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1579 Cards in this Set
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Doff
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to remove or take off
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Fickle
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easily changeable, especially in emotions
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Raze
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to completely destroy a building, city, etc.
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Splice
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join two pieces together
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Suave
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smooth, graceful and confident in speech and behavior (sometimes insincerely)
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Glib
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having a ready flow of words, a fast talker (implies deceitful).
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Rabble
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large disorderly mob
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Destitute
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without something, poor
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Orbit
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the path of something that circles something else.
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Taint
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to contaminate, to corrupt, to poison
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Deluge
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flood, great rainstorm, metaphorically, an outpouring of something like emotion
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Marvel
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amazing thing, something marvelous
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Wan
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pale, lacking color
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Delude
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to deceive, mislead, deceive, dupe
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Futile
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ineffective, useless, pointless, hopeless
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Jeer
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to mock in an abusive way, ridicule, mock, scoff
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Dogged
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persistent in effort, tenacious, stubbornly determined
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Limber
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bending and moving easily, agile, supple
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Deject
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to depress or make sad, dishearten, sadden
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Usurp
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to seize, to take by force, grab
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Reek
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giving off a strong, offensive odor
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Arid
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very dry, lacking moisture, unimaginative, parched, barren, dull, uninteresting, insipid
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Dogmatic
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asserting without proof, stating opinion as if it were fact in a definite and forceful manner, absolute, arrogant, opinionated, dictatorial, authoritative
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Schism
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division of groups, disunity
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Shrewd
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clever, astute, cunning, wily
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Lagoon
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shallow body of water connected to a larger one, pool
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Tepid
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lukewarm, unenthusiastic, half-hearted
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Fauna
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animal life in a given area, wildlife
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Dingy
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dark or drab in color, shabby, squalid, dirty
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Regal
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royal, splendid, majestic
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Meager
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very small or insufficient, skimpy, inadequate, insufficient
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Reign
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period when a ruler is in power
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Recur
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to occur again, repeat, return
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Discursive
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covering a wide set of topics, rambling
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Subdue
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to bring under control , overcome, vanquish
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Imply
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suggest without stating directly, hint, intimate
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Enigma
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mystery, riddle, puzzle
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Taut
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stretched tightly, tense, stretched
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Suspense
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fear or anticipation of waiting for something, something have to do with fear or mystery, as in a suspense novel, anxiety, apprehension
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Trite
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lacking originality, uninspired, stale, banal
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Inert
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having no power to move or react, dormant, inactive, lethargic
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Revel
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celebrate noisily, have a party, indulge
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Deceit
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deception, dishonesty, fraudulence, deception
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Paradox
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contradiction, something that doesn't fit, something that should be true because it seems to offend common sense, yet is true anyway.
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Quell
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to quiet something raucous, crush, defeat, conquer, overpower, overcome
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Devout
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deeply religious
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Effect
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result
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Seethe
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to bubble from within, as a volcano
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Token
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solely for show, nominal, meaningless
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Bias
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prejudice, inclination
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Countenance
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face or facial expression, the general appearance or behavior of something or someone, air, bless, favor, face aspect, approve
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Din
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loud, confusing noise
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Grovel
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to humble oneself, to beg
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Formidable
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able to inspire awe or wonder because of outstanding power, size, etc., impressive, awe-inspiring, impregnable, invincible
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Vacate
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to leave (as in vacation), depart
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Plagiarism
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copying someone else's work and claiming it as your own (this is becoming a big problem in the internet age), stealing
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Glib
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able to speak profusely, having a fead flow of words (if often implies lying or deceit), flip, fluent, smug, verbose, smooth
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Pious
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religiously devout or moral, religious
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Slack
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lack of tautness
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Tactful
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acting with sensitivity to others' feelings, discreet, politic, delicate, judicious, diplomatic, sensitive, considerate,
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Tumult
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noise and confusion
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Demote
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to reduce in rank or grade(opposite of promote)
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Astute
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shrewd and perceptive, able to understand clearly and quickly, keen, discerning, crafty, perceptive, foxy, shrewd, wily
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Cue
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signal, hint, prompt
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Rout
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total defeat, destruction
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Spurn
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reject with scorn, snub
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Tangible
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something that can be felt by touching, having actual substance, (opposite: intangible) material, palpable, concrete
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Meek
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humble and submissive, docile, compliant
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Bile
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ill temper, irritability, bad temper
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Dearth
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scarcity, lack
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Enact
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to make into law
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Irate
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full of anger, infuriated, enraged
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Schism
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division or separation between groups of members within an organization, disunity, break, division, conflict, clash
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Decisive
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having the power or quality to deciding, putting an end to controversy (e.g. your argument was the decisive one)
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Dismal
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causing gloom, cheerless, dreary
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Perjury
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making deliverately false statements when under oath (to have promised to tell the truth), lies, lying under oath
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Heed
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careful attention, listen to
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Misbegotten
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poorly conceived, poorly planned, based on false assumptions or false reasoning, illegitimate, ill conceived
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Agility
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condition of being able to move quickly and easily or being mentally alert, skillfulness, dexterity, nimbleness
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Saucy
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flippant, impertinent
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Hovel
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small, miserable shack, shanty
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Insinuation
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devious hint or sly suggestion made to cause suspicion or doubts, hint, suggestion, reference, implication
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Prophesy
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to predict teh future using divine (heavenly, related to a godly force) guidance, predict, foretell, forecast
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Admonish
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warn, caution, scold (sometimes in a good natured way), to urge to duty, remind, to advise against something
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Conducive
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tending to cause or produce, favorable, contributive (e.g. good eating habits are conducive to good health)
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Dawdle
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waste time with idle lingeringr, dally
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Affectation
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attempt to be what one is not for the purpose of impressing others, sham, airs, facade, unnaturalness
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Seethe
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to heave or bubble from great inner turmoil, as a volcano. to boil, steam, boil, foam, surge, heave, swell
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Torrid
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extremely hot, scorching, sizzling, hot
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Usurp
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to seize, take by force (often used with abstract nouns like "power" or "authority"), grab, steal, snatch
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Censor
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to remove material from books, plays, etc., for moral, political or religious reasons, suppress, delete
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Squander
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to waste (often time, money or opportunities) on something worthless, fritter, away, consume, exhaust
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Vend
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to sell goods (a vendor is someone who sells things, e.g. tech data is a vendor to dell computer), peddle
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Diplomatic
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skilled in the art of conducting negotiations and other relations between nations, polite, tactful
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Petrify
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to turn to stone (literally), to paralyze with fear or surprise (figuratively), shock, stun, stiffen
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Ebullient
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overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, excitement, high spirited, bubbling, exuberant, enthusiastic
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Scrupulous
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acting in accordance with a strict moral code, moral, upstanding, virtuous, ethical, principled
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Suave
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smooth, graceful, and confident in speech and behavior, sophisticated, cultivated, cultured, refined
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Debris
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charred or spoiled remains of something that has been destroyed, trash, wreckage, rubbish, remains
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Magnanimous
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having a great or noble spirit, acting generously, patiently or noble, big hearted, generous
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Pompous
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self-importnat, having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance or seriousness,
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Animosity
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ill will, ill feeling, intense dislike for someone or something, bitterness, rancor, acrimony
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Vex
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annoy, bother, annoy
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Subdue
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to bring under contro, to decrease the intensity of, control, vanquish, suppress, repress, tame
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Incentive
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motivation or drive to do a particular task or to go in a given direction, motive, stimulus
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Reminiscence
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memory or act of recalling the past (the noun is reminiscence, the verb is to reminisce)
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Tenacious
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steadily pursuing a goal, unwilling to give up, stubborn, persistent, persevering, untiring
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Infectious
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able to be passed from one person to another (such as an infection), catching, contagious
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Ingenious
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possessing or displaying great creativity and resourcefulness, brilliant, inspired, shrewd
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Sentry
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guard, watchman, lookout
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Slack
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lack of tautness or tension, a time of little activity or dullness, lull, relaxation, sluggish
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Persevere
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to continue in some course of action despite setbacks and opposition, continue, struggle
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Camouflage
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disguise worn in order to deceive an enemy, e.g. uniforms the color of trees and dirt,
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Contentious
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eager to quarrel, feisty, quarrelsome, cantankerous, combative, irascible, pugnacious
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Heterogeneous
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not uniform, made up of different parts teh remain separate, mixed, unlike, diverse
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Passive
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submissive, someone who lets things happen rather than himself taking action, not active
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Agitate
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to shake or grow excited, to move around a lot, to disturb or excite emotionally, upset
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Eccentric
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person who differs from teh accepted norms in an odd way, freak, oddball, weirdo, odd
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Ignite
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to set on fire (literally), to stir emotionally (figuratively), light, kindle, inflame
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Opportune
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appropriate to time or circumstances: timely, appropriate, lucky, appropriate to time
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Saturate
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to fill something to the point where it can hold no more, soak, fill, drench, permeate
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Contempt
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the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or wortheless
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Fanatic
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someone with excessive enthusiasm, especially in politics, religion or sports, zealous
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Statuesque
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like or suggesting a statue, as in massive or majestic dignity, grace, beauty, etc.
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Ultimate
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making the highest point, cannot be improved, final, maximum, conclusive, fundamental
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Altruistic
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concerned for the welfare of others, humane, benevolent, charitable, compassionate
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Assailable
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able to be attacked or assulted by blows or words, vulnerable, exposed, uprotected
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Conventional
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established or approved by general usage, customary, habitual, well established
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Frequent
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adj. happening or occurring at short intervals, repeated, regular, habitual, common
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Harsh
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stern or cruel, physically uncomfortable, unpleasant to the ear, rough, strict, severe
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Ominous
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threatening, menacing, having the character of an evil omen, foreboding, threatening
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Splice
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to join, bind, attach, in filme editing, to join 2 pieces of film, join, bind, attach
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Impious
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lacking piety or respect for religion, irreverent, sacrilegious (opposite of pious)
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Indicate
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to point out or make known with a good degree of certainty, disclose, show, reveal
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Temperate
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denying oneself too much pleasure, avoiding extreme positions, moderate, sensible
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Competent
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having enough skill for some purpose, adequate but not exceptional, fit, capable
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Nostalgia
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a bittersweet longing for things, person, or situation in the past, homesickness
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Libel
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a statement that gives an unjust or unfavorable representation of a person or thing
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Aghast
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overcome by surprise, disgust or amazement, seized with terror, shocked, appalled
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Deadlock
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standoff caused by opposition of two conflicting forces, stalemate, standstill
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Destitute
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bereft of something, without or left without something, poor, devoid, lacking
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Ransack
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to search thoroughly and messily, plunder, pillage, search, loot, pilfer, steal
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Staunch
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steady, loyal, firm, sturdy, stable, solid, established, substantial, steadfast
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Cache
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hiding place for treasures, anythign in such a hiding place, stash, hiding place
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Desolation
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condition of being deserted and destroyed, desertion, bleakness, barrenness
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Fidelity
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faithfulness to duties, truthfulness, loyalty, allegiance, devotion, accuracy
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Folly
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an act or instance of foolishness (e.g. the folly of performing w/o a rehearsal)
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Tether
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chain or rope tied to an animal to keep it within specific bounds, rope, chaine
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Foundation
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basis or groundwork of anything, whether a building or idea, bottom, basis
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Unanimous
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approved by everyone concerned, unchallenged, unopposed, united, harmonious
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Ascetic
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one who practices restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious
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Brevity
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state of being brief, no lasting a long time, shortness fleetness, swiftness
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Courier
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person who carries messages, news or information, messenger, runner, carrier
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Deluge
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flood, large overflowing of water, too much of anything, overflow, inundation
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Nauseous
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sickening, makes you feel sick or turns your stomach, revolting, disgusting
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Tragedy
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a disastrous event, or a work of art in which the hero meets a terrible fate
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Antidote
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remedy to relieve the effects of poison, remedy, neutralizer, counteragent
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Contemplation
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thoughtful observation, thought, reflection, deliberation, meditation
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Inert
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having no power to move or act, resisting motion or action, passive, inactive
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Amend
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to add to, or subtract from, repair, improve, alter, make better, ameliorate
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Chronic
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continuing over a long period of time, long-standing, continuous, constant
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Marvel
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amazing thing, something astonishing or marvelous, miracle, prodigy, wonder
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Mimic
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imitate, copy not always in a complimentary way, mock, impersonate, simulate
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Absurd
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ridiculously unreasonable, lacking logic, ludicrous, preposterous, bizarre
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Affable
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agreeable, amiable, poleasantly easy to get along with, friendly and warm
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Bliss
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supreme happiness, utter joy or contentment, heaven, paradise, joy, delight
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Imminent
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about to happen, on the verge of occurring, near, impending, approaching
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Raze
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to utterly destroy (a building, city, etc.), demolish, destroy, wreck, level
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Savor
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to enjoy something with relish or delight, taste, relish, enjoy, appreciate
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Angular
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having clear angles or thin and bony facial features, lanky, gaunt, bony
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Discursive
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covering a wide area or digressing from a topic, digressive, rambling
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Dungeon
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underground room in fortress often used to keep prisoners, vault, cellar
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Vicissitudes
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the unexpected changes and shifts often encountered in one‚äôs life
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Declamation
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exercise in speech giving, attack or protest, long speech, harangue
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Mar
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to damage something and make it imperfect, deform, impair, spoil, disfigure
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Repudiate
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to reject what one was once associated with, disown, reject, renounce
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Surrogate
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person or thing substituted for another, proxy, substitute, alternate
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Syndicate
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a group of people who come together for some kind of business/purpose
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Ascertain
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to find out or discover by examination, determine, unearth, find out
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Connotation
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a meaning or association suggested by a word beyond its definition
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Fervent
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showing great warmth, intensity, enthusiasm, warm, eager, enthusiastic
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Ingenuity
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inventive skill or cleverness, creativity, cleverness, inventiveness
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Repugnant
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something gross, repulsive, or revolting, distasteful, objectionable
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Condone
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to pardon, excuse, forgive, overlook, accept, tolerate, allow, permit
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Prodigious
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huge or extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.
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Confidential
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done secretly or in confidence, secret, covert, off-the -record
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Deplore
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to regard as deeply regrettable and haterful, regret, lament, bewail
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Lethargic
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inability to do much of anything, sluggishness, fatigue, tiredness
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Multilate
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to deprive of a limb or an essential part, to disfigure or cripple
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Rancor
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bad feeling, bitterness, animosity, resentment, hatred, malice, spite
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Bravado
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showy and pretentious display of courage, bluster, bombast, swagger
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Despondent
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in a state of depression, sad, gloomy, woeful, forlorn, mournful
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Disclaim
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to deny ownership of or association with, reject, renounce, disown
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Embellish
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to add detail, make more complicated, elaborate, expand, ornament
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Nimble
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quick and agile in movement or thought, agile, active, quick, clever
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Quell
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to quiet something raucous (like a rebellion), crash, defeat, conquer
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Random
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lacking order, free from order or bias, unordered, chance, haphazard
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Stupor
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state of mental numbness, daze (e.g. he lay there in a drunk stupor)
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Vitalize
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to fill with energy, to make something come alive, animate, vivify
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Aqueous
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similar to, or composed of water, watery, aquatic, hydrous, liquid
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Battery
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an assault or an array of similar things intended for use together
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Blunder
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to move clumsily or blindly, a serious mistake caused by confusion
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Extricate
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to release from difficult of an entanglement, disengage, release
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Obnoxious
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offensive and very disagreeable, repellant, offensive, repugnant
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Picket
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a pointed stake in the ground supporting a fence or to mark an area
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Beguile
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to delude, deceive by trickery, charm, allure, bewitch, captivate
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Entourage
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group of followers, attendants or assistants, retinue, coterie
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Rout
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conquer, defeat, and chase off, overwhelm, overcome, subdue, scatter
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Susceptible
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vulnerable, liable to be affected by something, open, exposed
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Benefactor
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someone giving financial or general assistance, patron, donor
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Residue
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something that remains after a part is taken, remainder, remnant
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Wishy-Washy
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lacking in strength or character or purpose, thin and watery
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Contend
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to fight or struggle against, to debate, combat, argue, compete
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Pedestrian
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adj. common, everyday, usual, plodding, unremarkable, boring
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Pungent
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flavorful (sometimes too flavorful), hot, sharp, acrid, peppery
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Variance
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a difference between what is expected and what actually occurs
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Burnish
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to make shiny by rubbing, as with a cloth, shine, polish, buff
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Circumscribe
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to circle with a line, to limit in any way, limit, define
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Dogged
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persistent in effort, stubbornly tenacious, stubborn, obstinate
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Nomad
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someone who has no permanent home and wanders, wanderer, vagrant
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Obstruct
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to get in the way of, to hamper, block, impede, check, hamper
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Rabid
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afflicted with rabies a disease of the nervous system (literal),
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Unkempt
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messy, sloppily maintained, ruffled, disheveled, mess, ragged
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Advent
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the beginning, arrival (e.g. the advent of the holiday season)
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Assimilation
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process of taking in and incorporate as ones own, absorb
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Fragile
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easily broken or damaged, breakable, frail, brittle, delicate
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Obscure
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adj. hard to see, unknown, uncertain, vague, unclear, dubious
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Obtuse
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not acute, someone who is not smart, thick, dull, slow, stupid
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Ravenous
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wildly eager to eat (literally), hungry, famished, voracious
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Voluptuary
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someone devoted to sensory pleasure and luxury, a sybarite
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Aimless
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lacking purpose or goals, accidental, purposeless, haphazard
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Aloof
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distant in relations with other people, detached, cool, remote
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Constrict
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to squeeze, make tighter, choke, stifle, contract, smother
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Saucy
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impudent, impertinent, flippant, pert, lively, rude, insolent
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Solicit
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to seek something from another, request, seek, petition, beg
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Eminent
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distinguished, high in rank, well known, famous, noteworthy
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Impasse
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road having no exit or a dilemma with no solution, deadlock
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Meteorologist
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scientist dealing with weather and weather conditions
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Pertinacious
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stubbornly persistent, holding to a belief or position
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Physiognomy
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the art of judging human character from facial features
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Recluse
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hermit, loner, someone who lives far away from other people
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Superb
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wonderful, superior, excellent, splendid, magnificent, grand
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Tantalize
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to excite by showing something desirable but out of reach
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Trite
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lacking originality, inspiration, and interest, banal, common
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Compassion
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deep feeling of pity or sympathy for others, pity,mercy
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Contrary
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opposite in nature or character (e.g. contrary to fact..)
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Dawdle
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to waste time with idle lingering, delay, dally, waste time
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Digress
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to turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing
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Entice
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to lure or attract by feeding desires, tempt, lure, attract
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Imply
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hint, suggest, intimate, to suggest without stating directly
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Indelible
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permanent, uncapable of being forgotten, destroyed, etc.
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Irate
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full of anger, wrathful, incensed, angry, indignant, enraged
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Malign
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to slander, to smear, to libel, to defame, to speak evil of
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Nebulous
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hazy, not well defined, cloudy, unclear, shapeless, vague
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Taint
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to poison, to corrupt, poison, contaminate, infect, corrupt,
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Veneer
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a superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, façade
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Copious
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abundant, in large number or quantity, profuse, plentiful
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Elusive
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hard to find or express, hard to catch, slippery, evasive
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Encompass
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to form a circle or ring around, encircle, circumscribe
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Essential
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basic, central, fundamental, important, crucial, urgent
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Horrid
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something that causes horror, dreadful, horrible, shocking
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Lagoon
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shallow body of water connected to a much larger one, pool
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Orbit
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to move around some object, as a planet, to circle, revolve
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Propel
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to move, make something go forward, compel, project, drive
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Zealous
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enthusiastic, eager, fervent, fervid, intense, passionate
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Clergyman
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a man who's part of the people for a religious service
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Despicable
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deserving contempt, hateful, contemptible, base, mean
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Devastate
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to lay waste, make desolate, to overwhelm, ruin, wreck
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Endorse
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to approve, sustain support, accept, authorize, accredit
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Evacuate
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to empty out, remove, or withdraw, expel, empty, vacate
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Galvanic
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relating to electricity produced by a chemical reaction
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Meager
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very small or insufficient, slight, trifling, puny, scant
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Palatable
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good tasting, savory, agreeable, delicious, acceptable
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Profound
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intellectually or emotionally deep, wise, deep, serious
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Refrain
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to stop or avoid doing something, abstain, cease, desist
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Tyranny
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harsh exercise of absolute power, oppression, repression
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Amateur
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someone not paid to engage in a hobby, sport, art, etc.
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Dexterity
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skill in using the hands or body, cleverness, agility
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Flagrant
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outrageously noticeable or evident, obvious or glaring
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Inhabit
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to reside or live in, live, occupy, reside, dwell, stay
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Innate
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natural, inborn, inherent, instinctive, present at birth
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Melodramatic
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exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental, histrionic
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Reimburse
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to repay someone for their expense, repay, compensate
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Vacuous
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silly, empty-headed, not serious, shallow, vapid, silly
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Alleviate
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to make easier to bear, relieve, allay, lessen, ease
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Confine
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limit, keep within bounds, restrict, imprison, shut in
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Devotee
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someone passionately devoted, enthusiast, fan, admirer
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Divert
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to change the course of, deflect, turn, detour, reroute
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Hasty
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done quickly (often too quickly), rushed, sloppy, shoddy
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Inordinate
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not within proper or reasonable amounts, immoderate
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Jubilant
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feeling joy or happiness, very happy, gleeful, joyful
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Sequel
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addition or result, story that continues a previous one
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Surfeit
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overly abundant supply, an excess, glut, overabundance
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Vicarious
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delegated or substituded (e.g. vicarious punishment)
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Benevolence
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inclination to do good deeds, largess, altruistic
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Cajole
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to persuade with promises or flatter, to coax, wheedle
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Empathy
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the experience of another‚äôs feelings as one‚äôs own
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Fickle
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easily changeable (especially in emotions), inconstant
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Rabble
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large, disorderly and easily excited mob, crowd, horde
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Ratify
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to approve formally, confirm, affirm, endorse, approve
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Repulse
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to cause disgust or distaste, or to drive back, repel
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Slander
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a false statement to damage the reputation of another
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Sybarite
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someone devoted to pleasure and luxury, a voluptuary
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Arid
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very dry, lacking moisture, unproductive, unimaginative
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Dandy
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a man who's concerned about appearance, something good
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Tepid
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neither hot not cold, lukewarm, temperate, indifferent
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Vex
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to irritate to a great degree, to annoy, tease, irritate
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Captivate
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to hold the interest of, to gain the attention of
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Claustrophobia
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an abnormal fear of closed or crowded spaces
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Hibernate
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to spend the winter in a sleeplike, dormant state
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Jaundiced
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to distort or prejudice, as by envy or resentment
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Malleable
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can be molded or shaped, soft, flexible, yielding
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Melancholy
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very sad or depressing, gloomy, mournful, somber
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Pseudonym
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a fake name, ususally used by an author, pen name
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Synthetic
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relating or involving combing things into a whole
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Wan
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unnaturally pale, lacking color, pale, ashen, bloodless
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Caprice
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sudden, unpredictable change, impulse, fancy, whim
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Coercion
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use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance
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Compel
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to force someone or something to act, force, coerce
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Dynasty
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a sequence of rulers from the same family or group
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Erudite
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knowledgeable and learned, wise, learned, informed
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Facade
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front of a building, the fake exterior of something
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Grotesque
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odd or unnatural in some way, ugly, odd, bizarre
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Plausible
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potentially true, credible, believable, probable
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Trepidation
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fear, apprehension, fright, anxiety, trembling
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Vague
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not clear or certain, nebulous, imprecise, uncertain
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Accessory
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someone or something that helps the main person
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Eminence
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high position (for rank, power, condition, etc.)
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Fauna
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animals of a given area, animals, creatures, beasts
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Foretell
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to predict the future, forecast, prophesy, auger
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Inquisitor
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someone who asks questions or makes an inquiry
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Insolence
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condition of being rude, disrespectul, arrogant
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Ostentatious
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conspicuous, flashy, flamboyant, pretentious
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Satellite
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moon, a small thing going around a bigger thing
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Conceited
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characterized by high opinion of oneself, vain
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Convalescence
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the gradual return to health after illness
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Gregarious
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fond of company, sociable, amiable, convivial
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Meek
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humble and submissive, passive, docile, unassertive
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Orient
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adjust oneself or another to a situation or place
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Summit
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highest level or point, apex, peak, top, pinnacle
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Surmise
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to guess, to infer, conjecture, speculate, infer
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Terse
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concise, brief, using few words, succinct, compact
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Doff
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to remove or take off, such as a piece of clothing
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Expunge
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to delete or omit completely, erase, strike out
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Fulsome
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sickening or offensive, esp. as being excessive
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Moderate
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within the resonable limits, medium or average
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Peddle
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sell (usually in a negative context), hawk, vend
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Precarious
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dangerously lacking in security or stability
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Rudder
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the blade at the end of the vessel used to steer
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Akimbo
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with hands on hips and elbows extending outward
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Covetous
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desirous of one's advantages, jealous, greedy
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Enigmatic
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mysterious, unexplainable, cryptic, baffling
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Finite
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having bounds, limits, not infinite, measurable
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Gourmand
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an expert taster or eater, like a food critic
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Linchpin
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something that holds separate things together
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Multitude
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a great number (e.g. a multitude of friends]
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Notify
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to tell, let know, give notice, inform, apprise
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Precocious
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unusually advanced or mature in development
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Quench
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to satisfy a need or desire, extinguish, subdue
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Serendipity
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the act of finding things not sought, luck
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Sympathy
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an expression of pity for another, compassion
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Writhe
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to squirm or twist as if in pain, twitch, twist
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Agoraphobia
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an abnormal fear of open or public places
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Dejected
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sadden, depressed, discouraged, disheartened
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Demote
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to reduce to a lower grade of class, downgrade
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Freebooter
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a pirate, a person who robs goods by force
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Garrulous
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talkative and likely to chatter, loquacious
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Idolatrous
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worshiping excessively an object or person
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Intermission
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the state of being suspended temporarily
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Judicious
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having wise judgement, wise, sage, sagcious
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Premeditate
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to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand
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Prolific
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fertile, productive, producing great amounts
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Rapture
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ecstacy, carried away by overwhelming emotion
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Requisition
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a demand for goods, often by an authority
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Revel
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celebrate noisily, have a party, indulge, enjoy
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Sinister
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threatening, menacing, ominous, wicked, evil
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Succumb
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to give in, submit, yield, surrender, give in
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Wantonly
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without a reason, randomly, indiscriminately
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Abstemious
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sparing or moderate in eating or drinking
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Abyss
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chasm, deep hole, pit, deep immeasurable space
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Acclimate
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to adapt to a new environment or situation
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Adjunct
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additional, accessory, supporting, assisting
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Ambiguous
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able to be understood in more then one way
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Amorphous
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lacking a specific shape, shapeless, vague
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Celestial
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relating to the heavens, divine, spiritual
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Concur
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to agree or be in the same meaning, cooperate
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Consign
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to entrust in someone's care, assign, commit
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Flippant
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not serious, playful, irreverent, friolous,
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Heedles
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careless, not paying attention to, unmindful
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Portentous
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foreboding or foreshadowing evil, ominous
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Protean
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taking on different forms, erratic, variable
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Rancid
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rotten, spoiled, disgusting in smell or taste
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Scathing
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overly critical, searing, crushing, harmful
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Squalid
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very dirty or foul, wretched, filthy, sordid
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Tamper
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bother, interfere, meddle, tinker, manipulate
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Treacherous
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not dependable or trustworthy, faithless
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Vivacious
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lively, full of spirit, animated, spirited
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Calumny
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an attempt to defame another‚äôs reputation
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Disseminate
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to scatter or spread widely, broadcast,
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Ensnare
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to trap, capture in, involve, as in a snare
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Hierarchy
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a ranking system of groups or individuals
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Marauder
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a raider, a wanderer looking for treasures
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Mettle
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courage and fortitude (e.g. a man of mettle)
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Perfunctory
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showing little enthusiasm, done as duty
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Purport
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to present an intention that is often false
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Pursue
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to chase, go after, trail, tail, follow, dog
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Taciturn
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quiet, tending not to speak, shy, reserved
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Adhere
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stick to (like glue, adhesive tape), follow
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Annihilate
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destroy completely, demolish, devastate
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Apocalypse
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total devastation, the end of the world
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Botanist
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scientist specializing in study of plants
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Dingy
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dark or drab in color, dirty, filthy, shabby
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Empathetic
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feeling another‚äôs pain as one‚äôs own
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Extraction
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process of removal or something removed
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Fetish
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something one is irrationally obsessed with
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Inscrutable
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hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable
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Neologism
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the creation of new words, or a new word
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Obsolete
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outdated, old fashioned, no longer in use
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Prelude
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an introduction, preceeding the main event
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Renowned
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well-known, famed, distinguished, notable
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Sobriety
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moderation from excess, calm, tranquility
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Torrid
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extremely hot, scorching, parched, sizzling
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Abject
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of the most miserable or contemptible kind
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Cantankerous
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grouchy, argumentative, ill-tempered
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Canvas
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a piece of cloth on which an artist paints
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Clairvoyant
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able to see things that others cannot
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Ohm
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the amount of resistance overcome by one volt
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Option
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choice, selection, preference, alternative
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Peregrinate
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to travel from place to place on foot
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Receptacle
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a container that holds items or matter
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Reseed
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maintain, supply with necessities, support
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Strenuous
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requiring tremendous strength or energy
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Terminate
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to stop or end, cease, finish, conclude
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Terrace
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paved outdoor area, adjoining a residence
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Unanimity
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being of one mind/having a unified mind
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Amorous
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having to do with love, romantic, erotic
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Bluff
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to impress by false confidence, to mislead
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Doppelganger
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a ghostly double of a living person
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Equivocate
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to lie by using ambiguous expressions
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Futile
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ineffective, useless, hopeless, pointless
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Impervious
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impenetrable, unable to be influenced
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Infamous
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famous for something bad (like a crime)
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Malcontent
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dissatisfied with existing conditions
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Metamorphosis
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a change of form, shape, substance
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Prattle
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to talk or chatter meaninglessly, babble
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Pugnacious
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eager to fight, hostile or aggressive
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Spurn
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reject with scorn, turn away, refuse, snub
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Token
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sign or symbol, expression, representation
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Urbane
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reflecting sophistication, elegance, etc.
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Authoritative
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having great authority, masterful
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Banal
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boringly predictable, boring, dull, bland
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Banish
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to send away, exile, deport, get rid of,
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Benediction
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a blessing, good speech, good words
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Bias
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prejudice, particular tendency, partiality
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Complicit
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being an accomplice in a wrongful act
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Constituent
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part of a whole, empowered to elect
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Curvature
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state of being curved, arc, bow, arch
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Differentiate
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to distinguish, to make different
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Disdain
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to hate, to treat with a proud attitude
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Entity
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something that exists as a discrete unit
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Frivolous
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trivial, lack of seriousness or sense
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Insomnia
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sleeplessness, inability to fall sleep
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Limber
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agile, supple, bending and moving easily
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Mediate
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to intervene, to arbitrate, to sort out
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Omnipresent
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present everywhere at the same time
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Reek
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stink, giving off a strong, offensive odor
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Supplant
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to displace and substitute for another
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Vehement
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with deep feeling, passionate, earnest
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Wretched
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miserable, pathetic, dejected, forlorn
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Abhor
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to hate, to detest, to loathe, abominate
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Acute
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perceptive, sharp, keen, shrewd, crucial
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Amphibian
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animal living on both land and water
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Apt
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suitable, appropiate or inclined, disposed
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Assail
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to attack verbly or physically, assault
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Cue
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hint or guiding suggestion, prompt, signal
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Dehydrate
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to remove water from, dry out, parch
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Discern
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to recognize, distinguish or apprehend
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Hedonist
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one whose primary pursuit is pleasure
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Highwayman
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a robber of travelers or passengers
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Lull
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a relatively calm interval, as in a storm
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Obsequious
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excessively compliant or submissive
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Polygamy
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having more than one spouse at a time
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Prudent
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wise or judicious in practical affairs
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Recalibrate
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to readjust or make corrections to
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Reveal
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show, divulge, expose, unveil, disclose
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Savory
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pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell
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Sputum
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saliva and mucous spit out of the mouth
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Tantamount
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equivalent in value or significance
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Uniform
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unvarying, conforming to one principle
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Boisterous
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loud, noisy, unrestrained, raucous
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Brigadier
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general officer below major general
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Chafe
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make sore warm, or wear away by rubbing
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Couplet
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unit of poetry with two rhyming lines
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Diminish
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decrease, lessen, shrink, wane, fade
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Enact
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to make into law, pass, act out, decree
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Evoke
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to stimulate (memories, feelings, etc.)
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Gruesome
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grisly, horrible, ghastly, frightful
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Hiatus
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an interruption in continuity, a break
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Incessant
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constant, never stopping, ceaseless
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Lunge
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thrust, plunge, sudden forward movement
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Meander
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to wander, to take an indirect course
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Mercurial
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quick and changeable in temperament
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Peevish
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complaining, ill-tempered, discontent
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Predestination
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the concept of destiny or fate
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Pretense
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a superficial appearance or illusion
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Truce
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temporary agreement to case hostilities
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Vocation
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one‚äôs work or professional calling
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Colloquial
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relating to informal conversation
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Compatable
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capable of getting along together
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Dilute
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to lessen the amount by adding liquid
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Garb
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a distinctive style, outward appearance
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Grovel
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to humble oneself, to beg, crawl, beg
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Hawser
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a cable or rope used to towing a ship
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Histrionic
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excessively dramatic or emotional
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Indignation
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anger due to an unfair situation
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Inmate
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one of several resident in a dwelling
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Somnolent
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sleeping, drowsy, or causing sleep
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Tumult
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noise and confusion, racket, disorder
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Undulate
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to move in a smooth wavelike motion
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Wane
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to decrease gradually in size or degree
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Accost
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to approach or confront aggressively
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Cabaret
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a nightclub, a performance platform
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Dishabille
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being undressed or half-dressed.
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Dislodge
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to remove or force out of position
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Finesse
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delicasy of execution, skill, craft
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Forage
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to rummage, scavenge, graze for food
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Heed
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careful attention, notice, observation
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Hovel
|
small, miserable shack, shanty, small
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Illusory
|
deceptive, produced by an illusion
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Inextricable
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hopelessly confused or tangled
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Luminescence
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light from non-thermal sources
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Minutiae
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precise details, small or trifling
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Novel
|
strikingly new, unusual, or different
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Observation
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examination attending, watching
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Pathos
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sorrowness evoked from an experience
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Penchant
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a tendency, partiality, preference
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Reel
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to be thrown off balance or feel dizzy
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Repartee
|
witty conversation, retort, banter
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Significant
|
meaningful, important, relevant
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Uncanny
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of supernatural character or origin
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Wax
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to increase gradually in size or degree
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Weather
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to withstand or survive a situation
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Wholesale
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sale of goods in large quantities
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Abdicate
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quit, resign, renounce, step down
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Aberrant
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away from proper course, abnormal
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Avuncular
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of or having to do with an uncle
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Bounty
|
abundance, reward, loot, cornucopia
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Collusion
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a conspiracy, a secret agreement
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Confluence
|
a convergence,a coming together
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Culinary
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related to cooking or the kitchen
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Endeavor
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to make an effort, try or attempt
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Episodic
|
intermittent, irregular, sporadic
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Etiquette
|
code of social behavior, manners
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Expand
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to enlarge, increase, extend, bloat
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Feign
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to give flase appearance, to pretend
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Flurry
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a sudden stir mass, light snow fall
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Jeer
|
taunting remark, ridicule, mock, gibe
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Mourn
|
feel sad for, regret, grieve, lament
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Nadir
|
the lowest point, as in of adversity
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Oblique
|
not straight or direct, roundabout
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Retribution
|
revenge, reprisal, retaliation
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Secure
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to fasten, make secure, bind, clamp
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Soporific
|
something that puts you to sleep
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Subtle
|
very slight, thin, tenuous, elusive
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Aroma
|
pleasing fragrance, any smell, odor
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Avarice
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great desire for wealth, cupidity
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Bile
|
bad temper, irritability, bitterness
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Buffet
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a spread of food involving choices
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Chasm
|
gorge or deep canyon, abyss, ravine
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Convivial
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hospitable, welcoming, friendly
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Disparage
|
to criticize, degrade, belittle
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Flout
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to scorn, ignore, show contempt for
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Flux
|
a state of constant change or a flow
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Gape
|
to open the mouth and stare stupidly
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Hamper
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to prevent free movement or action
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Immaculate
|
spotless, errorless, faultless
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Maxim
|
a common saying of advice or virtue
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Monogamy
|
having only one spouse at a time
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Munificent
|
splendidly generous, bountiful
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Plaintive
|
expressing sorrow or melancholy
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Preponderance
|
a great amount or frequency
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Providence
|
care or preperation in advance
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QuidProQuo
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a mutually beneficial exchange
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Remiss
|
negligent, exhibiting carelessness
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Scald
|
burn with hot liquid or steam, burn
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Suffice
|
to be adequate or enough, satisfy
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Abjure
|
to renounce, to give something up
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Ambivalent
|
having contradictory feelings
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Ardent
|
passionate, enthusiastic, fervent
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Belligerent
|
bellicose, inclined to fight
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Camaraderie
|
cheerful unity among a group
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Condescend
|
talk down to, act superior at
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Dictate
|
to pronounce, command, prescribe
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Din
|
loud, confused noise, uproar, clamor
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Disposition
|
usual mood, final settlement
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Divergent
|
different, deviating, contrary
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Ecstatic
|
deliriously overjoyed, euphoric
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Inquisitive
|
eager for knowledge, curious
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Malfunction
|
to fail to function, failure
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Meritorious
|
deserving of praise or merit
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Myriad
|
consisting of a very great number
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Olfactory
|
relating to the sense of smell
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Pique
|
to provoke or to cause indignation
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Premonition
|
a presentiment of the future
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Propriety
|
decency, state of being proper
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Regicide
|
the killing or killer of a king
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Taut
|
stretched tightly, stretched, tense
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Tractable
|
manageable, easiliy controlled
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Visage
|
face, appearance, facial features
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Abrogate
|
to abolish, often by authority
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Apocryphal
|
questionable in authenticity
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Bewildered
|
confused, puzzled, perplexed
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Bleak
|
offering little or no hope, gloom
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Carcass
|
dead body of an animal or human
|
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Catastrophe
|
ruin, disaster, devastation
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|
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Chaff
|
to joke or mock in a friendly way
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Concise
|
brief, terse, succinct, compact
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Cunning
|
crafty, shrewd, sly, craftiness
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Delinquent
|
irresponsible, reprehensible
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Dismal
|
causing gloom, miserable, dreary
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Dissonance
|
lack of harmony or agreement
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Fervid
|
burning, marked by great passion
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Finale
|
end, finish, conclusion of music
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Flamboyant
|
extravagant or gaudy, flashy
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Foster
|
to stimulate, promote, encourage
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Fusible
|
capable of being melted by heat
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Grandiose
|
extraordinary, grand in scope
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Ignorant
|
lacking education or knowledge
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Illiteracy
|
inability to ready and write
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Insatiable
|
incapable of being satisfied
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Loquacious
|
talkative, chatty, garrulous
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Malevolent
|
having intent to harm others
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Peripatetic
|
walking or travelling about
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Pulverize
|
to grind, smash, crush, pound
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Recur
|
to return, repeat, to occur again
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Restitution
|
compensation, reimbursement
|
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Thwart
|
to prevent, to oppose and defeat
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Truculent
|
fierce or brutal, belligerent
|
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Vanquish
|
to defeat or conquer, overcome
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Volition
|
a conscious choice or decision
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Waver
|
to move unsteadily back and forth
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Abate
|
to lessen, to reduce in severity
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|
Addendum
|
afterword, glossary, appendix
|
|
|
Aggrandize
|
to increase or make greater
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Allure
|
appeal, temptation, fascination
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Atrocity
|
horrible act, horror, outrage
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Bide
|
to wait, or remain in a condition
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Deficient
|
inadequate, failing, lacking
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Degrade
|
to lower in dignity or respect
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Delude
|
to deceive, mislead, dupe, hoax
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Disagree
|
to be of the opposite opinion
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Discourse
|
talk, conversation, dialogue
|
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Dutiful
|
careful to fulfill obligations
|
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Flummox
|
to bewilder, confound, confuse
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Frizz
|
to give a crinkled appearance to
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Frugal
|
economical, conservative, cheap
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Insidious
|
corrupting, meant to beguile
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Laudable
|
commendable, deserving praise
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Pandemic
|
prevalent, widespread, common
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|
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Reign
|
rule, prevail, rule over, govern
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Resolute
|
firmly resolved or determined
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Sentry
|
guard, sentinel, watch, lookout
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Suppress
|
hold in, hide, quell, contain
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Accelerate
|
speed up, hasten, expedite
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|
Acclaim
|
praise, enthusiastic approval
|
|
|
Affluence
|
abundance of riches, wealth
|
|
|
Anomaly
|
something out of the ordinary
|
|
|
Articulate
|
adj. well spoken, eloquent
|
|
|
Booty
|
plunder gained in piracy or war
|
|
|
Brash
|
hasty or lacking in sensitivity
|
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Condemn
|
to express strong disapproval
|
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Desolate
|
deserted or barren, lifeless
|
|
|
Duplicitous
|
deceitful, double-dealing
|
|
|
Fabricate
|
to invent, make-up, concoct
|
|
|
Fallacy
|
a false notion, misconception
|
|
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Forego
|
to deny oneself something good
|
|
|
Forlorn
|
dreary, sad, lonely, hopeless
|
|
|
Fortuitous
|
lucky, occurring by chance
|
|
|
Harbinger
|
precursor, omen, forerunner
|
|
|
Inadvertent
|
accidental, unintentional
|
|
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Innocent
|
pure harmless, naive, chaste
|
|
|
Intermediary
|
a go-between or mediator
|
|
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Intrepid
|
brave, fearless or dauntless
|
|
|
Jurisdiction
|
authority or legal power
|
|
|
Marquee
|
projecting roof over an entry
|
|
|
Mendacious
|
inclined to lie or mislead
|
|
|
Notoriety
|
infamy, known in bad regard
|
|
|
Oration
|
a dignified and formal speech
|
|
|
Perfidious
|
being deliberately corrupt
|
|
|
Pied
|
patchy in colour, parti-coloured
|
|
|
Plethora
|
a great number, or abundance
|
|
|
Pliant
|
flexible, adaptable, alterable
|
|
|
Prelate
|
a high-ranking member, bishop
|
|
|
Propensity
|
an inclination, preference
|
|
|
Reinforce
|
support, strengthen, add to
|
|
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Reticent
|
taciturn, quiet and reserved
|
|
|
Ruddy
|
having a healthy, reddish color
|
|
|
Surpass
|
to be beyond the limit, excel
|
|
|
Travesty
|
a grossly inferior imitation
|
|
|
Unique
|
being the only one of its kind
|
|
|
Upbraid
|
to criticize, scold, reproach
|
|
|
Audacity
|
boldness, daring, impudence
|
|
|
Bloated
|
swollen, bigger than desired
|
|
|
Candor
|
frankness, honesty, sincerity
|
|
|
Cliché
|
a trite, overused expression
|
|
|
Daunt
|
to make fearful, to intimidate
|
|
|
Divisive
|
cusing conflict, opposition
|
|
|
Elocution
|
the art of public speaking
|
|
|
Goad
|
to urge, to provoke into action
|
|
|
Invariable
|
not susceptible to change
|
|
|
Kinetic
|
relating to motion, animated
|
|
|
Obfuscate
|
to render incomprehensible
|
|
|
Petulance
|
irritability, impoliteness
|
|
|
Prim
|
precise or proper, stiffly neat
|
|
|
Procrastinate
|
delay, postpone, defer
|
|
|
Redoubtable
|
intimidating, formidable
|
|
|
Sate
|
to satisfy (an appetite) fully.
|
|
|
Shrewd
|
clever, keen, astute, cunning
|
|
|
Solace
|
comfort in sorrow, misfortune
|
|
|
Succinct
|
marked by compact precision
|
|
|
Superable
|
capable of being overcomed
|
|
|
Wrath
|
extreme anger, ire, fury, rage
|
|
|
Adorn
|
decorate, ornament, embellish
|
|
|
Allay
|
to relieve, to calm or pacify
|
|
|
Ample
|
abundant, fruitful, plentiful
|
|
|
Anthropomorphic
|
in the shape of man
|
|
|
Asthetic
|
concerned about one's look
|
|
|
Bard
|
a poet, often a singer as well
|
|
|
Buoyant
|
having the ability to float
|
|
|
Choreographed
|
arranged, as in dance
|
|
|
Cosmopolitan
|
worldly, sophisticated
|
|
|
Defame
|
to destroy the reputation of
|
|
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Diaphanous
|
transparent, light, airy
|
|
|
Dilapidated
|
in a state of disrepair
|
|
|
Dispute
|
to argue, disagree, quarrel
|
|
|
Fabulist
|
a teller of fables, a liar
|
|
|
Fervor
|
great warmth, ardor, passion
|
|
|
Gratis
|
without charge, cost nothing
|
|
|
Idle
|
not employed or busy, inactive
|
|
|
Immutable
|
not susceptible to change
|
|
|
Incredulous
|
skeptical, disbelieving
|
|
|
Indictment
|
accusation of wrongdoing
|
|
|
Juxtapose
|
to put next to each other
|
|
|
Malaise
|
vague feeling of discomfort
|
|
|
Manifest
|
evident, obvious, apparent
|
|
|
Modicum
|
a small amount of something
|
|
|
Palpable
|
obvious, evident, tangible
|
|
|
Perpetual
|
everlasting, never-ending
|
|
|
Philanthropy
|
active humanitarianism
|
|
|
Swarthy
|
of dark color or complexion
|
|
|
Telepathic
|
capable of reading minds
|
|
|
Vigorous
|
strong, energetic, healthy
|
|
|
Antediluvian
|
very old, out of date
|
|
|
Augment
|
to increase or make larger
|
|
|
Beneficial
|
favorable, advantageous
|
|
|
Chorus
|
group acting together, band
|
|
|
Conscientious
|
guided by conscience
|
|
|
Conveyance
|
the act of transporting
|
|
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Defalcate
|
to steal or misuse money
|
|
|
Defunct
|
no longer used or existing
|
|
|
Diverge
|
to go in different courses
|
|
|
Emulate
|
to imitate, copy, simulate
|
|
|
Flabbergasted
|
astounded, stupefied
|
|
|
Frenetic
|
frenzied, hectic, frantic
|
|
|
Harangue
|
extensive speech, lecture
|
|
|
Inane
|
lacking sense, silly, stupid
|
|
|
Inclination
|
a tendency, propensity
|
|
|
Industrious
|
hard-working, diligent
|
|
|
Introvert
|
shy, reserved, withdrawn
|
|
|
Irascible
|
easily irritated, crabby
|
|
|
Morose
|
gloomy, sullen, or the like
|
|
|
Obstinate
|
stubborn, mulish, dogged
|
|
|
Oratory
|
the art of public speaking
|
|
|
Patronize
|
condescend, act superior
|
|
|
Permeate
|
to spread out, to pervade
|
|
|
Perserverance
|
adhering to a belief
|
|
|
Placid
|
undisturbed and quiet, calm
|
|
|
Prestidigitation
|
a sleight of hand
|
|
|
Profuse
|
abundant, lavish, prolific
|
|
|
Sycophant
|
a self-serving flatterer
|
|
|
Torpid
|
indolent, lazy and sluggish
|
|
|
Umbrage
|
anger, offense, resentment
|
|
|
Unyielding
|
not bending, inflexible
|
|
|
Adjourn
|
suspend, postpone, recess
|
|
|
Audacious
|
recklessly daring, bold
|
|
|
Blandish
|
to coax through flattery
|
|
|
Brumal
|
wintry, relating to winter
|
|
|
Brusque
|
short, abrupt, dismissive
|
|
|
Cacophony
|
noise, discordant sound
|
|
|
Curb
|
border or frame, to restrain
|
|
|
Existential
|
relating to existence
|
|
|
Exotic
|
foreign, alien, unfamiliar
|
|
|
Exuberant
|
cheerful, high-spirited
|
|
|
Garble
|
to mix up, jumble, confuse
|
|
|
Hallowed
|
regarded as holy, sacred
|
|
|
Harmony
|
agreement, often of sound
|
|
|
Henchman
|
a trusted follower, goon
|
|
|
Hiemal
|
wintry, relating to winter
|
|
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Hinder
|
be in the way of, to delay
|
|
|
Incendiary
|
flammable, inflammable
|
|
|
Labyrinthine
|
intricate, maze-like
|
|
|
Latitude
|
freedom from restriction
|
|
|
Malady
|
illness, sickness, ailment
|
|
|
Meditteranean
|
middle of the earth
|
|
|
Obese
|
very fat, corpulent, portly
|
|
|
Obstreperous
|
uncontrolled, unruly
|
|
|
Panegyric
|
a speech of high praise
|
|
|
Prerequisite
|
an essential, a must
|
|
|
Presumptuous
|
disrespectfully bold
|
|
|
Punctilious
|
eager to follow rules
|
|
|
Ratiocinate
|
to think, contemplate
|
|
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Recapitulate
|
to repeat, reiterate
|
|
|
Reprehensible
|
deserving criticism
|
|
|
Seminal
|
original, ground-breaking
|
|
|
Spurious
|
not genuine, counterfeit
|
|
|
Surreptitious
|
sneaky, clandestine
|
|
|
Aberration
|
unusual or not normal
|
|
|
Acrimony
|
harshness or bitterness
|
|
|
Adage
|
proverb, maxim, old saying
|
|
|
Altercation
|
an argument, dispute
|
|
|
Assiduous
|
persistent, continuous
|
|
|
Austere
|
very bare, bleak, simple
|
|
|
Cascade
|
to fall fast and steeply
|
|
|
Circumlocution
|
indirect language
|
|
|
Cistern
|
a tank for holding water
|
|
|
Conciliatory
|
agreeable, friendly
|
|
|
Congest
|
to overfill or overcrowd
|
|
|
Dissent
|
disagreement, difference
|
|
|
Distraught
|
driven to distraction
|
|
|
Docile
|
easily managed or handled
|
|
|
Exempt
|
free from (excepted from)
|
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Extroverted
|
outgoing, gregarious
|
|
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Fallacious
|
incorrect, misleading
|
|
|
Filment
|
threadlike body or fiber
|
|
|
Flattery
|
compliments, sycophancy
|
|
|
Gallant
|
chivalrous, noble, brave
|
|
|
Gay
|
happy, cheery, or homosexual
|
|
|
Germinate
|
to bud or sprout, grow
|
|
|
Harrowing
|
agonizing, distressing
|
|
|
Hexagon
|
polygon having six sides
|
|
|
Licentious
|
amoral, lawless, lewd
|
|
|
Luckewarm
|
tepid, moderately warm
|
|
|
Mandatory
|
required, not optional
|
|
|
Mere
|
nothing more than specified
|
|
|
Misanthrope
|
one who hates people
|
|
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Murky
|
obscure, dim, gloomy, dark
|
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Obligatory
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constrainingl binding
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Petty
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of little or no importance
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Refractory
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disobedient, stubborn
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Relish
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an appetite for something
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Repent
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to feel sorry for, regret
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Salient
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significant, conspicuous
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Somniloquy
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talking in your sleep
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Stagnate
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to be idle, to be still
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Stealthy
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secret, sneaky, furtive
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Succeed
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to follow, to come after
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Synopsis
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outline, short summary,
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Terrestrial
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relating to the land
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Transient
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temporary, not lasting
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Trivial
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unnecessary, unimportant
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Vengeance
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retaliation or revenge
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Zeitgeist
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the spirit of the time
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Abase
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to lower, demean, degrade
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Accommodating
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obliging, helpful
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Aeronautic
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relating to aircraft
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Atone
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to apologize, make amends
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Benighted
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overtaken by darkness
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Blemish
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a mark that mars beauty
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Chastise
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to criticize, to scold
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Compulsory
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mandatory, necessary
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Conceal
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prevent from being seen
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Depreciate
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to decrease in value
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Dilemma
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tight situation, crisis
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Discernible
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visible, noticeable
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Entomology
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the study of insects
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Espouse
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to support, or to marry
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Espy–
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catch sight of, glimpse
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Exemplary
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serving as an example
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Explicable
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able to be explained
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Facetious
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not serious, jokingly
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Frock
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a woman's or girl's dress
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Gawky
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lacking grace in movement
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Gluttonous
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prone to over-eating
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Inciting
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to provoke and urge on
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Instigate
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to encourage, stir up
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Malefactor
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criminal or evildoer
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Mutability
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capability of change
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Noisome
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offensive or disgusting
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Noun
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the harvest was bountiful.
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Officious
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intrusive, meddlesome
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Piousness
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religiously dedicated
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Poach
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to hunt or fish illegally
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Regal
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royal, splendid, majestic
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Render
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to give, submit, present
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Retaliation
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revenge, punishment
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Rustic
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relating to country life
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Slovenly
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scruffy, messy, untidy
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Sterling
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outstanding, excellent
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Stimulated
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gave an incentive to
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Tracery
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fine decorative pattern
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Tranquil
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calm, serene, peaceful
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Unilateral
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having only one side
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Vigor
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vitality and energy, vim.
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Vivify
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to animate, give life to
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Vociferous
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making a loud outcry
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Abide
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to put up with, tolerate
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Abscond
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to sneak away and hide
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Adversary
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enemy, foe, opponent
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Amalgamation
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a union, a merger
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Amicable
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friendly, non-violent
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Amulet
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charm worn against evil
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Apparitional
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ghostly, spectral
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Autocrat
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an absolute authority
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Brazen
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excessively bold, brash
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Burgeon
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to come forth, blossom
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Canon
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a repeat, often in music
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Collision
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crash, clash, impact
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Colossus
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an enormous structure
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Communicative
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talkative, vocal
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Conduit
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a pipe,passage,channel
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Congenial
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hospitable, friendly
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Convene
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gather, meet, assemble
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Credulity
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readiness to believe
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Deceive
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mislead, delude, trick
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Decorous
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proper, well-mannered
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Deter
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to prevent or discourage
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Devout
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deeply religious, pious
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Diligent
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careful, showing care
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Drainage
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a system for draining
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Eddy
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swirling water, whirlpool
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Elegy
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a poem expressing lament
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Enigma
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mystery, riddle, puzzle
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Era
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period of time, age, epoch
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Err
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to make a mistake or error
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Extinct
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no longer in existance
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Exulatant
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very happy, jubilant
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Fetter
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to restrain, chain, tie
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Firmament
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the sky, the heavens
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Forbear
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to restrain, hold back
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Forensic
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used in courts of law
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Hasten
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to speed up, accelerate
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Hive
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structure where bees live
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Lament
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to mourn, express grief
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Liable
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answerable, responsible
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Lugubrious
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depressed, mournful
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Negation
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denial, contradiction
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Oxidize
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to combine with oxygen
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Paramount
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supreme in authority
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Permissible
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permitted, allowed
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Pervasive
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to spread throughout
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Pious
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devout, religious, moral
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Redress
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to set right or remedy
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Sanguine
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cheery and optimistic
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Satiate
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to satisfy excessively
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Shun
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to keep away from, escape
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Solace,(V)
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comfort from sorrow
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Solicitous
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concered or anxious
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Sullen
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irritated, moody, sulky
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Undeceive
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to tell the truth to
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Valiant
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brave, extremely proud
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Acrid
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bitter in taste or odor
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Acumen
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shrewdness, cleverness
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Beseech
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beg, ask for, request
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Cantata
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a musical composition
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Carnage
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mass murder, massacre
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Circumspect
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watchful, careful
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Clandestine
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secret, concealed
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Concede
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to give in, to accept
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Conciliate
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to soothe, appease
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Consolidate
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to unite, combine
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Defer
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to postpone, to put off
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Deject
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to depress or make sad
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Enervate
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to weaken,make weary
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Engender
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to cause or generate
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Erroneous
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mistaken, incorrect
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Excavate
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to dig up, hollowing
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Fatigue
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tired, weary, exhaust
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Fulminate
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to cause to explode
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Gibe
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to taunt, to make fun of
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Grotto
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a small cave or cavern
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Grudging
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reluctant, unwilling
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Haughty
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proud and overbearing
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Ignomyny
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shame, embarrassment
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Incumbent
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essential, required
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Inimical
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hostile, threatening
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Malicious
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malevolent, harmful
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Nefarious
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horribly villainous
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Obdurate
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stubborn, unyielding
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Persecute
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to suffer, to annoy
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Pert
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trim, stylish, vivacious
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Pittance–
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very small amount
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Profane
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indecent, blasphemous
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Proletariat
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the working class
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Rectify
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to set right, correct
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Reprisal
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revenge, retaliation
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Scarce
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sparse, rare, uncommon
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Sedulous
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persistent, constant
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Steadfast
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fixed or unchanging
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Stupefy
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daze, amaze, astonish
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Succulent
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juicy, tasty, sweet
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Toothsome
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delicious, luscious
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Valediction
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a farewell speech
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Zenith
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the top, highest point
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Abridge
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to shorten, cut down
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Acquiesce
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to accept or agree
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Adulterate
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to debase, weaken
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Botany
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the science of plants
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Brigand
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a gangster, a robber
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Carp
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to find fault, complain
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Churl
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a rude or surly person
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Cohort
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an associate, partner
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Commendable
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worthy of praise
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Concoct
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to make up or invent
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Creak
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harsh, squeaking sound
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Culpable
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guilty, blameworthy
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Deceit
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dishonesty, deception
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Derelict
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run-down, abandoned
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Domicile
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a residence, a home
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Doze
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to nap or sleep lightly
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Equine
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pertaining to a horse
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Erect
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to construct, to raise
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Fascimile
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duplicate, replica
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Fruitful
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abundant, plentiful
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Immerse
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plunge into a liquid
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Iniquity
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a wicked act, a sin
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Inveterate
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habitual, natural
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Laud
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to give praise, glorify
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Laudatory
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admiring, praising
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Lenient
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not strict, merciful
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Lewd
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vulgar, offensive, rude
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Lithe
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bent, effortless grace
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Misconstrue
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to misunderstand
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Paltry
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meager, insignificant
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Parody
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a satirical imitation
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Pernicious
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extremely harmful
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Prevalent
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widespread, common
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Reprove
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to advise or caution
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Residual
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remaining, leftover
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Revere
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have deep respect for
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Submissive
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willing to submit
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Trek
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to walk, travel by foot
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Abort
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to give up unfinished
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Alacrity
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cheerful eagerness
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Aperture
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opening, hole, gap
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Aptitude
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capability, talent
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Brandish
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wave threateningly
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Chromatic
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relating to color
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Contradict
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to speak against
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Curt
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rudely brief or abrubt
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Deplete
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to use up something
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Discrete
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distant, seperated
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Disperse
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to break up, split
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Enmity
|
hostility, animosity
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Excursion
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a trip, an outing
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Expedite
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to rush, to hasten
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Familial
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relating to family
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Feral
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savage, wild, untamed
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Ferocious
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savage and fierce
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Fortitude
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strength, bravery
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Furtive
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sneaky, clandestine
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Glee
|
joy, elation, pleasure
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Impecunious
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excessivly poor
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Insurgent
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rebellious, rebel
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Jargon
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specialized language
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Jubilation
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joy, celebration
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Lucid
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clear, comprehensible
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Mollify
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to soften in temper
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Paragon
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model of perfection
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Pithy
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succinctly meaningful
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Potent
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powerful, formidable
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Pulchritude
|
physical beauty
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Putrid
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rotten, rancid, foul
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Query
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a question or inquiry
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Soothsayer
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a fortune teller
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Stagnant
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still, not flowing
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Suffuse
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to fill up or cover
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Tacit
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implicit, unexpressed
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Vacate
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to leave, depart, go
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Abattoir
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a slaughter house
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Advocate
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to be in favor of
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Antechamber
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a waiting room
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Apex
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climax, highest point
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Artifice
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clever ruse, ploy
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Capricious
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fickle, erratic
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Carouse
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to revel, to party
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Commodious
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spacious, roomy
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Contrivance
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gadget, device
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Donate
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to give voluntarily
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Euphoric
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elated, overjoyed
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Forestall
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to delay, impede
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Forsake
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to abandon, forget
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Furl
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to roll up and secure
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Impede
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to hinder or hamper
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Incorrigible
|
incurably bad
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Invert
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to turn upside down
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Itinerant
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travelling about
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Juvenile
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young or immature
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Mitigate
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to reduce, weaken
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Pliable
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flexible, bendable
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Pristine
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perfect, flawless
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Prolix
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excessively tedious
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Rapacious
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extremely greedy
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Resent
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to feel indignation
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Somnambulist
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a sleepwalker
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Static
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stationary, dormant
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Subside
|
lessen in activity
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Valor
|
courage and boldness
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Veracious
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honest, truthful
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Vestige
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a trace, a remnant
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Vigilant
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watchful, careful
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Voracious
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extremely hungry
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Warlock
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a wizard, sorcerer
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Wily
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shrewd, sharp, clever
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Abundant
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in great numbers
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Acrimonious
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bitter, angry
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Affirm
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to state as a fact
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Ameliorate
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to make easier
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Amiable
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friendly, affable
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Attest
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to affirm, certify
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Aver
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to declare as a fact
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Bastion
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a fortified place
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Bereft
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without, devoid of
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Bilk
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to cheat, to swindle
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Cagey
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cautious, secretive
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Debacle
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violent breakdown
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Deteriorate
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to grow worse
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Devoid
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completely free of
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Douse
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to drench, saturate
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Earnest
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comletely serious
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Effect
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result, impression
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Endanger
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to put in danger
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Facsimile
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a copy, replica
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Fastidious
|
hard to please
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Felicity
|
bliss, happiness
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Fitful
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spasmodic (spazzy)
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Fluctuate
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to vary, change
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Gurney
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hospital stretcher
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Immortal
|
eternal, undying
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Inopportune
|
inappropriate
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Invective
|
a verbal attack
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Latent
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present but hidden
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Limpid
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clear, transparent
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Miniscule
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tiny, miniature
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Minuscule
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tiny, miniature
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Odious
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hateful, repulsive
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Overt
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open and observable
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Pedagogue
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a schoolteacher
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Pertain
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have reference to
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Portly
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fat, chubby, round
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Rebuke
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to critize sharply
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Sympathetic
|
compassionate
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Tortuous
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winding, twisted
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Vacillate
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to be undecided
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Writ
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summons, court order
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Abduct
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kidnap, carry off
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Acerbic
|
sharp, sarcastic
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Aggregate
|
total, overall
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Berate
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to scold severely
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Breach
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a break, to break
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Brig
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ship's prison, jail
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Bucolic
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charmingly rural
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Capacious
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spacious/roomy
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Coalesce
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to merge, unite
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Contravene
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to go against
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Contusion
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bruise, injury
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Counteract
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to go against
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Delegate
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a represenative
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Dexterous
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clever, adroit
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Exigent
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critical, urgent
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Extravagant
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over the top
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Gyrate
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to spin, to whirl
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Herbivorous
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plant eating
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Impassive
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expressionless
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Inauspicious
|
unpromising
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Instill
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impart gradually
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Intersect
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to meet, cross
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Ire
|
intense anger, wrath
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Malediction
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curse, spell
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Manuever
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to steer, guide
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Misogyny
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hatred of women
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Navel
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the centre, middle
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Penultimate
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next to last
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Poised
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balanced, readied
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Primitive
|
primary, basic
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Sagacious
|
shrewd, clever
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Sublunary
|
under the moon
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Substantial
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fairly large
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Ulcer
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a sore in the body
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Accentuate
|
to emphasize
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Antithesis
|
the opposite
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Aphorism
|
a short saying
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Appease
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to soothe, calm
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Bovine
|
cow-like, stupid
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Candid
|
frank, impartial
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Canine
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relating to dogs
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Capitulate
|
to surrender
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Clamor
|
a loud commotion
|
|
|
Cogitate
|
to think about
|
|
|
Compendium
|
a collection
|
|
|
Connive
|
to plot, scheme
|
|
|
Convoke
|
to summon, call
|
|
|
Desist
|
to stop, forbear
|
|
|
Deviate
|
to diverge from
|
|
|
Divulge
|
to tell, reveal
|
|
|
Edible
|
able to be eaten
|
|
|
Effervesce
|
to bubble up
|
|
|
Eschew
|
to keep clear of
|
|
|
Fecund
|
fertile fruitful
|
|
|
Gala
|
a festive occasion
|
|
|
Impudent
|
rude, improper
|
|
|
Incompatible
|
unmatching
|
|
|
Ingenuous
|
simple, naive
|
|
|
Laceration
|
a cut, a rip
|
|
|
Modify
|
to change, alter
|
|
|
Narrate
|
to tell a story
|
|
|
Omnipotent
|
all powerful
|
|
|
Orchid
|
purple, lavender
|
|
|
Placate
|
to soothe, calm
|
|
|
Plea
|
a request, begging
|
|
|
Prerogatives
|
privileges
|
|
|
Queer
|
strange, abnormal
|
|
|
Radiant
|
bright, beaming
|
|
|
Ruminate
|
to think about
|
|
|
Saccharine
|
overly sweet
|
|
|
Sacrosanct
|
sacred, holy
|
|
|
Swindle
|
to cheat, trick
|
|
|
Timorous
|
fearful, timid
|
|
|
Transgressor
|
a criminal
|
|
|
Voluminous
|
large, ample
|
|
|
Adamant
|
hard, stubborn
|
|
|
Affluent
|
rich, wealthy
|
|
|
Astound
|
to amaze, stun
|
|
|
Bibliophile
|
book lover
|
|
|
Bourgeois
|
middle class
|
|
|
Contiguous
|
neighboring
|
|
|
Corroborate
|
to confirm
|
|
|
Deception
|
trick, fraud
|
|
|
Dissipate
|
to disappear
|
|
|
Gratuitous
|
unnecessary
|
|
|
Gullible
|
easily fooled
|
|
|
Hamlet
|
a small village
|
|
|
Infraction
|
a violation
|
|
|
Intermittent
|
irregular
|
|
|
Neonate
|
a newborn baby
|
|
|
Omniscient
|
all knowing
|
|
|
Pacify
|
to soothe, calm
|
|
|
Patent
|
clear, apparent
|
|
|
Postmortem
|
after death
|
|
|
Purist
|
a perfectionist
|
|
|
Redact
|
to revise, edit
|
|
|
Rue
|
to bitterly regret
|
|
|
Sedate
|
to calm, soothe
|
|
|
Smite
|
to strike or hit
|
|
|
Subsist
|
to live, exist
|
|
|
Superfluous
|
extraneous
|
|
|
Ubiquitous
|
omnipresent
|
|
|
Variegate
|
to diversify
|
|
|
Vast
|
enormous, immense
|
|
|
Veracity
|
truthfullness
|
|
|
Vim
|
and energy, vigor.
|
|
|
Wary
|
onguard, watchful
|
|
|
Abbreviate
|
to shorten
|
|
|
Accrue
|
to result from
|
|
|
Amble
|
to stroll, walk
|
|
|
Asseverate
|
to declare
|
|
|
Atrophy
|
to waste away
|
|
|
Choleric
|
bad-tempered
|
|
|
Cleave
|
to split, tear
|
|
|
Daunting
|
intimidating
|
|
|
Dearth
|
lack, scarcity
|
|
|
Derogatory
|
belittling
|
|
|
Diffuse
|
to spread out
|
|
|
Drivel
|
silly nonsense
|
|
|
Embryonic
|
undeveloped
|
|
|
Enthrall
|
to captivate
|
|
|
Equable
|
even-tempered
|
|
|
Fortify
|
to strengthen
|
|
|
Increment
|
an increase
|
|
|
Lax
|
loose, not strict
|
|
|
Mores
|
moral attitudes
|
|
|
Obliterate
|
to destroy
|
|
|
Perturb
|
upset greatly
|
|
|
Peruse
|
read carefully
|
|
|
Predatory
|
carnivorous
|
|
|
Propitiate
|
to appease
|
|
|
Salutation
|
a greeting
|
|
|
Scrutinize
|
to examine
|
|
|
Seer
|
a fortune teller
|
|
|
Supercilious
|
arrogant
|
|
|
Tic
|
a muscular twitch
|
|
|
Apologist
|
a defender
|
|
|
Brisque
|
rudely brief
|
|
|
Combative
|
aggressive
|
|
|
Daft
|
insane, foolish
|
|
|
Debilitate
|
to weaken
|
|
|
Despair
|
loss of hope
|
|
|
Desperado
|
a criminal
|
|
|
Disburse
|
to hand out
|
|
|
Dissident
|
rebellious
|
|
|
Eloquence
|
persuasive
|
|
|
Elucidate
|
to clarify
|
|
|
Exacerbate
|
to worsen
|
|
|
Exorbitant
|
excessive
|
|
|
Fatal
|
lethal, deadly
|
|
|
Fathom
|
to comprehend
|
|
|
Heinous
|
wicked, evil
|
|
|
Ignoble
|
dishonorable
|
|
|
Incisive
|
penetrating
|
|
|
Insensitive
|
uncaring
|
|
|
Lexicon
|
a dictionary
|
|
|
Myopic
|
short-sighted
|
|
|
Ostracize
|
to exclude
|
|
|
Ostrasize
|
to exclude
|
|
|
Portal
|
doorway, gate
|
|
|
Provoke
|
to aggrovate
|
|
|
Quaint
|
old-fashioned
|
|
|
Recalcitrant
|
defiant
|
|
|
Reconcile
|
to appease
|
|
|
Sage
|
wise or prudent
|
|
|
Subsequent
|
following
|
|
|
Subsidize
|
to finance
|
|
|
Tedious
|
boring, dull
|
|
|
Tenuous
|
flimsy, weak
|
|
|
Wrest
|
pull violently
|
|
|
Agile
|
quick, nimble
|
|
|
Alienate
|
to isolate
|
|
|
Apparatus
|
equipment
|
|
|
Arrogant
|
over proud
|
|
|
Baleful
|
threatening
|
|
|
Chary
|
very cautious
|
|
|
Confound
|
to confuse
|
|
|
Contemporary
|
modern
|
|
|
Deft
|
skilled, adept
|
|
|
Deleterious
|
harmful
|
|
|
Dowdy
|
unfashionable
|
|
|
Effulgence
|
splendor
|
|
|
Enlighten
|
to inform
|
|
|
Exert
|
to apply, use
|
|
|
Extenuate
|
to excuse
|
|
|
Figurative
|
symbolic
|
|
|
Garnish
|
to decorate
|
|
|
Gouge
|
to scoop, cut
|
|
|
Homogeneous
|
similar
|
|
|
Maudlin
|
sentimental
|
|
|
Muse
|
to think about
|
|
|
Percolate
|
to filter
|
|
|
Preclude
|
to prevent
|
|
|
Preeminent
|
greatest
|
|
|
Proclivity
|
tendency
|
|
|
Prolong
|
to lengthen
|
|
|
Reiterate
|
to repeat
|
|
|
Rigorously
|
strictly
|
|
|
Salutary
|
beneficial
|
|
|
Shirk
|
seek to avoid
|
|
|
Sprightly
|
energetic
|
|
|
Staid
|
quiet, sedate
|
|
|
Stymie
|
to frustrate
|
|
|
Superficial
|
shallow
|
|
|
Truncate
|
to shorten
|
|
|
Accede
|
to agree to
|
|
|
Algid
|
frigid, cold
|
|
|
Ambulatory
|
walking
|
|
|
Amity
|
friendliness
|
|
|
Anxiety
|
uneasiness
|
|
|
Arbitrator
|
a judge
|
|
|
Austerity
|
severity
|
|
|
Citadel
|
a fortress
|
|
|
Comatose
|
lethargic
|
|
|
Conflagration
|
fire
|
|
|
Console
|
to comfort
|
|
|
Credulous
|
gullible
|
|
|
Curtail
|
to shorten
|
|
|
Denote
|
to indicate
|
|
|
Depose
|
to dethrone
|
|
|
Diffidence
|
shyness
|
|
|
Feasible
|
practical
|
|
|
Ghastly
|
terrifying
|
|
|
Haphazard
|
randomly
|
|
|
Inanimate
|
lifeless
|
|
|
Incinerate
|
to burn
|
|
|
Induce
|
to persuade
|
|
|
Innocuous
|
harmless
|
|
|
Insolvent
|
bankrupt
|
|
|
Lachrymose
|
tearful
|
|
|
Lavish
|
extravagant
|
|
|
Matrimony
|
marriage
|
|
|
Memorandum
|
message
|
|
|
Mendicant
|
a beggar
|
|
|
Mythical
|
imaginary
|
|
|
Oscillate
|
to swing
|
|
|
Pensive
|
thoughtful
|
|
|
Peremptory
|
brusque
|
|
|
Pertinent
|
relevant
|
|
|
Prevaricate
|
to lie
|
|
|
Quotidian
|
ordinary
|
|
|
Recollect
|
remember
|
|
|
Reimberse
|
pay back
|
|
|
Rescinded
|
canceled
|
|
|
Stature
|
reputation
|
|
|
Stodgy
|
heavy, dull
|
|
|
Sunder
|
to separate
|
|
|
Undergo
|
experience
|
|
|
Vault
|
to jump over
|
|
|
Virulent
|
poisonous
|
|
|
Arcane
|
mysterious
|
|
|
Assuage
|
to soothe
|
|
|
Authentic
|
genuine
|
|
|
Blase
|
indifferent
|
|
|
Browbeat
|
to bully
|
|
|
Callous
|
unfeeling
|
|
|
Chassis
|
framework
|
|
|
Cogent
|
convincing
|
|
|
Colt
|
a baby horse
|
|
|
Concord
|
agreement
|
|
|
Defray
|
to pay for
|
|
|
Desecrate
|
violent
|
|
|
Dynamic
|
energetic
|
|
|
Elation
|
great joy
|
|
|
Ethereal
|
heavenly
|
|
|
Fundamental
|
basic
|
|
|
Hail
|
to come from
|
|
|
Heedful
|
attentive
|
|
|
Humid
|
moist, damp
|
|
|
Indigenous
|
native
|
|
|
Insipid
|
tasteless
|
|
|
Insolent
|
arrogant
|
|
|
Inundate
|
to flood
|
|
|
Maneuver
|
to steer
|
|
|
Masticate
|
to chew
|
|
|
Miscreant
|
villain
|
|
|
Noxious
|
poisonous
|
|
|
Opulent
|
luxurious
|
|
|
Pariah
|
an outcast
|
|
|
Perfidy
|
treachery
|
|
|
Rally
|
an assemble
|
|
|
Scurrilous
|
vulgar
|
|
|
Sedentary
|
sitting
|
|
|
Surmount
|
overcome
|
|
|
Tome
|
a large book
|
|
|
Travail
|
hard work
|
|
|
Asylum
|
sanctuary
|
|
|
Barrier
|
obstacle
|
|
|
Corsair
|
a pirate
|
|
|
Counterfeit
|
fake
|
|
|
Decade
|
ten years
|
|
|
Declined
|
refused
|
|
|
Deign
|
condescend
|
|
|
Devious
|
indirect
|
|
|
Diminutive
|
small
|
|
|
Discreet
|
careful
|
|
|
Dormant
|
sleeping
|
|
|
Dubious
|
doubtful
|
|
|
Ebb
|
to flow back
|
|
|
Egress
|
emergency
|
|
|
Epithet
|
nickname
|
|
|
Expel
|
to let out
|
|
|
Fracture
|
a break
|
|
|
Gaiety
|
festivity
|
|
|
Glutinous
|
sticky
|
|
|
Impair
|
to weaken
|
|
|
Indecent
|
obscene
|
|
|
Infuse
|
to inject
|
|
|
Jocular
|
jokingly
|
|
|
Leery
|
suspicious
|
|
|
Mousy
|
shy, timid
|
|
|
Mundane
|
ordinary
|
|
|
Orator
|
a speaker
|
|
|
Puerile
|
immature
|
|
|
Ransback
|
plunder
|
|
|
Renovate
|
restore
|
|
|
Retract
|
withdraw
|
|
|
Rouse
|
to wake up
|
|
|
Scourge
|
a plague
|
|
|
Spectral
|
ghostly
|
|
|
Submerge
|
to sink
|
|
|
Surly
|
unfriendly
|
|
|
Tarnish
|
discolor
|
|
|
Vessel
|
container
|
|
|
Winsome
|
charming
|
|
|
Zealot
|
a fanatic
|
|
|
Adjacent
|
nearby
|
|
|
Adroit
|
skillful
|
|
|
Adversity
|
enemy
|
|
|
Amass
|
to gather
|
|
|
Barter
|
to trade
|
|
|
Blatant
|
obvious
|
|
|
Charlatan
|
quack
|
|
|
Chaste
|
innocent
|
|
|
Civic
|
municipal
|
|
|
Civil
|
courteous
|
|
|
Cognizant
|
aware
|
|
|
Envious
|
jealous
|
|
|
Extol
|
to praise
|
|
|
Fatuous
|
foolish
|
|
|
Flue
|
duct, tube
|
|
|
Genteel
|
refined
|
|
|
Glean
|
to obtain
|
|
|
Hapless
|
unlucky
|
|
|
Ordinance
|
a law
|
|
|
Presage
|
an omen
|
|
|
Rife
|
widespread
|
|
|
Sovereign
|
ruler
|
|
|
Strife
|
conflict
|
|
|
Supple
|
bendable
|
|
|
Wheedle
|
to coax
|
|
|
Appraise
|
judge
|
|
|
Averse
|
against
|
|
|
Azure
|
sky blue
|
|
|
Boarder
|
roomer
|
|
|
Bough
|
a branch
|
|
|
Cadence
|
rhythm
|
|
|
Cupidity
|
greed
|
|
|
Diverse
|
varied
|
|
|
Filial
|
dutiful
|
|
|
Foliage
|
leaves
|
|
|
Foremost
|
first
|
|
|
Incision
|
a cut
|
|
|
Inclement
|
cold
|
|
|
Pellucid
|
clear
|
|
|
Plunder
|
to rob
|
|
|
Procure
|
obtain
|
|
|
Prowl
|
b. sneak
|
|
|
Replete
|
filled
|
|
|
Reproach
|
blame
|
|
|
Robust
|
healthy
|
|
|
Spectrum
|
range
|
|
|
Vain
|
fruitless
|
|
|
Vie
|
to compete
|
|
|
Vouch
|
garuntee
|
|
|
Wreak
|
to cause
|
|
|
Ardor
|
passion
|
|
|
Cavity
|
a hole
|
|
|
Corpulent
|
fat
|
|
|
Cursory
|
brief
|
|
|
Demure
|
modest
|
|
|
Diurnal
|
daily
|
|
|
Dud
|
a failure
|
|
|
Ennui
|
boredom
|
|
|
Guile
|
cunning
|
|
|
Humus
|
topsoil
|
|
|
Incite
|
arouse
|
|
|
Indolent
|
lazy
|
|
|
Knack
|
ability
|
|
|
Manifold
|
many
|
|
|
Nib
|
pen point
|
|
|
Prune
|
to trim
|
|
|
Sole
|
only one
|
|
|
Squalor
|
filth
|
|
|
Statute
|
a law
|
|
|
Subsidy
|
grant
|
|
|
Tenaious
|
firm
|
|
|
Verbose
|
wordy
|
|
|
Blithe
|
happy
|
|
|
Flaccid
|
limp
|
|
|
Null
|
invalid
|
|
|
Prance
|
strut
|
|
|
Rigid
|
strict
|
|
|
Ruse
|
a trick
|
|
|
Sordid
|
dirty
|
|
|
Whet
|
sharpen
|
|
|
Abet
|
to aid
|
|
|
Benign
|
good
|
|
|
Dross
|
waste
|
|
|
Ebony
|
black
|
|
|
Facile
|
easy
|
|
|
Feeble
|
weak
|
|
|
Fey
|
magical
|
|
|
Hew
|
to chop
|
|
|
Lop
|
cut off
|
|
|
Malice
|
hate
|
|
|
Negate
|
deny
|
|
|
Repose
|
rest
|
|
|
Shroud
|
veil
|
|
|
Slum
|
ghetto
|
|
|
Zephyr
|
airy
|
|
|
Keg
|
barrel
|
|
|
Irk
|
annoy
|
|
|
Seep
|
ooze
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