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EMPIRICAL
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relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical
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objective, theoretical
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EMULATE
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to strive to equal or excel usually through imitation
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mimic
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ENCROACH
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to make gradual or stealthy inroads into; to trespass
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creep
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ENDEMIC
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native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous
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aboriginal, exotic
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ENERVATE
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to reduce the strength or energy of especially to do so gradually
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enfeeble, fortify
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ENFRANCHISE
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to grant the privileges of citizenship especially the right to vote
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empower, restrain
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ENGENDER
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to bring into existence; to create; to cause
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beget, impede
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ENIGMA
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a mystery
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conundrum
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ENORMITY
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extreme evil; a hideous offense; immensity
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depravity, rightousness
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EPHEMERAL
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lasting a very short time
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fleeting, perpetual
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EPIGRAM
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a brief and usually witty or satirical saying
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adage
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EPITOME
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a brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole; the perfect example of something; a paradigm
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acme
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EQUANIMITY
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composure; calm
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aplomb, agitation
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EQUITABLE
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fair
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impartial, biased
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EQUIVOCAL
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ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way
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nebulous, clear
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ERUDITE
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scholarly; deeply learned
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educated, benighted
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ESOTERIC
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hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar
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recondite, shallow
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ESPOUSE
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to support; to advocate
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champion, reject
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ETHEREAL
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heavenly; as light and insubstantial as a gas or ether
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celestial, earthly
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EUPHEMISM
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a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one
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delicacy
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EVANESCENT
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fleeting; vanishing; happening for only the briefest period
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fleeting, perpetual
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EXACERBATE
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to make worse
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aggravate, assuage
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EXACTING
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extremely demanding; difficult; requiring great skill or care
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stringent, lenient
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EXALT
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to raise high; to glorify
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deify, humble
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EXASPERATE
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to annoy thoroughly; to make very angry; to try the patience of
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irritate, mollify
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EXEMPLIFY
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to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example
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demonstrate, perplex
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EXHAUSTIVE
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thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking
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comprehensive, cursory
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EXHORT
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to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to
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beseech, discourage
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EXIGENCY
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an emergency; an urgency
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clutch
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EXISTENTIAL
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having to do with existence; having to do with the body of thought called existentialism which basically holds that human beings are responsible for their own actions but is otherwise too complicated to summarize in a single sentence
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EXONERATE
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to free completely from blame; to exculpate
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acquit, incriminate
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EXPATRIATE
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to throw someone out of his or her native land; to move away from ones native land; to emigrate
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exile
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EXPEDIENT
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providing an immediate advantage; serving ones immediate self–interest; practical
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tactical, inadvisable
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EXPEDITE
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to speed up or ease the progress of
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accelerate
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EXPLICIT
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clearly and directly expressed
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definitive
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EXTOL
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to praise highly; to laud
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exalt, rebuke
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EXTRANEOUS
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unnecessary; irrelevant; extra
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tangential, apposite
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EXTRAPOLATE
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to protect or deduce from something known; to infer
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conclude
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EXTRICATE
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to free from difficulty
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liberate
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EXTROVERT
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an open outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself or herself
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gregarious, introvert
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EXULT
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to rejoice; to celebrate
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jubilate, lament
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FABRICATION
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a lie; something made up
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mendacity, veracity
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FACETIOUS
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humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous
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witty, sober
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FACILE
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fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy
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effortless, arduous
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FACTION
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group usually a small part of a larger group united around some cause; disagreement within an organization
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bloc, schism
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FARCICAL
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absurd; ludicrous
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ridiculous, credible
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FASTIDIOUS
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meticulous; demanding; finicky
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exacting, permissive
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FATALIST
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someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them
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FATUOUS
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foolish; silly; idiotic
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asinine, prudent
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FAUNA
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animals
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FECUND
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fertile; productive
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prolific, barren
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FELICITY
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happiness; skillfulness especially at expressing things; adeptness
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deatitude, dejection
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FERVOR
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great warmth or earnestness; ardor; zeal
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passion, phlegm
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FETTER
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to restrain; to hamper
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contraint, freedom
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FIDELITY
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faithfulness; loyalty
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devotion, perfidy
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FIGURATIVE
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based on figures of speech; expressing something in terms usually for something else; metaphorical
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metaphoric, literal
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FINESSE
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skillful maneuvering; subtlety; craftiness
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dexterity, obtuseness
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FLAGRANT
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glaringly bad; notorious; scandalous
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egregious, concealed
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FLAUNT
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to show off; to display ostentatiously
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exhibit, occlude
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FLOUT
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to disregard something out of disrespect
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neglect, approve
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FOIBLE
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minor character flaw
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demerit, virtue
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FOMENT
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to stir up; to instigate
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incite, deter
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FORBEAR
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to refrain from; to abstain
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forgo, succumb
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FORGO
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to do without; to forbear
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forbear, succumb
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FORSAKE
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to abandon; to renounce; to relinquish
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desert, reclaim
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FORTUITOUS
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accidental; occurring by chance
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fortunate, anticipated
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FOUNDER
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to fail; to collapse; to sink
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abort, succeed
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FRATERNAL
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like brothers
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familial
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FRENETIC
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frantic; frenzied
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rabid, relaxed
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FRUGAL
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economical; penny–pinching
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provident, prodigal
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FURTIVE
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secretive; sly
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sneaky, open
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FUTILE
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useless; hopeless
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fruitless, efficacious
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GARRULOUS
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talkative; chatty
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loquacious, taciturn
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GENRE
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a type or category especially of art or writing
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division
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GENTEEL
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refined; polite; aristocratic; affecting refinement
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proper, indecent
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GESTICULATE
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to make gestures especially when speaking or in place of speaking
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signal
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GLUT
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surplus; an overabundance
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surfeit
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GRANDILOQUENT
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pompous; using a lot of big fancy words in an attempt to sound impressive
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ornate, prosaic
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GRANDIOSE
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absurdly exaggerated
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ostentatious, modest
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GRATUITOUS
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given freely said of something bad; unjustified; unprovoked; uncalled for
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GRAVITY
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seriousness
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severity
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GREGARIOUS
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sociable; enjoying the company of others
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convivial, reclusive
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GUILE
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cunning; duplicity; artfulness
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deceit, sincerity
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HACKNEYED
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overused; trite; stale
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banal, novel
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HAPLESS
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unlucky
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jinxed, fortunate
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HARBINGER
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a forerunner; a signal of;
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herald
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HEDONISM
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the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life
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voluptousness, asceticism
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HEGEMONY
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leadership especially of one nation over another
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ascendancy, impotence
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HERESY
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any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs
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dissent, conformity
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HERMETIC
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impervious to external influence; airtight
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sealed
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HEYDAY
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golden age; prime
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apex, decay
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HIATUS
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a break or interruption often from work;
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interlude, continuity
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HIERARCHY
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an organization based on rank or degree; pecking order
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HISTRIONIC
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overly dramatic; theatrical;
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melodramatic, restrained
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HOMILY
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a sermon
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lecture
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HOMOGENEOUS
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uniform; made entirely of one thing uniform
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consistent
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HUSBANDRY
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thrifty management of resources; livestock farming
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frugality, wastefulness
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HYPERBOLE
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an exaggeration used as a figure of speech; exaggeration
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embellishment, understatement
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HYPOTHETICAL
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uncertain; unproven
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theoretical, factual
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