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PARA (root)
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ALONG, SIDE, NEXT TO
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PAR
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AVERAGE, EQUAL
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PARABLE
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STORY THAT TEACHES A MORAL LESSON
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PARAPHRASE
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SUMMARY; TRANSLATION
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PARAGON
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MODEL OR STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE
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PARAMOUNT
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SUPREME, THE BEST
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PARAPLEGIC
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PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN
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PARALLEL
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NEXT TO
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PARAMOUR
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A MISTRESS
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PARADOX
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A STATEMENT THAT CONTRADICTS ITSELF BUT REMAINS TRUE
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OXYMORON
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A PAIR OF WORDS THAT ACT AS A PARADOX
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IST (root)
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ONE WHO DOES
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PESSIMIST
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ONE WHO EXPECTS THE WORST
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OPTIMIST
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ONE WHO EXPECTS THE BEST
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OPTOMETRIST
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ONE WHO PRESCRIBES EYEGLASSES
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OPHTHALMOLOGIST
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AN EYE DOCTOR
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OPTICIAN
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ONE WHO MAKES EYEGLASSES
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ALARMIST
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ONE WHO WORRIES CONSTANTLY AND NEEDLESSLY
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TERRORIST
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ONE WHO USES FEAR AS A WEAPON
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PACIFIST
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ONE WHO WON'T FIGHT; FAVORS PEACE
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NEPOTIST
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ONE WHO FAVORS RELATIVES
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INE (root)
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OF LIKE
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CANINE
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REFERS TO DOGS
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FELINE
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REFERS TO CATS
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EQUINE
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REFERS TO HORSES
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BOVINE
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REFERS TO COWS, CATTLE, OR OXEN
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OVINE
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REFERS TO SHEEP OR LAMBS; INNOCENT
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LUPINE
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REFERS TO WOLVES, HUNGRY
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SERPENTINE
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REFERS TO SNAKES, SNEAKY
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PISCINE
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REFERS TO FISH
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ASININE
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REFERS TO DONKEY
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SYN (root)
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THE SAME AS
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SYNONYM
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WORD WITH THE SAME MEANING
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SYNOPSIS
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A SUMMARY; PARAPHRASE
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SYNTHESIZE
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TO BLEND OR MIX TOGETHER
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SYNTHETIC
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ARTIFICIAL OR FAKE
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SYNCHRONIZE
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TO COORDINATE IN TIME
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SYNECDOCHE
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REFER TO PART OF A WHOLE
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SYNDACTYLY
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WEB-FOOTED OR FINGERED
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VOC (root)
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TO CALL
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VOCAL
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ORAL, SPOKEN, OUTSPOKEN
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VOCIFEROUS
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LOUD AND TALKATIVE
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VOCIFERATE
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TO TALK NOISELESSLY AND NEEDLESSLY
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VOCATION
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A CAREER, A "CALLING" (OFTEN RELIGIOUS)
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AVOCATION
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A HOBBY
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INVOCATION
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PRAYER AT THE BEGINNING
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LEG (root)
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LAW
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LEGAL
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LAWFUL
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LEGALITY
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A TECHNICAL, MINOR POINT OF LAW
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LEGITIMATE
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RECOGNIZED BY THE LAW OR STATE
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ILLEGITIMATE
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NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE LAW OR STATE
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RELEGATE
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TO ASSIGN A TASK OR CHORE
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DELEGATE
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TO ASSIGN RESPONSIBILITY OR AUTHORITY
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LEGACY
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THAT WHICH IS LEFT BEHIND YOU
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COLLEAGUE
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A PARTNER, COWORKER, OR ASSOCIATE
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CIAN (root)
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ONE WHO
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PEDIATRICIAN
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A DOCTOR FOR CHILDREN
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OBSTETRICIAN
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DOCTOR WHO DELIVERS BABIES
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PATRICIAN
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ARISTOCRAT; UPPER CLASS CITIZEN
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PLEBEIAN
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LOWER CLASS CITIZEN, PEASANT
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STATISTICIAN
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ONE WHO COMPILES STATISTICS
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NAT (root)
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BIRTH
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POSTNATAL
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AFTER GIVING BIRTH
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PRENATAL
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BEFORE GIVING BIRTH
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NATAL
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DEALS WITH BIRTH
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NEONATE
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A NEWBORN CHILD; USUALLY LESS THAN ONE MONTH OLD
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INNATE
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NATURAL; COMES FROM BIRTH
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NATIVISM
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SHOWING FAVOR TO NATIVE INHABITANTS
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NAIVE
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JUST BORN; INNOCENTLY IGNORANT
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NAIVETE
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INNOCENCE
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RENAISSANCE
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A REBIRTH OR REVIVAL
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UNI (root)
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ONE
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UNISON
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AS ONE, TOGETHER
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UNIQUE
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ONE OF A KIND
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UNIDEXTRAL
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LEFT OR RIGHT HANDED
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UNIPAROUS
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PRODUCING ONE OFFSPRING AT A TIME
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UNANIMOUS
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BEING OF ONE MIND; AGREED BY ALL
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ANONYMOUS
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NOT NAMED OR IDENTIFIED
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PEND (root)
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TO WEIGH OR HANG
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PENDANT
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JEWELRY THAT HANGS DOWN FROM NECK OR SHOULDERS
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PENDENT
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HANGING DOWN
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PENDING
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NOT YET COMPLETED OR DECIDED
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IMPENDING
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ABOUT TO HAPPEN OR OCCUR
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DEPENDENT
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RELIES ON OTHERS
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APPENDAGE
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AN ADDITION THAT HANGS ON
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INTER (root)
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BETWEEN, ACROSS
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INTERSTATE
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BETWEEN, ACROSS A STATE
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INTERCEDE
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TO COME BETWEEN TWO PARTIES (MEDIATE)
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INTERVENE
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TO COME BETWEEEN TWO PARTIES (BUTT IN, - CONNOTATION)
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INTERIM
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THE TIME IN BETWEEN (BEGINNING TO END)
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INTERLUDE
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THE TIME IN BETWEEN (SPECIFIC)
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INTERMITTENT
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OFF AND ON; COMES AND GOES
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INTERJECTION
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SOMETHING THAT IS THROWN IN
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INTRA, INTRO (root)
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WITHIN, INSIDE OF
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INTRASTATE
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WITHIN A STATE
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INTRAMURAL
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WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE INSTITUTION
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INTRAVENOUS
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THROUGH THE VEINS
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INTROVERT
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ONE WHO IS SHY, WITHDRAWN
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INTROSPECT
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TO MEDITATE; TO PONDER
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INTRINSIC
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NATURAL; COMES FROM WITHIN
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HAB (root)
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TO HAVE OR LIVE
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HABIT
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A CONSTANT BEHAVIOR; A NUN'S UNIFORM
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HABITUAL
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CAUSED BY HABIT
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HABITAT
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ENVIRONMENT; SURROUNDINGS
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REHABILITATE
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TO GIVE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING NEW LIFE
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HABITABLE/INHABITABLE
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CAN BE LIVED IN
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UNHABITABLE
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CANNOT BE LIVED IN
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COHABIT
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TO LIVE TOGETHER
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GNOS (root)
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TO KNOW
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AGNOSTIC
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NOT SURE IF THERE IS A GOD
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DIAGNOSIS
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KNOWING FROM SYMPTOMS
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PROGNOSIS
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A PREDICTION
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PROGNOSTICATE
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TO PREDICT
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COGNITION
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KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING
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COGNITIVE
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RELATING TO, OF, OR INVOLVING KNOWLEDGE
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COGNIZANT
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AWARE OR MINDFUL
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INCOGNITO
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IN DISGUISE
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MAT (root)
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MOTHER
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MATERNAL
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MOTHERLY
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MATERNITY
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MOTHERHOOD
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MATRIARCH
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WOMAN WHO HEADS FAMILY, GROUP, OR STATE
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MATRIARCHY
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A FAMILY OR CLAN GOVERNED BY A WOMAN
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MATRON
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A DISTINGUISHED WOMAN
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MATRONYMIC
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A NAME FROM A FEMALE RELATIVE OR ANCESTOR
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MATRICIDE
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KILLING ONE'S MOTHER
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ALMA MATER
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SCHOOL FROM WHICH YOU GRADUATE, SCHOOL SONG, "OTHER MOTHER"
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MATRICULATE
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TO ENROLL IN COLLEGE
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SOPH (root)
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WISDOM
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SOPHIC
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WISE OR INTELLECTUAL
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SOPHISTRY
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CLEVER YET FLAWED REASONING, DEBATE
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SOPHOMORE
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SECOND-YEAR PERSON, "WISE FOOL"
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SOPHOMORIC
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FOOLISH, IMMATURE, UNSOPHISTICATED
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SOPHISTICATED
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COMPLEX, COMPLICATED, WORLDLY
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PHILOSOPHER
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ONE WHO SEEKS WISDOM/ENLIGHTENMENT
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CIDE (root)
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TO KILL
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HOMICIDE
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TO KILL A HUMAN
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SUICIDE
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TO KILL ONESELF
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MATRICIDE
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TO KILL ONE'S MOTHER
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PATRICIDE
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TO KILL ONE'S FATHER
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FRATRICIDE
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KILLING ONE'S BROTHER OR COUNTRYMAN
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SORORICIDE
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KILLING ONE'S SISTER
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PARRICIDE
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KILLING ONE'S PARENT OR A NEAR RELATIVE
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REGICIDE
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KILLING A KING OR A QUEEN
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GENOCIDE
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KILLING A NATIONAL, ETHNIC, OR RELIGIOUS GROUP
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INFANTICIDE
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KILLING ONE'S CHILD
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INSECTICIDE
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KILLING BUGS
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PESTICIDE
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KILLING RODENTS OR RATS
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HERBICIDE
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KILLS WEEDS
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GERMICIDE
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KILLS BACTERIA
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FUNGICIDE
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KILLS FUNGUS
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SPERMICIDE
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KILLS SPERMATOZOA
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SUB (root)
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UNDER
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SUBSIDIZE
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TO PAY OR SUPPORT WITH PUBLIC MONEY
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SUBSIDY
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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM ONE PARTY TO ANOTHER
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SUBSIDIARY
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A COMPANY WHICH IS PART OF A LARGER COMPANY
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SUBPOENA
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AN ORDER TO APPEAR IN COURT
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SUBVERT
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TO UNDERMINE OR OVERTHROW SLOWLY
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SUBVERSIVE
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UNDERMINING, REVOLUTIONARY
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SUBLIMINAL
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SUBCONSCIOUS
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MAL (root)
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BAD, EVIL
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MALEDICTION
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A CURSE
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MALEVOLENT
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EVIL AND WICKED
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MALEVOLENCE
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EVILNESS, WICKEDNESS, HARMFUL INTENT
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MALICE
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DESIRE TO DO HARM
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MALICIOUS
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DELIBERATELY HARMFUL
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MALIGNANT
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DANGEROUS
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MALIGN
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TO SPEAK EVIL OF; SLANDER
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MALADROIT
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AWKWARD, CLUMSY
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MALAPROPISM
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A VERBAL BLUNDER; HUMOROUS MISUSE OF A WORD
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ANA (root)
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BACKWARDS
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ANACHRONISM
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SOMETHING IN THE WRONG TIME PERIOD
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ANAGRAM
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WORD MADE BY SCRAMBLING LETTERS
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ANONYM
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A WORD SPELLED BACKWARDS
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PALINDROME
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WORD, VERSE, SENTENCE, OR NUMBER THAT READS THE SAME BACKWARDS OR FORWARDS
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AL (root)
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OTHER
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ALIAS
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AN ASSUMED OR FAKE NAME
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ALIBI
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EXCUSE OR BEING ELSEWHERE
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ALTER
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TO CHANGE OR ADJUST
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ALTERATION
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AN ADJUSTMENT
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ALTERCATION
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A QUARREL OR DISPUTE
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ALTER EGO
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THE OTHER SELF
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ET ALIA
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"AND OTHERS", PEOPLE
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ET CETERA
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"AND OTHERS", THINGS
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DUC (root)
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TO LEAD OR DRAW
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DEDUCTION
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SOMETHING SUBTRACTED; A CONCLUSION
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DEDUCE
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TO CONCLUDE; TO FIGURE BY LOGIC
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DEDUCT
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TO SUBTRACT
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INDUCTION
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ENROLLMENT
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INDUCT
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TO ENROLL OR ENLIST
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INDUCE
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TO START OR BEGIN
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CONDUCTIVE
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PROMOTES OR LEADS
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SEDUCE
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TO TEMPT OR LURE
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PATH (root)
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FEELINGS
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PATHOLOGY
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THE STUDY OF DISEASES
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PATHOLOGICAL
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ALTERED OR CAUSED BY DISEASE
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PSYCHOPATH
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A MENTALLY ILL OR UNSTABLE PERSON
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SYMPATHY
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SHARING ONE'S SORROWS OR TROUBLES
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EMPATHY
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UNDERSTANDING AND ENTERING INTO ANOTHER'S FEELINGS
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APATHY
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LACK OF FEELING OR CONCERN
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PATHOS
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AN UNBEARABLE SORROW
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PATHETIC
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CAUSES GREAT SORROW
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BI (root)
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TWO
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BIANNUAL
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EVERY SIX MONTHS
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BIENNIAL
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EVERY TWO YEARS
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BIWEEKLY
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EVERY TWO WEEKS
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BIMONTHLY
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EVERY TWO MONTHS
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BILINGUAL
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ABLE TO SPEAK TWO LANGUAGES
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BISEXUAL
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PREFERS EITHER GENDER
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BIPAROUS
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HAS MULTIPLE BIRTHS
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IST (root)
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ONE WHO DOES
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PROTAGONIST
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THE SIDE OF A CONFLICT YOU FAVOR
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ANTAGONIST
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THE SIDE OF A CONFLICT YOU OPPOSE
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REALIST
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ONE WHO SEES THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE
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IDEALIST
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ONE WHO SEES THINGS AS THEY WANT THEM TO BE
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NATURALIST
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ONE WHO LOVES AND SEEKS HAPPINESS IN NATURE
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GENEALOGIST
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ONE WHO TRACES FAMILY TREES
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CORP (root)
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BODY
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CORPSE
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DEAD BODY
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CORPS
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A BODY OF PEOPLE; CREW
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ESPIRIT DE CORPS
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TEAM SPIRIT; MORALE
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CORPULENT
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OBESE OR OVERWEIGHT
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CORPULENCE
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OBESITY
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HABEAS CORPUS
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AN ORDER TO BRING ONE BEFORE THE COURT
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CORPUS DELICTI
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MAIN BODY OF FACTS; DAMAGING PIECE OF EVIDENCE
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CORPORAL
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PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT
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CORPOREAL
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MATERIAL - RELATING TO OR INVOLVING THE PHYSICAL BODY
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CORPOREALITY
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MATERIAL OR PHYSICAL RATHER THAN SPIRITUAL
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CHRON (root)
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TIME
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ANACHRONISM
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A PERSON/THING THAT IS CHRONOLOGICALLY OUT OF PLACE
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SYNCHRONIZE
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TO OPERATE IN UNISON
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CHRONOLOGICAL
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ARRANGED BY TIME/AGE
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CHRONOMETER
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AN ACCURATE PIECE; CLOCK
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CHRONICLE
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A RECORD; HISTORY OF TIME
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CHRONIC
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CONSTANT; ALL THE TIME
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FAC (root)
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TO MAKE
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MANUFACTURE
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TO MAKE BY HAND OR MANKIND
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FACTOR
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PIECE, ELEMENT
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FACULTIES
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ABILITIES, POWERS
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FACILE
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EASY, SIMPLISTIC
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FACILITATE
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TO MAKE SOMETHING EASIER
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EX POST FACTO
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AFTER THE FACT
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FACSIMILE
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A COPY, DUPLICATE, FAKE
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FAX
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A COPY/DUPLICATE
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FACTION
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A GROUP OF DISSENTIENTS
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DICT (root)
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TO SPEAK
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BENEDICT
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A NEWLY MARRIED MAN WHO HAS LONG BEEN A BACHELOR
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MALEDICT
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CURSE
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DICTION
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CLEAR SPEAKING, WORD CHOICE
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INDICT
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TO CHARGE FORMALLY FOR A CRIME
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INDICATIVE
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INDICATES, POINTS TO SOMETHING, REFLECTS
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DICTUM
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A NOTEWORTHY STATEMENT
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ABDICATE
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TO GIVE UP, RESIGN YOUR THRONE OR HIGH OFFICE
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PRE (root)
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BEFORE
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PRETENSE
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MAKE BELIEVE, FICTION
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PRETENTIOUS
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FLASHY, EXTRAVAGANT, BOLD
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PRESUMPTUOUS
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PRESUMES TOO MUCH, OVERLY CONFIDENT
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PRECOCIOUS
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MATURED, ESPECIALLY MENTALLY, EARLY
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PRECARIOUS
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DANGEROUS
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PRENUPTUAL
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BEFORE MARRIAGE (CEREMONY)
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PREMARITAL
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BEFORE MARRIAGE
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PRECEDENT
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SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT HAPPENED BEFORE
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PREVAIL
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TO CONQUER, OVERCOME
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PREVALENT
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DOMINANT, WIDESPREAD
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PRELUDE
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A CHAPTER OR MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING
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PRECLUDE
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TO PREVENT
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PRECURSOR
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A FORERUNNER; AN ORIGINAL MODEL OR PROTOTYPE
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PREREQUISITE
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SOMETHING REQUIRED FIRST
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MIS (root)
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WRONG, HATRED
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MISCARRIAGE
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FAILURE
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MISCONSTRUE
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TO INTERPRET INCORRECTLY
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MISCONCEPTION
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WRONG IDEA OR THEORY
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MISNOMER
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CALLING SOMETHING BY THE WRONG NAME OR CLASSIFICATION
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MISCHIEVOUS
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CAUSES TROUBLE
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MISCREANT
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VILLAIN; AN EVIL PERSON
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MISDEMEANOR
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A PETTY CRIME
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MISANTHROPE
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ONE WHO HATES PEOPLE
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MISANDRY
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HATRED/ABUSE OF MALES
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MISOGYNY
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HATRED/ABUSE OF FEMALES
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MISOPEDIA
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HATRED OF CHILDREN
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MISBEGOTTEN
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POORLY PLANNED; ILL-FATED
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PAT (root)
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FATHER
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PATRICIDE
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KILLING ONE'S FATHER
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PATRICIAN
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ARISTOCRAT, UPPER CLASS CITIZEN
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PATERNAL
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FATHERLY AND WISE
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PATERNITY
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FATHERHOOD
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PATRONYMIC
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PASSING DOWN NAMES OF MALE RELATIVES
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EXPATRIATE
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ONE WHO LEAVES HIS OWN COUNTRY FOR GOOD
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PATRON
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A CUSTOMER, BENEFACTOR, SPONSOR, SUPPORTER
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PATRONIZE
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TO SPONSOR OR TO BE A CUSTOMER
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PATRIARCH
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FATHER OF LARGE FAMILY/CLAN
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VIS/VID (root)
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TO SEE
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VISA
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PERMIT TO SEE OR VISIT A COUNTRY
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VISTA
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A DISTANT OR FAR-OFF VIEW
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ENVISION
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TO SEE/PICTURE IN ONE'S MIND
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VISAGE
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THE LOOK/EXPRESSION ON ONE'S FACE
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PROVIDENCE
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ACT OF LUCK OR FATE/ACT OF GOD
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VIS-A-VIS
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FACE TO FACE
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