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147 Cards in this Set
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abject
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mean, despicable; outcast
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absurdity
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silly, contrary to reason
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anachronistic
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mistake of time, by which something is put in the wrong period; something out of keeping with the time
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anarchists
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revolutionaries, aiming at a society with no government, in which each man should be a law to himself
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angst
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a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish
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anguish
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great mental or bodily pain
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annihilated
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reduced to nothing, destroyed, nullified
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atrophied
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wasted away, became useless
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audacious
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bold, daring; insolent
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belittle
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cause to appear small, make small; regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate
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bereft
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deprived
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blatant
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tastelessly conspicuous, offensively noisy, clamorous, loud, brazenly obvious
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blemish
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to mar, spoil; disfigurement, stain, defect
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brazen
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made of brass, forward, shameless or impudent; facing boldly (an accusation)
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candid
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frank, open, impartial
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carcass
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dead body; original skeleton
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censors
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supervisor of morals; one who examines plays, books, news, etc. before publication
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cherished
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treat with affection, protect, encourage
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clamor
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loud shouting; outcry, noise; shout; call noisily
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commemorating
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to celebrate, keep in memory by ceremony, to serve as a memorial or reminder of, to make an honorable mention
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commune
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have intimate intercourse of thoughts or feelings, to converse or talk together; to partake of the Eucharist
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compassionate
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deeply sympathetic
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competent
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having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc. for some purpose, properly qualified; adequate but not exceptional
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concede
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admit, grant; yield
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concourse
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crowd, a flocking together
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condole
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to grieve with; offer sympathy
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concise
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brief, in a few words, to the point
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consummate
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of the greatest perfection or completeness; complete, finish
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contaminant
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substance of thing that infects
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contrite
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sorrowing for wrong-doing
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correlate
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bring into mutual relation; either of two things or words necessarily implying the other
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current
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in circulation or general use; going on, not yet superseded, contemporary, fluent, running; body of water or air in motion, tendency, drift, transmission of electricity through a conductor
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decisive
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being able to decide, determined, being resolved
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delegates
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people designated to act for or represent another or others
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delinquent
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failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation, wrongful, illegal or engaging antisocial behavior
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denigrate
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to speak damagingly of, criticize, defame, disparage, blacken
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deride
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to scorn by laughing or making fun of
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dermatologist
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skin doctor
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desolate
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solitary; neglected, barren, dismal, forlorn
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dignitary
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holder of high office
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disarrays
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disorder, confusion
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dissipated
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scatter, clear away, waste, squander, disappear
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domineer
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to act imperiously, tyrannize
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dumbfound
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confound into silence
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ebbed
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the flowing back of the tide; decline, flow back
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edified
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improve morally
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ellipse
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an oval
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embark
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put, go, engage, involve, board, go on a journey
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embellishments
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adornments
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embezzler
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one who steaks money or property entrusted to his care
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enthralling
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entrancing, absorbing
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equitable
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fair, reasonable, just
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err
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make mistakes, be wrong, sin
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exacerbating
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aggravate, embitter, make worse
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exalted
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praised, raised up, made noble
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exasperate
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irritate, enrage, intensify, make worse
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exhibitionist
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one who shows off excessively; usually referring to one who shamelessly bares their naked body in public
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extraneous
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added from without, not naturally belonging
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farce
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comedy, play meant only to excite laughter, absurd and futile proceeding
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fatuous
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silly, foolish
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fervent
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hot, glowing, ardent, intense
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fledging
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young bird just fledged
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florid
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flowery, ornate
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fodder
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dried food for horses, cattle
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forgo
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go without, give up
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forlorn
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forsaken, desperate
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gargoyle
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grotesque water spout, usually seen on cathedrals
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genealogy
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account of descent from an ancestor, pedigree, study of such
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grave
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serious; carve, clean, hole dug for dead body
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hem
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border of a piece of cloth; sew, confine, shut in.
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hermit
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person living in solitude, usually due to religious practices
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hiatus
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temporary respite, gap, break between two vowels
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homely
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plain
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idolize
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make an idol of, love or venerate to excess
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illegible
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not eligible
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incompetence
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not competent, not adequate, not useful at all
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inept
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absurd, out of place, irrelevant, fatuous
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inflammation
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morbid process affecting part of the body with heat, swelling, and redness
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ingenue
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artless young girl, young actress
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insensate
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stupid, foolish, without sense
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insightful
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perceptive, displaying insight
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instigate
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to urge, provoke, start, goad, impel
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intuitive
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insightful, full of intuit
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kid
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baby goat; to hoax; messing around
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languor
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faintness, want of energy or interest, tender mood, softness of atmosphere
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lexicon
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dictionary
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libelous
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full of libel written, published, statement damaging to a person's reputation
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loathed
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unwilling; to abhor
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loitering
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to hang about, waste time on the way
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malign
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hurtful; to slander, misrepresent
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malignance
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ill will, being virulent
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mesmerized
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hypnotized
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meticulous
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overly particular about details; detail oriented; careful
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mimic
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to imitate ludicrously, or closely; imitated, feigned, esp to amuse; one skilled at imitation
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monotonous
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lacking variety
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narrative
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account or story
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obsequious
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servile, fawning
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opportunist
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one who waits for a favorable time or condition; one who calculates before making a move to seek the best opportunity
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orators
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skillful speaker, speechmaker
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orotund
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round, full, musical, pompous, grandiloquent
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outlandish
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queer, extravagantly strange
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paramount
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supreme
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parasite
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self interested, animal or plant living in or on another; referring to someone who always takes but does not give; a leech
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penitent
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affected by a sense of guilt; one that repents of sin
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pert
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forward, saucy
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philanthropic
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characterized by a love of mankind, practice of doing good to one's fellow men
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pincers
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tool for gripping
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plummeted
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plunged, sinking or falling at a rapid speed
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poacher
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an illegal hunter
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poised
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place or hold in a balance or steady position, hover; very self assured, dignified; teetering or wavering; suspended in midair
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proliferate
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reproduce by budding or cell division, increase in numbers rapidly and excessively; multiplication
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propagate
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reproduce or breed, spread by sowing, breeding, multiplying
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radicals
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of a root, fundamental, thorough; politician desiring thorough reforms; one or describing one who is not of the political or social mainstream
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rant
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talk, preach, in a loud and angry way
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recanted
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withdraw a statement, opinion
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rectify
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put right, purify, change from alternate to direct current
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remit
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forgive, slacken, give up
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remorseful
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regretful, repentant
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reneged
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renounce, back out, deny, disown; break rule [cards]
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renounce
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give up, cast off fail to follow suit
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reproached
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scold, rebuke
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repulse
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drive back, recant
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rustic
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rural, of or related to country folk, of rude manufacture; country-man, peasant; one who is unrefined, new to the city and the city way of life
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seizure
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a seizing, sudden illness
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servile
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slavish, without independence, like a slave
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snared
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noose used as a trap; catch something by such means
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solitary
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alone, single; hermit
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sophomoric
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lacking sophistication
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stagnant
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motionless, ceasing to flow
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stoic
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philosopher holding virtue to be the highest good and teaching indifference to pleasure and pain; person of great self control
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stratifies
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arrange; layers
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subtle
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ingenious, clever, acute, crafty, tenuous
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superfluous
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extra, unnecessary
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suppress
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put down, restrain, keep or withdraw from public
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talon
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claw
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taxidermist
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one who stuffs animals for display
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tenure
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the holding of an office or position
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throng
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crowd
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trivial
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trifling, commonplace, of little importance
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turbulence
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riot, commotion; irregular motion of the atmosphere
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undermined
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to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages; to attack by secret or underhand means; to weaken or cause to collapse by removing underlying support.
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vacillation
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wavering in indecision
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vapid
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flat, dull, insipid, savorless
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verbose
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overly wordy
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whittler
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one who cuts, trims, or shapes by carving off bits with a knife; an aimless diversion
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winsome
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attractive, charming
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zealot
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fanatic, someone with a lot of zeal.
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