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119 Cards in this Set
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salubrious
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promoting health
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salutary
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healthful; beneficial
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ornate
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heavily ornamented or adorned
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mnemonic
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helping, or meant to help, the memory
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monarch
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hereditary head of a state
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arcane
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hidden or secret
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zenith
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highest point; peak
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florid
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highly decorated; gaudy; showy; ornate
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encumbered
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hindered
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tenacity
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holding fast; persistant; stubborn
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sacred
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holy; of or connected with religion
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candid
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honest or frank
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probity
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honesty; integrity
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inimical
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hostile; unfriendly
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animosity
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hostility; a feeling of strong dislike or hatred
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repine
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complain; mourn; fret
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fervent
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hot; bumming; intense emotion
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servile
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humbly yielding or submissive
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famine
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hunger; to wither away
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quixotic
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idealistic but impractical
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utopia
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idealized place
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morose
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ill-tempered; gloomy
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mythical
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imaginary; fictitious
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emulate
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imitate
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fervid
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impassioned; fervent
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indiscernible
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imperceptible
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impalpable
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intangible
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discourteous
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rude
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inculcate
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impress on the mind by admonition
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incarcerate
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confine; jail
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ameliorate
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improve; to make or become better
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congruent
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in agreement; corresponding; harmonious
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barrio
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in Spanish-speaking countries, an area of a city
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untoward
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inappropriate; improper
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untenable
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unjustifiable
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infallible
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incapable of error; never wrong
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nascent
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incipient; coming into being
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oscillate
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vacillate, to move back and forth
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myriad
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many; indefinitely large number
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perfunctory
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indifferent; done merely as a duty; superficial
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consecrate
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induct into a religious office; declare sacred
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futile
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ineffectual; wasted effort
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ineluctable
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inevitable; not to be avoided or escaped
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uncanny
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inexplicable; preternaturally strange; weird
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opprobrium
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infamy; vilification
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punitive
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inflicting, concerned with, or directed toward punishment
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deleterious
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injurious; harmful to health or well being
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rubric
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a category; instructions
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interpolate
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insert between other things
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edify
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instruct; correct morally
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contumely
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insult; contemptuous treatment
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cerebral
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intellectual; appealing to the intellect rather than the emotions
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didactic
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intended primarily to instruct
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wrath
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intense anger; rage; fury
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zeal
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intense enthusiasm
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usury
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interest at a high rate
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commingle
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intermix; blend; to mingle together
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daunt
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intimidate; to make afraid or discouraged
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implicate
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to involve or connect
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eccentricity
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irregular; odd; whimsical
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juggernaut
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irresistible moving object
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exasperate
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irritate or annoy very much; aggravate
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signatory
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joined in the signing of something
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jocular
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joking; humorous; full of fun
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jubilant
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joyful and triumphant; elated; rejoicing
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clandestine
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kept secret or hidden
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torpor
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sleepy; lethargy
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dissonance
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lack of harmony or agreement
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static
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lack of motion
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disaffection
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lack of trust; to cause discontent
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lackluster
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lacking energy or vitality
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incongruous
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lacking harmony or agreement
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dissonant
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lacking in harmony; discord
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impious
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lacking respect or dutifulness
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intemperate
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lacking restraint; excessive
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humdrum
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lacking variety; dull; monotonous
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parlance
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language; idiom
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voluminous
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large; bulky; full
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indolent
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lazy
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savant
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learned person; eminent scholar
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abstruse
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hard to understand; deep; recondite
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erudition
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learning acquired by reading and study
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assuage
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lessen; soothe
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largess
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liberal giving; generous gift
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herbaceous
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like a green leaf in texture, color, shape
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brazen
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impudent; audacious
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circumscribe
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limit
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knoll
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small round hill
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destitute
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living in complete poverty
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abominate
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loathe
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abhorrence
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loathing
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nostalgia
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longing for things of the past
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dissolute
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unconstrained by morals
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garrulous
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wordy
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uproarious
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loud and boisterous
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enmity
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hosility
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din
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loud confusing noise
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scurvy
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low; mean; vile
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nadir
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lowest point
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camaraderie
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loyal, warm and friendly feeling among comrades
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allegiance
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loyalty
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fealty
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loyalty
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lascivious
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lustful
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sedulous
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diligent
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incumbent
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lying, resting on something; imposed as a duty
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hackneyed
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made trite by overuse
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inure
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to make accustomed to something difficult
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negate
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make ineffective
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whet
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stimulate
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impart
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reveal
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slake
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make less intense by satisfying
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obfuscate
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confuse
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discern
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to make out clearly
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indemnify
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make secure against loss
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discomfit
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make uneasy
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obviate
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make unnecessary
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malevolence
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ill will
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fetid
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smelly
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megalomania
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a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur
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