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306 Cards in this Set
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Abolish
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Abrogate
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Abscond
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Depart secretly and hide
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Absolve
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Pardon(an offense)
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Obscure
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Abstruse
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Bottomless
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Abysmal
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Accede
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agree
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accost
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approach and speak first to a person
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acerbity
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bitterness of speech and temper
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pinnacle
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acme
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deliverance from a charge
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acquittal
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sharp; bitterly pungent
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acrid
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fear of heights
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acrophobia
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acumen
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mental keenness
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hard; inflexible
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adamant
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addendum
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an addition or supplement
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Adroit
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skillful
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agglomeration
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collection
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increase or intensify
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aggrandize
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gather
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aggregate
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aghast
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horrified
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one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality
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agnostic
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cheerful promptness
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alacrity
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medieval chemistry
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alchemy
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small,recessed section of a room
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alcove
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payment by a husband to his divorced wife
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alimony
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allude
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refer indiectly
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entice
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allure
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heated dispute
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altercation
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combine
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amalgamate
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convenient features
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amenities
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Wrong
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amiss
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pardon
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amnesty
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moved by sexual love; loving
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amorous
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causing insensitivity to pain
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analgesic
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serving as a n aid or accessory
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ancillary
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conditon in which blood lacks red corpuscles
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anemia
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angular
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stiff in manner
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hostile feeling or intent
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animus
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records
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annals
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annex
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attach
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annotate
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comment
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yearly allowance
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annuity
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make void
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annul
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consecrate
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anoint
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anomalous
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abnormal
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sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
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abstemious
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antecede
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precede
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antiquated; extremely ancient
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antediluvian
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regarding human beings as the center of the universe
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anthropocentric
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letdown in thought or emotion
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anticlimax
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old-fashioned
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antiquated
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direct opposite of or to
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antithesis
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imitate or mimic
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ape
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aperture
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opening
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loss of speech due to illness or injury
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aphasia
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a place where bees are kept
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apiary
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one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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apostate
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estimate value of
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appraise
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approbation
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approval
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arable
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fit for growing crops
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secret
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arcane
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prototype
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archetype
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ardent
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intense
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charge in court; indict
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arraign
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effective; distinct
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articulate
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trickery
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artifice
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ascendancy
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controlling influence; domination
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ascertain
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findout for certain
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ascribe
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refer; attribute; assign
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aseptic
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preventing infection
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ashen
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ash-colored
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askance
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with a sideways or indirect look
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aspire
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seek to attain; long for
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assay
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analyze; evaluate
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assimilate
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absorb; cause to become homogeneous
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attain
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achieve or accomplish; gain
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attest
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testify, bear witness
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audit
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exmination of accounts
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authenticate
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prove genuine
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auxiliary
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helper, additional or subsidiary
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averse
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reluctant; disinclined
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awry
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distorted; crooked
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axiom
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self-evident truth requiring no proof
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balk
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foil or thwart; stop short; refuse to go on
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hackneyed
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banal
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bane
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cause of ruin; curse
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bantering
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good-natured ridiculing
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bastion
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fortress; defense
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bauble
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trinket
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bawdy
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indecent; obscene
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beguile
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mislead or delude; pass time
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belaetd
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delayed
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bemoan
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lament; express disapproval of
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bemused
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confused; lost in thought; preoccupied
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bequeath
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leave to someone by a will; hand down
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berate
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scold strongly
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bereavement
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state of being deprived of something valuble or beloved
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bereft
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deprived of; lacking; desolate because of a loss
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beseeech
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beg; plead with
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bigotry
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stubborn intolerance
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bilk
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swindle; cheat
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blatant
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flagrant; conspicuously obvious
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blighted
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suffering from a disease; destroyed
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blithe
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joyous
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bode
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foreshadow
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bombastic
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pompous
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boon
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blessing
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boorish
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rude; clumsy
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bravado
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swagger; asssumed air of defiance
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capricious
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unpredictable
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breach
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breaking of contract or duty
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breadth
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width
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brindled
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tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
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bristling
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rising like bristles; showing irriation
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brittle
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easily broken; difficult
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broach
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introduce
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browbeat
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bully; intimidate
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brunt
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main impact or shock
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brusque
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abrupt; blunt
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bucolic
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pastoral; rustic
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bulwak
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person who defends
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bumptious
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self-assertive
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bungalow
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small cottage
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bungle
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mismanage; blunder
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burgeon
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grow forth
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burlesque
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give an imitation that ridicules
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burnish
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make shiny by rubbing
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cabal
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small groupo f persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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cadaver
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corpse
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cadaverous
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like a corpse
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calamity
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disaster; misery
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callous
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hardened; unfeeling
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callow
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youthful; immature; inexperienced
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calumny
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malicious misrepresentation; slander
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cant
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insincere expressions of piety
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canny
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shrewed; thrifty
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cantankerous
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irritable
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canter
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slow gallop
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capacious
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spacious
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caprice
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sudden, unexpected fancy; whim
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cardinal
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chief
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careen
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sway
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carnage
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destruction of life
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carnal
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fleshly
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carping
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finding fault
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castigate
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punish severely
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cataclysm
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violent upheavel; deluge
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cataract
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great waterfall; big cascade
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catcall
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shout of disapproval
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catechism
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book for religious instruction
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categorical
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without exceptions; unqualified; absolute
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cater to
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supply something desired
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catharsis
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purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
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caustic
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burning
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cavalcade
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procession; parade
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cavalier
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offhand or casual; haughty
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cavil
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make frivolous objections
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cede
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yield to; surrender
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celerity
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speed; rapidity
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censorious
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critical
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centrifugal
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radiating; departing from the center
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centripetal
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tending toward the center
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cerebral
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pertaining to the mind
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cerebration
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thought
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ceremonious
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marked by formality
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certitidue
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certainty
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charisma
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divine gift
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chary
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cautious
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chaste
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pure; virginal; modest
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chasten
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discipline; punish in order to correct
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chastise
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punish
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check
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stop motion; curb or restrain
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cherubic
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innocent looking
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chicanery
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trickery; deception
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chide
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scold
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chimerical
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highly unrealistic
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chisel
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swindle;cheat
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chivalrous
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courtoues; faithful; brave
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choleric
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hot-tempered
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churlish
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boorish; rud
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cipher
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secret code;
nonentity; worthless person or thing |
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circuitous
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roundabout
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circumlocution
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indirect or roundabout expression
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circumscribe
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limit; confie
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circumspect
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prudent;cautious
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circumvent
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outwit; baffle
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cistern
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reservoir or water tank
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clairvoyant
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having foresight; fortuneteller
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clangor
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loud, resounding noise
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claustrophia
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fear of being locked in
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cleave
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split; sever
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cleft
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split
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clemency
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disposition to be lenient
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climactic
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relating to the highest point
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clime
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region; climate
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cloister
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monstary or convent
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clout
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great influence
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cloying
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distasteful
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coagulate
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thicken; congeal; clot
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coalesce
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combine
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coddle
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to treat gently
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codify
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to arrange laws, rules as a code
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cogent
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convincing
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cogitate
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think over
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cognitive
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having to do with knowing or perceiving; related to the mental processes
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cognizance
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knowledge
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collate
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examine in order to verify authenticity; arrangein order
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collateral
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security given for a loan
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collusion
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conspiring in fraudulent scheme
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comely
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attractive; agreeable
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comeuppance
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rebuke; deserts
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commensurate
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equal in extent
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commiserate
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feel or express pity or sympathy for
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commodious
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spacious
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communal
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held in common
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compact
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agreement; contract
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complaisant
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trying to please
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complicity
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participation; involvement
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compunction
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remorse
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concede
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admit; yield
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concerted
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mutually agreed on; done together
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concession
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an act of yielding
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concurrent
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happening all the time
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condole
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express symathetic sorrow
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condone
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overlook; forgive; give tacit approval
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lconducive
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contributive
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conduit
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aqueduct; passageway for fluids
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congeal
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freeze
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congenial
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pleasant; friendly
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congenital
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existing at birth
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conglomeration
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mass of matierla sticking together
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conjecture
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surmise; guess
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conjugal
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pertaining to marriage
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connivance
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assistance; pretense of ignorance of something wrong; permission to offend
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conscientious
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careful; scrupulous
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consecrate
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dedicate; sanctify
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consequential
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pompous; important; self-important
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conservatory
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school of the fine arts
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consign
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entrust; set apart; deliver officially
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consolidation
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unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger
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consonance
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harmony; agreement
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consort
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husband or wife
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conspicuous
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easily seen; noticeable
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construe
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explain; interpret
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consummate
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complete
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contagion
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infection
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contend
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compete;struggle
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contention
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claim
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contiguous
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adjacent to; touching upon
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continence
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self-restraint;
group that makes up part of a gathering |
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contraband
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illegal trade; smuggling
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contravene
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condtradict; oppose; infringe on or transress
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contrite
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penitent
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ubiquitous
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omnipresent
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perpetuated
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To prolong the existence
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Disconcerting
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Frustrating
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Upbraiding
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Disapprove severely
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Reprehensible
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Deserving blame
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Fractious
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troublesome
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Repudiate
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to reject as true
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lucrative
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producing wealth
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facetious
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humorous
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Asinine
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Stupid;silly
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rescind
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repeal or annul
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imprecation
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curse
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ensconce
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To place or conceal in a secure place
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avow
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confess
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excoriate
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to tear or wear off the skin
criticize strongly |
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obfuscate
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to make so confused so that something is hard to understand or perceive
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prepossessing
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influence in advance
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inculpable
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free of guilt
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lambasted
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to scold sharply
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chartered
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hired
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crepuscular
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twilight
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acclimate
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adapt
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rife
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abundant or numerous
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tenable
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defensible(argument/war)
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indubitable
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unquestionable
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specious
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having the ring of truth but is actually false; deceptively attractive
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inscrutable
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difficult to understand
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nebulous
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vague
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effusive
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profuse; overflowing
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pander
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to act as a go between
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speechify
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to give a speech
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elliptically
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marked by deliberate obscurity of style
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engenders
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give rise to
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propagate
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transmit characteristics from one generation to another
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farcical
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relating to farce; clumsy; absurb
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effervescent
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to show high spirits of emotion
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saccharine
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sweet(smile, candy)
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beleaguered
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surround with troops; harass
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serendipitous
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make a discovery by accident
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canonical
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of or required by canon law (church law)
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abrogate
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abolish
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remote
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slight (possibility)
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salient
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protruding; prominent
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seedy
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worn and shabby
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unctuous
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slippery; insincere
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earnest
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Marked by or showing deep sincerity or seriousness
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dessicated
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dryed out thoroughly
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variegated
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varied
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contingency
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uncertain; something based on luck
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fatalism
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doctrine that everything is decided by fate
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skittish
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moving quickly
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stymie
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to thwart;stump
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succor
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assistance
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