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Bibliography
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n.a list of books or essays on a particular subject or by a particular author
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Asterisk
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n.a starlike mark(*)used in printing (often to indicate a footnote)
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Brochure
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n.a pamphlet
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Recession
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n.an act of withdrawing or going back;a pricessino leaving a place of assembly;a temporary decline in economic activity
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Hypothetical
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adj.supposed or believed but not necessarily true;imagined,uncertain
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Discredit
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v.to fail to believe;tp cause doubt;to damage the reputation of;n.disbelief;disgrace,or something that cause disbelief or disgrace
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Perspective
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n.piont of view;the effects of distance or depth on the apperance of objects;agj.drawn to produce this effect
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Thesis
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n.an argument or supposition to be defended
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Statue
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n.a law; a rule;a regulation
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Jurisdiction
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n.authority or power;the limits or territory governed by an authority
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Chronologial
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agj.arranged in the order in which things happen
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Denounce
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v.to condemn openly;to accuse formally'to inform against
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dissuade
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v.to persuade someone not to do something;to discourage
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galvanized
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v.to arouse suddenly ad if by electric shock;to coat a metal with a thin layerof zinc to prevent corrosion
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infamous
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adj.having a bad reputation;famous fo rbad thins;notorious
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deficient
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adj.lacking some essential quality;defectivc;incomplete
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satirical
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adj.using irony and wit to attack ideas,people,or customs;sarcastic
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biographical
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adj.having to do with a person's life;giving the story of a person's life
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fluent
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adj.able to use language easily and skillfully;flowing smoothly;effortlessly
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bilingual
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adj.able to use two languages well;written or spoken in two languages
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applicable
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sdj.appropiate;suitable to be applied
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immaterial
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adj.not important or relevent;not made of matter;spirtitual
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tentitive
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adj.subject to change;uncertain
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trival
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adj.not important;insignificant
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permature
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adj.too soon;too early;before the proper time
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perceptible
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adj.noticeable;observable;perceivable
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ponderous
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adj.large,heavy,and clumsy;dull and tiresome
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optimistic
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adj.expecting the best;inclined to look on the bright side;cheerful;hopeful
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indeologies
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n.the principal beliefs,opinions,or doctrines of a particular individual,class,or movement;basic ideas of an economic or political theory
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inconvenient
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adj.not convenienvt;not suitable to plans;bothersome;difficult to do
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Acclaim
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n.loud applause;praise;v.tp applaude;to approve strongly
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influnetial
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adj.having or exerting influence;pwerful;having effect
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affected
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adj.influenced;stirred emotinoally;speacking or behaving in a flase way to make an impression
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circumscribe
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v.to restrict;to limit;to encircle;to draw a circle around
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priority
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n.precedence;someting that is first in time,order,or importance
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affirmation
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n.something asserted as true;legally;testmony by one who cannot conscientiously swear an oath
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prominence
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n.the state or quality of being prominent or standing out;state of being famous or distingushied;distinction
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clamber
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v.to scramble;to climb with difficulty using hands and feet
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perennial
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adj.peretual;enduring;n.a plant that last through all the seasons for many years
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culable
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adj.not able to be reckoned beforehand;uncertain;too great a number to be counted
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grueling
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adj.exhausting;very trying
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vanity
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n.the quality of being vain or conceited
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dubious
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adj.causing doubt;incertain;questionable
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liability
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n.something for which comeone is legally responsible;a disadvantage or drawvack; a debt
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unkempt
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adj.not neat;neglected;untindy
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equation
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n.a statement of equality; a process of making equal; a state of equality,esoecially in mathematics
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volatile
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adj.explosive;cahngeable;fickle
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frenzied
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adj.wildy excited;frantic
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haphazad
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adj.left to chance;not planned;random
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essence
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n.the fundamental nature of something;a defining feature,and extract of substance
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autonomous
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adj.self-governing;indepent
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collaborate
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v.to owrk together;to cooperate with the enemy
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depict
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v.to picture in words;to represent in pictuer or sculpture
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funcional
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adj.useful;practical;able to preform a function
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collective
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adj.gathered into a whole;of individuals working together as a group;specifying a singluar noun meaning a group of individuals, such as trice,n.any joint enterprise,espeacially a clooectivre farm and those who work together on it;a noun meaning a group of individual
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papamount
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adj.chief in importance;supreme;dominant
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reluctant
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adj.not eagar;unwilling
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transcribe
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v.to produce a written of typed copy from another form,such as aoral speech or shorthand notes
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disrupt
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v.to disturb or interfere with the order or progressof;to break apart;to split up
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virtual
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adj. pertaining to someting that exists in effect,though not in name or fact
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skeptical
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adj.inclined to doubt;not easily convinced;showing doubt;doubtful
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nimble
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adj.deft;light and quick;agile
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raucous
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adj.rough sounding and harsh;rowdy
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convey
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v.to send to one place or another;to transfer from oe place to another,such as ownership of kand;to communicate a meaning or idea
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wry
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adj.cleverly humarous
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intimidate
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v.to frighten;to make afraid;to bully into doing or not doing something
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instigate
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v.to urge on;to provoke;to cause
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transpire
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v.to happen;to occur
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connives
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adj.to cooperate secertly;to scheme;to join secertly in another's wrongdoing
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discreet
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adj.careful in speech and action;tactful;modest;prudent
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promenades
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n.a lesurely walk or stoll;a public walkway;v.to take a leisurely walk or stroll
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irretrievable
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unable to be recovered,restored,or replaced
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drastic
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urgingadj.severe;extreme;harsh
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initative
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n.a first step or movement toward something; enterprise;ability to think or act without
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alteration
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n.the process of adjusting ot changing;a change ot an adjustment
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indivisible
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adj.not capable tof being divided ot separted
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intervention
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n.an act of coming between in order to stop;settle;ot change;interference
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amends
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n.something done or paid to make up for an iunsult;wrong;or injury
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reprimand
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n.a sever rebuke or scolding;a formal censure;v.to rebuke severly;to object to
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medley
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n.a mixture of things that are not usually placed togethre;a musicalpiece made up of tunes from various works
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aglitiy
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n.ability to move quickly and easily;keenness and liveliness;quickness
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nonchalant
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adj.apparently unconcerned or uninterested'casually indifferent
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exasperate
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v.to irritae or annoy greatly
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curpass
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v. to excel;to go beyond the limit
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retract
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v. to draw back or in;to withdraw;to take back;to recant
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wary
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adj.to guard against danger or deception;cautios;supicious
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elapsed
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v.to slip away or to pass(as with time)
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dwindle
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v.to become less and less;to decrease'to shrink
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susceptible
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adj.easily influenced or affected;unresistant;sensitive and impressionable
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veneer
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n.a thin layer of valuab;e wood put over other wood;an outwardly attractive apperence that hides waht is underneath
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aglitiy
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n.ability to move quickly and easily;keenness and liveliness;quickness
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nonchalant
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adj.apparently unconcerned or uninterested'casually indifferent
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exasperate
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v.to irritae or annoy greatly
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curpass
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v. to excel;to go beyond the limit
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retract
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v. to draw back or in;to withdraw;to take back;to recant
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wary
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adj.to guard against danger or deception;cautios;supicious
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elapsed
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v.to slip away or to pass(as with time)
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dwindle
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v.to become less and less;to decrease'to shrink
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susceptible
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adj.easily influenced or affected;unresistant;sensitive and impressionable
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veneer
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n.a thin layer of valuab;e wood put over other wood;an outwardly attractive apperence that hides waht is underneath
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aglitiy
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n.ability to move quickly and easily;keenness and liveliness;quickness
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nonchalant
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adj.apparently unconcerned or uninterested'casually indifferent
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exasperate
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v.to irritae or annoy greatly
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curpass
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v. to excel;to go beyond the limit
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retract
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v. to draw back or in;to withdraw;to take back;to recant
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wary
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adj.to guard against danger or deception;cautios;supicious
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elapsed
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v.to slip away or to pass(as with time)
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dwindle
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v.to become less and less;to decrease'to shrink
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susceptible
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adj.easily influenced or affected;unresistant;sensitive and impressionable
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veneer
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n.a thin layer of valuab;e wood put over other wood;an outwardly attractive apperence that hides waht is underneath
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