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172 Cards in this Set
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MEANING
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USAGE
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steamy
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hot and erotic
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she is steamy
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dreadful
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extremely bad
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food was dreadful
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abyss
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bottomless pit
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monarchy
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one leader
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anarchy
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no leader
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grumpy
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unhappy, dissatisfied, irritable
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precedent
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antecedent
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disapprobation
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disapproval
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confiscate
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confiscate officially
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artful
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crafty, wily, sly, cunning
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guileless
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innnocent
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stern
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sever
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adorn
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to enhance the beauty
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Her paitings adorn the walls
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intimidate
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frightened
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I was intimidated by his looks
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fable
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story
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fable of king midas is a great example of how avarice destroys person
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revelry
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noisy party or merrymaking
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riotous
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nature of riot, turbulent
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trite
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lacking originality/Freshness boring, banal
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ascribe
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refer to supposed cause, source or author
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ascribed their stunning military victory to good intelligence beforehand
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pompous
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exhibiting self importance
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pompous piano teacher thought that music world was lucky to have her
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canine
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dogs
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feline
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cats
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equine
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horse
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piscine
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fish
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porcine
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pigs
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ursine
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bears
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desecration
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to treat irrelevently
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overt
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open
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vagaries
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unexpected change
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vagaries of weather
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histrionic
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dramatic behavior to attract attention
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forego
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to go before
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jeopardize
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expose to danger
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bungling
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awkward
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vertigo
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dizzying
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weary
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fatigue, exhausted(weared out )
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plucky
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courage
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mirth
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merrymaking
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frolicsome
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full of gaiety and mirth
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saturnine
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slow, sluggish, sullen , morose, (born in saturn planet)
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beaming
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extreme joy, happiness, satisfaction
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rebut
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contradict, repel, refute
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wistful
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yearning, melancholy, pensive
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pensive
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to think(to weigh), thoughfulness with sorrow
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rancorous
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malevolent(rancor= enmity)
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tremulous
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timid,shaky, quivering, palpitation (trembling fear)
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slake
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ease, mitigate, allay(to slack is to less the tension in wire)
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whet
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stimulate, arouse, incite, excite
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sate
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satisfy
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entourage
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subordinates, attendents(entour= surround)
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flag
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to make worse
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atrophied
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shrunken, wasted because of lack of use
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billowed
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swell
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ratification
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approval
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overseer
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one who oversees
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occult
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hide from sight, conceal
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trenchant
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sharpe
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intersperse
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scatter
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dubious
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doubtful
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rubicund
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ruddy, red , flushed ,
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sallow
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change in skin color due to illness
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commute
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to reduce
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commuted punishment
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camouflage
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conceal, disguise
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celerity
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swiftness, speed
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flimsy
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not firm
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reconnaissance
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exploration
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caricature
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cartoon
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vignette
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small sketch
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cameo
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small portrait, limited appearance
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cameo appearance
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decry
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deprecate, disparage, derogatory
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archetype
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exemplary, model
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contracetion
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preventing pregnancy(preventing conception)
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conjecture
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interpretation of sign or omen, a conclusion so drawn
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speculate
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to spy
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corroboration
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strengthening or combining
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neophyte
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tyro , beginner
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hoi polloi
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common people
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technocrats
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technical expert
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ancillary
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subordinate, supplementary, auxiliary and also accessory(ancillary of aircraft)
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succinctly
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concise, precise, brevity
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succinct manner
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jocosely
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joking, jocularly
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misnomer
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wrong name
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melange
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mixture
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sentient
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stimulus, sense
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sentient cells of brain
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fecund
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capable of producing, fertile
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fecund woman
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ethos
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ethical
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fatuous
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foolish, silly, absurd
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fiat
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saction, permission
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under the fiat of the king
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aplomb
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complete confidence
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inculcated
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urge on or fix in mind
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pope inculcated him with ideas
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pontificate
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to deliver oracular utterances or dogmatic opinions(pons + fic = bridge + maker )
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rhapsodize
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to patch together
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plumb
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lead
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plummet
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to fall perpendicularly
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meretricious
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having synthetic and spurious attractions, gaudy
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mores
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moral attitude, habits
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jurisprudence
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science or philosophy of law
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revel
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rebel
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ensue
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to succeed
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putative
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commonly accepted(reputed)
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perversion
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act of perverting
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forerunner
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premonitory sign or symptom, harbinger
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unravel
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unwind, untwist(ravel = entangle)
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don’t ravel my mind
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predisposition
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inclination, tendency
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stricture
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censure, criticism
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solace
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alleviation of grief or anxiety
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insurrection
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rebel
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chimerical
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fanciful
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meticulous
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particular, meticulous
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garish
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gaudy
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charisma
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charm or appealing
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comeliness
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beauty of external form
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chagrin
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vexation
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holistic
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as a whole
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holistic approach
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schism
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rift or split
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papacy schism
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blister
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wound caused by animal attacks
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snippet
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small part
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laceration
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tear
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vapid
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dull, bland
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luxuriant
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abundant and varied
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beguiling
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attractive, pleasing, intriguing
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forestall
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obstruct or hinder before hand
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overwhelm
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destroy, overpower, overturn
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sublime
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to convert to higher worth or esteem
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satiate
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saturate, surfeit
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zesty
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piquant
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masticate
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chew, ground
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masticate food
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unstinting
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very generous, not stinting or bound, (stint = bound , stop)
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fatuous
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foolish
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fatuous act
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tertoid
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monstrously deformed
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bonny
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beautiful
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felicitous
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well expressed
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consonant
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agreement
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monocoque
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constructed in single piece
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parietal
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college related
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pavonine
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iridescent
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attuned
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to bring into harmony
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cauterize
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to make insensible, inure, stolid, stoic
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promulgate
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proclaim, officially declare
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promulgated his ideas
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subverts
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over turn, overthrow, turn upside down, destroy, demolish
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expiate
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to put an end, purify
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preternatural
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supernatural
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autocrat
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a governaor ruling with absolute power
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doughty
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able, strong,
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doughty soldier
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful
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idolatrous
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given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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occlude
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to obstruct or block
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pith
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essential or central part
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inchoate
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in an initial state not fully formed
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infelicitous
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unfortunate, inappropriate
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rancorous
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long lasting bitterness, acrid, acerbic
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rancorous taste
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subpoena
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a court order requiring appearance or testimony
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surfeit
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to feed or supply to excess
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astringent
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tightining effect on tissue
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divulge
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to disclose something secret
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flout
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to show contempt as in rule or convention
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hubris
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overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance
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plethora
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an overabundance; surplus
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penchant
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proclivity, tendency, predisposition
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refulgent
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radiant, shiny, brilliant
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shard
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a piece of broken pottery or glass
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trenchent
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sharply perceptive ; keen penetrating
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untenable
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indefensive, not viable
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varigated
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multicolored
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vexation
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annoyance, irritation
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brandish
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to expose in a ostentatious, shameless manner
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politicians brandish
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understated
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simply effective
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lurid
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presented in a vividly and shocking terms |
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lax
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relax, loosen
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ossify
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callous, harden
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tepid
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halfhearted
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