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overhaul
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take apart or overtake... over all can overtake anything
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spurn
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reject distastefully... strike tread push away.....
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supplant
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supersede and replace.....replace old plant with this super plant
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finagle
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obtain by using dishonest ways.....
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winnow
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to blow air through grain in order to remove chaff...to seperate good stuff and bad stuff......your a winno once u can seperate that gold from that copper
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triteness
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lacking in freshness or effectiveness bc overused.....cc vagina....
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tedium
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state of being wearisome....something is tedious you feel tedium
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tawdry
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showy but cheap and poor quality....fake leather laundry...
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unremmiting
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never relaxing....un re sitting
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waning
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deminishing....the waning moon is going away
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modicum
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small quantity of a particular thing....modi_crum...meager miniscule
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surfeit
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an excessive amount....a sirs plate...a huge plate with so much food
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conciliatory
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intended to placate...council makes people less angry
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reputable
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good reputation good things about you
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flabbergasted
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greatly astonished
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miffed
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annoyed....when your pissed..Mr if I'm angry who do I talk to....I was miffed when the cell phone company kept telling me to please hold. .
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jaded
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tired bored done with this ****=faded
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humdrum
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lacking excitement or variety....a drum that only plays 1 hum
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hokum
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nonsense....hokus pokus just something you say that doesn't mean anything
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ancillary
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providing necessary support to the primary activities of an organization ......
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timourous
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showing suffering from nervousness....timour....timid...shy
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magnanimous
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very generous or forgiving especially toward a rival or some1 less powerful.....magna give to us
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haughty
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arrogantly superior or disdainful.........I'm such a hotty I'm better than every1
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audacious
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showing willingness to take suprisingly bold risk....fast drive in the audi
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brazen
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bold with out shame....brazen fox...jumps in the snow looks like a ******* doesn't give a ****
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assented
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express approval or agreement.....
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propagated
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breed specimans of by natural process from parental stock.....or to spread and promote...... the breeder propagated golden retrievers and the propagated there advantages as dogs in there flyer....
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proliferate
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increase rapidly in number....when pro life rate so life Rate grows
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interceded
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intervene on behalf of another.....I interceded that pai would write alex a recommendation he needed...
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assented
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express approval or agreement.... I approve a sent for colon
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vehemently
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extremely strong emotion or force........very mentally strong on this stance
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contumacious
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stubborn...stubborn **** macie is
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demure
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shy.....de mure who was very quiet....dimmer to lessen
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eradicated
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to destroy.....eradicate that psy....erase destroyed
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pugnacious
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war like...pug faced angry face
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convivial
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to live with one another...sociable
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reanimate
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Bring back from dead...re animate to redo something re movement or animation so was dead now movement and action
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aboveboard
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open or truthful... above the board if u lie u go jump off the board into the aligaters
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vacuous
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unintelligent... empty brain
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ribald
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referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way....rib always is rude about sex manners
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comprehensive
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complete
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exhort
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to urge to call to action....when I dumped her ass my ex became a whoret....I dumped her and called on the action of her
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mendacity
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lying ......men when they say there going to the city for "work"
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galvanize
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to stimulate
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comity
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kindness....when u perform comedy u are kind enough to spread happiness
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pervasive
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spreading widely through out and area or group of pple..if ur persuasive u can make things pervasive
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panderer
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Some1 who tries to please others....
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estimable
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worthy of great respect....self esteem abled bc so highly respected
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onerous
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involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.....
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edifying
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provide moral or intellectual instructions....the teacher was edifying
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tenacious
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keeping a firm hold of something
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diffident
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shy
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lionized
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treat a a celebrity....lion idolized
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remiss
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negligent....u could resee it and remiss it 200 times and it would have no significance to the plot or value
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irreproachable
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unable to be blamed ....un approachable with accusations of blame
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salve
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sooth....salvent to help heal a wound
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diminutive
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extremely or unusually small....to dim to make smaller
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pallid
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pale bc of poor health.....pallid expression....paled
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flamboyant
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a person who attracts attention bc of their exuberance confidence style....
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prosaic
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common place unromantic.....the classroom was prosaic
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hailed
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fall or to be hurled forcefully.....when hail is coming down abruptly from the sky
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banal
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so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring......bad a gets boring go to switch it up....or bad xx leads to anal cause bad xx is boring
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panned
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critisize....she critisized me so much she might as well of just hit me with a pan
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shrewd
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sharp powers of judgement....the unshrewd kid only applied to one college
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seminal
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strongly influencing later devolopement....a seminar influences how to do things later...lessons
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chided
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scold or rebuke....to chide the child when he's being bad
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insipid
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lacking flavor....the same in every sip I'd take
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lauded
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praised...applaud....
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nuanced
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subtle....can't even tell it's new, aunce
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palpable
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touchable pertaining to touch....
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witticism
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a witty remark
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flippant
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not showing a serious or respectful attitude....when u flip ur aunt off not respectful
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accentuated
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make more noticeable or prominent....when u put an accent on something u need to exaggerate it
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inconsequential
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having no importance or significance....if It has no consequences who gives a **** if he did it
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derelict
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in very poor conditions as a result of disuse and neglect.....the derelict bulidng was on the verge of falling....ders dick cause girls don't give so we get put in poor condition bc ders dick doesn't get licked not used
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venerable
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I'm high regard....venerate is to respect
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scouring
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to clean it brighten the surface of by rubbing it hard....I scored when I wiped hard on my phone and the scratch went away
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glacial
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glacial means icy so a kind of coldly detached thing
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nondescript
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lacking distinctive or interesting features....no description can't describe it because there's nothing interesting about it...
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tremulous
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shaking or quivering slightly....to tremble
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lithe
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flexible limber skinny
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emphatic
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showing or giving emphasis....empa........sis....vehement is synonym
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fickle
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changing frequently.....mercurial capricious volatile all synonyms....nickel is a type of change...like money but change lol
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reprieve
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to cancel postpone the punishment of.....to rescedule grieve
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deferment
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postponement to put it off till later....to defer from college to regular admission
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inducement
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something that persuades some1 to do something.....induce bring in take upon
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procurement
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act of obtaining something.....the procurement of military supplies.....I'm pro for that sick kid to obtain the cure
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corrobated
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confirm or to give support to...thats correct i support it
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belied
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disguise or contradict..to give false notation or impression of....his belly showed he was fat but it was really just a oversized shirt over his skinny body
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irresolute
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showing or feeling hesitancy....if something is irresolved then u can be hesitant about it
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officious
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assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially with regard to petty or trivial matters.....im an official cop clearing this big bad party
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punctilous
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showing great attention to detail or correct behavior...punct detail punctual on time bc detailed to time
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myopic
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nearsighted no foresight.....
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torrent
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.....a sudden, violent, and copious outpouring of (something, typically words or feelings.... a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid...current strong current
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myriad
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a countless or extremely great number
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provisionary
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intended to last....pro vision to last for the future
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dilatory
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slow to act........dial tori quick....ten minutes later ok im calling her
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peevishness
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crankiness or irratibility .....i got to pee i really have to pee
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denuded
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to strip someone of a covering possesion or asset....when i denuded them they were in de nude...lost or stripped of there clothing
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deliberation
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long and careful consideration or discussion....deliberate conversation for consideration of his college application..
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amalgam
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a mixture or blend....a marsh+alc a tasty mix
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immersion
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deep mentle involvement....imerse in the culture
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occlusion
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a blockage or closing of a blood vessel... a process in which the cold front of a rotating low-pressure system overtakes the warm front, forcing the warm air upward above a wedge of cold air.....o close....
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enstrangement
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the fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group.....hes strange man
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facetious
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treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant...
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pragmatic
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logical
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irate
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feeling or characterized by great anger....irritate makes me angry
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sardonic
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sarcastic
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stipulated
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demand or specify.......stipulated sandy wanted every one to do things her certain specific demanding way
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mended
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repair...improve...to mend two things together
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aptitude
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if ur apt to do something ur able to to it
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obsequious
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obedient or attentive to excessive or servile degree....obsequious owls in harry potter bring mail every where....obsequious oberon fights against the huge mountain for tyrion and his eyes get gauged out
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fawning
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exagerated flattery or affection.....the fawn looks quite spectacular today
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exemplar
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serving as a typical example or excellent model....exemplerary grades
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lackadaisical
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lacking motivation....lazy....lack a damn doesnt care
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husbandry
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the care..cultivation and breeding of crops and animals...my husband plants so many trees in the dry yard so he must water them everyday and he does
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extirpation
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local extinction....extinct or ex was here isnt now
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pedagogy
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method and practice of teaching...especially as an academic subj or theoretical subject.....
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tout
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the attempt to sell....tout over here i have a product come buy it....tout my horn trying to manipulate u into buying
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haphazard
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at random...
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dilatory
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tending to delay or procrastinate....
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eclectic
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selecting or choosing from various sources...e selectice
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occlusion
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stop close up or obstruct.....ocloseion
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amalgam
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mixture or blend
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ruse
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an action intended to deceive someone; a trick.
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cathartic
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providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions; causing catharsis.....cathartic cathy made every1 happy with her strongly emotional speeches
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pathos
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a quallity that evokes pity or sadness......path o so sad
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plaudits
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praise.....applaud look for roots plaud
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pungence
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smell oily
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disclosure
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action of making a secret known....disclose the info
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indignation
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anger or annoyance by what is percieved as unfair treatment
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ignominious
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causing or deserving public shame
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presumptuous
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failing to observe what is in limits of appropriate
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smote
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to strike w firm blow
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