Sat Words "test 3" 1/2

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Intuition

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knowing something based on feelings

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apprehensiveness

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worried/fearful about future

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flounder

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to have difficulty saying/doing something

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inundation

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to flood; overwhelm

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surfeit

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excess

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dearth

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lack of something

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prodigality

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wastefulness

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forgoing

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to abstain or refrain from

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fostering

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help develop

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embodying

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being the best example

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aspire

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to aim for

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eschew

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to abstain or keep away from

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infuse

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to inspire or introduce; to pour in

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obscurity

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condition of being unknown

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affiliation

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to bring into close association or connection

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downplay

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to treat or speak of doing so as to reduce emphasis on its importance

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cynical

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distrusting or disparaging the motives of others

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sardonic

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characterized by bitter or sornful derision; mocking

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quintessential

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the most perfect embodiment of something; the pure essence of a substance

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promulate

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to make known by open declaration

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cogitate

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to ponder; to devise

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pervasive

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to become spread throughout

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commemorate

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to honor the memory of something

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tenable

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capable of being maintained, as against attack or dispute

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sanction

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to authorize, approve, or allow

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substantiated

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to establish proof or evidence

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indubitable

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cannot be doubted; unquestionable

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specious

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pleasing to the eye but deceptive; misleading

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hybridization

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causing to produce hybrids

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incredulity

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disbelief

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exquisite

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beautiful, rare, elegant

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vertigo

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dizzy sensation

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covet

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to desire wrongfully; envy

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cagey

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cautious, wary, shrewd

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cryptic

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secretive; puzzling; ambiguous

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espouse

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to support; to marry

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hail

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to welcome

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disparage

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to belittle

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denounce

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to condemn or censure openly or publicly

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fortuitous

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lucky; fortunate; accidental

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inadvertent

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attentive; heedful

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auspicious

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prosperous; favorable

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optimal

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ideal; perfect; the best

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infinitesimal

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extremely small; minute

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forthright

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frank; going straight to the point

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inscrutable

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mysterious; impenetrable

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brusque

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rough; abrupt in manner

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enigmatic

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puzzling; mysterious

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nebulous

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hazy, vague, confused

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legitimate

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according to law; lawful