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236 Cards in this Set
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Acme
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zenith
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ajar
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slightly open
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apex
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pinnacle zenith high point
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bard
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poet
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bane
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cause for ruin
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bevy
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a large group
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bilk
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to steal; to embezzle
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boon
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a sudden gain; a windfall
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boor
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a rude person
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deft
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skillful, adept
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dolt
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obtuse person
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dire
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serious urgent
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dupe
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trick
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fawn
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to flatter subserviently
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foil
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to baffle a plan; to thwart
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gale
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strong wind
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garb
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clothing attire
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glib
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easeful with speaking/ storytelling
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guru
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learned person with followers
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hack
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hackneyed trite stale to chop
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hail
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to praise
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hale
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healthy
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heed
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to listen to advice/ to consider
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hone
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to sharpen
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iota
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very small amount
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laud
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to praise; adulate
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mire
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swamp pit; mud; quagmire
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loom
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to come into view, loom over/ hang over
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molt
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to shed
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onus
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duty or burden
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opus
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great work/ music usually
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oust
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forcibly remove a ruler from power
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pact
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agreement, contract; compact
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sway
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influence, control, dominion
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tact
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finesse in dealign with people/ diplomacy
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tome
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very big book
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tout
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to flaunt
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tyro
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beginner neophyte
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whet
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sharpen, stimulate interest in
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wily
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crafty, sly
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aesthete
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one who appreciates and seeks beauty
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alacrity
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cheerful readinenss
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aphorism
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wise saying, an adage, a maxim
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adage
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proverb or statment expressing a general truth
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maxim
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a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct
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pithy
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(of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive. (terse)
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appropriate (V.)
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to take anothers property as ones own
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arable
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able to be cultivated; farmable
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aboreal
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relating to trees
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asylum
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a safe place
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auspicious
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foretelling well for the future
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behemoth
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huge animal, giant
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bequest
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gift upon ones death
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breadth
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range or scope
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brook v.
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put up with, endur
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bungle
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botch, mess up
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byzantine
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fancy ornate
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celerity
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cheerful speed
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chagrin
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embaressment
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circumscribed
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defined or limited, isolated
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confound
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to confuse, to perplex, befuddle
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conjecture
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a guess
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constituents
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voters
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consummate
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complete, perfect
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convoluted
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complicated, comjpelx
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curtail
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cut short
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debased
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morally low
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decorous
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having propriety
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propriety
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the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals (being proper)
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denuded
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made ineffective or infertile
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desultory
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aimless, lacking a plan or purpsoe
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didactic
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relating to instruction, lecturing
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dilatory
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lacking goals or purpose, aimless
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din
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noise
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discomfited
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embaressed, disconcerted
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discretionary
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based on personal choice, showing prudence
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disingenuous
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dishonest, crafty
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disposed
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behavoirally inclined
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edifice
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a building
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effigy
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crude likeness of a loathed personegre
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egregious
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blatantly wrong
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emollient
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soothing lotion
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empirical
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based on data, evidence, and or experiement
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enervate
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to drain of energy to weaken
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enfranchise
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free from slavery/ bestow right to vote
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epitaph
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words inscribed on a tomb
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espouse
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to support
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expurgate
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to delete obscene or other undesirable material from a text
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extant
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existing
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facile
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easy
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felicitous
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suitable; pleasant
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feral
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savage; wild
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efface
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remove a mark from a surface
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galvanize
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incite/ arouse to action
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grovel
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to beg or plead/ crawl/ behave subordinately
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hapless
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ill fated; unfortunate; unlucky (hopeless)
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harbinger
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messenger; an omen
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hermetic
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sealed in an airtight manner
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histrionic
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overtheatrical melodramatic
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hubris
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excessive pride
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hamartia
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downfall by tragic flaw
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incantation
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calling out for inspiration or guidance/ invocation
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inchoate
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not fully formed
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incisive
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harsh; cutting; vitriolic
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incumbent
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one who holds political office
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indelible
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unable to be erased; permanant
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ineffable
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incapable of expression in words
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inexorable
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steadfast; resolute
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insular
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isolated; remote
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intemperate
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excessive; immoderate
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interlocutor
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won who participates in conversation or dialogue
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intractable
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hard to manage; or control
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jaded
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bored from to much pleasure
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jingoism
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agressive touting of patriotism
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juggernaut
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relentless force
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juxtapose
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place side by side
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leviathon
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subaquatic sea monster / huge
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licentious
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morally lax
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melee
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hand to hand fighting several paritcipants
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milieu
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enviorment
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naivete
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lack of experience
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nihilism
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philosophical belief involving rejection of established values and morality
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nondescript
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featureless/ hard to describe
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nonplussed
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confused to the point of ineffability
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obfuscate
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obscure meaning of
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oblique
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indirect/ slanted
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onerous
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burdensome
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opprobrium
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disgrace/ disapproval
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ostensible
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apparent
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panacea
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cure all
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partisan
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biased; opinionated
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pathos
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empathy; sympathetic pity
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pedagogic
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relating to education; instructive
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pedantic
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narrowly or pretentiously learned
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perfidious
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disloyal tratorious
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petulant
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irritable
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plaudits
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applausible/ praise
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pontificate
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express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic
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pragmatist
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pratical person
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precept
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rule of behavior or action
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precipitate
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to hurry up; make happen before planned
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prescience
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advanced knowledge; foresight
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probity
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honest; integrity
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profligate
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dissolute, wasteful in use of resource, morally lax, licentitious
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proliferate
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reproduce quickly
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promulgate
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make formally known/ announce
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prose
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language ordinarly used in speaking or writing, writing that is NOT poetry
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prototype
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a model, archetype, first specimine
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prowess
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valor, skill
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pundits
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erudite person
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qualm
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doubt, hesitation, uneasiness
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quibble
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to find fault with
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quixotic
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impraticle, idealisitc
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refractory
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stubborn
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relegate
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demote to inferior position
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reprehensible
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worthy of blame
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rescind
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to take back; to with draw
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sanctimonious
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pretending to be religious
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SANCTION V.
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to approve
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scrupulous
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very conscientious
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serendipity
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faculty of benefiting by random chance (finding valube objects at random)
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sophistry
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deceptive thinking; invalid argument
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spate
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an outpouring
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specious
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false, spurious, not authentic
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subterfuge
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deception
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supplant
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to replace; to substitute for
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surfeit
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a surplus, oversupply
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sybarite
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pleasure loving person
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table v.
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to set aside to discuss later (parli pro)
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tawdry
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gaudy
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gaudy
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cheap looking
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temerity
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recklessness, boldness (temari)
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temper v.
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lessen the severity of
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threadbare
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shabby/ very worn
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treachery
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disloyalty, perfidy
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perfidy
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deceitfulness; untrustworthiness.
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truculent
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belligerent
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unctuous
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inky, oily
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unheralded
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unannounced
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untenable
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unable to be defended
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upstart
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a rebel, an insurgent, a maverick
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utopian
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idealistic
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vaunt
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brag or boast
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venial
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forgivable pardonable
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verisimilitude
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probablity, somethign that has the appearance of truth
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vestigial
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extermely small
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victual
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food, commestible,
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vignette
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breif written description
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virile
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manly, sstrong
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vitiate
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to impari, to render inneffective
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vitriolic
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harsh, biting, caustic
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vocation
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profession to which one feels called to carry out
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watershed
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defining moment; turning point
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waylay
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to ambush
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wheedle
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cajole/ coax
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windfall
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unexpected gain or boon
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winsome
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attractive
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witticism
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clever remark
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zephyr
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light breeze
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sinuous
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having many curves or turns
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inane
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silly, stupid
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circuitous
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(of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way
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credo
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a statement of the beliefs or aims that guide someone's actions (nindo)
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dogma
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a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true
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scathing
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harm, injure
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volatile
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liable to change unpredictibly and rapidlyl (for the worst usually)
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equivocate
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use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself :
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prevaricate
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speak or act in an evasive way
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augur
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(of an event or circumstance) portend a good or bad outcome/ forsee
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portend
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be a sign or warning that (something, esp. something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen
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predilection
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a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something : penchant
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parsimonious
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unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal
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penurious
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poor/ parsimonious, mean
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iniquitous
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immoral or grossly unfair behavior (iniquity)
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phlegmatic
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(of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm
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amorous
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showing, feeling, or relating to sexual desire
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effusive
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expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner
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haptic
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of or relating to the sense of touch, in particular relating to the perception and manipulation of objects using the senses of touch and proprioception.
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candid
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honest straightforward
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euphemism
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nice way of saying somtheing harsh
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extrapolate
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infer estimate guess
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incoherent
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lacking cohesion
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insinuate
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imply
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lucid
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clear
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scullion
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servant assigned to menial kitchen tasks
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importunent
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persistant/ annoying
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sinecure
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a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.
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pilferer
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steal
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raconteur
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good at telling stories
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winnow
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identify and remove/ blow
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collude
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conspire
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jargon
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special words for professions
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pinioned
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tie/ hold arms or legs
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fettered
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a restraint or check on someone's freedom to do something, typically one considered unfair or overly restrictive
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inculcated
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instill by persistant instruction
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triumvirate
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group of powerful notable things
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