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180 Cards in this Set
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Acclaim
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Praise, admiration, fame
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Acme
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The top or highest point; the culmination
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Aggravate
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Worsen, make more severe. Irritate or anger
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Allegory
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A work of art (story, painting, etc) in which a secondary meaning underlies the obvious message
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Allot
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To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; to set apart as one's share.
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Ambiguous
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Able to be interpreted in more than one way
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Apartheid
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A government policy of keeping different races separate
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Apathetic
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Without feeling; lacking interest or emotion
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Arbiter
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A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them
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Assiduous
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Performed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent.
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Bate
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To lessen by deducting or reducing
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Bauble
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An attractive object of little value
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Bulwark
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A rampart; a fortification; that which defends an enemy attack
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Burgeon
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Grow vigorously, expand greatly
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Chasten
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To correct by punishment; to discipline.
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Colloquy
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Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation
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Complacency
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Pleasure, contentment, satisfied with own abilities
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Conducive
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Helpful; contributive; tending to promote
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Consternation
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Dismay. Sudden amazement or dread that results in confusion
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Convoluted
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Containing many folds, bends, and or twists
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Covert
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Secret, hidden, sheltered.
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Cozen
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To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully
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Decree
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Authoritative proclamation or command
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Defer
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Postpone, put off, delay
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Degenerate
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To decline in worth; to lose goodness
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Deplore
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To lament; to condemn or view as wrong
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Desecrate
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To defile, tarnish, or blemish
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Diffuse
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To pour out; send out; cause to flow on all sides
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Disconcert
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To make uncomfortable, upset
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Discredit
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Cause disbelief or disgrace
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Dubious
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Doubtful, uncertain, open to questioning
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Duress
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Compulsion by threat
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Electorate
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A group of eligible voters
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Embroil
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To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble
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Epigram
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A witty or sharp thought expressed briefly, often in verse
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Euphoria
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Extreme, unmitigated joy and happiness
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Expedient
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Designed to efficiently achieve a particular end
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Formality
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A social custom, rule or ceremony; the observance of these
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Forment
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To nurse to life or activity; to encourage
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Fortify
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To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack
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Fortuious
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Happening by chance, as in something lucky, apt or fortunate
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Harbor
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To shelter
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Hardhearted
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Difficult to move to feeling, cruel, without pity
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Immerse
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To drop (usually into liquid), to plunge. To absorb one's attention completely
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Immolate
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To sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim, especially by fire
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Impediment
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Barrier or obstruction, something blocking the way
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Incorporate
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To unite as one body; associate
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Incorrigible
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Impossible to correct
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Inculcate
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Teach something by frequent repetition or repeated warnings
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Indeterminate
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Not certain or fixed; indefinite
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Inert
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Very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive
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Infaillable
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Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint
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Infernal
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Having the quality of hell
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Inherent
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Existing in something as a permanent and inseparable quality
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Intransigence
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Unwillingness to compromise; stubborness
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Knotty
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Something difficult or intricate
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Lethargy
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Lack of motivation, state of laziness or sluggishness
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Liaison
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A union; an intimacy
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Miser
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One who hoards money and is hesitant to spend it
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Nefarious
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Evil, wicked
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Negligible
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Can be disregarded, or left out of consideration; small or inconsequential
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Omnipotent
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All-powerful
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Onslaught
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An intense attack
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Palatial
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Like a castle, magnificent, stately
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Paradigm
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An example; a model; a pattern
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Paucity
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A lack of something
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Persist
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To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved
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Placate
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To calm, soothe or appease, often through concessions or offerings
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Poignant
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Deeply and sometimes painfully moving
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Prone
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Predisposed, inclined, likely
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Propensity
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Bias; bent; tendency
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Prosaic
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Commonplace; unimaginative
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Prudent
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Cautious; wary; careful
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Pugnacious
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Disposed to fight
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Purvey
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Supply, generally in a business context
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Quay
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A bank or wharf jutting into water from which boats may be loaded and unloaded
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Queiscent
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Lacking activity, quiet
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Quorum
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Minimum number of people required to hold an official meeting
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Rarefied
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Thinned out; made porous or less dense
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Remiss
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Negligent in fulfilling an obligation or duty
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Rend
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To tear one's clothes
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Repulsive
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Eliciting disgust and rejection
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Satiated
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Satisfied; full
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Solace
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Comfort, alleviation of grief or sadness
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Squander
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Spend lavishly, let slip away
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Taunt
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To challenge in an insulting manner
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Tempestuous
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Stormy
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Trappings
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The things that function as outwards signs of an object or person's existence; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations
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Tribulation
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That which brings about distress, trouble, or vexation
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Ungovernable
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Uncontrollable; unruly
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Unrequited
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Not repaid or returned
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Usurp
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To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right
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Vagrant
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Person who wanders from place to place; one lacking a set place to live
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Vapid
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Insipid; flat; dull; unanimated
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Venturesome
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Outgoing, daring, bold
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Vice
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A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit
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Viciate
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To make void or destroy; to render defective
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Vivacious
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Lively and animated
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Wax
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To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller
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Zenith
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The highest point, as in the highest point in the sky
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Blanch
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To make white. Typically associated with cooking.
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Braggadocio
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A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer.
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Congenial
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Allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic
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Ruminate
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To muse upon, to think about something repeatedly
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Tamper
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To alter; to meddle with
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Morose
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Sullen, annoyed, unhappy
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Timid
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Shy, unassuming, lacking in self-assurance or courage
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Rationalize
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To offer an explanation of (often with the sense of convincing oneself.)
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Covet
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To enviously desire. To want what another has
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Hieroglyphic
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Picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests; sometimes used to describe something complex, difficult, or esoteric
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Virtue
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Any positive characteristic; bravery; daring; spirit; valor
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Discredit
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Cause disbelief or disgrace
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Finale
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The closing part, piece, or scene in any public performance or exhibition
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Ancedote
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The closing part, piece, or scene in any public performance or exhibition
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Gruesome
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Ugly; frightful
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Introspective
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Given to self-examination
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Pedestrian
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Common, everyday, unexceptional
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Extricate
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To untangle or release from a difficult situation
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Conflound
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To confuse; to mingle and blend, so that different elements cannot be distinguished
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Subjugate
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Subdue, bring under control
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Unilateral
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Onesided, or established by one side or party
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Nostalgia
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Fond recollection of a past time; homesickness
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Cosmetic
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Affecting only the surface; skin deep
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Allegation
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Unproven assertion
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Contempt
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Hatred, disdain. As a legal term, the act of disobeying a court
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Mandatory
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Required; obligatory
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Velocity
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Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed
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Engulf
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To surround completely; to flow over and enclose
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Adhere
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To stick fast or cleave; to hold, be attached; to be in accordance; to agree
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Caption
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A descriptive title or heading, often found accompanying an illustration
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Radiant
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Emitting light, shining, glowing; joyful, beaming
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Coerce
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To cause someone to do something by threat or force
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Refractory
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Obstinate, stubborn, unmanageable
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Zealous
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Holding a strong, energetic belief
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Intervene
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To insert (oneself) into a situation and take action to affect the outcome
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Abdicate
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To relinquish (give up) the throne; also to renounce, or cast-off a responsibility
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Inhibit
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To reduce or prevent
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Conviction
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Strong belief; a proof or decision of guilt in a courtroom setting
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Levity
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Inappropriately funny behavior
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Disdain
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Contempt or scorn, or the expression thereof
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Prodigy
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Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature
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Admonition
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Gentle or friendly warning; counseling against a fault or error
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Multifaceted
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Having many sides or angles; intricate
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Partition
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Something which separates, often separates rooms in a building
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Verbose
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Using or containing more words than are necessary
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Intersperse
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Scatter amongst, to place at intervals inside something else
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Insipid
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Uninteresting; weak; vapid; lacking taste or flavor
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Clandestine
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Done in secret
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Paranoia
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Irrational fear and suspicion; pathological state of fear
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Ascetic
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Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe
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Transcribe
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To write over again, or in the same words; to copy
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Infamous
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Having a bad reputation
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Apprehensive
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Cautious and fearful, anxious towards the future
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Slur
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Insulting remark
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Lexicon
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A dictionary or a vocabulary particular to a subject
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Fallible
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Liable to err or to be mistaken
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Vindicitive
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Disposed to revenge; prompted or characterized by revenge
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Stigma
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Mark of infamy or disgrace
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Severity
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Gravity; seriousness; harshness (as of a punishment.).
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Gnarled
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Knotty; twisted
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Animosity
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Ill will, hostility
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Differinciate
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To distinguish or mark by a specific difference
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Brash
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Impetuous, aggressively self-assertive, rash
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Vanguard
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Front group, leading edge
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Misrepresent
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To present in an inaccurate, false, or unfair fashion
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Mutable
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Capable of change (or capable of being changed)
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Dementia
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Insanity; madness; weakness of mind; inability to reason
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Methodical
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In an organized, systematic fashi
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Glib
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Done in a smooth or offhand manner
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Tepid
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Lukewarm
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Extraneous
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Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing
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Lurk
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To lie in wait; to keep out of sight
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Prime
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To prepare; to get something ready to function
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Astound
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Suprise greatly, fill with wonder and confusion or bewilderment
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Treatise
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A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract
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Predisposition
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Previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection
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Duress
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Compulsion by threat
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Ally
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One united to another by treaty or league; someone on the same side; a kinsman
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Empirical
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Based on observations and measurement
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Auxiliary
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Backup, secondary, supporting
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