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ABSCOND (V)
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TO DEPART CLANDESTINELY; TO SEAL OFF AND HIDE
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THEIR LANDLADY ASSUMED THEY HAD ABSCONDED TO AVOID PAYING RENT.
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ABERRANT (ADJ)
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DEVIATING FROM THE NORM (NOUN: ABERRATION)
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A man with a talent does what is expected of him, makes his way, constructs, is an engineer, a composer, a builder of bridges. It's the natural order of things that he construct objects outside himself and his family. The woman who does so is aberrant.... We have to expiate for this cursed talent someone handed out to us, by mistake, in the black mystery of genetics.
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ALACRITY (N)
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EAGER AND ENTHUSIASTIC WILLINGNESS
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SHE ACCEPTED THE MONEY WITH ALACRITY.
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APPROBATION (N)
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AN EXPRESSION OF APPROVAL OR PRAISE
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THE COUNCIL HAS FINALLY INDICATED ITS APPROBATION OF THE PLANS.
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ARDUOUS (ADJ)
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STRENUOUS, TAXING; REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT EFFORT
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THE CLIMB UP THE STEEP MOUNTAIN WAS ARDUOUS.
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ASSUAGE (V)
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TO EASE OR LESSEN; TO APPEASE OR PACIFY
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS TRIED TO ASSUAGE THE PUBLIC'S FEARS.
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AUDACIOUS (ADJ)
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DARING AND FEARLESS; RECKLESSLY BOLD (NOUN: AUDACITY)
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THE INSULTING REMARK WAS AUDACIOUS.
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AUSTERE (ADJ)
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WITHOUT ADORNMENT; BARE; SEVERELY SIMPLE; ASCETIC (NOUN: AUSTERITY)
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THE COURTROOM WAS A LARGE DARK CHAMBER, AN AUSTERE PLACE.
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AXIOMATIC (ADJ)
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TAKEN AS A GIVEN; POSSESSING SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH (NOUN: AXIOM)
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IT SEEMS AXIOMATIC THAT EVERYONE WOULD BENEFIT FROM A BETTER SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION.
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CANONICAL (ADJ)
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FOLLOWING OR IN AGREEMENT WITH ACCEPTED, TRADITIONAL STANDARDS (NOUN: CANON)
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CAPRICIOUS (ADJ)
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INCLINED TO CHANGE ONE'S MIND IMPULSIVELY; ERRATIC, UNPREDICTABLE
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HIS BEHAVIOR WAS ERRATIC; HE WAS A CRUEL AND CAPRICIOUS TYRANT.
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CENSURE (V)
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TO CRITICIZE SEVERELY; TO OFFICIALLY REBUKE
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THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CENSURED FOR HIS INDECISIVE BEHAVIOR DURING THE WAR.
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CHICANERY (N)
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TRICKERY OR SUBTERFUGE
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THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED POLITICAL CHICANERY AND CORRUPTION AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS.
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DISABUSE (V)
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TO UNDECEIVE; TO SET RIGHT
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HE THOUGHT THAT ALL WOMEN LIKED CHILDREN, SHE QUICKLY DISABUSED HIM OF THAT NOTION.
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DISPARATE (ADJ)
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FUNDAMENTALLY DISTINCT OR DISSIMILAR
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THE TWO CULTURES WERE SO TOTALLY DISPARATE THAT SHE FOUND IT HARD TO ADAPT FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.
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EFFRONTERY (N)
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EXTREME BOLDNESS; PRESUMPTUOUSNESS
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HE WAS SILENT ALL THROUGH THE MEAL THEN HAD THE EFFRONTERY TO STATE THAT I LOOKED BORED!
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ENERVATE (V)
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TO WEAKEN; TO REDUCE IN VITALITY
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I'M EXHAUSTED BECAUSE THE LONG CAR RIDE ENERVATED ME.
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ENNUI (N)
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DISSATISFACTION AND RESTLESSNESS RESULTING FROM BOREDOM OR APATHY
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THE WHOLE TOWN SEEMED TO BE AFFECTED BY THE ENNUI OF WINTER.
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ERUDITE (ADJ)
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VERY LEARNED; SCHOLARLY (NOUN: ERUDITION)
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THE HISTORY PROFESSOR IS THE AUTHOR OF AN ERUDITE BOOK ON SCOTTISH HISTORY.
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EXCULPATE (V)
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EXONERATE; TO CLEAR OF BLAME
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THE PRISONER WAS EXCULPATED AFTER NEW DNA WAS FOUND.
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EXIGENT (ADJ)
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URGENT, PRESSING; REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ACTION OR ATTENTION
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THE LEAK IN THE ROOF WAS AN EXIGENT MATTER, WHICH WE TENDED TO IMMEDIATELY.
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EXTEMPORANEOUS (ADJ)
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IMPROVISED; DONE WITHOUT PREPARATION
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THOUGH MY PRESENTATION WAS EXTEMPORANEOUS, I RECEIVED A GOOD GRADE.
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FILIBUSTER (N)
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INTENTIONAL OBSTRUCTION, ESP. USING PROLONGED SPEECHMAKING TO DELAY LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
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THE SPEECH WAS A FILIBUSTER AND DELAYED PROGRESS.
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FULMINATE (V)
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TO LOUDLY ATTACK OR DENOUNCE
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HE DISAGREES WITH ALL THE CLAIMS OF THE GROUP. HE OFTEN FULMINATES THEIR REASONING.
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INGENUOUS (ADJ)
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ARTLESS; FRANK AND CANDID; LACKING IN SOPHISTICATION
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INURED (ADJ)
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ACCUSTOMED TO ACCEPTING SOMETHING UNDESIRABLE
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THE FISHERMAN WAS INURED TO THE HARDSHIPS AT SEA.
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IRASCIBLE (ADJ)
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EASILY ANGERED; PRONE TO TEMPERAMENTAL OUTBURSTS
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LIVING WITH HER IS LIKE WALKING ON EGGSHELLS; SHE BECOMES MORE IRASCIBLE AS SHE AGES.
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LAUD (V)
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TO PRAISE HIGHLY
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THE GERMAN LEADERSHIP LAUDED THE RUSSIAN INITIATIVE.
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MAGNANIMITY (N)
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THE QUALITY OF BEING GENEROUSLY NOBLE IN MIND AND HEAR, ESP. IN FORGIVING (ADJ: MAGNANIMOUS)
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IT TAKES MAGNANIMITY OF THE HEART TO FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE DONE WRONG BY YOU.
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NASCENT (ADJ)
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COMING INTO BEING; IN EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES
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NEBULOUS (ADJ)
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VAGUE; CLOUDY; LACKING CLEARLY DEFINED FORM
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SHE HAS A FEW NEBULOUS IDEAS ABOUT WHAT SHE MIGHT LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE, BUT NOTHING DEFINITE.
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NEOLOGISM (N)
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A NEW WORD, EXPRESSION, OR USAGE, THE CREATION OR USE OF NEW WORDS OR SENSES
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NEWER DICTIONARIES INCLUDE NEOLOGISMS SUCH AS PODCAST.
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NOXIOUS (ADJ)
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HARMFUL, INJURIOUS
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THEY DIED FROM INHALING NOXIOUS FUMES.
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OBVIATE (V)
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TO ANTICIPATE AND MAKE UNNECESSARY
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A PEACEFUL SOLUTION WOULD OBVIATE THE NEED TO SEND A UN MILITARY FORCE.
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ONEROUS (ADJ)
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TROUBLING; BURDENSOME
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CUTTING ABBI'S NAILS IS AN ONEROUS TASK.
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PAEAN (N)
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A SONG OR HYMN OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
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THE SONG IS A PAEAN TO PEACE.
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PERFIDY (N)
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INTENTIONAL BREACH OF FAITH; TREACHERY (ADJ: PERFIDIOUS)
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THE NAIVE MAN SEEMS TO THINK HE IS OWED UNDIVIDED LOYALTIES IN RETURN FOR HIS OWN PERFIDY.
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PERFUNCTORY (ADJ)
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CURSORY; DONE WITHOUT CARE OR INTEREST
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HIS SMILE WAS PERFUNCTORY.
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PERSPICACIOUS (ADJ)
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ACUTELY PERCEPTIVE; HAVING KEEN DISCERNMENT (NOUN: PERSPICACITY)
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HIS PERSPICACIOUS GRANDFATHER HAD BOUGHT THE LAND AS AN INVESTMENT, GUESSING THAT THERE MIGHT BE GOLD UNDERGROUND.
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PRECIPITATE (ADJ)
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ACTING WITH EXCESSIVE HASTE OR IMPULSE
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DON'T BE PRECIPITATE- THINK IT THROUGH BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION.
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PREDILECTION (N)
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A DISPOSITION IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING; PREFERENCE
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EVER SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD, SHE HAS HAD A PREDILECTION FOR SPICY FOODS.
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PRESCIENCE (V)
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FOREKNOWLEDGE OF EVENTS; KNOWING OF EVENTS PRIOR TO THEIR OCCURRING
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BROWN HAD THE PRESCIENCE TO KNOW THE PUBLIC PLACED MORE TRUST IN BANKERS THAN POLITICIANS.
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PREVARICATE (V)
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TO DELIBERATELY AVOID THE TRUTH; TO MISLEAD
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HE ACCUSED THE MINISTER OF PREVARICATING, BECAUSE THE MINISTER DID NOT TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW THE MONEY WAS BEING SPENT.
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RETICENT (ADJ)
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QUIET; RESERVED; RELUCTANT TO EXPRESS THOUGHTS OR FEELINGS.
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HE IS VERY RETICENT ABOUT HIS PAST.
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SOLICITOUS (ADJ)
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CONCERNED AND ATTENTIVE; EAGER
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HE MADE SOLICITOUS INQUIRY AFTER HER HEALTH.
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SORDID (ADJ)
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CHARACTERIZED BY FILTH, GRIME, OR SQUALOR; FOUL
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THERE ARE LOTS OF REALLY SORDID APARTMENTS IN THE CITY'S POORER AREA.
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STYMIE (V)
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TO BLOCK; THWART
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IN OUR SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE, WE WERE STYMIED BY THE LACK OF ANY RECENT DOCUMENTS.
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TORQUE (N)
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A FORCE THAT CAUSES ROTATION
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TORTUOUS (ADJ)
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WINDING, TWISTING; EXCESSIVELY COMPLICATED
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HE TOOK A TORTUOUS ROUTE THROUGH BACK STREETS.
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TRUCULENT (ADJ)
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FIERCE AND CRUEL; EAGER TO FIGHT
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THE TEENAGER TAUNTED OTHER KIDS AT SCHOOL; HE WAS MEAN AND TRUCULENT.
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VERACITY (N)
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TRUTHFULNESS, HONESTY
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DOUBTS WERE CAST ON THE VERACITY OF HER ALIBI AFTER THREE PEOPLE CLAIMED TO SEE HER AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
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VIRULENT (ADJ)
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EXTREMELY HARMFUL OR POISONOUS; BITTERLY HOSTILE OR ANTAGONISTIC
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A PARTICULARLY VIRULENT STRAIN OF THE FLU HAS RECENTLY CLAIMED MANY LIVES IN THE US.
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VERACITY (N)
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TRUTHFULNESS, HONESTY
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DOUBTS WERE CAST ON THE VERACITY OF HER ALIBI AFTER THREE PEOPLE CLAIMED TO SEE HER AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
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VIRULENT (ADJ)
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EXTREMELY HARMFUL OR POISONOUS; BITTERLY HOSTILE OR ANTAGONISTIC
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A PARTICULARLY VIRULENT STRAIN OF THE FLU HAS RECENTLY CLAIMED MANY LIVES IN THE US.
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