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venial
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forgivable; trivial
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verbiage
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pompous array of words
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vernacular
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living language; natural style
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verve
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enthusiasm; liveliness
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viable
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practical or workable; capable of maintaining life
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vicarious
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acting as a substitute; done by a deputy
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vicissitude
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change of fortune
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vindicate
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clear from blame; exonerate; justify or support
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vindictive
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out for revenge; malicious
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virile
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manly
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virtual
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in essence; for practical purposes
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virtuoso
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highly skilled artist
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virulent
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extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter
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viscid
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adhesive; gluey
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vise
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tool for holding work in place
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visionary
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produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical
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vituperative
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abusive; scolding
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vociferous
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clamorous; noisy
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volatile
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changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
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volition
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act of making a conscious choice
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voracious
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ravenous
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vortex
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whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged
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vouchsafe
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grant; choose to reply; permit
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voyeur
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Peeping Tom
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waffle
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speak equivocally about an issue
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waft
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moved gently by wind or waves
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waggish
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mischievous; humorous; tricky
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waif
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homeless child or animal
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wake
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trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before
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wan
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having a pale or sickly color; pallid
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warble
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sing; babble
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watershed
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crucial dividing point
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wax
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increase; grow
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wean
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accustom a baby to not nurse; give up a cherished activity
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welter
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turmoil; bewildering jumble
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whiff
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puff or gust (of air, scent, etc.); hint
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whinny
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neigh like a horse
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whittle
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pare; cut off bits
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wily
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cunning; artful
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windfall
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unexpected lucky event
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winnow
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sift; separate good parts from bad
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wispy
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thin; slight; barely discernible
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withstand
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stand up against; successfully resist
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yen
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longing; urge
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yoke
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join together, unite
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yore
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time past
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zany
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crazy; comic
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zenith
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point directly overhead in the sky; summit
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decibel
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a unit for expressing the relative intensity of sounds; degree of loudness
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legion
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n. a large military force (army); a very large number
adj. many, numerous |
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hindsight
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perception of the nature of an event after it has happened
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divisive
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creating disunity or dissension
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byline
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a secondary line; a line at the beginning of a news story, magazine article, or book giving the writer's name
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emulate
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to strive to equal or excel; imitate
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scepter
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royal or imperial authority
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conventicle
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assembly, meeting
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ambrosia
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food that has a delightful taste or smell; food of the gods
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earmark
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to set aside for a special purpose; an identification mark to show ownership
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expanse
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a wide open area
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fizz
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to make a bubbling hissing sound, as when gas escapes from a liquid; a bubbling sound
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feces
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bodily waste discharged through the anus: excrement
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irradiation
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exposure to radiation; application of radiation especially for therapeutic purposes
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fission
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a splitting or breaking up into parts
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dealt
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deliver
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rapprochement
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establishment of or state of having cordial relations
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gangrene
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local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply; pervasive decay or corruption: rot
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ricin
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a poisonous protein in the castor bean
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moniker
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name, nickname
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parlayed
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exploit successfully
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eked out
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to get with great difficulty
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underdog
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a loser or predicted loser in a struggle or contest; a victim of injustice or persecution
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brouhaha
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uproar
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lest
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for fear that
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skedaddled
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run away, scram: to flee in a panic
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detritus
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loose material (as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration; debris
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détente
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the relaxation of strained relations or tensions (as between nations); also a policy promoting this
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secede
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to withdraw from an organization (as a religious communion or political party or federation)
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incursions
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a hostile entrance into a territory: raid
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communique
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bulletin (formal public notice)
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refrain
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a regularly recurring phrase or verse
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inveigh
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to protest or complain bitterly
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quills
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a bobbin, spool, or spindle on which filling yarn is wound; hollow sharp spines of a porcupine or hedgehog
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vault
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to do or achieve something as if by a leap; to leap over
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constituencies
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a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative
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rut
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a usual or fixed practice; especially : a monotonous routine
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mantra
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a mystical formula of invocation or incantation (as in Hinduism)
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voir dire
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a preliminary examination to determine the competency of a witness or juror
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mayhem
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maim; cripple; needless or willful damage or violence
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fray
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a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute
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referendum
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practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative
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noggins
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a small mug or cup; a small quantity (as a gill) of drink; a person's head
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ballyhooed
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a noisy attention-getting demonstration or talk; flamboyant, exaggerated, or sensational advertising or propaganda
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offset
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balance; compensate
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noir
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crime fiction featuring hard-boiled (devoid of sentimentality) cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings
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aver
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to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause; to declare positively
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skein
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a loosely coiled length of yarn or thread wound on a reel; tangle; a flock of wildfowl (as geese or ducks) in flight
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joust
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to engage in combat with lances on horseback; to engage in personal combat or competition
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scour
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to rub hard especially with a rough material for cleansing; to move about quickly especially in search
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ere
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before
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ere long: before long
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grit(s)
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n. sand, gravel; firmness of mind or spirit
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gunwale
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the upper edge of a ship's or boat's side
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wight
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being, body, creature, man
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preponderant
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having superior weight, force, or influence; having greater prevalence
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boggle
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to start with fright or amazement: be overwhelmed; to hesitate because of doubt, fear, or scruples
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brine
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the water of a sea or salt lake
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confabulate
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chat, to hold a discussion
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esplanade
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a level open stretch of paved or grassy ground, especially one designed for walking or driving along a shore
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ineluctable
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not to be avoided, changed, or resisted
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parleying
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to speak with another, discuss
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pestiferous
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dangerous to society; carrying or propagating infection
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recrudescence
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a new outbreak after a period of abatement or inactivity
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sangfroid
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self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain
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serried
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crowded or pressed together
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sleuth
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n. detective
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sough
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to make a moaning or sighing sound
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tocsin
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an alarm bell or the ringing of it
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tussle
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a physical contest or struggle; an intense argument, controversy, or struggle
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wield
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to deal successfully with, manage; to handle (as a tool) especially effectively
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