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110 Cards in this Set
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adherent
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a person who is loyal to a cause
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admonish
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to caution, advise, or encourage
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affinity
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a natural liking or attraction
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aloof
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distant, reserved
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antiquity
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the quality of being ancient
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arable
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able to be cultivated, suitable for farming
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ardent
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passionate about, intensely emotional, fervent
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avail
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to be of use or advantage to
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boon
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something beneficial
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cacophony
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harsh, discordant sound, dissonance
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cataclysm
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violet change, disaster
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chastise
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to discipline
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conciliate
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to win the favor; to reconcile and make up with
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connive
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to ignore or tolerate something offensive or objectionable
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consummate
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to bring to completion or perfection
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corroboration
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something that strengthens or supports with evidence
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countenance
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face, facial expression
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culprit
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one charged with of guilty or an offense, fault or crime
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deplore
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to strongly regret or disapprove of
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derby
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a horse race; a type of hat
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despicable
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deserving scorn and contempt
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dispel
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to rid one's mind of: dispel by doubt; to drive away as if by scattering
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dissonance
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lack of harmony among combined sounds
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doctrine
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an idea or set of ideas established for acceptance or belief by a religious, political, scientific, or philosophic group
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duplicity
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deception, guile
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editorialize
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to inject personal opinion into a factual account
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efface
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erase
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emaciated
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extremely thin
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emulate
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to strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation; to compete
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enervate
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to weaken
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epidemiologist
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one who studies the spread and control of disease
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errant
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changing from the right course; moving in an aimless manner
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erudite
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characterized by extensive learning; wise
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eschew
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to avoid; shun
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etiquette
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rules of social conduct
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exacerbate
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to make worse, to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of
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feisty
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quick tempered, quarrelsome
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flaunt
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to display in a showy manner
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forum
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a place [like a meeting hall] or a medium [like an editorial page] for open discussion
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frenetic
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wildly excited or active, frantic, frenzied
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frenzy
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violent mental condition, wild excitement characteristic of mania
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futile
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pointless, useless
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galvanize
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to shock, urge, or spur into action
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garrulous
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talking excessively and trivially
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glutton
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one who eats to excess
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illustrious
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distinguished, famed
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incense
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to make very angry
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incorrigible
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incapable of being corrected or reformed
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indigenous
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organizing in and characteristic of a region or country
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indigent
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needy, poor, impoverished
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indignation
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anger aroused by something unjust or contemptible
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indubitable
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being beyond question, without doubt
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ineptitude
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being inappropriate, foolish, or incompetent
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infatuated
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inspired with foolish, often extravagant, love or admiration, obsessed
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innocuous
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harmless; too mild or bland
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insatiable
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incapable of being satisfied
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insular
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pertaining to islands; excessively narrow in scope
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insurmountable
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incapable of being overcome, as an obstace
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intersperse
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to scatter or place at intervals
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introverted
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concerned primarily with one's own thoughts and feelings
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inundate
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to flood or overwhelm
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inure
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to make one accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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jargon
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dialect and terms peculiar to a profession
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jingoism
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extreme devotion to one's country, especially characterized by an aggressive foreign policy
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lackluster
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lacking brilliance, dull
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macrocosm
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the universe; a system which reflects one of its components on a large scale
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marionette
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a joined puppet manipulated form above by strings or wires
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martyr
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one who chooses to suffer death rather than give up religious principles; one who makes great sacrifices in order to advance a cause or belief
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meddler
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one who interferes without being asked to
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monastic
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related to monasteries, monks, or nuns; having a lifestyle marked by seclusion and contemplation, discipline and regimen, or self-denial and strictness
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notoriety
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being known for something unfavorable, infamous
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obliterate
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to completely remove or destroy
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officious
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too forward in offering help and advice, bossy
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ophthalmologist
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a doctor who studies and treats the eye
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opulence
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wealth, especially when displayed extravagantly, lavishness
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orthodox
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adhering to what is accepted, customary, or traditional
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ostentatious
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boastful showiness, pretentious display meant to impress others
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overture
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an opening move towards a relationship or proposal; the prelude to a musical composition
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pall
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a cloth covering for a coffin, often made of velvet; a covering that darkness or obscures: a pall of smoke; a gloomy effect or atmosphere
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panorama
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a view that shows every direction
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patron
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one that supports or protects, or champions something, a sponsor or benefactor; a regular customer
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perjure
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to lie or misrepresent the truth while under oath
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perjury
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lying under oath
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perpetuate
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to continue forever
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portable
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suitable for drinking
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preeminent
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outstanding, superior or notable above all others
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pretext
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something put forward to hide true purpose or intent
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prowess
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superior skill or ability, especially strength, courage, or daring
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pry
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to rudely inquire into personal matters
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recant
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to publicly renounce an idea or belief
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redress
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the settling right of what is wrong
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refurbish
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to renovate, to make clean, bright or fresh again
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retrenchment
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reduction; the act of cutting down, especially expenses
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salinize
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to treat with salt
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scathing
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bitterly severe
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sedentary
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inactive
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snippet
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a small bit, scrap, or fragment
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speculation
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a conclusion reached by contemplation; engaging in risk with the expectation of financial gain
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sporadic
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irregular or unpredictable in occurrence
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sty
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a pen, or enclosure, of pigs or hogs; inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid
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stymie
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to hinder, block, or thwart
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supercilious
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disdainful in an arrogant way
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tenacious
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holding persistently to something, such as an idea; holding together firmly, cohesive; clinging, adhesive; tending to retain
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thwart
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to oppose and defeat the efforts, ambitions, or plans of
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trounce
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to beat severely; to defeat
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ubiquitous
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being everywhere, especially at the same time, omnipresent
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undermine
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to injure or destroy by secret means
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unpalatable
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not agreeable to the taste
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vernacular
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the ordinary, everyday language of a people
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virulent
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actively poisonous; highly infective
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