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ILLICIT
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unlawful
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ELICIT
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draw out from |
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ILLUSION
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unreal image or mirage; false impression
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ALLUSION
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reference (often indirect)
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EMOLLIENT
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ointment which softens and smooths skin
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EMOLUMENT
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pay, remuneration
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IMMINENT
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about to happen soon
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EMINENT
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prominent, distinguished, outstanding
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EMANATE
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to flow out from, to issue forth from
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IMMANENT
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inherent, intrinsic, present anywhere
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PRESCRIBE
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set down, order (as medication); call for in order to benefit
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PROSCRIBE
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forbid; condemn (opposite of “prescribe”)
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INTELLIGENT
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smart
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INTELLIGIBLE
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able to be understood
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INCREDIBLE
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unbelievable, fantastic
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INCREDULOUS
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skeptical, finding something really hard to believe
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IRRITATED
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annoyed, as a person
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AGGRAVATED
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made worse (as a problem or a situation NOT a person)
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STATIONARY
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fixed, not moving
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STATIONERY
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letter paper
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INGENIOUS
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clever
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INGENUOUS
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open, frank, artless, sincere
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ADVERSE
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unfavorable, harmful
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AVERSE
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reluctant, strongly opposed
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RESPECTFULLY
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in a manner showing deference
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RESPECTIVELY
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each in the given order
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FARTHER
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expresses geographic distance
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FURTHER
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more, in addition to
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EMIGRATE
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to leave one’s country for permanent residence in another
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IMMIGRATE
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to come into a country for permanent residence
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BIANNUAL
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twice a year
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BIENNIAL
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once every two years
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COMPLIMENT
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(v) to praise; (n) praise
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COMPLEMENT
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(v) to make complete, (n) something that completes something else
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CENSOR
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to prohibit, to restrict, to delete
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CENSURE
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to reprimand in disapproval, condemn
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SENSOR
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a device that detects ad registers something
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IMPLY
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to relay information indirectly (as a speaker or writer)
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INFER
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to understand information that is not directly relayed (as a listener or a reader)
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DISCREET
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tactful, judicious, prudent (not flashy or public)
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DISCRETE
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separate, distinct
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OBVIOUS
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easy to see or understand
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OBLIVIOUS
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unmindful of, absolutely unaware
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COLLABORATE
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cooperate, work together
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CORROBORATE
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support, confirm, approve
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CONTEMPTUOUS
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showing scorn or contempt; disdainful and insolent
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CONTEMPTIBLE
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deserving scorn and contempt, despicable
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INSIDIOUS
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operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect; stealthily or sneakily treacherous; designed to entrap (COVERT)
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INVIDIOUS
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hateful, intended to create ill will, discriminating, injurious, causing animosity or resentment (OVERT)
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CITE
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to quote as an authority or example; to recognize formally; to summon before a court of law
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SITE
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location
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EXCEPTIONAL
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rare, extraordinary, unusual
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EXCEPTIONABLE
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objectionable
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FLAUNT
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to parade or display conspicuously; to show off without shame
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FLOUT
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to treat with disdain, contempt; to mock or insult
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FORMALLY
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in a formal manner
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FORMERLY
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previously
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GAMBLE
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to risk in chance
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GAMBOL
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to skip or leap, to frolic
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GORILLA
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a large ape, a large SIMIAN
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GUERILLA
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irregular soldiers or tactics involving harassing and sabotaging the enemy rather than fighting outright and in uniform
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HOARD
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to collect or accumulate jealously, a treasure collected in such a manner
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HORDE
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a multitude
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IMMUNITY
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no susceptibility (as to disease)
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IMPUNITY
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exemption from punishment
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INVADE
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to enter forcefully as an enemy
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INVEIGHED
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protested strongly, attacked vehemently verbally
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INVEIGLED
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enticed, lured, ensnared by flattery; acquired by BEGUILING
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LEAF
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part of a plant
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LIEF
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willingly, gladly
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LEAN
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to rest upon
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LIEN
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a legal claim against property (The bank hold a lien against your car if you use it as COLLATERAL for an auto loan.)
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MARSHAL
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(v) to mobilize for use (as resources); (n) military or police officer
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MARTIAL
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relating to war or befitting of war or the military
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MEAT
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animal protein, flesh
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MEET
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encounter
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METE
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allot, to measure or dole out
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MOAT
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a deep, wide trench usually filled with water
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MOTE
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a small particle of speck of dust
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SATURNINE
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pessimistic and gloomy
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SANGUINE
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optimistic and cheerful
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EXSANGUINATE
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drain of blood, bleed to death
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SANGUINARY
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bloody or murderous
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COMPLACENT
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pleased, self-satisfied without awareness of danger
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COMPLAISANT
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inclined or disposed to please; agreeable, gracious, compliant
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APPRAISE
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evaluate, determine the value of
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APPRISE
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to inform, give notice of, advise
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LOATHE
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to despise with disgust
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LOATH
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unwilling, reluctant
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DECRY
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to denounce or speak disparagingly of
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DESCRY
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to see discover, perceive, detect
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EXPLETIVE
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swear word
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EXPLICATIVE
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explanatory
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FOE
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opponent, enemy
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FAUX
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fake
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PROSTRATE
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lying flat on one’s face
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PROSTATE
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male gland
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ROUGE
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red blush makeup
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ROGUE
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knave, renegade
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Depreciate
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to go down in value
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DEPRECATE
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to belittle or express disapproval
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VICIOUS
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malicious, reprehensible, unpleasantly severe
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VISCOUS
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having relatively high resistance to flow
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VITIATE
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spoil, corrupt
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WET
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damp
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WHET
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to sharpen, make keen or eager
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WANT
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(v) desire; lacking (wanting, for want of), (n) a need
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WONT
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(adj) accustomed, (n) custom or habit)
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ABJURE
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renounce, repudiate, solemnly recant
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ADJURE
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to charge command entreat, request
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ABHORRENT
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detestable, loathsome
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ABERRANT
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deviating from the norm
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AMBIGUOUS
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open to more than one meaning or interpretation
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AMBIVALENT
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having mixed emotions or feelings
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ASSENT
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agree or concur
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ASCENT
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rise
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ELUDE
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to escape or get away from
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ALLUDE
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to refer to
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BREACH
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break or rupture
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BREECH
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the hind of lower part of anything (thus, one wears breeches)
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CANVAS
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closely woven cloth for tents or sails
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CANVASS
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to solicit votes or opinions; to examine carefully or investigate by inquiry
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DECENT
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conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech
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DESCENT
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ancestry
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DISSENT
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protest, objection to
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DEMURE
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shy or modest
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DEMUR
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to object or take exception to
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DISCOMFORT
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uneasiness, mild pain
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DISCOMFIT
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confuse, disconcert
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EXALTED
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raised or elevated in importance or honor
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EXULTED
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gloried in or rejoiced in
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EXTENT
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degree or scope encompassed; how far something goes
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EXTANT
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in existence, not destroyed
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INSIGHT
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understanding, discernment
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INCITE
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do something to stimulate action
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METAL
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pure element, not alloyed
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METTLE
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courage, fortitude; disposition or temperament
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MEDAL
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award
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MEDDLE
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interfere
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PERIMETER
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border, outer boundary
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PARAMETER
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limiting rule(s) or guideline(s); characteristic fact(s)
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PEEK
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a brief look
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PEAK
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pointed top
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PIQUE
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to affect with sharp irritation & resentment; to excite interest or curiosity
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SALUTARY
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healthful, promoting health
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SALACIOUS
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lustful or lecherous
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TORTUROUS
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pertaining to, involving or causing torture or suffering
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TORTUOUS
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full of twists and turns, winding; not straightforward, circuitous; deceitfully indirect or morally crooked
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TURBID
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not clear or transparent; thick or dense (as smoke), confused, muddled, disturbed
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TURGID
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swollen (as the waters of a flooding creek), distended; inflated, overblown, pompous, or bombastic (as in speech)
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REEK
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smell very bad
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WREAK
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to inflict or execute upon (as havoc)
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RACK
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to torture or torment, anguish
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DISASSEMBLE
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to take part
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DISSEMBLE
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to conceal the truth, to give false and misleading appearance
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EXPEDIENT
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conducive to one’s advantage as opposed to that which is right
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EXPEDITIOUS
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characterized by promptness, quick
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INSIPID
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vapid, bland, without anything distinctive or interesting
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INCIPIENT
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embryonic, just beginning; in the initial stages of
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MORBID
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unwholesomely or unhealthily gloomy; affected by, caused by, or characteristic of disease; gruesome or grisly
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MORIBUND
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near death or on the verge of extinction
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MORDANT
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sharply caustic or sarcastic; corrosive
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TAUGHT
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educated
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TAUT
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pulled tight
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TOUT
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to describe or advertise boastfully
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TAUNT
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jeer at, insult provocatively
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VENAL
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greedily willing to be bribed
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VENIAL
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excusable, trifling, minor, forgivable, not seriously wrong
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RESTFUL
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giving peace or rest, tranquil
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RESTIVE
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impatient of control, restraint, or delay
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INDIGENT
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poor, MENDICANT
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INDIGENOUS
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native to an area
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EPIDEMIC
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widespread disease
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ENDEMIC
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natural to or characteristic of
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ELUSIVE
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hard to catch
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EFFUSIVE
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goes on and on, demonstrative, overflowing with emotion & comment
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INSENSITIVE
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inconsiderate
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INSENSIBLE
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unconscious, incapable of sensing or feeling
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INSENSATE
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inanimate, not endowed with sensation
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INSENTIENT
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not sentient – without sensation of feeling, inanimate
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DIFFERENCE
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dissimilarity
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DIFFIDENCE
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lack of confidence, shyness
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DEFERENCE
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respectful or courteous regard; respectful yielding or submitting to the opinion of another
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FISSION
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splitting
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FUSION
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melding, uniting, making into one
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IMITATE
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mimic, ape
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EMULATE
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to pattern one’s behavior after a desirable model
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IMMOLATE
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to kill as a sacrifice; to destroy by fire
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ENDANGER
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to put into jeopardy
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ENGENDER
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to produce, cause, or give rise to
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DEFINITE
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clearly defined or determined, not vague
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DEFINITIVE
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most reliable or complete; in its fixed or final form
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UNINTERESTED
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not interested, not wanting to know
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DISINTERESTED
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unbiased or objective
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INTERNMENT
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imprisonment
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INTERMENT
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burial
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PRONE
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lying face down; having a tendency to or penchant for
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SUPINE
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lying face up
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EXCEED
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to go beyond
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ACCEDE
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to consent or agree, to come into office
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CANNON
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large gun, often mounted on wheels
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CANON
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rule or law, especially of religious faith; a collection of key writings
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FAINT
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timid, feeble, to lose consciousness briefly
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FEINT
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a mock move or attack designed to divert attention from the real one
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FORTUNATE
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lucky
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FORTUITOUS
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happening by chance
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NOISY
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loud
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NOISOME
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harmful
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PERSPICACIOUS
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having or showing much insight
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PERSPICUOUS
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easily understood or expressing things clearly
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PRACTICAL
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useful
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PRACTICABLE
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usable
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STANCH
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restrain flow, as of blood
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STAUNCH
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firm in attitude, opinion, or loyalty
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