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conducive
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tending to bring about or cause a specific result
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deductive
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involving reasoning to draw a conclusion
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educate
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to give knoledge to or develop the abilities or someone by teaching
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induce
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to leade (a person) by persuasion to some action, belief, ect.
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induct
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to install formally in an office or position; to admit as a member
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misconduct
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behavior not confroming to prevailing standards or laws
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reduction
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lessing something in extent, amount, number, or degree
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productive
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producing abundantly; yielding useful or favorable results
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avent
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the arrival, especialy of something momentous
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contravene
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to act or be counter to; to oppose in argument
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convene
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to come together; to assembel
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conventional
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develped by general usage; conforming to established practice or accepted standards
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inconvenience
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something inopportune or ill-timed
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intervene
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to be in between two things or two periods or time; to interfere
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provanance
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place of orgin
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souvenir
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a token of remembrance
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venture
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a dangerous or daring undertaking
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venue
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the location of gathering
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colloquim
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an informal meeting to exchange views; and academic seminar on a broad field of study
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elocution
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the art of public speaking, emphasizing gesture and delivery
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interlocutor
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one who participates in a conversation
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colloquial
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the language used when people speak together informally; conversational
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eloquence
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fluent and persuasive speach
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loquacious
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extremely talkative, gabby
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soliloquy
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a speaking alone to oneself, as in a drama; a monologue
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somniloquist
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a person who talks while asleep; a sleeptalker
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ventriloquist
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a person who speaks to that sound seems to come from a source other thand the speaker
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assess
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to appraise or evaluate
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assiduous
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sitting at something untill it is finished; diligent, persistent
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insidious
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treacherous; more dangerous than evident
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preside
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to act as chariperson; to have authority or control
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residual
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something remaining at the end of a process
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sedate
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serene and digninied; settled, calm
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sedentary
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marked by much sitting
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subside
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to sink to a lower level; to become less agitated
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supersede
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to take the place of, supplant; to displace
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sessation
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the act of ceasing or stopping
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concede
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the acknowledge as ture or proper, often unwillingly; to admit
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exceed
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to be greater than; to go beyond the limits of
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incessantly
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occurring without interruption; continuously
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intercede
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to argue on another's behaf; to act as a mediator in a dispute
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precedent
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an occurrance that is used as an example in dealing with similar cases at a later time (antonym: unprecedented)
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recede
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to move back or away from
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secede
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to withdraw formally from membership in a association, organization, politial party, or alliance
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succession
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the act of following in order or sequence
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