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Assay
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A quantititaive or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore) to determine its components; an appraisal of the state of affairs; analyze
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Augment
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Enlarge or increase
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Diverge
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Move or draw apart; be out of line with
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Faction
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A dissenting clique; a clique (often secret) that seeks pwoer usually through intrigue
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Fiord
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A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
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Impotent
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Lacking power or ability
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Inherent
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In the nature of something though not readily apparent; existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
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Subside
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Wear off or die down; sink down or precipitate; sink to a lwoer level or form a depression; descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
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Unremitting
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Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
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Vogue
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The popular taste at a given time; a current state of general acceptance and use
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Abstain
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Choose not to consume; refrain from voting
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Catharsis
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Purging of emotional tenstions; purging the body by the use of cathartic to stimulate evaculation of the bowels
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Credence
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The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; a kind of sideboard or buffet
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Dissipate
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Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption; spend frivolously and unwisely; move away from each other; to cause to separate and go in different directions
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Entity
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That which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct living
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Entomology
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The branch of zoology that studies insects
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Idyll
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An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll; a short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life; a musical composition that evokes rural life
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Omnivorous
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Feeding on both plants and animals
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Prototype
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A standard or typical example
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Tepid
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Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; moderately warm
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