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127 Cards in this Set
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Duress
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forcible restraint
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eccentric
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irregular
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efface
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rub out
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eloquence
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expressiveness
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emend
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correct
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emulate
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imitate
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egregious
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bad, shocking
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emissary
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agent messenger
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encomium
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high praise
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eclectic
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compoced of elements of disparate sources
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ebullient
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showing excitement
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emollient
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soothing or softening refief
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fallacious
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false
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falter
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hesitate
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fanaticism
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excessive zeal
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fastidious
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difficult to please
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fathom
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comprehend
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feint
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trick
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ferret
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drive or hunt out of hiding
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fervor
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glowing ardor
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fetter
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shackle
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firebrand
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hot head troublemaker
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fissure
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crevice
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flamboyant
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ornate
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fledgling
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inexperienced
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gaffe
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social blunder
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fusion
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union
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founder
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fail completely; person who establishes something
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foil
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contrash;defeat
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furtive
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thrift
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forebearance
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patience
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foible
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weakness
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foolhardy
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rash
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floe
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mass of floating ice
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forte
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strongpoint or speacial talent
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forlorn
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sad and lonely
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fluke
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unlikely
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glutton
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someone who eats too much
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glower
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scowl
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grith
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distance around something
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gibberish
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nonsence babbling
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glib
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fluent,facile,slick
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glimmer
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shine erratically
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gentry
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people of standing class below nobility
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gambit
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opening in chess
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gaoe
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open widely
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garih
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over bright in color
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garner
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gather or store up
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gauche
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clumsy
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gait
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manner of walking or running
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heyday
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time of great success
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hamper
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obstruct
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hallowed
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blessed
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hackneyed
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common place
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harbinger
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forerunner
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harangue
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noisy speech
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hermetic
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sealed by fusion
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gregarous
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social
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grudging unwilling
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unwilling
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gratuitious
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given freeky
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gourmet
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conoussieur of food and drink
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grapple
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wrestle
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hibernal
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wintry
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hierarchy
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arrangment by rank or standing
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illusory
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deceptive, not real
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histrionic
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theatrical
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homage
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honor
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ignominy
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deep disgrace
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idiosyncrasy
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individual trait
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hovel
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shack
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hone
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sharpen
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hoard
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stockpile
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hypochondriac
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person unduly worried about his health
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hypothetical
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based on assumptions or hypothesis
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iconoclastic
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attack cherished traditions
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immaculate
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spotless
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impair
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injure
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impasse
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predicament from which there is no escape
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impeccable
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faultless
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impecunious
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without money
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impertinent
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insolent, rude
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implement
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put into affect
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incense
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enrage
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impetus
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incentive, stimulus
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imminent
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near at hand
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incessant
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uninterrupted
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inane
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silly
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imprudent
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lacking caution
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inchoate
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recently begun
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incipient
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beginning
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incite
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arose to action
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incongruous
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not fitting
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incontrovertible
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indisputable
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incorrigible
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not correctable
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inculcate
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teach
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incursion
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temporary invasion
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indefatigable
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tireless
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indigenous
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native
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indolent
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lazy
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indubitable
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unable to be doubted
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inexorable
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relentless
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endemic
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prevailing among a specific group of people like a disease
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enduring
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lasting
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enfranchise
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to admit to the rights of citizenship (especially to vote)
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enigma
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puzzle, mystery
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entail
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require
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enterprising
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full of initiative
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entreat
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plead, beg
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ephemeral
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short-lived
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episodic
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loosely connected
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epitome
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perfect example
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equivocal
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intentionally misleading
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erudite
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learned, scholarly
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esoteric
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hard to understand
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euphemism
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mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
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euphonious
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pleasing in sound
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exacerbate
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worsen
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excise
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cut away
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exemplary
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serving as a model; outstanding
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exhaustive
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thorough
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exonerate
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acquit
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expedite
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hasten
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explicate
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explain
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extol
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praise, glorify
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extricate
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free, disentangle
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extrinsic
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external, not essential
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fabricate
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to build, to lie
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