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Abberant
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abnormal
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Aggrandize
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to increase/exaggerate
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Ambosial
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divine or delicious
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Anomalous
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peculiar; contrary to the norm
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Barefaced
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shameless
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Bombast
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pompous speech
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Breach
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a lapse, gap or break
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Cadge (v)
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to get something by taking advantage of someone
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Caprice (n)
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impulse
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Conflagration (n)
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a great fire
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Corporal (adj)
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of the body ("corporal punishment)
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Culpable (adj)
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deserving of blame
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Dearth (n)
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lack, scarcity
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Descry (v)
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to catch sight of
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Disparaging (adj)
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belittling
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dispassionate
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calm; unbiased
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Dogged (adj)
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stubborn or determined
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efficacy (n)
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effectiveness
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effluent
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the quality of flowing out
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emollient
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softening; something that softens
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encomium (n)
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eulogy or speech of praise
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we need to hear the encomium before we ENTOMBmium
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enigma (n)
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puzzle; mystery
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equivocal (adj)
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ambiguous; unclear
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exculpate (v)
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to demonstrate or prove to be blameless
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exculpate him before they scalp him
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exorbitant (adj)
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exceeding normal limits
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extant
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in existence; still existing
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fervid, fervent
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highly emotional; hot
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florid (adj)
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flushed with a rosy color
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gossamer (n., adj)
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fine cobweb on foliage; fine gauzy fabric; very fine
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guileless
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honest
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hapless
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unfortunate
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headlong
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headfirst; impulsive; hasty
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impecunious
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penniless; poor
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imperious
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commanding
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improvidence
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an absence of foresight; a failure to provide for future needs or events.
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incorrigible
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not capable of being corrected
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indelible
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permanent; unerasable; strong
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that DELI will be here forever!
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ineffable
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undescribable
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what is an eft? I can't describe it
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insular
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of or pertaining to an island, thus, excessively exclusive.
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intransigent
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stubborn; unwilling to change
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leviathan
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great whale; something very large
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loquacious
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talkative
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lugubrious
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excessively mournful, gloomy
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lug around that mournful gloomyness
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magnanimity
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generosity and nobility
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malevolent
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malicious; evil
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misanthrope
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one who hates people
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misogynist
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one who hates women
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nefarious
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wicked; evil
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noisome
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harmful, offensive, destructive
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obdurate
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hardened against influence or feeling; inflexible
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the OBBeration left the a "hard, inflexible" scar for the DURATION of his life
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obviate
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to make unnecessary
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it is OBVIOUS that contraceptives will make ovulation unnecessary
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ossified
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turned to bone; hardened like bone
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panegyric (n)
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a eulogy; a writing or speech in praise of a person or thing
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don't PANEG, do a gyrating jig as you picture the audiance naked while giving your eulogy
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peccadillo
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a small sin or fault
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pedantic
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making an excessive display of one's own learning (shoving off books, etc)
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perfidious
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dishonest
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PERFectly hIDIOUS to tell a lie
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petulant
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easily or frequently annoyed, especially over trivial matters
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she's a petulant, always getting annoyed over petty things
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ponderous
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heavy; massive; awkward; dull
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prevaricate
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to stray away from or evade the truth
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can it be VARIfied? No, CATE strays from the truth.
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prodigal
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rashly wasteful
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Pulchritudinous
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beautiful
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pusillanimous
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cowardly, timid
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rarefy
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to make or become thin; to purify or refine
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reproof
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scold
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rescind
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to repeal or annul
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sagacious
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very wise
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sanguine
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cheerful; confident
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sate
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to satisfy fully or to excess
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saturnine
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having a gloomy or morose temperament
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savant
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a very knowledgable person; a genious
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quite opposite a savage
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sedulous
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diligent
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tacitum
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habitually untalkative or silent
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temperate
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exercising modertion and self-denial; calm or mild
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tortuous
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twisted; excessively complicated
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tractable
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managable
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turpitude
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depravity; baseness: "Mr. Castor was fired for moral turpitude".
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turpentine deprives the trees of sap
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tyro
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beginner
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vacuous
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empty
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verbose
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wordy
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viscous
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slow moving
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volatile
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explosive; fickle
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voracious
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craving or devouring large quantities of
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chagrin
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vexation; disappointment
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CHAG (shag)carpet... it's so plush and nice under the feet...we thought it'd stay around forever, but it harbors all that dust and those mites. what a disappointment.
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heretic
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skeptic
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teetotal
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oppose to alcohol
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ire
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anger
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wag
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merry person
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macerate
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to make or become soft by soaking in water
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macerate that old laceration (in the tub)
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mince
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pronounce or speak affectedly; euphemize
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blithe
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cheerful; carefree
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though we are not cheerful about it, we are FREE from the chestnut trees killed by teh blithe
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fetter
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to shackle or put in chains
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skiff
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small boat
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salutary
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wholesome
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insouciant
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unconcerned; carefree
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the insociable fellow as disconcerned about what society thought of him
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eclat
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great brilliance, as of performance or achievement
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prodigious
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enormous; wonderful
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impervious
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inpenetrable; not allowing to pass through (of materials )
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unable to pervade
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immutable
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that cannot be changed
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brash
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hasty, rush
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pellucid
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transparent; easy to understand
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lachrymose
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causing tears; tearful
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lack morose feeling for those crying
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decorum
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propriety; properness
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I hope the decor is proper for the magazine shoot
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purvey
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provide supply
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purvey for the scurvey
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ruddy
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reddish, healty-looking
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glean
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gather facts in small quantities
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lionize
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treat as a famous person
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propitiatory
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appeasing, mitigating
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proper to appease you again
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ominous
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threatening
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fracas
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noisy quarrel
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obfuscate
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to darken; make obscure
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an OBtUSe cover on a FUbar thing
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trepidation
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alarm; excited state of mind
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lackluster
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(of eyes) dull
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pungency
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sharpness; stinging quality
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connotation
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suggestion in addition to
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rebuff
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snub
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indomitable
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not easily discouraged or subdued
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cant dominate him with your discouragement
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excoriation
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severe criticism
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CORI is an EX friend because of Sean's "severe criticism"
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bellicose
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inclined to fighting
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obloquy
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sharp criticism
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Kenny isn't OBLigated to take the KEY of sharp criticism
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undulate
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to move in a wavelike fashion; fluctuate
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slake
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to assuage, satisfy
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foible
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defect of character (one is wrongly proud)
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sere
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make hard and without feeling
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nascent
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coming into existence; emerging
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somatic
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of the body
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precepts
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rules establishing standards of conduct
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incursion
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a raid; sudden attack
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INCUR a sudden attack
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rubicund
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red and healthy
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rubi
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pyre
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a large pile of wood for burning
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mettlesome
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courageous; high-spirited
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multifarious
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greatly diversified
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sagacius
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perceptive; shrewd, wise
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synopsis
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summary or outline
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eddy
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circular or spiral movement (of wind)
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piquant
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agreeably pungent; stimulating; spicy
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acarpous
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no longer fertile; worn out
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"a": against; no longer
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imprecation
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a curse
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there are implications to this incantation
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sedulous
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perservering
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aplomb
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self-confidence
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limn
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paint or portray
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voluble
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fluent
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berate
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scold sharply
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you be'r of ate yo' apple, cause I'm commin to kick yo ass
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rotund
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rich;deep;plump;round
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voluble
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fluent
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argot
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jargon; slang
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punctilious
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meticulous
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emote
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stir up; excite
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refulgent
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shining; brilliant
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it's almost fulgar how much of a shining/brilliant gentleman you are
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spurious
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false
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anger is spurred when I hear a lie
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obdurate
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inflexible; stubborn
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ob: against
durate: the duration He was obdurate during the entire bargaining |
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impiety
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lack of reverence or dutifulness
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don't behave this way in front of the diety!
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stygian
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dark, gloomy
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reminds of a dark stallion riding up to the spooky castle. How's the weather???
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benevolence
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wish or activity in doing good
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assail
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attack violently with
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manacle
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chains for the hands or feet
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incense
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make angry
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paean
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song of praise or triumph
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PAEAN (payin') our respects and praise first thing at church
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pusillanimous
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faint-hearted; mean-spirited; cowardly
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exculpate
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to clear from charge of guilt
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exculpate him before they scalp him
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puerile
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childish; trivial
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like children, this is pure
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splenetic
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bad-tempered; irritable
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your company is not splendid, it's making me irritable
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exigency
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emergency or urgent situation
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sententious
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short and pithy; full of proverbs
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the Orlando SENTinal is short and to the point, full of little stories
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recreancy
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cowardice
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if you wish to RECREAte this situation, you'll have to give us all your CURRENCY, coward
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gaucherie
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socially awkward; tactless behavior
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(french accent): "MonCHERIE", says the dope whose eyes they want to GAUCH out.
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effluvia
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outflow in a stream of particles; a noxious odor or vapor
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rueful
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dejected; downcast
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this guy was "dejected", and has been reduced to making RUE.
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eabrogate
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repeal or annul
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I'll have this thing annulled because you licked my EAr without using colGATE.
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engrossing
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taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or formal
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spurn
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reject
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your bURN me, I'll SPUR you.
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onus
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responsibility; burden
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Honest, you're not a burden to me
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nostrum
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an untested cure
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put this up your NOSTRol and you will be cured for sure.
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denigrate
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sully; defame
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like degridate
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quell
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crush, extinguish, quiet, suppress
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water from the the quell will extinguish your thirst
let me "quiet" the sting of the porcupine QUiLL |
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ubiquitous
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present everywhere
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UBI like OMNI; UBI (oobi) is everywhere you go.
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inured
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accustomed to; adapted
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I am not INURED to being INJURED.
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deprecate
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protect against; express disapproval of
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deprecate against depreciation
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poignant
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deeply moving
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not a deeply moving word, but it means "deeply moving"
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malapropism
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misuse of a word
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diaphanous
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transparent
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cant see diaphne because she is [pretending to be] a ghost
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gourmand
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a person devoted to eating and drinking in excess
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think GOURMet
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verisimilitude
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appearing true or real
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Valerie SIMULATED being "true or real", too.
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obtrusive
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undesirably noticeable
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I can see that obtrusive eyesore
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alcove
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recess/partially enclosed place
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luculent
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easily understood
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held convctions
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the apostles abandoned much of what they church said, and followed Jesus
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sanguine
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cheerful; confident; optimisitic
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happy as a pig (swine) after having drank sambuca!
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ostracism
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shut out from society; refuse to meet/talk
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OSTRICH's were shunned by other birds, too, for being so tall, as well as unable to fly
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didactic
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intend to instruct
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I DID "intend" to instruct you with my tACTIC
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verisimilitude
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appearing true or real
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look for SIMILIT = similar to the truth/what is real
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subsume
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include under a rule
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assumed: included under teh sub section of rules
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pundit
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pedant authority on a subject
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PUNDt the others, I am the PENDANT authourity on this subject
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vestige
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trace or sign
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the powers invested in me were given by a trace or a sign
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heresy
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belief contrary to what is generally accepted
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congeal
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make or become stiff and solid
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coaggulated blood has congealed
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verdant
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fresh and green
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think verde
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narcissism
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self love
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antithetical
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direct opposing
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thetical: thespians must be directed
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umbrage
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offense; resentment
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UMB...not RAGE, but offended, which I resent
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impecunious
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impoverished
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idyll
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a carefree episode or experience
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idyll worship is free from caring about God's feelings
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reactionary
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opposing progress
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Jeremy's reactionary to the rats (and everything else)
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piquant
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agreeably pungent, stimulating
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egress
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way out; exit
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so far regressed, we left the situation
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libertine
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immoral person
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the statue of LIBERTY now stands for today's people, who are ____
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heretic
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skeptic, protestant
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think: heresy
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discourse
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speech; lecture
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perhaps DIS COURSE can help me to speak better
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auxiliary
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helping; supporting
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this is what the college's auxiliary panal is good for
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countenance
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to favor or approve of
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we count you in; approval
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detumescence
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diminishing or lessening of swelling
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will reduce the swollen body (due to fluids) durin the course of enTOMBment.
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imbroglio
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complicated and embarrassing situation
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wearing uMBROs in the presence of EmiLIO Esteves
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propinquity
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proximity
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meretricious
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attractive on the surface, but of little value
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looked like it had MERET, but we were TRICked
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penurious
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poor;stingy
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hirsute
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hairy; shaggy
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Kalmia hirsuta: hairy laurel
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pernicious
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harmful, injurious
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PER vICIOUS attack: harmful/injurious
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enmity
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hatred; being an enemy
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I "hate" trying to say the word "enmity"... I am an "enemy" of this word
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extol
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to praise highly
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like exhault
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upbraid
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scold; reproach
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I will scold you for up braiding my hair
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retrograde
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receding; reverting
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retro: go back
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pariah
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an outcast; a rejected person
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mARIAH Carey must've been one, 1/2 black, 1/2 white
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sadistic
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cruel
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abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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a BACward way of calculus
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abut
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border on
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one mexican but on the border wall
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imutable
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that cannot be changed
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evince
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to show; to indicate
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you'll have to "show" it to me if you are to conVINCE me.
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vagary
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strange act or idea
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why is he being so vague? (how strange)
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stint
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to be thrifty; to set limits
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like STUNT the growth of a dangerous idea; set limits
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redoubtable
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formidable; causing fear
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I DOUBT this is a good idea
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abjure
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promise to give up
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don't jure me in the side, I promise I'll give it up!
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ensconse
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to settle (oneself) securely or comfortably
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settle the sconse securely and comfortable over there
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palliate
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lessen the severity of
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a little salt will palliate the food and make it more pallitable
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august
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majestic
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a majestic time of year
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suppliant
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asking humbly; beseeching
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ask humbly for the supplies
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pervade
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spread through every part of
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covert
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disguised
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covered under the covert
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sanctimony
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self-righteousness
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SANCTIfy himself ...so self-righteous!
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odious
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repulsive; hateful
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If ODI had a brain, he'd feel this way toward Garfield
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mettle
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quality of endurance or courage
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his courage is worthy of a mettle
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maladroit
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tactless, clumsy
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morphodite
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful
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halo, zion, heaven
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inscrutable
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incapable of being discovered or understood
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Hollywood is unable to scrutinize all the others and discover me!
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bequest
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arrangement to give something at death
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bequeath
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sodden
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soaked; saturated
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SOD is soaked for delivery
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expiation
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expiring
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EXPIdiA moves you very quickly from start to EXit/"end"
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palpitate
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tremble; beat rapidly and irregularly
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travesty
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parody/imitation; a feeble or ridiculous imitation
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a tragecal imitation
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crass
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stupid
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lithe
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bending; twisting
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drawl
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slow way of speaking
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summarily
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briefly; without delay
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think: summary
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redoubtable
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formidable; causing fear
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equivocal
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having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious
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minatory
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menacing; threatening
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the miniature man is a menacing threat
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stanch
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to stop the flow of a fluid
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the stench was so strong the lava came to a stanch
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apropos
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appropriate to the situation
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agile
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active; quick-moving
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protracted
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prolonged
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our use of the protractor in geometry class was way too prolonged
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verve
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spirit; vigor; enthusiasm
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coeval
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of the same period; coexisting
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co: together
eval: as in evalution...time period |
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vagary
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strange act or idea
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vagina -- OBGYN is a STRANGE act/idea
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equable
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steady; regular
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like equal, steady, regular
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profligate
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wasteful; extravagant
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think: prolifferous, too much, we have to flog that wasteful amount
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concord
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harmony, agreement
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sedulous
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persevering
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odium
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contempt; dislike; aversion
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squalid
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foul; filthy
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a squal will leave a foul/filthy mess
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transgress
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break; go beyond (a limit)
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trans: to break into
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resigned
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as in a resignation; to give up
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argot
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jargon; slang
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astute
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clever
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astute students are clever
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antithetical
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direct oppossition
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I disagree with your thesis
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incipient
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beginning
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IN the beginning, you CIP your drink
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excoriation
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severe criticism
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contiguous
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touching; neighboring; near
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frenetic
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frantic; frenzied
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tonic
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something giving strength or energy
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hew
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make by hard work; cut (by striking)
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hew a tree
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presumption
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arrogance
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untoward
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unfortunate; inconvenient
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inconvenient truth: towers of industrial pollution, unfortunate and inconvenient
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protracted
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prolonged
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perfidy
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treachery; breaking of faith
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PERfect, valorie again
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hubris
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arrogant pride
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it was HUBRIS to think they were above the HUMIS from heaven
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dubious
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feeling doubt
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trencherman
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person who eats a lot
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the glutton will wind up in a trench
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eschew
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avoid
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shoo away
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impute
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to attribute to a cause or source
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attribUTE
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exscind
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to cut out; cut away
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excise
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atonement
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repayment; death of Jesus
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chastened
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corrected; punished
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preternatural
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not normal or usual
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PRETER: it's be PRE-deTERmined that this is not NATURAL
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defer
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postpone
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collusion
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secret agreement fo a deceitful purpose
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there will be a COLLiSION with that tangled web you weave!
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expatiate
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to roam; wander freely
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EX, as in EXIT, as in outdoors...wandering free, Pati (pashe)like space
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing
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melli: like sweet melon
fluous: like flowing fluid |
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duress
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Constraint by threat
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threaten to undress, take prisoner
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avow
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admit
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ostentation
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to obtain admiration/envy
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recondite
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"deep", only the really smart ones can figure it out
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no morphadite can understand
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dulcet
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melodious; harmonious
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cant
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insincere talk/jargon
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if you won't recant the situation, I am forced to believe this talk is insincere
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disinter
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dig up from the earth
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we're digging up the DISINTERgraded materials
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chastisement
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punishment
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forbear
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refrain from be patient; ancestor
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for I can't bear this any longer!
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deluge
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great flood; heavy rush of water
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amortize
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end (a debt) by setting money aside
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we're going to immortilize this debt by setting a plan of action
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impugned
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challeged; to be doubted
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that pug-nosed girl has challenged me!
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obtuse
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blunt/stupid
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how stupid for that obtuse triangle to hang out in the open so bluntly!
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scabbard
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sheath for the blade
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like a scab, a sheath for a wound, inflicted by a blade
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garrulity
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talkativeness
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imperious
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commanding; haughty; arrogant
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severence
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severing
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dolt
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stupid fellow
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jennifer holtz, when hanging out with us
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flax
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pale yellow (hair); a plant
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astringent
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substance that shrinks
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listerine shrinks the amount of bacteria
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didactic
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intended to instruct
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I DID ACT to instruct you
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mendicant
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a beggar
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opposite a merchant
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tout
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to solicit customers, votes, or patronage
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trout don't need to tout customers, etc
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seminal
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like a seed constituting a source originative
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it BEGINS with SEMEN
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peregrination
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traveling about; wandering
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PER ERIN'S GReat ideas, we're wandering about this NATION....
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countervail
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counterbalance
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itinerate
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to travel from place to place
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force the ITINERARY, we're traveling about
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fidelity
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loyalty; accuracy
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foppish
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like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
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dissent
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have a different opinion
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if he wants to descend down the mountain because he thinks it's a better idea, then let him
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nebulous
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cloud-like; hazy; vague; indistinct
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baneful
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causing harm or ruin; destructive
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rain of destruction; a baneful could be painful
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apotheosis
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glorification to godliness
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apocolipto, like god
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perfidious
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treacherous; faithless
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PERFectly hIDIOUS to lose faith; treacherous, too
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interim
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as an installment
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like an internship, it's just a small installment for the future
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coruscate
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sparkle; flash
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of CORUS the SKATE rink is flashy and sparkely
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propitious
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presenting favorable circumstances
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it is PROvidential that we will take PITI on you, and present you with favorable circumstances
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bedizen
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to adorn, especially in a cheap showy manner
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think: bedazzle
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interdict
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prohibit, forbid
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parents INTERfere and prohibit and forbid, contradicting the vows they made at 16.
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refulgent
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shining; brilliant
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it's almost FULGER how brillENT that is shining
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supplicate
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to humbly petition
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SUPPLY CATE with a humble petition
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garble
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make unfair selection from facts
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demagogue
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person appealing not to reasons
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here they look to something else
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expurgate
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to remove obscenity; purify; censor
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PURGe
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garner
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to gather and save; to store up
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garner today so that you may garnish the table tomorrow
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predilection
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special liking; mental preference
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I've already PREdetermined that I will favor your DILECT
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warmonger
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person who stirs up war
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contumacious
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insubordinate; rebellious
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CONTUMplate a vicious feeling for your customs, and rebel against them
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barrage
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artificial obstacle built across a river
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equipoise
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equal distribution of weight; equilibrium
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equally poised
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coalesce
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come together
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succor
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assistance; relief in time of distress
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succor (super)! I thought you'd never get here!
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avid
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eager; greedy
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cajole
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use flattery or deceit to persuade
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umbrage
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offense
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I resent this braid in my hair!
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strut
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a supporting bar
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strut around in the balet arena
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terse
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brief and to the point
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balk
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purposly ge in the way of
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derivitive
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obtained from another source
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vanquish
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conquer
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first vanquish, then banish
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palpability
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can be felt, touched, understood
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touch,feel, understand my palpating heart
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harrow
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to distress; create stress or torment
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profligate
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wasteful
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quandry
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state of uncertainty
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the horse felt quandry in the quarry
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peremptory
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urgent; imperative
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imPEREtive
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toady
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obsequious flatterer
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the obsequious toad aims to flatter and be kissed
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countenance
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to favor or approve of
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countenance of the countess
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incite
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stir up
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my INCITEfulness will stir in you questions and knowledge and curiousity
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germane
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relevant or pertinent to
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germane tayolor was relevant/pertinent to saving that girls life
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quotidian
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banal everyday
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on groundhogs day, he could QUOTE everyone word for word
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extricable
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that can be freed
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all you have to do is extract it!
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lope
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move along with strides
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but an antelope moves along with leaps
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provident
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frugal; looking to the future
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epistle
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letter
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the apostles wrote many epistles, which now comprise the bible
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opprobrious
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showing scorn or reproach
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your opprobrious attitude is inappropriate in church
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figurehead
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carved image on the prow of a ship
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poor angel on the prow of a ship... I hope it doesn't get cracked with the champagne bottle!
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