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without
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Amorphous
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having no definite form or distinct shape
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Ab / abs
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off, away from, apart, down
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Abstract
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consider a concept without thinking of a specific example
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Abdicate
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give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
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Abstinent
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a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating drinks
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Absolution
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the condition of being formally forgiven in the sacrament of penance
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Abstruse
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difficult to penetrate
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Abrogate
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revoke formally
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Abscond
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run away
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Abjure
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formally reject or disavow a formally held belief, usually under pressure
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Abstemious
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sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
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Ablution
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the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
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Abominate
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abhor: find repugnant
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Aberrant
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one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
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Ac / acr
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sharp, bitter
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Exacerbate
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worsen: make worse
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Acrimonious
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marked by strong resentment or cynicism
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Acumen
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insightfulness: shrewdness shown by keen insight
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Act / ag
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to do, to drive, to force, to lead
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Agile
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moving quickly and lightly
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Exacting
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fastidious: having complicated nutritional requirements
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Litigate
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engage in legal proceedings
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Prodigal
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a recklessly extravagant consumer
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Prodigious
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colossal: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
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Cogent
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powerfully persuasive
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Exigent
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clamant: demanding attention
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Ad / al
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to, toward, near
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Adjoin
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border: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
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Alloy
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debase: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
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Al / ali / alter
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other, another
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Am
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love
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Amity
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a cordial disposition
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Paramour
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fancy man: a woman's lover
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Inamorata
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a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship
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Amb
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to go, to walk
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Amble
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walk leisurely
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Preamble
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make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document
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Perambulator
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baby buggy: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
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Circumambulate
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walk around something
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Amb / amph
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around, both, more than one
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Ambit
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scope: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control
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Ambient
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competely enveloping
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Anim
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life, mind, soul, spirit
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Equanimity
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composure: steadiness of mind under stress
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Pusillanimous
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lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution
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Ante
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before
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Antecedent
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ancestor: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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Antediluvian
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any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
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Anthro / andr
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man, human
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Philander
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have amorous affairs
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Anthropocentric
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human-centered
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Annu / ennui
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year
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Biennial
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having a life cycle lasting two seasons
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Biannual
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semiannual: occuring or payable twice each year
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Annuity
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income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments
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Annals
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reports of the work of a society or learned body etc
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Anti
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against
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Antiseptic
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thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
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Apo
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away
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Apostle
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an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
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Apogee
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the point in an orbit around the Sun in which the Earth that is most distant from the Sun
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Apocryphal
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being of questionable authenticity
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Apotheosis
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ideal: model of excellence or perfection of a kind
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Apt / ept
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skill, fitness, ability
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Adept
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ace: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
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Arch / archi
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chief, principal
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Archy
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ruler
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Art
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skill, craft
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Artless
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ingenuous: characterized by an inability to mask your feelings
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Auc / aug / aux
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to increase
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Auto
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self
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Autocrat
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tyrant: a cruel and oppressive dictator
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Be
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to be, to have a certain quality
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Bemoan
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deplore: regret strongly
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Bespeak
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be a signal for or a symptom of
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Beguile
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juggle: influence by slyness
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Beset
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harass: annoy continually or chronically
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Bel / bell
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war
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Ben / bon
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good
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Bona fide
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undertaken in good faith
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Bi
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twice, doubly
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Bigamy
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having two spouses at the same time
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Bri / brev
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brief, short
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Cad / cid
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to fall, to happen by chance
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Decadent
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marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
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Recidivism
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habitual relapse into crime
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Cand
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to burn
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Cant / cent / chant
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to sing
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Cap / cip / cipit
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head, headlong
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Percipient
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perceiver: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
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Precept
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principle: rule of personal conduct
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Cap / capit / cipit
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head, headlong
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Precipice
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a very steep cliff
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Precipitate
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bring about abruptly
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Precipitous
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hasty: done with great haste and without due deliberation
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Card / cord / cour
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heart
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Concordance
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a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds)
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Carn
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flesh
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Cast / chast
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cut
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Chaste
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morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
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Caust
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to burn
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Ced / ceed / cess
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to go, to yield, to stop
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Concede
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admit (to a wrongdoing)
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Cede
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concede: give over
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Abscess
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symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
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Centr
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center
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Carnal
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marked by the appetites and passions of the body
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Centrifuge
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rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids
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Cern / cert / cret / crim / crit
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to separate, to judge, to distinguish, to decide
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Ascertain
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determine: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
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Criterion
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standard: a basis for comparison
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Recrimination
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mutual accusations
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Chron
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time
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Circu
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around, on all sides
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Circumvent
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besiege: surround so as to force to give up
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Circumlocution
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a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
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Circumscribe
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draw a line round
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Circuitous
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marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
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Cis
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to cut
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Exorcise
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expel through adjuration or prayers
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Excise
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strike: removing by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
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Incisive
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acute: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
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Cit
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to set in motion
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Incite
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motivate: give up an incentive for action
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Solicit
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woo: make amorous advances towards
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Solicitous
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full of anxiety and concern
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Cla / clo / clu
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shut, close
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Preclude
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prevent: keep from happening or arising
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Foreclose
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prevent: keep from happening or arising
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Claim / clam
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to shout, to cry out
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Cli
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to lean toward
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Proclivity
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a natural inclination
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Co / col / com / con
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with, together
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Convivial
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occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
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Coalesce
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blend: mix together different elements
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Contrite
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feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
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Conciliate
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pacify: cause to be more favorably inclined
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Conclave
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a confidential or secret meeting
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Crat / cracy
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to govern
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Autocracy
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a political system governed by a single individual
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Cre / cresc / cret
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to grow
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Accretion
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an increase by natural growth or addition
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Cred
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to believe, to trust
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Creed
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any system of principles or beliefs
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Credo
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creed: any system of principles or beliefs
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Credence
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the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
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Cryp
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hidden
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Cub / cumb
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to lie down
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Incubate
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grow under conditions that promote development
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Incumbent
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accumbent: lying down
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Culp
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blame
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Inculpate
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incriminate: suggest that someone is guilty
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Cour / cur
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running, a course
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Incur
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make oneself subject to
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Incursion
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the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)
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Discursive
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dianoetic: proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
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Recourse
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act of turning to for assistance
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Cursory
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casual: hasty and without attention to detail
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De
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away, off, down, completely, reversal
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Detract
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take away: take away a part from
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Decry
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condemn: express strong disapproval of
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Delineate
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define: show the form or outline of
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Deferential
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showing submission and respect
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Dem
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people
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Di / dia
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apart, through
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Diaphanous
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so thin as to transmit light
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Dialectic
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any of formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
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Dic / dict / dit
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to say, to tell, to use words
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Indict
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accuse formally of a crime
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Indite
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write: produce a literary work
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Obiter dictum
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an incidental remark
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Dign
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worth
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Dignitary
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very important person: an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
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Condign
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fitting or appropriate and deserved
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Infra dig
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beneath your dignity
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Dis / dif
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away from, apart, reversal, not
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Dissipate
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disperse: to cause to separate and go in different directions
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Diffuse
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move outward
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Dac / dog
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to teach
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Doctrinaire
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dogmatist: a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
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Dog / dox
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opinion
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Dogmatic
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characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
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Dol
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suffer, pain
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Indolence
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inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
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Doleful
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filled with or evoking sadness
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Dolorous
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showing sorrow
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Don / dot / dow
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to give
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Condone
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excuse: excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
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Dub
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doubt
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Dubious
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doubtful: fraught with uncertainty or doubt
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Dubiety
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doubt: the state of being unsure of something
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Duc / duct
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to lead
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Conducive
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tending to bring about
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Induct
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place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
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Dur
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hard
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Duress
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compulsory force or threat
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Dour
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dogged: stubbornly unyielding
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Obdurate
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cussed: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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Dys
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faulty
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Dyspepsia
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indigestion: a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea
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Epi
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upon
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Epigram
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a witty saying
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Equ
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equal, even
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Equable
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not varying
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Equity
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the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it
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Iniquity
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absence of moral or spiritual values
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Equivocate
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beat around the bush: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
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Equivocal
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open to two or more interpretations
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Err
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to wander
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Errant
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straying from the right course or from accepted standards
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Obsolescent
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becoming obsolete
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Iridescent
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changeable: varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
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Acquiescent
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willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest
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Incandescent
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emitting light as a result of being heated
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Evanescent
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tending to vanish like vapor
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Convalescent
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a person who is recovering from illness
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Eu
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good, well
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Eulogy
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a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently
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Eugenics
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the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human breeding)
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Euphony
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music: any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
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E / ef / ex
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out, out of, from, former, completely
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Exult
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feel extreme happiness or elation
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Extenuate
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lessen or try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
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Efface
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obliterate: removing completely from recognition or memory
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Egregious
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crying: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
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Extra
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outside of, beyond
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Fab / fam
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speak
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Affable
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diffusing warmth and friendliness
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Ineffable
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indefinable: defying expression or description
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Fac / fic / fig / fait / feit / fy
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to do, to make
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Faction
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cabal: a clique (usually secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
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Factitious
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not produced by natural forces
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Munificent
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lavish: very generous
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Rarefy
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lessen the density or solidity of
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Fait accompli
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an irreversible accomplishment
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Ex post facto
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affecting things past
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Fer
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to bring, to carry, to bear
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Proffer
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offer: present for acceptance or rejection
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Ferv
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to boil, to bubble, to burn
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Fervid
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ardent: characterized by intense emotion
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Fid
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faith, trust
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Diffident
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showing modest reserve
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Perfidy
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betrayal of a trust
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Fiduciary
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a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
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Fin
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end
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Flag / flam
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to burn
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Flagrant
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crying: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
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In flagrante delicto
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legal term used to indicate that a criminal has been caught in the act of committing an offense
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Flect / flex
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to bend
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Inflect
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change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
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Genuflect
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bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
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Flict
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to strike
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Flu, flux
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to flow
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Confluence
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a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
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Mellifluous
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dulcet: pleasing to the ear
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Fore
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before
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Forgo
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waive: do without or cease to hold or adhere to
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Fort
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chance
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Fortuitous
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causeless: having no cause or apparent cause
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Fractious
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stubbornly resistant to authority or control
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Infraction
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misdemeanor: a crime less serious than a felony
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Refractory
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not responding to treatment
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Fruit / frug
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fruit, produce
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Fund / found
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bottom
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Founder
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fail through: fall utterly
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Fus
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to pour
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Suffuse
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cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
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Infusion
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a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
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Gen
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birth, creation, race, kind
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Genial
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affable: diffusing warmth and friendliness
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Congenial
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suitable to your needs
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Ingenue
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an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless young girl
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Congenital
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present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
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Engender
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call forth
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Miscegenation
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reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
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Gn / gno
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know
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Prognosis
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a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
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Cognoscenti
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expert
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Grand
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big
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Grandiloquent
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lofty in style
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Grat
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pleasing
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Ingrate
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a person who shows no gratitude
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Ingratiate
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gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
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Gratuity
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a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
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Gratuitous
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without cause
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Grav / griev
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heavy, serius
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Greg
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herd
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Aggregation
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collection: several things grouped together or considered as a whole
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Gregarious
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(of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
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Grad / gress
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to step
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Retrograde
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move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
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Egress
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(astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
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Her / hes
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to stick
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Adherent
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disciple: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
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(H)etero
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different
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(H)om
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same
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Homonym
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two words pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
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Hyper
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over, excessive
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Hypo
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under, beneath, less than
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Id
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one's own
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Idiosyncrasy
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a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
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Im / in / em / en
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in, into
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Intrinsic
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belonging to a thing by its very nature
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Incarnate
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make concrete and real
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Implicit
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implied though not directly expressed
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Im / in
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not, without
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Innocuous
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not injurious to physical or mental health
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Insipid
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bland: lacking taste or flavor or tang
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Indigent
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destitute: poor enough to need help from others
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Infra
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beneath
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Infrared
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electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves
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Infrasonic
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having frequencies below those of audible sound
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Inter
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between, among
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Intermittent
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stopping and starting at irregular intervals
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Interplay
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reciprocal action and reaction
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Intra
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within
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Ject
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to throw, to throw down
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Abject
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of the most contemptible kind
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Join / junct
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to meet, to join
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Subjugate
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repress: put down by force or intimidation
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Injunction
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a formal command or admonition
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Rejoinder
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a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
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Jur
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to swear
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Adjure
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bid: ask for or request earnestly
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Lect / leg
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to select, to choose
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Lev
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lift, light, rise
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Lever
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pry: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
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Levee
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a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
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Levity
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feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
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Loc / log / loqu
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word, speech
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Locution
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saying: a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
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Interlocutor
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a person who takes part in a conversation
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Philology
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linguistics: the humanistic study of language and literature
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Tautology
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(logic) a statement that is necessarily true
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Luc/lum/lus
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light
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Lud / lus
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to play
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Collusion
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secret agreement
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Lut / lug / luv
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to wash
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Mag / maj / max
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big
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