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130 Cards in this Set
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Abominable
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Very unpleasant, loathsome, detestable
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Chide
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To express disapproval of
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Contrivance
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A plan or scheme
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Covet
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To desire wrongfully
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Diabolic
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Having qualities of a devil
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Haughty
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Disdainfully proud
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Omnipotent
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Infinite in power
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Ostracize
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To exclude by general consent
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Profane
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Not devoted to holy or religious purposes
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Conjure
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To implore earnestly or solemnly
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Fidelity
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A quality or state of being faithful
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Insinuate
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To introduce gradually
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Obdurate
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Stubbornly resistant
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Pristine
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Having the purity of its original state
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Prodigious
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Exciting wonder
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Reprehensible
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Deserving blame or censure
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Stigma
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A mark of disgrace or discredit
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Tremulous
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Marked by trembling or shaking
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Absolve
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To free from guilt, blame, or their consequences
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Assimilate
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To take in a and incorporate as one's own
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Blasphemous
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Irreverent, profane, sacrilegious
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Dogmatic
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Pertaining to a system of principles or tenants, as of a church
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Fallible
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Liable to error
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Insipid
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Without distinctive qualities
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Secular
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Not connected to religion
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Sycophant
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A self-seeking, servile flatterer
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Veracity
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Conformity to truth or fact
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Admonish
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To caution, advise, or counsel against something
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Affinity
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A natural liking for or attraction to a person
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Corroborate
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To make more certain
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Credulity
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Willingness to believe or trust too readily
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Exculpate
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To clear from a charge of guilt or fault
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Languid
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Lacking in vigor or vitality
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Prescient
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Knowledge of things before they exist or happen
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Rectify
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To make, put, or set right
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Venerable
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Commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity
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Arbitrary
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Subject to individual will or judgment without restriction
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Malleable
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Capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure
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Natty
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Neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance
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Nostalgia
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A sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time
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Obsequious
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Servilely compliant or deferential
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Placid
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Pleasantly calm or peaceful
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Reiterate
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To say or do again repeatedly
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Torpor
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Sluggish inactivity
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Discern
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To perceive by one of the senses
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Equivocal
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Allowing the possibility of several different meanings
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Feign
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To represent fictitiously
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Obeisance
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A movement of the body expressing deep respect or courtesy
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Palpable
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Readily or plainly seen, heard, or perceived
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Pervade
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To spread throughout all parts of
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Specious
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Apparently good or right though lacking real merit
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Tenuous
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Thin or slender in form
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Vagary
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An unpredictable action, occurrence, course, or instance
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Antipathy
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A natural, basic, or habitual repugnance
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Blithe
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Joyous, merry, or gay in disposition
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Manifest
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Readily perceived by the eye or the understanding
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Ostentatious
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Characterized by the need to impress others
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Pensive
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Dreamily or wistfully thoughtful
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Pertinacity
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Obstinacy, hardheadedness
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Respite
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A delay or cessation for a time
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Sagacious
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Having or showing keen practical sense
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Volition
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The act of willing, choosing, or resolving
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Erudite
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Characterized by great knowledge
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Indubitably
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That cannot be doubted
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Inherent
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Existing in someone or something as a permanent attribute
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Perpetual
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Continuing or enduring forever
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Portend
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To indicate in advance
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Sublime
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Elevated or lofty in thought,language, etc.
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Superfluous
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Being more than is sufficient or required
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Tacit
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Understood without being openly expressed
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Ubiquitous
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Existing or being everywhere at the same time
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Derision
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Ridicule, mockery
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Efface
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To wipe out, do away with
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Effectual
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Producing or capable of producing an intended effect
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Encumbrance
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Something burdensome or useless
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Impervious
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Not permitting penetration or passage
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Impetuous
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Characterized by sudden or rash action
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Incessantly
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Continuing without interruption
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Penitent
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Feeling or expressing sorrow for a sin or wrongdoing
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Predominating
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To be the stronger or leading force
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Capricious
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Subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim
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Diaphanous
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Very sheer and light
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Dichotomy
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Division in two parts
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Ingenuous
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Free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation
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Inordinate
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Not within proper or reasonable limits
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Gregarious
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Fond of the company of others
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Lugubrious
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Mournful, gloomy, or dismay
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Sardonic
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Characterized by bitter or scornful derision
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Accolade
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Any award, honor, or laudatory notice
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Commensurate
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Having the same measure
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Dubious
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Marked by doubt, doubtful
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Extemporize
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To do or manage something in a makeshift way
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Intrinsic
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Belonging to a thing by its very nature, fundamental
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Pragmatic
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Of or pertaining to a practical point of view
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Sporadic
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Appearing or happening at irregular times
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Vociferous
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To cry out noisily
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Abdicate
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To renounce or relinquish
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Affable
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Pleasantly easy to approach
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Assuage
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To make milder or less severe
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Debauchery
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Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasure
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Dissuade
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To deter by advice or persuasion
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Imbue
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To inspire, as with feelings
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Ineffable
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Unable to be described with words
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Solidarity
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Union or fellowship arising from common interests
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Tenacious
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Characterized by keeping a firm hold
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Apathetic
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Having or showing little or no emotion
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Asunder
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Into separate pieces or parts
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Bereave
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To deprive and make desolate
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Careen
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To lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion
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Censure
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Strong or vehement expression or disapproval
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Circumlocution
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A roundabout or indirect way of speaking
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Connive
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To cooperate secretly
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Demean
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To lower in dignity, honor, or standing
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Flagrant
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Shockingly noticeable or evident
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Ingratiate
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To establish in the favor or good graces of others
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Motley
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Exhibiting great diversity of elements
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Obstreperous
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Resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner
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Pedantic
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Ostentatious in one's learning
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Pretentious
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Full of pretense or pretension
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Querulous
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Full of complaints
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Ramification
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The act of ramifying, development
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Abate
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To reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.
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Adversity
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A condition marked by misfortune
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Consolation
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The act of consoling, comfort, solace
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Eradicate
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To remove or destroy utterly
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Facilitate
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To make easier or less difficult
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Impious
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Lacking reverence for god
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Insidious
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To entrap or beguile
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Solace
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Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble
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Unkempt
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Not combed, sloppy
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