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170 Cards in this Set
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abrupt
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sudden
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abstain
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to refrain
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alchemy
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turning base metals to gold
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amorous
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romantic
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ampitheater
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arena with seats around
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anesthetic
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causing loss of sensation
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animation
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enthusiasm
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animosity
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hostility
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apparition
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ghost
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appraise
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to estimate the value
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askew
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tilted
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avian
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related to birds
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awry
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askew
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baleful
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having evil intentions
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ballad
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folk song
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balm
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soothing influence
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bemuse
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to confuse
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blasphemous
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profane
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boisterous
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rowdy, loud
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burnish
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to polish
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calumny
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slander
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camaraderie
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spirited goodwill among friends
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cadence
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rhythmic flow
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candor
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honest expression
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canine
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related to dogs
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canon
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church law
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cantankerous
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ill tempered
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canvass
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examine
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capillary
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slender
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capitulate
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to surrender
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captious
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ill naturedly critical
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chivalrous
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noted for bravery and courtesy
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chortle
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to chuckle
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chromatic
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related to color
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civil
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polite
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clemency
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mercy
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cliche
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overused expression
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cohesion
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sticking together
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coiffure
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hair do
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collaborate
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work together
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collage
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assemblage of diverse elements
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concave
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curved inward
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composed
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serence
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concise
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expressing much in few words
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condolence
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sympathy for a person's loss
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condone
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to pardon
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confiscate
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to appropriate
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congeal
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to solidify
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congruity
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harmony
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consensus
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agreement of opinion
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consign
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to commit
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consolation
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providing comfort for a loss
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constrained
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compelled
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contemplate
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to think over
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ccontemporary
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of the same period
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contrived
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artificial
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convey
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to make known
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convoluted
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complicatedc
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copious
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abundant
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corrective
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remedy
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corrosive
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wearing away gradually
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cosmetic
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superficial
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cosmography
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science of the unniverse
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cosmopolitan
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sophisticated
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covert
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hidden, secret
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covet
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to lust for
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coy
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quiet shy
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crass
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crude
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credence
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acceptance as true
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credible
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believable
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credulous
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gullible
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debase
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to degradd
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debauch
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corrupt
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debonair
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suave
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debunk
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to discredit
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debut
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first performance
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decapitate
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to behead
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decathlon
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athletic contest with ten events
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deciduous
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losing leaves in the fall
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decimate
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destroy
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declaim
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speak eloquently
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declasse
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fallen in social rank
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declivity
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downward slope
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decorous
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proper tasteful
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decry
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to belittle
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defface
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to vandalize
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defamatory
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slanderous
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defer
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to put off
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deferential
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respectful and yielding
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defile
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to spoil
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definitive
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clear cut
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denounce
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to criticize openly
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denude
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to uncover
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depict
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to describe
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deplore
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to regret deeply
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deploy
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to spread out strategically
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depose
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to remove from power
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depravity
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moral corruption
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deprecate
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to belittle
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derirde
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to mock
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devoid
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totally lacking
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diffidence
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shyness
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diffract
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to bend a beam of light
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diffuse
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widely spread out
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digress
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to stray from the meain point
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dirigible
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blimp
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diplomacy
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tact
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disheveled
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untidy
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disingenuous
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crafty
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dismissive
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showing indifference
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disparage
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to belittle
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dispassionate
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free from emotion
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dispatch
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to send off
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disprese
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to scatter
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disposition
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personality
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dissonant
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not harmonious
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dissuade
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to persude someone to change course
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distraught
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worried
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divine
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to foretell
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dolorous
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sad
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dolt
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idiot
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dormant
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inactive
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doting
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excessively fond
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double entendre
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phrase of two meanings
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effervescent
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lively
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egocentric
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centered on oneself
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elixir
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substance believed to cure all ills
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eloquent
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fluent
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elude
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to evade
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eminent
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distinguished
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emotive
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evoking emotion
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empathy
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identification with another's feelings
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empire
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nation ruling foreign people
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equitable
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fair
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enthrall
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to charm
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exemplary
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worthy of imitation
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exhilaration
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energetic happiness
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exorcise
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to expel evil spirits
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exotic
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excitingly strange
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expedient
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convenient
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explicit
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clearly defined
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expunge
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to erase
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extort
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to obtain by threats
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flounder
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to act clumsy
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fluctuate
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alternate
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foil
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to defeat
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foliate
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to sprout leaves
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forage
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to wander in search of food
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foreboding
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giving a dark sense of evil
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explicit
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clearly defined
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foreshadow
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to hint at beforehand
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expunge
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to erase
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extort
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to obtain by threats
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explicit
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clearly defined
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flounder
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to act clumsy
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expunge
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to erase
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fluctuate
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alternate
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extort
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to obtain by threats
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foil
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to defeat
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flounder
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to act clumsy
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foliate
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to sprout leaves
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fluctuate
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alternate
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forage
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to wander in search of food
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foil
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to defeat
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foreboding
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giving a dark sense of evil
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foliate
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to sprout leaves
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foreshadow
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to hint at beforehand
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forage
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to wander in search of food
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foreboding
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giving a dark sense of evil
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foreshadow
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to hint at beforehand
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