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abstruse
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hard to understand
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anomalous
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abnormal; irregular
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antagonism
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mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons
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chagrin
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disappointment in oneself; vexation
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commit
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to do; to perform
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complacent
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self-satisfied; smug; content
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compound
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to make up; to mix; to combine
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conception
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beginnning; forming of an idea
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concession
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a conceding; a compromise; yielding
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confederate
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an ally; a person or country joined with another for a special purpose
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contend
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to struggle; to compete
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convivial
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sociable; jovial
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demean
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to degrade; to humiliate
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dictum
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short expression of truth; a formal comment
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dispassionate
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calm; impartial; detached from emtion or prejudice
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extenuate
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to attenuate; to reduce the severity of
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fetter
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a shackle or handcuff; a restraint
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heinous
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abominable; outrageous; extremely offensive
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hubris
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arrogance; excessive pride
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impetuosity
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rashness; sudden or rash energy; hastiness
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indolent
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lazy; habitually inactive or idle
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ingenious
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skillful in making; good at inventing
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inglorious
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bringing no glory; shameful; disgraceful
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invocation
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the act of calling upon in prayer; appealing for help or protection
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libelous
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defamatory; injurious to the good name of a person
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lull
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a moment of calm
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magniloquent
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bombastic; boastful
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morbid
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unhealthy; not wholesome
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mundane
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earthly as opposed to heavenly; ordinary
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myriad
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multitude; abundance; a very great number
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opprobrium
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public shame following bad conduct; disgrace; infamy
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pejorative
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belittling
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perpetrator
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the doer of a wrong or criminal act; the one who committed the act
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poignant
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very painful; piercing; profoundly affecting the feelings
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preclude
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to make impossible; to eliminate beforehand
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prosaic
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plain; dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
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recondite
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hard to understand; profound
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sentinel
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sentry; lookout
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sleeper
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something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable
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stipulate
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to make express conditions; to specify
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stricture
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restriction; an unfavorable criticism; critical remark
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synergy
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a combined action of groups, agnets or forces
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tenacious
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unyielding; holding fast
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undermine
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to make a passage or hole under; to tunnel through or into
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antagonistic
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hostile; opposed; actively resisting
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antedate
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to be older than
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anthropologist
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one who studies early cultural artifacts and the science of mankind
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barrage
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a large number of words, blows, or other forms of attack, coming quickly one after the other
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circumspect
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cautiously watchful; wary of consequences
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discern
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to distinguish; to make a distinction; to discriminate
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discernible
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perceptible; evident
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discrete
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separate; unconnected
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elicit
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to draw forth
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enigmatic
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obscure; puzzling
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exorbitant
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beyond what is reasonable financially; very excessive
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fanfare
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a call by bugles or trumpets
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felicitous
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well chosen for teh occasion
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guileless
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without guilde; ingenuous; honest; frank
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husbandry
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farming; agriculture
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injunction
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a command; order; behest; legal prohibition
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isthmus
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a narrow strip of land connection two larger masses of land
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juxtapose
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to arrange side by side; to put one thing next to another
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microcosm
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the world or universe on a small scale
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moribund
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on the point of dying
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ostensible
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apparent; professed; pretended
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palliate
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tolessen; to alleviate
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perceptive
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having keen insight or intuitive understanding
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peripatetic
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wandering; traveling continually; roving
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perpetual
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everlasting; permanent
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perquisite
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bonus; tip
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pliant
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flexible; easily influenced
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receptive
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quick or willing to receive ideas or suggestions
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reprecussionsh
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an echo; the result of an action, often negative
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reprehensible
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deserving blame
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retinue
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entourage; following attendants
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retiring
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modest; shy
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spurn
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to reject with disdain
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surreptitious
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secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden; stealtyh
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tangential
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divergent or digresseive
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transient
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momentary; passing quickly or soon
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travesty
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an absurd imitation; a comical parody
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tribulation
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severe trial; affliction
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unwitting
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unknowing
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waft
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to float; to drift; to blow
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