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165 Cards in this Set
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ALTERCATION
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A NOISY DISPUTE
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OPULENT
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DEMONSTRATING GREAT WEALTH; EXTRAVAGANT
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CRYPTIC
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SECRET; MYSTERIOUS
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FIASCO
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FAILURE
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NOCTURNAL
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ACTIVE AT NIGHT
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WHET
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TO SHARPEN; TO STIMULATE
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INTREPID
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FEARLESS;BOLD
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DEMAGOGUE
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A LEADER WHO PROMISES THINGS TO PEOPLE TO GAIN POWER
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SUPERFLUOUS
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BEYOND WHAT IS NECESSARY; EXCESSIVE
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EMULATE
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TO TRY TO EQUAL BY IMITATING
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ASSIDUOUS
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HARD-WORKING; DILIGENT
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CONFORM
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TO BECOME SIMILAR; TO ACT IN AGREEMENT
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BENEVOLENT
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KINDLY; CHARITABLE
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SPURIOUS
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FAKE;FALSE;COUNTERFEIT
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PRECOCIOUS
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BRILLIANT OR EXPERT AT AN EARLY AGE
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INFER
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TO CONCLUDE; TO DEDUCE
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INEVITABLE
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UNAVOIDABLE
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HEDONIST
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A PLEASURE SEEKER
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ABBREVIATE
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TO SHORTEN; TO ABRIDGE
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CONDESCENDING
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PATRONIZING
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FLORID
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FLUSHED; ORNATE
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RANCOR
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HATRED
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VENERABLE
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RESPECTABLE BECAUSE OF AGE
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PROSAIC
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DULL; ORDINARY;
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IMPETUOUS
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ACTING SUDDENLY WITH LITTLE THOUGHT
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SAGACIOUS
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SHREWD
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EPHEMERAL
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MOMENTARY;FLEETING
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DILIGENT
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HARDWORKING
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ABSTAIN
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TO REFRAIN FROM DOING SOMETHING
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REMUNERATION
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PAYMENT`
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CONFOUND
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TO CONFUSE OR MIX SOMEONE UP
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MISCONSTRUE
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GET THE WRONG IDEA ABOUT SOMETHING
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OBLIVIOUS
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IS NOT AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING
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CANNY
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CLEVER OR SMART
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OVERT
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OPEN TO VIEW; NOT SECRET
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COVERT
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NOT OPEN; SECRET
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INTERMINABLE
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SEEMS FOREVER, AS IF THERE'S NO END IN SIGHT
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LONGEVITY
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A LONG LIFE
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BENIGN
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HARMLESS
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INNOCUOUS
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SAFE AND HARMLESS
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INFALLIBLE
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NEVER MAKES A MISTAKE
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INCORRIGIBLE
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UNABLE TO BE CORRECTED
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LOQUACIOUS
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TALKS TO MUCH
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VERBOSE
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USE MORE WORDS THAN IS NECESSARY
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BENEVOLENT
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KIND AN CARING
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DUPLICITOUS
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TRICKY AND DISHONEST
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EXCESSIVE
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GOES BEYOND THE USAL LIMIT
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MEDIOCRITY
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SATE OF BEING ORDINARY OR AVERAGE
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SULLEN
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SULKY OR QUIETLY IN A BAD MOOD
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DISPOSITION
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PERSONALITY OR CHARACTER OF SOMETHING
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GLOAT
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HAPPY ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S FAILURE
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DISPEL
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TO GET RID OF SOMETHING BY DRIVING IT AWAY
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AVERSION
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A STRONG DISLIKE TOWARD SOMETHING
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AFFINITY
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FONDNESS FOR OR ATTRACTION TOWARD SOMETHING
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PREDILECTION
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A PREFERENCE FOR SOMETHING
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PENCHANT
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A STRONG LIKING FOR SOMETHING
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PNDEROUS
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HEAVY AND MASSIVE
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BEHEMOTH
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SOMETHING EXTREMELY LARGE AND POWERFUL
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PULCHRITUDE
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BEAUTY
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SALIENT
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SOMETHING THAT STANDS OUT OR IS NOTICEABLE
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CHAGRIN
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UNEASY FEELING OF DISAPPOINTMENT OR HUMILIATION
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IMPERSONATE
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MIMIC OR PRETEND TO BE SOMEONE ELSE
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PRODIGIOUS
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ENORMOUS OR EXTRAORDINARILY GREAT IN SIZE OR QUANTITY
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POTENT
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POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE
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REPOSITORY
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PLACE OR CONTAINER FOR STORING THINGS
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UNFLAPPABLE
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SELF-CONTROL; NOT EASILY UPSET OR FRIGHTENED
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STOIC
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SHOW NO FEELING
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IDYLLIC
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SOMETHING PLEASANT AND PEACEFUL
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AUSTERE
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LOOKS HARSH OR SEVERE
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MENDACIOUS
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SOMEONE GIVEN TO LYING OR FALSEHOOD
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PLAUSIBLE
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REASONABLY TRUE BUT MAY NOT BE
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CANDID
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HONEST AND SINCERE
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BARB
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NEGATIVE OR INSULTING COMMENT
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EXPLOIT
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DARING OR HEROIC ACT
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INDOMITABLE
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CANNOT BE CONQUERED
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INSTILL
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PUT A FEELING OR IDEA INTO SOMEONES MIND SLOWLY
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DIDACTIC
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SOMETHING THAT IS DESIGNED TO TEACH
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DEMEANOR
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SOMEONE'S BEHAVIOR TOWARDS OTHERS
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DEFERENCE
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RESPECT FOR AN OLDER OR MORE SUPERIOR PERSON
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SPRY
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NIMBLE OR LIVELY
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INTREPID
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PERSON WHO IS FEARLESS AND BRAVE
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ROBUST
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PERSON WHO FEELS HEALTH AND STRONG
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BUYANT
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HAPPY AND CHEERFUL
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PRECISION
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EXACTNESS OR ACCURACY
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NEBULOUS
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NOT CLEAR OR SPECIFIC
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SEQUE
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SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER
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LAPSE
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TEMPORARY PAUSE OR INTERRUPTION
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OPULENT
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WEALTH OR LUXURY
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SUBLIME
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SOMETHING THAT IS IMPRESSIVE AND PUTS ONE IN AWE
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MANTRA
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A PHRASE THAT SOMETIMES EXPRESSES A MAJOR BELIEF AND IS OFTEN REPEATED
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REITERATE
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TO REPEAT OR SAY SOMETHING AGAIN
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ABIDE
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TO TOLERATE OR PUT UP WITH SOMETHING
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WISTFUL
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PERSON LONGING FOR SOMETHING
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PERENNIAL
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ONGOING OR CONSTANTLY REPEATED
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INDELIBLE
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CANNOT BE REMOVED OR ERASED
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CULL
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PICK OUT FROM A GROUP
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COMPLEMENT
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MEANS TO MATCH THINGS THAT GO TOGETHER
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COHERENT
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CLEAR AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND
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GALLANT
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PERSON COURTEOUS AND NOBLE
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HYBRID
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MIX OF DIFFERENT BREEDS OR VARIETIES
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TERRAIN
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PIECE OF LAND
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IMPETUS
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SPUR ONE TO MOVE, CHANGE, SPEED UP
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CULMINATION
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END RESULT OR CLIMAx
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DEXTEROUS
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NIMBLE, SKILLFUL AND CLEVER
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PROFICIENT
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MASTER A PARTICULAR SKILL
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KNACK
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CLEVER WAY OF DOING SOMETHING; A SPECIAL TALENT
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LARK
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DONE JUST FOR FUN
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BANTER
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SPEAK PLAYFULLY OR TEASINGLY
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HARANGUE
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SPEECH DELIVERED WITH STONG FEELINGS
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COAX
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PERSUADE GENTLY
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COERCE
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TO FORCE
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ERSATZ
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SUBSTITUTE OR AN IMITATION OF SOMETHING ELSE
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REMNANT
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REMAINDER OR A SURVIVING PIECE OF SOMETHING
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VERACITY
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TRUTHFULNESS
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DISCREPANCY
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DIFFERENCE OR INCONSISTENCY
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COMPLY
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FOLLOW A RULE OR OBEY A REQUEST
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LEEWAY
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FLEXIBILITY OR FREEDOM TO DO THINGS
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INCLEMENT
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SEVERE OR ROUGH
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BAMBOOZLE
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TRICK OR DECEIVE
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PROGNOSTICATE
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PREDICT THE FUTURE
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ENVISION
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IMAGINE OR PICTURE SOMETHING IN ONE'S HEAD
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FINESSE
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ABILITY TO HANDLE A DELICATE SITUATION
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BOTCH
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DO SOMETHING BADLY OR MESS UP
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SUBSIDE
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DECREASE OR BECOME LESS
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ASSUAGE
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REDUCE, LESSEN OR RELIEVE
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DETER
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DISCOURAGE OR PREVENT
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ESCHEW
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TO AVID SOMETHING
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MNEMONIC
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FORMULA OR RHYME USED TO HELP REMEMBER SOMETHING
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MONIKER
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NAME OR NICKNAME
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DISCERN
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DETECT OR RECOGNIZE
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INKLING
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SLIGHT CLUE OR HINT
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CAMARADERIE
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A SPIRIT OF FRIENDSHIP
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COMPRISE
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CONSIST OF OR TO INCLUDE
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CONSOLE
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COMFORT OR HELP SOMEONE FEEL LESS UPSET
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CONTEMPLATE
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THINK ABOUT SOMETHING FOR A WHILE
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PROSAIC
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DULL AND UNIMAGINATIVE
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EMBELLISH
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MAKE SOMETHING MORE BEAUTIFUL BY DECORATING IT
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FLOURISH
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THRIVE OR GROW SUCCESSFULLY
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EXACERBATE
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TO MAKE THINGS WORSE
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AMELIORATE
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TO MAKE THINGS BETTER
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IMMERSE
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PLUNGE INTO SOMETHING AND BE COVERED COMPLETELY
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IMBIBE
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TO DRINK
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PRELIMINARY
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AN INTRODUCTION OR OPENING FOR SOMETHING ELSE
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BRINK
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EDGE
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DIN
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LOUD CONTINUOUS NOISE
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INCESSANT
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CONTINUOUS WITH OUT INTERRUPTION
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CURB
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CONTROL OR RESTRAIN
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FORBEAR
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TO HOLD BACK OR GO WITHOUT SOMETHING
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AUGMENT
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ADD ON TO OR INCREASE
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INUNDATE
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OVERWHELM OR TO FLOOD
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PALPABLE
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SOMETHNG THAT CAN EASILY BE FELT
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ARCANE
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HIDDEN OR MYSTERIOUS
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PROTOTYPE
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ORIGINAL OR EARLY VERSION OF SOMETHING
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OBSOLETE
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OLD-FASHIONED AND NO LONGER USEFUL
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BRISTLE
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REACT BY SHOWING ANGER
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IRK
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TO ANNOY
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INDEFATIGABLE
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IS NOT CAPABLE OF BEING TIRED OUT
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TENACITY
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DETERMINATION TO KEEP DOING WHAT ONE BELIEVES IN
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BREVITY
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SHORTNESS OF SOMETHING
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COPIOUS
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PLENTIFUL OR CONTAINING A LARGE AMOUT
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GUAGE
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GUESS OR ESTIMATE THE CONTENTS OR COPACITY OF SOMETHING
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DESIGNATE
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CHOOSE SOMETHING FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE
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DISSEMINATE
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DISTRIBUTE OR SPREAD IT AROUND
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EMANATE
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TO LOW OUT OF SOMETHING
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IMPOSE
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ESTABLISH OR BRING ABOUT SOMETHING BY FORCE
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