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abut
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to border, or have a common, touching boundary
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aver
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to state, assert, affirm in a positive way; to declare as true
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cant
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hypocritcal talk, especially trite religious sayings
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coup
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a successful, sudden act or strokoe; an upset or overturning
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crux
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the major, vital point; an unresolved problem or question
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dole
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a ration or allotment portioned out in regular amounts
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dupe
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someone easily fooled, deceived, cheated
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fiat
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a decree or similar arbitrary command; an authoritative sanction
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flay
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to pull off the skin in strips; to strip of possessions or to fleece
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gibe
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a taunt or scornful comment
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mire
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marshe or bog; wet, soggy slush or mud
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rank
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healthy, even excessive growth OR disgustingly crude, gross, foul
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sect
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a group unified by beliefs, a relgious denomination
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sham
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fake, imposture; hypocrisy; an imitation or simulation of the real thing
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wary
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characterized by wisdom and awareness of possible danger; prudently keen, alert
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whit
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the tiniest particle or bit imaginable
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wile
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trick or clever stratagem for deceitful purposes, or a charmingly playful trick
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animus
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disposition, nature; sometimes ill-will, malevolence
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animal
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living being that is not a human being or plant; mammal
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animated
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lively, vivacious, endowed with life
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equinamity
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evenness of disposition; a calm temperament, composure, self-possession
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anima
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spirit, soul, mind, or nature
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cred
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to believe or trust
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credible
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believable, trustworthy
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credit
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bank balance, time allotted for payment
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credential
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testimonial, certificate, diploma
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credo
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set of beliefs
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credence
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acceptance as true or real
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sequ and secut
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follow
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sequence
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a series, its order in space and time
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consecutive
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succeeding in regular order
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persecute
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to pursue persistently, often with bad intent
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execute
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to carry out; to inflict captial punishment
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sequel
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one development that follows another
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ver
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truth
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verify
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to confirm or establish accuracy, truth, or reality
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verdict
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judgment after a trial, opinion
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racity
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truthfulness
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veracity
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truthfullness
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veracious
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truthful, honest
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verisimultude
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the appearance of truth or geniuneness
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