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Abate
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reduce
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the more BAiT we put on the hook, the less we'll have in the bait bucket
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Abscond
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to leave secretly
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Aggrandize
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increase in power/influence
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they AGGRivate me as they make GRAND their....
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Amalgamate
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combine/mix
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Anachronism
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out of place in time
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Anomal y/ous
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abnormal, irregular
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Antipathy
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dislike
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Aberrant
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abnormal, deviant
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Abeyance
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temporary inactivity : SUSPENSION
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currently At BEY.
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Abstemious
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eating and drinking in moderation
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Arbitrate
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judge a dispute between 2 opposing parties
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judges do this
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Archaic
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ancient, old-fashioned
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Ardor
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intense and passionate feeling
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Assuage
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ease, soothe, make something unpleasant less severe
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Attenuate
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reduce, weaken
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chemistry;
A TEN year-old YOU ATE, and in doing so have "reduced" him. |
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Attenuate
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reduce, weaken
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Audacious
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fearless and daring
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Austere
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severe or stern, undecorated
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Alacrity
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promtness, eagerness
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A LACk of this could cost you the internship
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Ambivalence
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uncertainty or indecisiveness, coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings
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People have to take AMBIwhatever sleep aid because they cannot decide whether to turn off the TV or sleep!
Where will you go to school, Erin? |
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Apprise
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inform
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Approbation
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approval
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you are APProved after PROBATION
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Appropriate
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acquire
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Artless
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open and honest
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Ascetic
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self-denying and austere, eg: hermit
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The Aztec were very religious
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Assiduous
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diligent
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Autonomous
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self-governing
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Aver
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state confidently
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Banal
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predictable, lacking originality
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Belie
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contradict, give a false impression
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Bolster
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support
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Boorish
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rude, insensitive
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Burgeon
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grow forth
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Burnish
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shiny, polish
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Buttress
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support
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Cacophon y/ous
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inharmonious, discordant, noisy (like in a daycare)
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Capricious
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unpredictable, fickle
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Castigate
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punish
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Caustic
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sarcastically biting
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Chicanery
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deception, trickery
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Cogent
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convincing and well reasoned
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Convoluted
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intricate, complicated
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Corroborate
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provide supporting evidence
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Credulous
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too trusting, gullible
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Crescendo
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increase in volume or intensity
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Bolster
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support
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Boorish
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rude, insensitive
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Burgeon
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grow forth
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Burnish
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shiny, polish
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Buttress
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support
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Cacophon y/ous
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inharmonious, discordant
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Capricious
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unpredictable, fickle
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Castigate
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punish
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Caustic
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sarcastically biting
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Chicanery
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deception, trickery
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Cogent
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convincing and well reasoned
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Convoluted
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intricate, complicated
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Corroborate
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provide supporting evidence
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Credulous
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too trusting, gullible
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Crescendo
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increase in volume or intensity
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Coagulate
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thicken, clot
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Coda
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concluding section of some musical, literary piece
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Commensurate
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of the same size, extent
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Compendium
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brief, summary
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...write one for your novel or paper
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Complaisant
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trying to please
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Conciliatory
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reconciling, soothing
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Confound
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confuse
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Connoisseur
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someone who appreciates, knows about fine art
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Contention
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assertion, thesis
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Contentious
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quarrelsome
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Contrite
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feeling regret and sorrow for one's sins or offenses; penitent
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a CONman and his TRITE words.
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Condundrum
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riddle; difficult problem
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Craven
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cowardly
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Deference
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respect, courtesy
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Deride
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redicule, mock, make fun of
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Desiccate
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dry out
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Diatribe
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abusive speech, scolding invective
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Desultory
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aimless, haphazard, disconnected
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where the salt falls (is it decided where each grain falls?)
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Diffident
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lacking self-confidence, shyness
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Dilate
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expand
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Dilatory
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delaying
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DIL-Ay
dilatory excuse |
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Dilettante
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amatuer
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Dirge
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funeral hymm or mournful speech
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Disabuse
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to free from error
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Discern
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perceive, recognize
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Disparate
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fundamentally different
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our marriage
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Dissemble
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disguise; present a false appearance
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dis____
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Dissonance
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discord, opposite of harmony
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Dogma
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firmly held opinion
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Dogmatic
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dictatorial in one's opinion
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Dupe
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deceive
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Daunt
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frighten
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Default
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failure to act
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Delineate
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portray, depict
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Denigrate
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defame; belittle
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Dichotomy
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split
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Dirge
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lament with music
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Discrete
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separate, unconnected
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Disingenuous
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not naive, sophisticated
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Disparage
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belittle
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"little" ones eat the PoRAGE
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Disseminate
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spread, distribute
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what SEMen does upon SEMINATION
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Distend
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expand
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"dis-tend to dat" (rope bridge); ex-tend
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Eclectic
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made up of a variety of sources
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Elegy
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sorrowful poem or speech
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Not exactly a EuLEGY, but could be confused
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Emulate
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imitate, to copy, to try to equal
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Enervate
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reduce in strength
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not giving energy, but in a way taking it.
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Engender
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cause, bring about
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Equivocate
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lie, mislead
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Kate
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Erudite
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learned, scholarly
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Esoteric
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hard to understand, understood only by a few
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Estimable
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admirable
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pronounced "esteem-ible"
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Eulogy
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speech in praise of someone
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Euphemism
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mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
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Exacerbate
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to make worse
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Exigent
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urgent
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Ebullient
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excitement, enthusiasm
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Effrontery
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shameless boldness
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Empirical
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based on experience
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Equanimity
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calmness of temperament, composure
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Extrapolation
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conjecture
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Fawn
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grovel, flattering
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Fervid
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marked by great passion or zeal
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Foment
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arouse; insite; promote the growth of
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nature was MENT FO your educational growth
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Frugality
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thrif, wise economy in the management of money
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Facetious
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joking
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Fallacious
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false
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Fatuous
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foolish
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Felicitous
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appropriate, well chosen, suitably expressed
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Fervor
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intensity of feeling
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Fledgling
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inexperienced
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Flout
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reject; mock
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Garrulous
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tending to talk a lot; loquacious
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Gregarious
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outgoing; sociable
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Guile
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deceit
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Gainsay
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deny
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Goad
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urge on
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Gouge
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overcharge
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Grandiloquent
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bombastic
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Harangue
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speech
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Iconoclast
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one who opposes established beliefs, customs
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Impertubable
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not capable of being disturbed
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Impetuous
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quick to act without thinking
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Robin Hood
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Implacable
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unable to be calmed down
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Inchoate
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not full formed; disorganized
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Ingenuous
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showing innocence
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Inimical
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unfriendly; hostile
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Colin openning the door
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Innocuous
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harmless
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Insipid
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lack of interest, flavor
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Intransigent
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uncompromising
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will you SIGn it? No.
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Irascible
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easily made angry
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Impassive
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without feeling
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Impede
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hinder
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Incongruity
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lack of harmony
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Indigence
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poverty
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Indolent
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lazy
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Jeremy
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Insularity
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narrow mindedness; isolation
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Intractable
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unruly; stubborn; not easily managed
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the donkey was this way, which is why I now use the TRACTor.
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Invective
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abuse
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Laconic
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using few words; brief and to the point
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LACk of words, no need for them
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Lament
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express sorrow; grieve
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Laud
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praise
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Lucid
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clearly and easily understood
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Lassitude
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weariness; languar
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Latent
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dormant; hidden, undeveloped
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not LAzy, just under a TENT. A baby tree under the tent, perhaps in the wintertime is therefore latent.
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Levity
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lack of seriousness
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Malinger
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one who feigns illness to escape duty
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Malleable
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capable of being shaped
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Mitigate
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soften; lessen
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Mollify
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calm; make less severe
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Monotomy
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lack of variation
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Maverick
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rebel
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Mendacious
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lying; habitually dishonest
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Mundane
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worldly; everyday
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Neophyte
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beginner
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Obdurate
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inflexible; stubbornly persistent in wrong-doing
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ovulation can be like this...rather, it's the period that no one wants, but it won't go away...it's there for the DURation.
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Obsequious
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eager to please
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Obviate
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prevent
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contraceptives help obviate ovulation
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Occlude
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stop
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OCtagon
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Onerous
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troublesome
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Opprobrium
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public disgrace
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it's inn-OPPROBRI-ate to have one of these in the audito-RIUM.
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Officious
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meddlesome
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Paragon
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model of perfection
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Jesus
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Pedant
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showing off learning
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like wearing your degree on your PEnDANT
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Perfidious
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willing to betray ones trust
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Perfunctory
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indifferent
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Philanthropy
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charity; desire to do good
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Placate
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soothe; pacify
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Pragmatic
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practical
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Precipitate
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hasty; quick; sudden
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Prevaricate
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to lie
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false PREtenses that cannot be VARIfied
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Proliferate
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increase
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Propitiate
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appease
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Prudence
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wisdom; caution
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Partisan
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one-sided; prejudiced
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Paucity
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scarcity
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Penchant
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strong inclination; liking
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Penury
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poverty
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Perennial
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long lasting
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Pervasive
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spread throughout
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like invasive, but with permission?
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Phlegmatic
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calm
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Platitude
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trite remark; commonplace statement
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Probity
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uprightness
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Propensity
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natural inclination
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Proscribe
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outlaw
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Quiescent
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motionless
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Repudiate
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reject the validity
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like refute
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Reticent
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silent; reserved
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Rhetoric
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effective writing or speaking
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Recalcitrant
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stubborn
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Recant
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confess
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Recluse
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hermit; loner
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Recondite
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difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : DEEP
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Refractory
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resistant; stubborn
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Relegate
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banish to an inferior position
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Reproach
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express disapproval
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Reprobate
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devoid of decency
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REPRO-mand for this
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Rescind
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cancel
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...that RES-ervation
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Specious
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deceptively attractive; misleading
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Stigma
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mark of shame
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Stolid
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unemotional
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Sublime
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grand
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Tacit
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without words
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Tirade
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verbal attack
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Torpor
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lethargy
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TORPedos are opposite, they're full of energy!
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Transitory
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temporary
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Vacillate
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indecisive; unpredictable
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ocCILLATE between choices. don't know which way it'll end up
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Venerate
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to respect deeply
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Veracity
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filled with truth
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Vex
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annoy
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Waver
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fluctuate between choices
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Salubrious
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healthy
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Savor
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have a distinctive flavor, smell
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