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221 Cards in this Set
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Absolve
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free from guilt
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Accede
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agree to
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Accelerate
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speed up
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Adjourn
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put off to a later time
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Acvocate
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act in support of
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Allege
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calim
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Allot
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assign
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Allude
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refer to
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Alter
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change
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Assent
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agree
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Atone
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make up for
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Augment
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add to
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Avert
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prevent
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Ban
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forbid
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Bar
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exclude
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Cede
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give up
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Chastise
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punish
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Cite
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mention in order to prove something
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Coerce
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force
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Collaborate
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work with someone
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Commend
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praise
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Concur
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agree
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Curtail
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cut short or reduce
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Deduce
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draw a conclusion from given facts
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Deem
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consider
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Defer
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postpone
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Delete
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remove or erase
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Deplore
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regret
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Deprive
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keep someone from having or getting something
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Despise
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scorn
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Detain
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delay temporarily
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Detect
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uncover soemthing that is not obvious
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Detest
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hate
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Detract
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take away from
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Devour
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eat greedily
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Digress
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depart from the subject under consideration
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Dilute
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weaken by adding something less strong
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Disintegrate
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fall apart
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Dispel
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drive away
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Disperse
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scatter
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Disrupt
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break up
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Distort
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present incorrectly
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Diverge
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go in different directions
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Divulge
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reveal
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Eject
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throw out
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Encounter
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meet
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Endeavor
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try
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Enhance
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increase the quality or value of
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Ensue
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follow a a result
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Eff
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make a mistake
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Erupt
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break out
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Evade
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avoid or escape from someone or something
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Exceed
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surpass
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Extol
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praise highly
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Falter
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stumble
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Famish
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starve
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Feign
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pretend
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Flourish
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thrive
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Foil
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prevent
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Forsake
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abandon
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Frustrate
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prevent someone from achieving a goal
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Gauge
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estimate
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Harass
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disturb constantly
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Heave
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lift and throw
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Heed
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pay attention to
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Hinder
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keep back
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Hurl
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throw with force
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Ignite
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set fire to
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Immerse
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plunge into a liquid
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Impair
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damage
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Imply
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suggest
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Incite
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arouse
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Infer
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come to a conclusion based on something known
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Instigate
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spur to action
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Interrogate
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question
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Intimidate
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frighten by making threats
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Irk
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annoy
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Jeer
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poke fun at
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Lament
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feel sorrow for
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Launch
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set in motion
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Lop
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cut off
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Lure
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tempt
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Lurk
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remain hidden, usually for an evil purpose
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Magnify
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enlarge
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Maim
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cripple
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Mimic
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imitate
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Mock
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ridicule
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Molest
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annnoy
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Narrate
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tell
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Navigate
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steer
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Negate
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deny
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Orient
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adjust oneself or someone else to a situation or place
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Oust
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expel
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Pend
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remain undecided
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Perfect
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complete
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Perplex
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puzzle
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Pertain
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have reference to
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Perturb
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upset greatly
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Peruse
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read carefully
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Preclude
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prevent something from happening
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Prescribe
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order
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Presume
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take for granted
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Prevail
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win out over
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Probe
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investigate thoroughly
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Procure
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obtain
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Prosper
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be successful
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Protrude
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project
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Provoke
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arouse to action out of irritation
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Pry
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look closely into
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Quell
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subdue
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Rebate
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give back, usually part of an amount paid
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Rebuke
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reprimand
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Recede
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move backward
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Reconcile
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bring together by settling differences
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Rectify
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correct
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Recur
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happen again
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Refrain
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keep from
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Feimburse
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pay back
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Reiterate
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repeat
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Reject
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refuse to take
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Relinquish
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give up
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Reminisce
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recall past happenings
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Remunerate
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pay for work or other service done
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Renounce
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give up
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Renovate
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restore
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Repent
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regret
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Repose
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rest
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Reproach
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blame
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Repulse
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drive back
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Restrain
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hold back
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Retain
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keep
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Retaliate
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return in kind
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Retard
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delay
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Retrieve
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get back
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Revere
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have deep respect for
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Scan
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look at closely; look over quickly
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Scoff
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mock
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Scorn
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treat with contempt
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Scour
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clean thoroughly; move about widely in a search
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Scowl
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look angry
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Seep
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ooze
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Seethe
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boil
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Sever
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divide
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Shed
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throw off
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Shirk
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seek to avoid
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Shun
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avoid
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Shunt
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turn aside
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Sift
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sort out through careful examination
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Signify
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mean
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Singe
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burn slightly
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Signify
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mean
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Singe
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burn slightly
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Skim
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read over quickly
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Smite
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hit hard
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Snarl
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tangle
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Soar
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fly high in the air
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Spurn
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reject scornfully
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Startle
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surprise
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Stifle
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suppress
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Strew
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scatter
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Strive
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try hard
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Stun
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daze
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Subside
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lessen in activity
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Succumb
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yield to
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Suffice
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be enough
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Surge
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increase suddenly
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Surmount
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overcome
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Sustain
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support
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Sway
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move back and forth
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Tamper
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meddle with
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Tarnish
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discolor
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Taunt
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reproach mockingly
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Thaw
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melt
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Thrash
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defeat thoroughly
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Thrive
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prosper
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Throb
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beat insistently
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Thrust
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push forcefully and suddenly
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Thwart
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prevent someone from achieving a goal
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Tinge
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color slightly
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Torment
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afflict with pain
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Surge
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increase suddenly
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Surmount
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overcome
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Sustain
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support
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Sway
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move back and forth
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Tamper
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meddle with
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Tarnish
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discolor
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Taunt
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reproach mockingly
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Thaw
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melt
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Thrash
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defeat thoroughly
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Thrive
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prosper
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Throb
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beat insistently
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Thrust
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push forcefully and suddenly
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Thwart
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prevent someone from achieving a goal
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Tinge
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color slightly
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Torment
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afflict with pain
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Transform
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change the appearance of
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Transmit
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send along
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Trudge
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walk slowly and wearily
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Undergo
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experience
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Undo
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return to condition that existed before something was done
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Usurp
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seize power illegally
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Utilize
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make use of
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Utter
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speak
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Vacate
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make empty
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Vanquish
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conquer
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Vary
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change
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Vend
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sell
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Verify
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prove the trugth of
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Vex
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annoy
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Vibrate
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move back and forth
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Violate
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break
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Vouch
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guarantee
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Waive
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give up
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Wane
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decrease in strength
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Waver
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sway back and forth
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Whet
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sharpen
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Wield
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put to use
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Withstand
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hold out against
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Wrest
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pull violently
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Yearn
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long for
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Yield
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give up
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