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155 Cards in this Set
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adulation
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flattery
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adversary
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opponent
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adversity
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poverty, misfortune
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advocate
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urge, plead for
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aesthetic
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artistic, appreciation of the beautiful
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affable
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easily approachable
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affirmation
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positive assertion
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aggregate
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gather, accumulate
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alleviate
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relieve
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aloof
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apart, reserved
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altruistic
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unselfishly generous
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ambiguous
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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ambivalence
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the state of having contradictory emotional attitudes
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amorphous
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formless, lacking shape or definition
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anachronistic
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having an error involving time in a story
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analogous
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comparable
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anarchist
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person who seeks to overturn the established government
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anecdote
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shorty account of an amusing or interesting event
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animosity
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active enmity
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anomaly
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irregularity
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antagonism
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hostility, active resistance
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antediluvian
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extremely ancient
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abate
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lessen
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abridge
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shorten
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abstemious
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sparing in eating and drinking
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abstract
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theoretical, not concrete
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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accessible
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easy to approach
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acclaim
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applaud
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accolade
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award of merit
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acquiesce
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assent, agree without protesting
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acrid
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sharp, bitterly pungent
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acrimonious
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bitter in words or manner
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antidote
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medicine to counteract a poison or disease
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antipathy
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aversion, dislike
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antiquated
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old-fashioned, obsolete
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apathy
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lack of caring, indifference
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apocryphal
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untrue, made up
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appease
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pacify or sooth; relieve
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apprehension
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fear
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arable
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fit for growing crops
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arbitrary
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randomly chosen
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archaic
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antiquated
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ardent
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intense
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arrogance
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pride, haughtiness
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articulate
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effective, distinct
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artifact
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object made by human beings, either handmade or mass-produced
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artisan
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manually skilled worker; craftsman as opposed to artist
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ascendancy
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controlling influence; domination
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial; austere
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aspire
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seek to attain; long for
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assiduous
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diligent
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assuage
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ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe(anger)
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astute
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wise, shrewd, keen
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atrophy
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waste away
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attribute
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ascribe, explain
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audacious
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daring, bold
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augment
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increase, add to
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austere
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forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
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authoritarian
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subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will
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autonomous
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self-governing
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avarice
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greediness for wealth
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aversion
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firm dislike
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avert
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prevent, turn away
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aviary
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enclosure for birds
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beguile
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mislead or delude; pass time
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belie
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contradict; give a false impression
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benevolent
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generous; charitable
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bequeath
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leave to someone by a will; hand down
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bleak
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cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
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blighted
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suffering from a disease; destroyed
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bolster
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support; reinforce
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braggart
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boaster
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brevity
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conciseness
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buttress
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support; prop up
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cacophonous
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discordant; inharmonious
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cajole
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coax; wheedle
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calculated
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deliberately planned; likely
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candor
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frankness; open honesty
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capricious
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unpredictable; fickle
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cardiologist
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doctor specializing in the heart
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carping
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finding fault
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censorious
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critical
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censure
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blame; criticize
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certitude
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certainty
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charlatan
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quack; pretender to knowledge
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circumlocution
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indirect or roundabout expression
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cliché
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phrase dulled in meaning by repitition
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coalesce
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combine, fuse
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coercion
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use of force to get someone to obey
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collaquial
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pertaining to conversational or common speech
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combustile
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easily burned
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commemorate
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honor the memory of
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compile
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assemble; gather; accumulate
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complacency
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self-satisfaction; smugness
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complementary
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serving to complete something
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compliance
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readiness to yield; conformity in fulfilling requirements
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composure
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mental calmness
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comprehensive
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thorough; inclusive
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concede
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admit; yield
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conciliatory
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reconciling; soothing
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concise
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brief and compact
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concur
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agree
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condone
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overlook; forgive
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conflagration
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great fire
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confluence
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flowing together; crowd
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confound
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confuse; puzzle
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conjecture
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surmise; guess
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consensus
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general agreement
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constraint
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compulstion; repression of feelings
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contend
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struggle; compete; assert earnestly
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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contract
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compress or shrink
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converge
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approach; tend to meet; come together
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conviction
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judgement thta someone is guilty of a crim
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cordial
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gracious; heartfelt
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corroborate
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confirm; support
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corrode
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destroy by chemical action
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corrugated
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wrinkled; ridged
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credulity
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belief on slight evidence; naivete; guillibility
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criterion
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standard used in judging
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cryptic
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mysterious; hidden; secret
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culpable
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deserving blame
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cursory
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casual; hastily done
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curtail
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shorten; reduce
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debilitate
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weaken; enfeeble
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debunk
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expose as false, axaggerated
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decorum
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propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
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deference
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courteous regard for another's wish
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degradation
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humiliation; debasement; degeneration
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dehydrate
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remove water from; dry out
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deleterious
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harmful
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delineate
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portray; depict; sketch
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denounce
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condemn; criticize
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deplore
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regret; disapprove of
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depose
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dethrone; remove from office
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depravity
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extreme corruption; wickedness
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deprecate
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express disapproval of; protest against
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deride
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ridicule; make fun of
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derivative
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unoriginal; derived from another source
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desiccate
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dry up
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despondent
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depressed; gloomy
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detached
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emotionally removed; calm and objective
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deterrent
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something that discourages; hindrance
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detrimental
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harmful; damaging
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devious
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roundabout; erratic; not straightforward
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devise
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think up; invent; plan
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diffidence
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shyness
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diffuse
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wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
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digression
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wandering away from the subject
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dilatory
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delaying
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diligence
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steadiness of effort; persistent hard work
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diminution
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lessening; reduction in size
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discerning
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mentally quick and observant; having insight
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disclose
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reveal
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