
|
pellucid
|
trnasparent
|
|
|
pelt
|
skin of an animal
|
|
|
penchant
|
strong liking
|
|
|
pensive
|
thoughtful
|
|
|
penury
|
extreme poverty
|
|
|
perdition
|
damnation
|
|
|
peregrimate
|
to travel, journey
|
|
|
peremptory
|
decisive or final
|
|
|
perennial
|
lasting for a long time
|
|
|
perfidious
|
deceitful; unfaithful
|
|
|
perforce
|
of necessity
|
|
|
perigee
|
point nearest to the earth
|
|
|
pernicious
|
destructive
|
|
|
peroration
|
the conclusion part of a speech
|
|
|
perquisite
|
something additional to regular pay (bling bling)
|
|
|
precarious
|
risky, uncertain
|
|
|
precept
|
a rule of conduct
|
|
|
precis (funny mark on 'e')
|
brief summary
|
|
|
preclude
|
to shut out, prevent
|
|
|
precocious
|
prematurely developed
|
|
|
predicate
|
to declare
|
|
|
predilection
|
a liking, prefernece, inclination
|
|
|
preen
|
to dress
|
|
|
prehensile
|
adapted for grasping something
|
|
|
premise
|
statement made as a basis of an argument
|
|
|
perponderance
|
superiority in quantity, dominance
|
|
|
preposterous
|
ridiculous
|
|
|
prerogative
|
previlige
|
|
|
presage
|
to indicate or warn in advance
|
|
|
pretentious
|
showy, pompous(bling bling)
|
|
|
preternatural
|
abnormal
|
|
|
pretext
|
a false reason
|
|
|
prevaricate
|
to lie
|
|
|
prim
|
formal, proper
|
|
|
primodial
|
original
|
|
|
primp
|
to dress in a fussy way
|
|
|
prismatic
|
many colored
|
|
|
pristine
|
uncorrupted
|
|
|
privy
|
having knowledge of something private
|
|
|
probity
|
honesty
|
|
|
proclivity
|
tendency
|
|
|
procurstean
|
to get conformity at any cost
|
|
|
procure
|
to obtain
|
|
|
profligate
|
immoral or extremely wasteful
|
|
|
profuse
|
abundant
|
|
|
promiscuous
|
sexually loose
|
|
|
promontory
|
piece of land that juts out
|
|
|
promulgate
|
to advocate
|
|
|
propensity
|
inclination
|
|
|
propinquity
|
closeness
|
|
|
propitious
|
favorable
|
|
|
prosaic
|
commonplace or dull
|
|
|
proscribe
|
to denounce
|
|
|
proselyte
|
a convert
|
|
|
protean
|
changeable
|
|
|
quaff
|
to gulp
|
|
|
quail
|
to lose courage
|
|
|
quaint
|
pleasing or amusing
|
|
|
qualm
|
a feeling of uneasiness
|
|
|
quandary
|
a puzzling situation
|
|
|
quarry
|
being hunted
|
|
|
quash
|
to cancel
|
|
|
quasi
|
resembling
|
|
|
quay
|
a wharf
|
|
|
queasy
|
uneasy
|
|
|
querulous
|
complainig
|
|
|
quibble
|
a petty argument
|
|
|
quiescent
|
motionless
|
|
|
quietus
|
finishing stroke
|
|
|
quip
|
a witty remark
|
|
|
quirk
|
a peculiar characteristic
|
|
|
quixotic
|
extremely idealistic
|
|
|
salacious
|
obscene
|
|
|
salient
|
significant
|
|
|
sallow
|
sickly pale
|
|
|
salubrious
|
healthful
|
|
|
salutary
|
healthful
|
|
|
salutatory
|
welcoming speech
|
|
|
sanctimonious
|
hypocritical
|
|
|
sanction
|
to authorize
|
|
|
sangfroid
|
calmness
|
|
|
sanguinary
|
bloody
|
|
|
sanguine
|
cheerful or hopeful
|
|
|
sardonic
|
mocking
|
|
|
sartorial
|
pertaining to tailoring or clothes
|
|
|
satiated
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satisfied
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saturnine
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gloomy
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savant
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a person of extensive learning
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scant
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inadequate amount
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scintilla
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a tiny amount
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scintillate
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to sparkle
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scion
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a descendant
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scrupulous
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honest
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scurrilous
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abusive or vulgar
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scuttle
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to abandon
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sebaceous
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fatty
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secrete
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to hide or conceal
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sedition
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rebellion
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sedulous
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hard working
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seedy
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run down
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sentient
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conscious
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sepulcher
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a tomb
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sequester
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to separate
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seraphic
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pure
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serendipity
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a talent for valuable things by accident
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serrated
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having toothlike edges
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sham
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a pretense
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shibboleth
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a password
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shrew
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a nagging woman
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shroud
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a sheet in which a body is wrapped for burial
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sibilant
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hissing
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imper
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a silly smile
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simulacrum
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superficial likeness or image
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sinewy
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tough or firm
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skinflint
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stingy person
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skittish
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excitable or nervous
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skulduggery
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deception
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slake
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to quench or satisfy
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slattern
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an untidy woman
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slough
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to discard
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slovenly
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untidy or dirty
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smolder
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concealed hostility
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smug
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self satisfied
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sobriquet
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assumed name
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solace
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comfort
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solecism
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ungrammatical
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solicit
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to ask, seek
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solicitude
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concern
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solon
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a wise man
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sonorous
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resounding
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sophistry
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seemingly believable but false reasoning
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spate
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sudden flood, strong outburst
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specious
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seemingly reasonable but incorrect
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specter
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ghost like image
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splenetic
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spiteful, irritable
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spry
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active, nimble
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spume
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foam
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spurious
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couterfeit
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spurn
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reject
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squalid
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dirty, poor
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staid
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serious, sedate
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stalwart
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strong, steadfast
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stanch
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to check the flow of
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stentorian
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extremely loud
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sterling
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outstanding
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stigma
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mark of disgrace
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stilted
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pompous (bling bling)
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stint
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assigned amout of work
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stipend
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pay for services
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stipulate
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special condition or demand
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stoic
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indifferent to pleasure or pain
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stolid
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dull, unemotional
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strew
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scatter
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striated
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parallel bands, grooved
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stricture
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critical comments
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strigent
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binding, rigid
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stygian
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gloomy
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stymie
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to block
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subjective
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personal
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ssublimate
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purify
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sublime
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exalted, noble
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subsidiary
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subordinate
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substantiate
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verify or support
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succinct
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brief
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succor
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aid, assistance
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suffuse
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to spread
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sully
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tarnish
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sultry
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hot
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sumptuous
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lavish
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supernal
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heavenly
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supernumerary
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in excess to what is necessary
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supersede
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replace
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suppliant
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entreating, pleading
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supplicate
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to beg for
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supposititious
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assumed
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surcease
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cessation
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surmise
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assume
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surreptitious
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secret
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surrogate
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substitute
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suture
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stitches
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swathe
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wrap around
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sybarite
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lover of luxury
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sycophant
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flatterer
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tableau
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a graphic picture
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taboo
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prohibited act
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tacit
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expressed without words
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taciturn
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quiet, Hong Song
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tantalise
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lease
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tantamount
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equal
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tarry
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delay
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taut
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tight, ready
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tawdry
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cheap n gaudy
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temper
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restrain
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temporize
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avoid commiting oneself, gain time
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tendentious
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biased
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tenet
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doctrine
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tenuous
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rare, slim
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tenure
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time of holding an office
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tepid
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lukewarm
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testy
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irritable
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thespian
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an actor
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thrall
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a slave
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thernody
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a funeral song
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throes
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a violent struggle
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throng
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a crowd
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timorous
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cowardly
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tirade
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an angry speech
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titanic
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huge
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titillate
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to excite
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titter
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a nervous laugh
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token
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a symbol
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tome
|
large book
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toothsome
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tasty
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torpid
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sluggish
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torsion
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twisting
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tortuous
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twisting
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touchstone
|
standard
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traduce
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to slander
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transient
|
temporary
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transpire
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to occur
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trappings
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articles of dress
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travail
|
hard work
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|
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travesty
|
a poor imitation, american chinese restaurants
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treatise
|
a book about one particular subject
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treble
|
three times as much
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trenchant
|
vigorous, effective
|
|
|
trepidation
|
fear
|
|
|
tribulation
|
trouble
|
|
|
truckle
|
to submit
|
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truculent
|
brutal
|
|
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truism
|
obvious truth
|
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truncate
|
to shorten
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truncheon
|
a club
|
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tryst
|
a secret meeting
|
|
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tumid
|
swollen
|
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turbid
|
unclear
|
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turgid
|
swollen
|
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turpitude
|
shameful behavior
|
|
|
tutelage
|
instruction
|
|
|
twain
|
two
|
|
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NMSQT
|
national merit scholar qualifying test
|
|
|
PSAT
|
pissing stupid @$$holic test
|
|
|
Hong
|
was bored
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Hong
|
hates typing 700+ vocabs
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Hong
|
is tired
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Hong
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is easily amused
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