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lower
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abash
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embarrass
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abjure
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renounce
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abnegation
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self-sacrifice
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abominate
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detestable, loathsome
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absolve
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pardon
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abstruse
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obscure
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abysmal
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bottomless
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accede
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agree
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acclaim
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applaud
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acclivity
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sharp incline
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accord
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agreement
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accouter
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equip
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accretion
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growth
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acerbity
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bitterness of speech
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acquiesce
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assent
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acrimonious
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bitterness
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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actuarial
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calculating
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actuate
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motivate
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acuity
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sharpness
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addle
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muddle
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adherent
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supporter
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adjunct
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something attached (inferior)
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adjuration
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solemn urging
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adroit
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skilful
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adulation
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flattery
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adventitious
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accidental
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adversity
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poverty
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advert
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refer
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aegis
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shield
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aerie
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nest of a large bird
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affable
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easily approachable
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affected
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artificial
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affliction
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state of distress
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affront
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insult
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agglomeration
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collection
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aggrandize
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increase or intensify
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agnostic
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one who is skeptical of God
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agrarian
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pertaining to land
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alacrity
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eagerness
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alcove
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nook
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allay
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calm
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allegory
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story in which characters are used as symbols
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alliteration
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repetition of beginning sound
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allude
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refer
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allure
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entice
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allusion
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indirect reference
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altruistic
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unselfish generosity
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amalgamate
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combine
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ambivalence
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state of having contradictory emotional attitudes
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ameliorate
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improve
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amenable
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readily manageable
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amity
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friendship
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amoral
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non-moral
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amorous
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moved by sexual love
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amorphous
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without shape
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amok
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in a state of rage
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anachronism
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something misplaced in time
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analogous
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comparable
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analogy
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similarity
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anarchist
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person who seeks to overturn govt.
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anathema
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solemn curse (anathematize)
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anecdote
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short account of interesting event
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animadversion
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critical remark
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animosity
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active enemy
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animus
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hostile feeling
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anneal
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make less brittle
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annotate
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comment
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anodyne
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pain killer
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anoint
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consecrate
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anomalous
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abnormal
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anomaly
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irregularity
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antagonism
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hostility
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antecede
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precede
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antediluvian
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antiquated
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anthology
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book of literary selections
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anthropoid
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manlike
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anthropomorphic
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having human form
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anticlimax
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letdown in thought or emotion
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antipathy
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aversion
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antiquated
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obsolete
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antithesis
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contrast
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apathy
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lack of caring
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aphasia
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loss of speech
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aphorism
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a saying or maxim
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apiary
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place where bees are kept
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aplomb
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poise or assurance
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apocryphal
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untrue
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apologist
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one who writes in defense of a cause
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apostate
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one who abandons his religious faith or political belief
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apothecary
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druggist
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apothegm
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compact saying
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apotheosis
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elevation to god-hood
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appease
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pacify
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appellation
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name or title
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apposite
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appropriate; fitting
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apprise
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inform
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approbation
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approval
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appropriate
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acquire
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appurtenances
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subordinate possessions
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apropos
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with reference to; regarding
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aquiline
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curved
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arboretum
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place where different varieties of trees are studied
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arcade
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covered passageway (lined with shops)
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arcane
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secret
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archaic
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antiquated
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archetype
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prototype
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ardor
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heat
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arduous
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hard
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argot
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slang
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aria
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operatic solo
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arraign
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charge in court
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array
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draw up in order
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array
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adorn
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arroyo
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gully
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articulate
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affective
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artifice
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trickery
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artless
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without guile
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ascendancy
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controlling influence
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial
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ascribe
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refer
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ashen
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ash colored
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asinine
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stupid
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askance
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indirect look
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askew
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crookedly; slanted
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asperity
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sharpness of temper
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aspersion
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slanderous remark
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assail
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assault
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assay
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analyze
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assiduous
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diligent
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assuage
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ease or lessen pain
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astral
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relating to stars
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astringent
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binding
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astute
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wise
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asunder
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apart
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atavism
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resemblance to remote ancestors
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atheistic
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denying the existence of god
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atrophy
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wasting away
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attribute
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essential quality
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attribute
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gradual decrease in numbers
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audacious
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daring
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augury
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omen
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austere
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forbiddingly stern
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autocratic
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having absolute
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automaton
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mechanism that imitates actions or humans
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auxiliary
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providing or offering help
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avarice
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greediness for wealth
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aver
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state confidently
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avert
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prevent
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aviary
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enclosure for birds
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avid
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greedy
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avocation
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secondary or minor occupation
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avow
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declare openly
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avuncular
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like an uncle
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awl
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pointed tool for piercing
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awry
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distorted
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azure
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sky blue
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babble
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chatter idly
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bacchanalian
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drunken
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badinage
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teasing conversion
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bait
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harass
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baleful
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deadly
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balk
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stop short
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balk
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foil
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banal
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hackneyed
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balmy
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mild
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bandy
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discuss lightly
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bantering
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good naturedly ridiculing
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barefaced
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shameless
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baroque
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highly ornate
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bastion
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stronghold
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bate
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let down
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bauble
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trifle
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bawdy
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indecent
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beatific
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blissful
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beatitude
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blessedness
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bedizen
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dress with vulgar finery
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bedraggle
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wet thoroughly
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befuddle
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confuse thoroughly
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beget
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father
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begrudge
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resent
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beguile
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mislead or delude
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behemoth
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monstrous size or power
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beholden
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obligated
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behoove
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be suited to
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belabor
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explain excessively
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beleaguer
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besiege or attack
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belie
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contradict
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belittle
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depreciate
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bellicose
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warlike
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belligerent
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quarrelsome
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bemoan
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lament
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bemused
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confused
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benediction
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blessing
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benevolent
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generous
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benign
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not malignant
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benison
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blessing
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bequeath
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hand down
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berate
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scold strongly
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bereavement
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state of being deprived of something
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bereft
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deprived of
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beseech
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beg
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beset
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harass or trouble
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besiege
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surround with armed forces
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besmirch
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soil
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betoken
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signify
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betroth
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become engaged to
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bevy
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large group
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bicameral
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two chambered
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bigotry
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stubborn intolerance
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bilious
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suffering from indigestion
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bilk
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swindle
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bivouac
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temporary encampment
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blanch
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bleach
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bland
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soothing or mild
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bucolic
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rustic
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bugaboo
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bugbear
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bulwark
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earthwork or other strong defense
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burgeon
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grow forth
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burlesque
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give an imitation that ridicules
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burnish
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make shiny by rubbing or polishing
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buttress
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support
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cadence
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rhythmic rise and fall( of sound)
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cajole
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coax
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callow
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immature
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calumny
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malicious misrepresentation
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camaraderie
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good fellowship
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canard
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unfound rumor
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candor
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frankness
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canker
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any evil
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canny
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thrifty
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cant
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insincere expression of piety
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cantankerous
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ill humored
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cantata
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story set to music
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canto
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division of a long poem
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capacious
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spacious
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capitulate
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surrender
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caprice
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whim
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capricious
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fickle
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captious
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faultfinding
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carafe
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glass water bottle
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carapace
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shell covering the back (turtle
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careen
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lurch
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carillon
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set of bell capable of being played
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carousal
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drunken revel
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carping
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fault finding
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carrion
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rotting flesh of dead body
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castigation
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punishment
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cataclysm
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deluge
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catcall
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shout of disapproval
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catechism
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book for religious instruction
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catharsis
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purging or cleaning of passageway
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cathartic
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purgative
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catholic
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universal
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caucus
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private meeting of members
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caulk
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make water tight
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caustic
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burning
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cauterize
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burn with hot iron
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cavalcade
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procession
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cavalier
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casual and offhand
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cavil
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make frivolous objections
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cede
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yield
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celerity
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speed
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censorious
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critical
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censure
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blame or criticize
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cerebration
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thought
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certitude
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certainty
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cessation
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stoppage
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cession
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yield
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chafe
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warm by rubbing
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chaff
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worthless product of an endeavor
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chaffing
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bantering; joking
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chagrin
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vexation
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charisma
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divine gift
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chary
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cautious
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chase
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ornament a metal surface by indent'g
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chaste
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pure
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chasten
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discipline; punish in order to correct
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chastise
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punish
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chauvinist
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blindly devoted; zealous adherent
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cherubic
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angelic; innocent looking
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chicanery
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trickery; deception
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chide
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scold
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chimerical
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fantastically improbable; unrealistic
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chisel
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tool for cutting
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chisel
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swindle or cheat
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chivalrous
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courteous; faithful; brave
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choleric
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hot-tempered
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chortle
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chuckle with delight
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churlish
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boorish; rude
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ciliated
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having minute hairs
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cipher
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nonentity
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cipher
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secret code
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circlet
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small ring; band
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circumlocution
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indirect expression
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circumscribe
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limit; confine
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circumspect
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prudent; cautious
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clairvoyant
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having foresight; fortuneteller
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clamber
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climb by crawling
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clamor
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noise
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clandestine
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secret
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clangor
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loud
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clarion
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shrill
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clavicle
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collarbone
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cleave
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split or sever; remain faithful to; cling to
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cleft
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split
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clemency
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disposition to be lenient
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climactic
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relating to the highest point
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clime
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region; climate
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clique
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small exclusive group
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cloister
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monastery or convent
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cloying
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distasteful; excessively sweet or sentimental
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coalesce
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combine; fuse
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coda
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concluding section of a musical
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coddle
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treat gently or pamper
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codicil
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supplement to the body of a will
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coercion
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use of force to get something
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coeval
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living at the same time as; contemporary
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cogent
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convincing
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cogitate
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think over
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cognate
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related linguistically; allied by blood
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cognitive
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having to do with knowledge
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cognizance
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knowledge
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cohere
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stick together
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cohesion
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tendency to keep together
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cohort
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armed band
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coiffure
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hair style
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colander
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utensil with holes used for straining
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collate
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examine in order to verify authenticity
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collation
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light metal
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colloquy
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informal discussion
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collusion
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conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
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comely
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attractive
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comestible
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something fit to be eaten
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comeuppance
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rebuke
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comity
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courtesy
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commandeer
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to draft for military purpose
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commensurate
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equal in extent
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commiserate
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feel or express pity or sympathy for
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communal
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held in common
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compact
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agreement
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compelling
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overpowering
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compendium
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brief
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commodious
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spacious and comfortable
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compilation
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listing of statistical information in tabular or book form
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complacency
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self satisfaction
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complaisant
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trying to please obliging
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complement
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make perfect
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complementary
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serving to complete something
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compliant
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yielding
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complicity
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participation
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comport
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behave
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compromise
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adjust or settle by making mutual concessions
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compunction
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remorse
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concave
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hallow
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conceit
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vanity or self love
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conception
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beginning
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concerted
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mutually agreed on
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concession
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an act of yielding
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conciliatory
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reconciling
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conclave
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private meeting
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concoct
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prepare by combing
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concomitant
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that which accompanies
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concord
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harmony
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condescend
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bestow courtesies with a superior air
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condign
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adequate
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condole
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express sympathetic sorrow
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condone
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overlook
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conflagration
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great fire
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conformity
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harmony
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congeal
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freeze
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congenial
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pleasant
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congenital
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existing at birth
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compliance
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readiness to yield
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blasé
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bored with pleasure or dissipation
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blighted
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suffering from disease or destroyed
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blithe
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gay; joyous
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blowhard
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talkative boaster
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bludgeon
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club; heavy headed weapon
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bluff
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rough but good natured
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bluff
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pretense
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bluster
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blow in heavy gusts
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bode
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foreshadow
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bohemian
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unconventional (in an artistic way)
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bombastic
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pompous
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boorish
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rude; insensitive
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bouillon
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clear beef soup
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bourgeois
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middle class; dully conventional
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bowdlerize
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expurgate
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braggadocio
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boasting
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braggart
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boaster
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bravado
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swagger; assumed air of defiance
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brazen
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insolent
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brevity
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conciseness
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brindled
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tawny or grayish with spots
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brocade
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rich figured fabric
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brook
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tolerate
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browbeat
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intimidate; bully
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brusque
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blunt; abrupt
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brooch
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ornamental clasp
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boisterous
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violent; rough; noisy
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conglomeration
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mass of material sticking together
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congruence
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correspondence of parts
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congruent
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in agreement
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conjecture
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guess
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conjugal
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pertaining to marriage
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connivance
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pretense of ignorance of something wrong
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connotation
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suggested or implied meaning of an expression
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connubial
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pertaining to marriage
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consanguinity
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kinship
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conscientious
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careful
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consequential
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pompous
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conservatory
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school of fine arts (drama
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consign
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deliver officially
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consistency
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absence of contradictions
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consonance
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harmony
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consort
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associate with
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consort
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husband or wife
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constituent
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supporter
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construe
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explain
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contagion
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infection
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contend
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struggle
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contention
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claim
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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contest
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dispute
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contiguous
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adjacent to
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continence
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self restraint
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contortions
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twisting
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|
contrite
|
penitent
|
|
contrived
|
forced
|
|
controvert
|
oppose with arguments
|
|
contumacious
|
disobedient
|
|
contusion
|
bruise
|
|
conviction
|
judgment that someone is guilty of crime
|
|
convivial
|
festive
|
|
convoke
|
call together
|
|
copious
|
plentiful
|
|
coquette
|
flirt
|
|
cornice
|
projecting molding on building
|
|
cornucopia
|
horn overflowing with fruit and grain
|
|
corporeal
|
material
|
|
corpulent
|
very fat
|
|
coterie
|
select circle
|
|
countenance
|
approve
|
|
countenance
|
face
|
|
countermand
|
cancel
|
|
counterpart
|
thing that completes another
|
|
covenant
|
agreement
|
|
covetous
|
avaricious
|
|
cow
|
intimidate
|
|
cower
|
shrink quivering
|
|
cozen
|
cheat
|
|
crabbed
|
sour
|
|
crass
|
very unrefined
|
|
craven
|
cowardly
|
|
credence
|
belief
|
|
credulity
|
gullibility
|
|
creed
|
system of religious or ethical belief
|
|
crone
|
hag
|
|
crotchety
|
whimsical
|
|
cull
|
reject
|
|
culpable
|
deserving blame
|
|
cupidity
|
greed
|
|
curator
|
superintendent
|
|
curmudgeon
|
churlish
|
|
curtail
|
shorten
|
|
cynosure
|
object of general attention
|
|
dally
|
trifle with
|
|
dank
|
damp
|
|
dapper
|
neat and trim
|
|
dawdle
|
loiter
|
|
deadpan
|
wooden
|
|
debase
|
reduce in quality or value
|
|
debauch
|
corrupt
|
|
debunk
|
expose as false
|
|
decadence
|
decay
|
|
declivity
|
downward slope
|
|
décolleté
|
having a low cut neck line
|
|
decrepitude
|
state of collapse caused by illness or old age
|
|
decry
|
express strong disapproval of
|
|
default
|
failure to act
|
|
defer
|
delay till later
|
|
defer
|
submit
|
|
deference
|
courteous regard for another's wish
|
|
defoliate
|
destroy leaves
|
|
defray
|
provide for the payment of
|
|
defrock
|
to strip a priest or minister of church authority
|
|
deify
|
turn into God
|
|
deign
|
stoop
|
|
deleterious
|
harmful
|
|
delineate
|
portray
|
|
delude
|
deceive
|
|
deluge
|
flood rush
|
|
delusion
|
false belief
|
|
delusive
|
deceptive
|
|
demagogue
|
false leader
|
|
demoniac
|
fiendish
|
|
demotic
|
object
|
|
demur
|
grave
|
|
denigrate
|
blacken
|
|
denizen
|
inhabitant or resident
|
|
denotation
|
meaning
|
|
denouement
|
outcome
|
|
depravity
|
wickedness
|
|
deprecate
|
express disapproval of protest against
|
|
depredation
|
plundering
|
|
deride
|
make fun of
|
|
derision
|
ridicule
|
|
descry
|
catch sight of
|
|
despoil
|
plunder
|
|
despondent
|
depressed; gloomy
|
|
despot
|
tyrant
|
|
desultory
|
aimless; haphazard
|
|
determinate
|
having a fixed order
|
|
detraction
|
slandering; aspersion
|
|
devious
|
roundabout; erratic
|
|
devolve
|
deputize; pass on to others
|
|
diadem
|
crown
|
|
dialectical
|
relating to art of debate
|
|
diaphanous
|
transparent
|
|
diatribe
|
scolding
|
|
dichotomy
|
split; branching into two parts
|
|
dictum
|
authorative statement; maxim
|
|
didactic
|
teaching; instrumental
|
|
diffidence
|
shyness
|
|
diffuse
|
wordy; spread out
|
|
dilatory
|
delaying
|
|
dilettante
|
aimless follower of arts; amateur
|
|
diminution
|
lessening; reduction is size
|
|
dint
|
means; effort
|
|
diorama
|
life-size; 3d scene from nature or history
|
|
dirge
|
lament with music
|
|
disabuse
|
undeceive
|
|
disaffected
|
disloyal
|
|
disavowal
|
denial
|
|
discerning
|
mentally quick and observant
|
|
disclaim
|
disown
|
|
discombobulated
|
confused
|
|
discomfit
|
defeat
|
|
disconcert
|
confuse
|
|
disconsolate
|
sad
|
|
discount
|
disregard
|
|
discrete
|
separate
|
|
discretion
|
prudence
|
|
discriminating
|
able to see differences
|
|
discursive
|
digressing
|
|
disdain
|
view with scorn or contempt
|
|
disenfranchise
|
deprive of a civil right
|
|
disgruntle
|
make discontented
|
|
disingenuous
|
not naïve
|
|
disinter
|
dig up unearth
|
|
disinterested
|
unprejudiced
|
|
disjunction
|
act or state of separation
|
|
dispassionate
|
calm
|
|
dispirited
|
lacking in spirit
|
|
disport
|
amuse
|
|
disputatious
|
argumentative
|
|
disquietude
|
uneasiness
|
|
disquisition
|
formal systematic inquiry
|
|
dissemble
|
disguise
|
|
dissertation
|
formal essay
|
|
dissimulate
|
pretend
|
|
dissipate
|
squander
|
|
distant
|
reserved or aloof
|
|
distrait
|
absentminded
|
|
diva
|
operatic singer
|
|
docket
|
program as for trial
|
|
doctrinaire
|
unable to compromise about points of doctrine
|
|
doddering
|
shaky
|
|
doff
|
take off
|
|
dogged
|
determined
|
|
doggerel
|
poor verse
|
|
dogmatic
|
opinionated
|
|
dolorous
|
sorrowful
|
|
dolt
|
stupid person
|
|
dormer
|
window projecting from roof
|
|
dotage
|
senility
|
|
dote
|
excessively fond of
|
|
dour
|
sullen
|
|
dowdy
|
slovenly
|
|
dregs
|
sediment
|
|
drivel
|
nonsense
|
|
dross
|
queer and amusing
|
|
dross
|
waste mater
|
|
dulcet
|
sweet sounding
|
|
duplicity
|
double dealing
|
|
dutiful
|
respectful obedient
|
|
dyspeptic
|
suffering from indigestion
|
|
earthy
|
unrefined
|
|
ebullient
|
showing excitement
|
|
ecclesiastic
|
pertaining to church
|
|
eclectic
|
selective
|
|
economy
|
efficiency or conciseness in using something
|
|
eddy
|
swirling current of water
|
|
edict
|
decree(issued by a sovereign)
|
|
edify
|
instruct
|
|
efface
|
rub out
|
|
effeminate
|
having womanly traits
|
|
Effervescence
|
inner excitement or exuberance
|
|
effete
|
worn out
|
|
effluvium
|
noxious smell
|
|
effrontery
|
shameless boldness
|
|
effusion
|
pouring forth
|
|
effusive
|
pouring forth
|
|
egregious
|
notorious
|
|
egress
|
exit
|
|
ejaculation
|
exclamation
|
|
elegy
|
poem or song expressing lamentation
|
|
ellipsis
|
omission of words from text
|
|
elucidate
|
explain
|
|
elysian
|
relating to paradise
|
|
emaciated
|
thin and wasted
|
|
emancipate
|
set free
|
|
embellish
|
adorn
|
|
embezzlement
|
stealing
|
|
embroil
|
throw into confusion
|
|
emend
|
correct(usually a text)
|
|
emendation
|
correction of errors
|
|
emetic
|
substance causing vomiting
|
|
emollient
|
soothing or softening remedy
|
|
emolument
|
salary
|
|
empathy
|
ability to identify with another's feelings
|
|
empirical
|
based on experience
|
|
encomiastic
|
praising
|
|
encomium
|
high praise
|
|
encumber
|
burden
|
|
endearment
|
fond word or act
|
|
endue
|
endow
|
|
enervate
|
weaken
|
|
enfranchise
|
admit to rights of citizenship(the right to vote)
|
|
engender
|
cause
|
|
enjoin
|
command
|
|
ennui
|
boredom
|
|
enrapture
|
please intensely
|
|
ensconce
|
settle comfortably
|
|
entomology
|
study of insects
|
|
entrance
|
put under a spell
|
|
entreat
|
plead ask earnestly
|
|
entrée
|
entrance
|
|
enunciate
|
utter or speak(especially distinctly
|
|
environ
|
enclose
|
|
epaulet
|
ornament worn on the shoulder
|
|
ephemeral
|
short lived
|
|
epicure
|
coinsure of food and drink
|
|
epigram
|
witty thought or saying(usually short)
|
|
epilogue
|
short speech at conclusion of a dramatic work
|
|
episodic
|
loosely connected
|
|
epistemologist
|
philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge
|
|
epitaph
|
inscription in memory of a dead person
|
|
epithet
|
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person
|
|
epitome
|
perfect example or embodiment
|
|
equable
|
uniform
|
|
equanimity
|
calmness of temperament
|
|
equine
|
resembling a horse
|
|
equipoise
|
balance
|
|
equivocal
|
ambiguous
|
|
equivocate
|
lie
|
|
errant
|
wandering
|
|
erudite
|
learned
|
|
eschew
|
avoid
|
|
esoteric
|
hard to understand
|
|
espouse
|
adopt
|
|
ethereal
|
light
|
|
ethnology
|
study of human kind
|
|
ethos
|
underling character of a culture
|
|
etymology
|
study of word parts
|
|
eugenic
|
pertaining to the improvement of race
|
|
eulogistic
|
praising
|
|
eulogy
|
expression of praise(often on someone's death)
|
|
euphemism
|
mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
|
|
euphony
|
sweet sound
|
|
evanescent
|
fleeting
|
|
evince
|
show clearly
|
|
evocative
|
tending to call up(emotions
|
|
ewe
|
female sheep
|
|
exacerbate
|
worsen
|
|
exalt
|
praise
|
|
exasperate
|
vex
|
|
exceptionable
|
objectionable
|
|
excise
|
cut away
|
|
excoriate
|
scold with biting harshness
|
|
exculpate
|
clear from blame
|
|
execrable
|
very bad
|
|
execrate
|
curse
|
|
exegesis
|
explanation(especially of biblical passages)
|
|
exemplify
|
show by example
|
|
exhilarating
|
invigorating and refreshing
|
|
exhort
|
urge
|
|
exigency
|
urgent situation
|
|
exiguous
|
small minute
|
|
existential
|
pertaining to existence
|
|
expansive
|
outgoing and sociable
|
|
expatiate
|
talk at length
|
|
expedient
|
suitable
|
|
explicate
|
explain
|
|
exploit
|
deed or action( particularly a brave deed)
|
|
exploit
|
make use of
|
|
expository
|
explanatory
|
|
expostulation
|
protest
|
|
expropriate
|
take possession of
|
|
expurgate
|
clean
|
|
extant
|
still in existence
|
|
extemporaneous
|
not planned
|
|
extenuate
|
weaken
|
|
extirpate
|
root up
|
|
extol
|
praise
|
|
extraneous
|
not essential
|
|
exuberance
|
overflowing abundance
|
|
exude
|
give forth
|
|
exult
|
rejoice
|
|
facetious
|
joking(inappropriately)
|
|
facile
|
easily accomplished
|
|
faction
|
party
|
|
factious
|
inclined to form factions
|
|
factitious
|
artificial
|
|
factotum
|
handyman
|
|
fallow
|
plowed but not sowed
|
|
falter
|
hesitate
|
|
fanaticism
|
excessive zeal
|
|
fancied
|
imagined
|
|
fancier
|
breeder or dealer of animals
|
|
farce
|
broad comedy
|
|
fastidious
|
difficult to please
|
|
fatalism
|
belief that events are determined by force that is beyond ones control
|
|
fatuous
|
foolish
|
|
fawning
|
courting favor by cringing and flattering
|
|
febrile
|
feverish
|
|
fecundity
|
fertility
|
|
feint
|
trick
|
|
felicitous
|
suitably expressed
|
|
felicity
|
happiness
|
|
fell
|
cruel
|
|
fell
|
cut or knock down
|
|
ferment
|
agitation
|
|
ferret
|
drive or hunt out of hiding
|
|
fervid
|
ardent
|
|
fervor
|
glowing ardor
|
|
fester
|
rankle
|
|
fete
|
honor at a festival
|
|
fetid
|
malodorous
|
|
fetter
|
shackle
|
|
fiat
|
command
|
|
fidelity
|
loyalty
|
|
filch
|
steal
|
|
filial
|
pertaining to son or daughter
|
|
filibuster
|
block legislation by making long speeches
|
|
filigree
|
delicate lace like metal work
|
|
firebrand
|
hotheaded
|
|
fitful
|
intermittent
|
|
flag
|
droop
|
|
flagrant
|
conspicuously wicked
|
|
flail
|
thresh grain by hand
|
|
flamboyant
|
ornate
|
|
flay
|
strip off skin
|
|
fledgling
|
inexperienced
|
|
flick
|
light stroke as with a whip
|
|
flinch
|
hesitate
|
|
flippant
|
lacking proper seriousness
|
|
flit
|
fly
|
|
florid
|
ruddy
|
|
flotsam
|
drifting wreckage
|
|
fluster
|
confuse
|
|
fluted
|
having vertical parallel grooves(pillar)
|
|
foible
|
weakness
|
|
foil
|
contrast
|
|
foil
|
defeat
|
|
foment
|
stir up
|
|
foppish
|
vain about dress and appearance
|
|
forbearance
|
patience
|
|
ford
|
place where the river can be crossed on foot
|
|
forensic
|
suitable to debate or courts of law
|
|
forestall
|
prevent by taking action in advance
|
|
forlorn
|
sad and lonely
|
|
forswear
|
renounce
|
|
fortuitous
|
accidental
|
|
founder
|
fail completely
|
|
fracas
|
brawl
|
|
fractious
|
unruly
|
|
fray
|
brawl
|
|
fret
|
to be annoyed or vexed
|
|
frieze
|
ornamental band on a wall
|
|
frond
|
fern leaf
|
|
frustrate
|
thwart
|
|
fulminate
|
thunder
|
|
fulsome
|
disgustingly excessive
|
|
funereal
|
sad
|
|
furtive
|
stealthy
|
|
gadfly
|
animal biting fly
|
|
gainsay
|
deny
|
|
gall
|
bitterness
|
|
gall
|
annoy
|
|
gambol
|
romp
|
|
gamely
|
in a spirited manner
|
|
garrulous
|
wordy
|
|
gaunt
|
lean and angular
|
|
genuflect
|
bend the knee as in worship
|
|
germane
|
pertinent
|
|
gerontocracy
|
government ruled by old people
|
|
gerrymander
|
change voting district lines
|
|
gibe
|
mock
|
|
glean
|
gather leavings
|
|
glib
|
fluent
|
|
gloat
|
express evil satisfaction
|
|
glower
|
scowl
|
|
goad
|
urge on
|
|
gossamer
|
sheer
|
|
gull
|
trick
|
|
halcyon
|
calm
|
|
hallowed
|
blessed
|
|
hap
|
chance
|
|
harangue
|
long passionate &vehement speech
|
|
harbinger
|
forerunner
|
|
hilarity
|
boisterous mirth
|
|
hindmost
|
furthest behind
|
|
hinterlands
|
back country
|
|
hireling
|
one who serves for hire
|
|
hirsute
|
hairy
|
|
histrionic
|
theatrical
|
|
hoary
|
white with age
|
|
homeostasis
|
tendency of a system to maintain relative stability
|
|
homily
|
serious warning
|
|
hortatory
|
encouraging
|
|
hubris
|
arrogance
|
|
hummock
|
small hill
|
|
husband
|
conserve
|
|
husbandry
|
frugality
|
|
hyperbole
|
exaggeration
|
|
hypercritical
|
excessively exacting
|
|
ichthyology
|
study of fish
|
|
iconoclastic
|
attacking cherished traditions
|
|
ignoble
|
not noble
|
|
ignominy
|
deep disgrace
|
|
illimitable
|
infinite
|
|
imbibe
|
drink in
|
|
imbue
|
saturate
|
|
immure
|
imprison
|
|
impale
|
pierce
|
|
impalpable
|
intangible
|
|
impecunious
|
without money
|
|
impenitent
|
not repentant
|
|
imperious
|
haughty
|
|
impetuous
|
violent
|
|
impolitic
|
not wise
|
|
imponderable
|
weightless
|
|
import
|
significance
|
|
importune
|
beg persistently
|
|
imprecation
|
curse
|
|
improvident
|
thriftless
|
|
imprudent
|
lacking caution
|
|
impudence
|
insolence
|
|
impugn
|
dispute or contradict(in an insulting way)
|
|
impuissance
|
powerlessness
|
|
impute
|
attribute
|
|
inane
|
silly
|
|
incendiary
|
arsonist
|
|
inchoate
|
recently began
|
|
incipient
|
beginning
|
|
incommodious
|
not spacious
|
|
incongruity
|
lack of harmony
|
|
incontinent
|
lacking self restraint
|
|
incontrovertible
|
indisputable
|
|
incorporeal
|
lacking a material body
|
|
incubus
|
burden
|
|
indigence
|
poverty
|
|
indigent
|
poor
|
|
indignation
|
anger at injustice
|
|
indissoluble
|
permanent
|
|
indite
|
write
|
|
indolent
|
lazy
|
|
indubitable
|
unable to be doubted
|
|
ineffable
|
unutterable
|
|
ineluctable
|
irresistible
|
|
inerrancy
|
infallibility
|
|
inexorable
|
relentless
|
|
infirmity
|
weakness
|
|
infraction
|
violation
|
|
ingenuous
|
naïve and trusting
|
|
ingratiate
|
become popular with
|
|
inimical
|
unfriendly
|
|
iniquitous
|
wicked
|
|
innuendo
|
hint
|
|
insalubrious
|
unwholesome
|
|
insidious
|
stealthy
|
|
insipid
|
lacking in flavor
|
|
insolvent
|
bankrupt
|
|
insouciant
|
indifferent
|
|
insularity
|
narrow mindedness
|
|
interdict
|
prohibit
|
|
interloper
|
intruder
|
|
internecine
|
mutually destructive
|
|
interregnum
|
period between two reigns
|
|
intimate
|
fearless
|
|
intractable
|
unruly
|
|
intransigence
|
refusal of any compromise
|
|
intrepid
|
fearless
|
|
inured
|
accustomed
|
|
invective
|
abuse
|
|
inveigh
|
denounce
|
|
inveigle
|
lead astray
|
|
inveterate
|
deep rooted
|
|
invidious
|
designed to create ill will or envy
|
|
irascible
|
irritable
|
|
iridescent
|
exhibiting rainbow like colors
|
|
irremediable
|
incurable
|
|
irresolute
|
uncertain how to act
|
|
irrevocable
|
unalterable
|
|
isthmus
|
narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land
|
|
itinerant
|
wandering
|
|
jaundiced
|
prejudiced (envious
|
|
jaunt
|
trip
|
|
jaunty
|
lighthearted
|
|
jibe
|
agree
|
|
jocose
|
given to joking
|
|
jocund
|
merry
|
|
junket
|
trip
|
|
ken
|
range of knowledge
|
|
kindred
|
related
|
|
knave
|
untrustworthy person
|
|
knell
|
tolling of a bell
|
|
knoll
|
little round hill
|
|
labile
|
likely to change
|
|
lachrymose
|
producing tears
|
|
lackadaisical
|
lacking purpose or zest
|
|
laconic
|
briefing and to the point
|
|
laity
|
laypersons
|
|
lampoon
|
ridicule
|
|
lancet
|
small surgical tool for making incisions
|
|
languor
|
lassitude
|
|
largess
|
generous gift
|
|
lascivious
|
lustful
|
|
lassitude
|
languor
|
|
latitude
|
freedom from narrow limitations
|
|
leaven
|
cause to rise or grow lighter
|
|
lectern
|
reading desk
|
|
legerdemain
|
sleight of hand
|
|
leonine
|
like a lion
|
|
levee
|
earthen or stone embankment
|
|
levity
|
lack of seriousness or steadiness
|
|
lexicographer
|
compiler of dictionary
|
|
lexicon
|
dictionary
|
|
libel
|
defamatory statement
|
|
libertine
|
debauched person
|
|
libidinous
|
lustful
|
|
libretto
|
text of an opera
|
|
licentious
|
amoral. lewd & lascivious
|
|
lien
|
legal claim on a property
|
|
ligneous
|
like wood
|
|
limn
|
draw
|
|
limpid
|
clear
|
|
lineaments
|
features
|
|
lionize
|
treat as a celebrity
|
|
list
|
tilt
|
|
litany
|
supplicatory prayer
|
|
lithe
|
flexible
|
|
litotes
|
understatement for emphasis
|
|
livid
|
lead colored
|
|
loath
|
reluctant
|
|
lode
|
metal bearing vein
|
|
loll
|
lounge about
|
|
lope
|
gallop slowly
|
|
low
|
moo
|
|
lucre
|
money
|
|
lugubrious
|
mournful
|
|
luscious
|
pleasing to taste or smell
|
|
macabre
|
grisly
|
|
macerate
|
soften by soaking in liquid
|
|
machinations
|
evil schemes or plot
|
|
maculated
|
spotted or stained
|
|
madrigal
|
pastoral song
|
|
magniloquent
|
boastful
|
|
maladroit
|
clumsy
|
|
malapropism
|
comic misuse of a word
|
|
malcontent
|
person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs
|
|
malediction
|
curse
|
|
malefactor
|
evildoer
|
|
malevolent
|
wishing evil
|
|
malfeasance
|
wrongdoing
|
|
malinger
|
one who feigns illness to escape duty
|
|
malodorous
|
foul smelling
|
|
manacle
|
restrain
|
|
mannered
|
affected
|
|
manumit
|
emancipate
|
|
marshal
|
put in order
|
|
martinet
|
strict person
|
|
matriculate
|
enroll(college or school)
|
|
matrix
|
point of origin
|
|
maudlin
|
effusively sentimental
|
|
mawkish
|
mushy and gushy
|
|
mayhem
|
injury to body
|
|
mealymouthed
|
indirect in speech
|
|
medium
|
element that is a creatures natural environment
|
|
medium
|
channel communication
|
|
mellifluous
|
sweetly or smoothly flowing
|
|
menagerie
|
collection of wild animals
|
|
mendacious
|
lying
|
|
mendicant
|
beggar
|
|
mercenary
|
motivated solely by money or gain
|
|
mercurial
|
capricious
|
|
meretricious
|
flashy
|
|
metaphor
|
implied comparison
|
|
mete
|
measure
|
|
miasma
|
swamp gas
|
|
milieu
|
environment
|
|
minatory
|
menacing
|
|
mincing
|
affectedly dainty
|
|
minion
|
servile dependent
|
|
minutiae
|
petty details
|
|
mire
|
entangle
|
|
mirth
|
merriment
|
|
misanthrope
|
one who hates mankind
|
|
misapprehension
|
error
|
|
miscellany
|
mixture of writing on various subjects
|
|
misnomer
|
wrong name
|
|
misogamy
|
hatred of marriage
|
|
misogynist
|
hater of women
|
|
missive
|
letter
|
|
mode
|
prevailing style
|
|
modicum
|
limited quantity
|
|
modish
|
fashionable
|
|
mollify
|
soothe
|
|
mollycoddle
|
pamper
|
|
mordant
|
biting
|
|
mores
|
moral standards
|
|
moribund
|
dying
|
|
morose
|
ill humored
|
|
mortician
|
undertaker
|
|
mortify
|
humiliate
|
|
mote
|
small speck
|
|
motif
|
theme
|
|
motility
|
ability to move spontaneously
|
|
motley
|
multicolored
|
|
mottled
|
blotched in color
|
|
mountebank
|
charlatan
|
|
muggy
|
warm and damp
|
|
mulct
|
defraud a person of something
|
|
multifarious
|
varied
|
|
munificent
|
very generous
|
|
muse
|
ponder
|
|
mutability
|
ability to change in form
|
|
myriad
|
very large number
|
|
nadir
|
lowest point
|
|
naiveté
|
quality of being unsophisticated
|
|
narcissist
|
conceited person
|
|
nascent
|
coming into being
|
|
natation
|
swimming
|
|
natty
|
neatly or smartly dressed
|
|
nebulous
|
vague
|
|
necromancy
|
black magic
|
|
nemesis
|
someone seeking revenge
|
|
neologism
|
newly or new coined word or phrase
|
|
neophyte
|
recent convert
|
|
nettle
|
annoy
|
|
nicety
|
precision
|
|
niggardly
|
meanly stingy
|
|
nihilist
|
one who considers traditional belief to be groundless and existence meaningless
|
|
noisome
|
foul smelling
|
|
nominal
|
in name only
|
|
nonchalance
|
indifference
|
|
nonplus
|
bringing to a halt by confusion
|
|
nuance
|
shade of difference in meaning or color
|
|
nubile
|
marriageable
|
|
nugatory
|
futile
|
|
nuptial
|
related to marriage
|
|
obdurate
|
stubborn
|
|
obeisance
|
bow
|
|
obfuscate
|
confuse
|
|
obliterate
|
destroy completely
|
|
oblivion
|
obscurity
|
|
oblivious
|
inattentive or unmindful
|
|
obloquy
|
slander
|
|
obsequious
|
slavishly attentive
|
|
obsequy
|
funeral ceremony
|
|
obsidian
|
black volcanic rock
|
|
obstreperous
|
boisterous
|
|
obtrude
|
push(oneself or ones idea) forward or intrude
|
|
obtuse
|
blunt
|
|
obviate
|
make unnecessary
|
|
occident
|
the west
|
|
occlude
|
shut
|
|
oculist
|
physician who specializes in the treatment of the eyes
|
|
odious
|
hateful
|
|
odium
|
detestation
|
|
odoriferous
|
giving off an odor
|
|
officious
|
meddlesome
|
|
onerous
|
burdensome
|
|
onomatopoeia
|
words formed in imitation of natural sounds
|
|
opalescent
|
iridescent
|
|
opiate
|
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain
|
|
opprobrium
|
infamy
|
|
opulence
|
extreme wealth
|
|
opus
|
work
|
|
oracular
|
prophetic
|
|
oratorio
|
dramatic poem set to music
|
|
ordain
|
decree or command
|
|
ordination
|
ceremony conferring holy orders
|
|
orthography
|
correct spelling
|
|
osseous
|
made of bone
|
|
ossify
|
change or harden into bone
|
|
ostensible
|
apparent
|
|
ostentatious
|
showy
|
|
ostracize
|
exclude from public favor
|
|
overweening
|
presumptuous
|
|
overwrought
|
extremely agitated
|
|
ovoid
|
egg shaped
|
|
pacifist
|
one apposed to force
|
|
paean
|
song of praise or joy
|
|
paleontology
|
study of prehistoric life
|
|
palimpsest
|
parchment used for second time after original writing has been erased
|
|
pall
|
grow tiresome
|
|
pallet
|
small
|
|
palliate
|
ease pain
|
|
pallid
|
pale
|
|
palpable
|
tangible
|
|
palpitate
|
throb
|
|
pan
|
criticize harshly
|
|
panacea
|
cure all
|
|
panache
|
flair
|
|
pandemic
|
widespread
|
|
pander
|
cater to the low desires of the people
|
|
panegyric
|
formal praise
|
|
parable
|
short
|
|
paradigm
|
model
|
|
paradox
|
something apparently contradictory in nature
|
|
paragon
|
model of perfection
|
|
paramour
|
illicit lover
|
|
parley
|
conference
|
|
parochial`
|
narrow in outlook
|
|
paroxysm
|
fit or attack of pain
|
|
parquet
|
floor made of wood strips inland in a mosaic like pattern
|
|
parry
|
ward off a blow
|
|
parsimony
|
stinginess
|
|
passé
|
old fashioned
|
|
pastiche
|
imitation of another style in musical composition or in writing
|
|
pastoral
|
rural
|
|
patent
|
open to the public to read
|
|
pathological
|
pertaining to diseases
|
|
pathos
|
tender sorrow
|
|
patina
|
green crust on old bronze works
|
|
patois
|
local or provincial dialect
|
|
patrician
|
noble aristocratic
|
|
peccadillo
|
slight offense
|
|
pecuniary
|
pertaining to money
|
|
pedagogue
|
teacher
|
|
pedagogy
|
teaching
|
|
pedant
|
scholar who overemphasizes book learning or technicalities
|
|
pedantic
|
showing off learning
|
|
pedestrian
|
ordinary
|
|
peerless
|
having no equal
|
|
pejorative
|
negative in connotation
|
|
pellucid
|
transparent
|
|
penance
|
self imposed punishment for sin
|
|
penchant
|
strong inclination
|
|
pendulous
|
hanging
|
|
penitent
|
repentant
|
|
pensive
|
dreamily thoughtful
|
|
penury
|
sever poverty
|
|
peon
|
landless agricultural worker
|
|
perdition
|
damnation
|
|
peregrination
|
journey
|
|
peremptory
|
demanding and leaving no choice
|
|
perfidious
|
treacherous
|
|
perfunctory
|
superficial
|
|
peripatetic
|
walking about
|
|
perjury
|
false testimony while under oath
|
|
pernicious
|
very destructive
|
|
peroration
|
conclusion of an oration
|
|
personable
|
attractive
|
|
perspicacious
|
having insight
|
|
perspicuity
|
clearness of expression
|
|
perspicuous
|
stubborn
|
|
peruse
|
read with care
|
|
perverse
|
stubbornly wrongheaded
|
|
pestilential
|
causing plague
|
|
petulant
|
touchy
|
|
pharisaical
|
self righteous
|
|
philanderer
|
faithless flirt
|
|
philanthropist
|
lover of mankind
|
|
philatelist
|
stamp collector
|
|
philistine
|
narrow minded person
|
|
philology
|
study of language
|
|
phlegmatic
|
calm not easily disturbed
|
|
phoenix
|
symbol of immortality or rebirth
|
|
phylum
|
major classification
|
|
physiognomy
|
face
|
|
physiological
|
pertaining to the science of the function of living organism`
|
|
pie bald
|
different colors
|
|
pied
|
variegated
|
|
pillory
|
punish by placing in a wooden frame
|
|
pine
|
languish
|
|
pinion
|
restrain
|
|
piquant
|
pleasantly tart tasting
|
|
pique
|
provoke or arose
|
|
piscatorial
|
pertaining to fishing
|
|
pith
|
core or marrow
|
|
pithy
|
concise
|
|
placate
|
pacify
|
|
placid
|
peaceful
|
|
plaintive
|
mournful
|
|
platitude
|
trite remark
|
|
platonic
|
purely spiritual
|
|
plaudit
|
enthusiastic approval
|
|
plebian
|
common
|
|
plenary
|
complete full
|
|
plenitude
|
abundance
|
|
pliant
|
flexible
|
|
pluck
|
courage
|
|
plumb
|
examine critically in order to understand
|
|
plutocracy
|
society ruled by wealth
|
|
polemic
|
controversy
|
|
polemical
|
aggressive in verbal attack
|
|
polity
|
form of government of nation or state
|
|
polyglot
|
speaking several languages
|
|
ponderous
|
weighty
|
|
pore
|
study industriously
|
|
portend
|
foretell
|
|
portent
|
sign
|
|
portly
|
stout
|
|
poseur
|
person who pretends to be sophisticated
|
|
potentate
|
monarch
|
|
poultice
|
soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body
|
|
prate
|
speak foolishly
|
|
precept
|
practical rule guiding conduct
|
|
precipitate
|
rash
|
|
precipitate
|
throw headlong
|
|
precipitous
|
sleep
|
|
preclude
|
make impossible
|
|
precocious
|
advanced in development
|
|
predilection
|
partiality
|
|
preempt
|
head off
|
|
preen
|
make oneself tidy in appearance
|
|
prefatory
|
introductory
|
|
prehensile
|
capable of grasping or holding
|
|
prelate
|
church dignitary
|
|
preponderance
|
superiority of power quantity etc
|
|
presage
|
foretell
|
|
prescience
|
ability to foretell the future
|
|
presentiment
|
feeling something will happen
|
|
presumptuous
|
arrogant
|
|
pretentious
|
ostentatious
|
|
prevaricate
|
lie
|
|
prim
|
very precise and formal
|
|
primogeniture
|
seniority by birth
|
|
primp
|
groom oneself with care
|
|
pristine
|
primitive
|
|
privation
|
hardship
|
|
probity
|
uprightness
|
|
proclivity
|
inclination
|
|
prodigal
|
reckless with money
|
|
prodigious
|
marvelous
|
|
profane
|
violate
|
|
profligate
|
dissipated
|
|
progenitor
|
ancestor
|
|
progeny
|
children
|
|
prognosis
|
forecasted course of disease
|
|
prognosticate
|
predict
|
|
proletarian
|
member of the working class
|
|
prolific
|
abundantly fruitful
|
|
prolixity
|
tedious wordiness
|
|
promiscuous
|
haphazard
|
|
promontory
|
headland
|
|
prone
|
inclined to
|
|
propensity
|
natural inclination
|
|
prophylactic
|
used to prevent diseases
|
|
propinquity
|
nearness
|
|
propitiate
|
appease
|
|
propitious
|
favorable
|
|
propriety
|
fitness
|
|
prosaic
|
matter of fact
|
|
proscenium
|
part of a stage in front of the curtain
|
|
proscribe
|
ostracize
|
|
proselytize
|
induce someone to convert to a religion or belief
|
|
prosody
|
the art of versification
|
|
protean
|
versatile
|
|
protuberance
|
protrusion
|
|
provenance
|
origin or source of something
|
|
provender
|
dry food
|
|
provident
|
displaying foresight
|
|
proviso
|
stipulation
|
|
prowess
|
extraordinary ability
|
|
prude
|
excessively modest or proper person
|
|
prurient
|
having or causing lustful thoughts & desires
|
|
pry
|
inquire impertinently
|
|
psyche
|
soul
|
|
psychosis
|
mental disorder
|
|
puerile
|
childish
|
|
pugilist
|
boxer
|
|
pugnacity
|
combativeness
|
|
puissant
|
powerful
|
|
pulchritude
|
beauty
|
|
punctilious
|
stressing niceties of conduct or form
|
|
purchase
|
firm grasp or footing
|
|
purgatory
|
place of spiritual expiation
|
|
purport
|
intention
|
|
purported
|
alleged
|
|
purse
|
pucker
|
|
purveyor
|
furnisher of foodstuffs
|
|
pusillanimous
|
cowardly
|
|
putative
|
supposed
|
|
quaff
|
drink with relish
|
|
quail
|
cower
|
|
qualified
|
limited
|
|
qualms
|
misgiving
|
|
quay
|
dock
|
|
querulous
|
fretful
|
|
quibble
|
minor objection or complaint
|
|
quiescent
|
at rest
|
|
quintessence
|
purest & highest embodiment
|
|
quip
|
taunt
|
|
quisling
|
traitor who aids invaders
|
|
quixotic
|
idealistic but impractical
|
|
quorum
|
number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
|
|
quotidian
|
daily
|
|
raconteur
|
story teller
|
|
rail
|
scold rant
|
|
raiment
|
clothing
|
|
rakish
|
stylish
|
|
ramble
|
wander aimlessly
|
|
ramification
|
branching out
|
|
ramify
|
divide into branches or subdivisions
|
|
rancor
|
bitterness
|
|
rankle
|
irritate
|
|
rapacious
|
plundering
|
|
raspy
|
grating
|
|
ratiocination
|
reasoning
|
|
raucous
|
harsh and shrill
|
|
ravel
|
fall apart into tangles
|
|
reactionary
|
opposing progress
|
|
rebus
|
puzzle for which pictures stand for
|
|
recalcitrant
|
obstinately stubborn
|
|
recant
|
disclaim or disavow
|
|
recidivism
|
habitual return to crime
|
|
recondite
|
abstruse
|
|
recrimination
|
counter charge
|
|
rectitude
|
uprightness
|
|
recumbent
|
reclining
|
|
redolent
|
fragrant
|
|
redoubtable
|
causing fear
|
|
refectory
|
dinning hall
|
|
refractory
|
stubborn
|
|
refulgent
|
brightly shinning
|
|
regale
|
entertain
|
|
regicide
|
murderer of a king or queen
|
|
rejoinder
|
retort
|
|
remiss
|
negligent
|
|
remnant
|
remainder
|
|
remonstrance
|
protest
|
|
rescind
|
cancel
|
|
resignation
|
patient submissiveness
|
|
resilient
|
elastic
|
|
resolution
|
determination
|
|
restitution
|
reparation
|
|
restive
|
restlessly impatient
|
|
retinue
|
reserved
|
|
retiring
|
modest
|
|
retroactive
|
taking effect before its enactment or imposition
|
|
retrograde
|
go backwards
|
|
reverie
|
daydream
|
|
revile
|
attack with abusive language
|
|
rhapsodize
|
to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
|
|
rhetoric
|
art of effective communication
|
|
ribald
|
wanton
|
|
rider
|
amendment or clause added to a legislative bill
|
|
rife
|
abundant
|
|
rile
|
vex
|
|
rivulet
|
small stream
|
|
rococo
|
ornate
|
|
roil
|
to make liquids murky by stirring up sediments
|
|
roseate
|
rosy
|
|
rostrum
|
platform for speech making
|
|
rote
|
repetition
|
|
rotundity
|
roundness
|
|
rout
|
stampede
|
|
rubric
|
title or heading (red print)
|
|
rue
|
regret
|
|
ruminate
|
chew over and over(mentally or physically)
|
|
runic
|
mysterious
|
|
saccharine
|
cloyingly sweet
|
|
sacrosanct
|
most sacred
|
|
sagacious
|
perceptive
|
|
salacious
|
lascivious
|
|
sallow
|
yellowish
|
|
salubrious
|
healthful
|
|
salutary
|
tending to improve
|
|
sanctimonious
|
displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness
|
|
sanguinary
|
bloody
|
|
sanguine
|
cheerful
|
|
sardonic
|
disdainful
|
|
sartorial
|
pertaining to tailors
|
|
sate
|
satisfy to the full
|
|
saturnine
|
gloomy
|
|
savant
|
scholar
|
|
scabbard
|
sheath
|
|
scad
|
great quantity
|
|
schism
|
division
|
|
scintilla
|
shred
|
|
scotch
|
stamp out
|
|
scourge
|
lash
|
|
scurrilous
|
obscene
|
|
scurry
|
move briskly
|
|
scurvy
|
contemptible
|
|
seamy
|
sordid
|
|
secession
|
withdrawal
|
|
sedition
|
resistance to authority
|
|
sedulous
|
diligent
|
|
seemly
|
proper
|
|
seine
|
net for catching fish
|
|
semblance
|
outward appearance
|
|
seminal
|
germinal
|
|
sententious
|
terse
|
|
sentient
|
capable of sensation
|
|
sentinel
|
sentry
|
|
sequester
|
isolate
|
|
sere
|
parched
|
|
serendipity
|
accidental good fortune or luck
|
|
servile
|
slavish
|
|
sham
|
pretend
|
|
sheaf
|
bundle of things tied together
|
|
shrew
|
scolding woman
|
|
shunt
|
divert
|
|
shyster
|
lawyer using questionable methods
|
|
sibylline
|
prophetic
|
|
simian
|
monkeylike
|
|
simile
|
comparison of one thing with another
|
|
simper
|
smirk
|
|
simulate
|
feign
|
|
sinecure
|
well paid position with little responsibility
|
|
sinewy
|
tough
|
|
sinuous
|
winding
|
|
skiff
|
small light sail boat or row boat
|
|
skinflint
|
stingy person
|
|
skittish
|
lively
|
|
skullduggery
|
move furtively and secretly
|
|
slake
|
quench
|
|
sleazy
|
flimsy
|
|
sleeper
|
something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes valuable
|
|
sleight
|
dexterity
|
|
slew
|
large quantity or number
|
|
slight
|
insult to ones dignity
|
|
slough
|
cast off
|
|
sluggard
|
lazy person
|
|
slur
|
insult to ones character or reputation
|
|
smattering
|
slight knowledge
|
|
snivel
|
run at the nose
|
|
sobriety
|
moderation
|
|
sodden
|
temporary stay
|
|
solecism
|
construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically
|
|
solicitous
|
worried
|
|
soliloquy
|
talking to oneself
|
|
solstice
|
point at which the sun is farthest from the equator
|
|
solvent
|
able to pay all debts
|
|
somnolent
|
half asleep
|
|
sophist
|
teacher of philosophy
|
|
sophistry
|
seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning
|
|
sophomoric
|
immature
|
|
soporific
|
sleep causing
|
|
spangle
|
small metallic pieces sewn to clothing for ornamentation
|
|
spat
|
squabble
|
|
specious
|
seemingly reasonable but incorrect
|
|
sphinx like
|
enigmatic mysterious
|
|
splice
|
fasten together
|
|
sportive
|
playful
|
|
spry
|
vigorously active
|
|
squat
|
stocky
|
|
staccato
|
played in an abrupt manner
|
|
staid
|
sober
|
|
stalwart
|
strong
|
|
stanch
|
check flow of blood
|
|
steep
|
soak
|
|
stentorian
|
extremely loud
|
|
stigma
|
token of disgrace
|
|
stilted
|
bombastic
|
|
stint
|
be thrifty
|
|
stint
|
supply
|
|
stipple
|
paint or draw with dots
|
|
stock
|
typical
|
|
stockade
|
wooden enclosure or pen
|
|
stodgy
|
stuffy
|
|
stoic
|
impassive
|
|
stolid
|
dull
|
|
strident
|
loud and harsh
|
|
strut
|
pompous walk
|
|
stultify
|
cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent
|
|
stupor
|
state of apathy
|
|
stygian
|
gloomy
|
|
stymie
|
present an obstacle
|
|
subaltern
|
subordinate
|
|
sublimate
|
refine
|
|
sublime
|
exalted
|
|
subliminal
|
below the threshold
|
|
suborn
|
persuade to act unlawfully
|
|
substantive
|
essential
|
|
subsume
|
include
|
|
subterfuge
|
pretense
|
|
subtlety
|
perceptiveness
|
|
succor
|
aid
|
|
suffragist
|
advocate of voting rights(women)
|
|
suffuse
|
spread over
|
|
sully
|
tarnish
|
|
sunder
|
separate
|
|
superannuated
|
retired or disqualified because of age
|
|
supercilious
|
arrogant
|
|
supererogatory
|
superfluous
|
|
supine
|
lying on the back
|
|
supplant
|
replace
|
|
suppliant
|
entreating
|
|
supplicate
|
petition humbly
|
|
surfeit
|
satiate
|
|
surreptitious
|
secret
|
|
sustain
|
experience
|
|
swarthy
|
dark
|
|
swathe
|
wrap around
|
|
swill
|
drink greedily
|
|
sybarite
|
lover of luxury
|
|
sycophant
|
servile flatter
|
|
syllogism
|
deceptive or specious argument
|
|
sylvan
|
rustic
|
|
symbiosis
|
interdependent relationship often mutually beneficial
|
|
synoptic
|
summary
|
|
taciturn
|
habitually silent
|
|
tactile
|
pertaining to the organs or sense of touch
|
|
talon
|
claw of a bird
|
|
taper
|
candle
|
|
tarry
|
delay
|
|
tautological
|
needlessly repetitious
|
|
temerity
|
boldness
|
|
temperate
|
restrained self controlled
|
|
temporize
|
avoid committing oneself
|
|
tenacious
|
holding fast
|
|
tenacity
|
firmness
|
|
tendentious
|
having an aim
|
|
tenet
|
doctrine
|
|
tenuous
|
thin
|
|
tessellated
|
inlaid
|
|
testator
|
maker of a will
|
|
testy
|
irritable
|
|
theocracy
|
government run by religious leaders
|
|
thespian
|
pertaining to drama
|
|
thrall
|
slave
|
|
throes
|
violent anguish
|
|
tiller
|
handle used to move a boats rudder
|
|
timidity
|
lack of self confidence or courage
|
|
timorous
|
fearful
|
|
tipple
|
drink (alcohol) frequently
|
|
tirade
|
extended scolding
|
|
tithe
|
tax of one tenth
|
|
titter
|
nervous laugh
|
|
toady
|
servile flatter
|
|
tome
|
large volume
|
|
torpor
|
torpid
|
|
torrid
|
passionate
|
|
tortuous
|
winding full of curves
|
|
totter
|
move unsteadily
|
|
tout
|
publicize
|
|
tract
|
pamphlet
|
|
tractable
|
tractability
|
|
traduce
|
expose to slander
|
|
transcendent
|
surpassing
|
|
transcribe
|
copy
|
|
transitory
|
impermanent
|
|
transmute
|
change
|
|
transpire
|
be revealed
|
|
transport
|
strong emotion
|
|
trappings
|
outward decorations
|
|
travail
|
painful labor
|
|
travesty
|
comical parody
|
|
treatise
|
article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
|
|
trenchant
|
cutting
|
|
trepidation
|
fear
|
|
tribulation
|
distress
|
|
trinket
|
knickknack
|
|
troth
|
pledge of good faith especially in betrothal
|
|
truculence
|
aggressiveness
|
|
truism
|
self-evident truth
|
|
tumid
|
swollen
|
|
tureen
|
deep dish for serving soup
|
|
turgid
|
swollen
|
|
turpitude
|
depravity
|
|
tutelage
|
guardianship
|
|
tutelary
|
protective
|
|
tyro
|
beginner
|
|
ubiquitous
|
being everywhere
|
|
umbrage
|
resentment
|
|
unassailable
|
not subject to question
|
|
unassuaged
|
unsatisfied
|
|
unbridled
|
violent
|
|
unconscionable
|
unscrupulous
|
|
unction
|
the act of anointing with oil
|
|
unctuous
|
oily
|
|
unequivocal
|
plain
|
|
unerringly
|
infallibly
|
|
unexceptionable
|
not offering any basis for criticism
|
|
unfledged
|
immature
|
|
unguent
|
ointment
|
|
uninhibited
|
unrepressed
|
|
unmitigated
|
unrelieved or immoderate
|
|
unobtrusive
|
inconspicuous
|
|
unprepossessing
|
unattractive
|
|
unrequited
|
not reciprocated
|
|
unseemly
|
unbecoming
|
|
unsullied
|
untarnished
|
|
unwonted
|
unaccustomed
|
|
upbraid
|
severely scold
|
|
upshot
|
outcome
|
|
ursine
|
bear like
|
|
usury
|
lending money at illegal rates of interest
|
|
uxorious
|
excessively devoted to ones wife
|
|
vacillate
|
waver
|
|
vacuous
|
empty
|
|
vagary
|
caprice
|
|
vagrant
|
stray
|
|
vagrant
|
homeless wanderer
|
|
vainglorious
|
boastful
|
|
vanguard
|
forerunners
|
|
vapid
|
dull & unimaginative
|
|
vaunted
|
boasted
|
|
vassal
|
feudalism
|
|
venal
|
capable of being bribed
|
|
venial
|
forgivable
|
|
ventral
|
abdominal
|
|
venturesome
|
bold
|
|
veracious
|
truthful
|
|
veracity
|
truthfulness
|
|
verbiage
|
pompous array of words
|
|
verdant
|
green
|
|
verdigris
|
green coating on copper which has been exposed to the weather
|
|
verisimilar
|
probable or likely
|
|
verisimilitude
|
appearance of truth
|
|
veritable
|
actual
|
|
verity
|
quality of being true
|
|
vernal
|
pertaining to spring
|
|
verve
|
enthusiasm
|
|
vestige
|
trace
|
|
viand
|
food
|
|
vicarious
|
acting as a substitute
|
|
vicissitude
|
change of fortune
|
|
victuals
|
food
|
|
vignette
|
picture
|
|
vilify
|
slander
|
|
vintner
|
winemaker
|
|
virile
|
manly
|
|
virtuoso
|
highly skilled artist
|
|
visage
|
face
|
|
visceral
|
felt in ones inner organs
|
|
viscid
|
adhesive
|
|
vital
|
vibrant and lively
|
|
vitiate
|
spoil the effect of
|
|
vitreous
|
pertaining to or resembling glass
|
|
vitriolic
|
corrosive
|
|
vituperative
|
abusive
|
|
volition
|
act of making a conscious choice
|
|
voracious
|
ravenous
|
|
vouchsafe
|
grant condescendingly
|
|
vulpine
|
like a fox
|
|
waffle
|
speak equivocally about an issue
|
|
waggish
|
mischievous
|
|
waif
|
homeless child or animal
|
|
wan
|
having a pale or sickly color
|
|
wanderlust
|
strong longing to travel
|
|
wane
|
decrease in size or strength
|
|
wangle
|
wiggle out
|
|
wanton
|
unrestrained
|
|
warble
|
sing
|
|
warren
|
tunnel in which rabbit live
|
|
wastrel
|
profligate
|
|
wax
|
increase
|
|
waylay
|
ambush
|
|
welt
|
mark from a beating or whipping
|
|
welter
|
turmoil
|
|
welter
|
wallow
|
|
wheedle
|
cajole
|
|
whelp
|
young wolf
|
|
whinny
|
neigh like a horse
|
|
whit
|
pare
|
|
whorl
|
ring of leaves around a stem
|
|
winsome
|
agreeable
|
|
wispy
|
thin
|
|
wistful
|
vaguely longing
|
|
witless
|
foolish
|
|
witticism
|
witty saying
|
|
wizened
|
withered
|
|
woe
|
deep
|
|
wont
|
custom
|
|
wrest
|
pull away
|
|
writhe
|
twist in coils
|
|
xenophobia
|
fear or hared of foreigners
|
|
yen
|
longing
|
|
yeoman
|
man owning small estate
|
|
yoke
|
join together
|
|
yokel
|
country bumpkin
|
|
zephyr
|
gentle breeze
|