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905 Cards in this Set
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1:
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abash:
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to
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abate:
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to
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abdicate:
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to
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aberration:
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something
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"abhor:
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to
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abject:
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hopeless;
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abnegate:
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to
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abortive:
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unsuccessful
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abridge:
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to
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absolute:
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total;
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absolve:
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to
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2:
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"abstinent:
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abstaining;
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abstract:
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theoretical;
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abstruse:
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hard
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abysmal:
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extremely
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accolade:
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an
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accost:
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to
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acerbic:
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bitter;
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acquiesce:
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to
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acrid:
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harsh;
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acrimonious:
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full
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acumen:
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keenness
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3:
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acute:
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sharp;
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adamant:
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stubborn;
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address:
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to
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adherent:
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follower;
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admonish:
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to
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adroit:
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skillful;
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adulation:
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wild
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4:
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adulterate:
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to
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adverse:
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unfavorable;
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aesthetic:
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having
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affable:
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easy
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"affectation:
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unnatural
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affinity:
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sympathy;
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affluent:
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rich;
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agenda:
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program;
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agrarian:
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relating
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5:
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aggregate:
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sum
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agnostic:
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one
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alacrity:
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cheerful
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allege:
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to
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"alleviate:
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to
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allocate:
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to
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"alloy:
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a
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6:
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allusion:
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an
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aloof:
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uninvolved;
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altruism:
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selflessness;
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"ambience:
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atmosphere;
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ambiguous:
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unclear
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ambivalent:
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undecided;
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7:
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ameliorate:
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to
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amenable:
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obedient;
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amenity:
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pleasantness;
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amiable:
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friendly;
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amnesty:
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an
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"amoral:
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lacking
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"amorous:
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feeling
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amorphous:
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shapeless;
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anachronism:
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something
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analogy:
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a
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8:
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anarchy:
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absence
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anecdote:
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a
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anguish:
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agonizing
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animosity:
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resentment;
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anomaly:
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an
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antecedent:
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someone
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antipathy:
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firm
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antithesis:
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the
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apartheid:
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the
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9:
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apathy:
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lack
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"aphorism:
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a
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"apocalypse:
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a
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apocryphal:
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of
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apotheosis:
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elevation
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appease:
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to
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appreciate:
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to
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apprehensive:
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worried;
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10:
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approbation:
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approval;
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appropriate:
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to
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aptitude:
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capacity
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arbiter:
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one
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"arbitrary:
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random;
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"arcane:
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mysterious;
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archaic:
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extremely
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11:
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archetype:
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an
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ardent:
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passionate
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arduous:
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hard;
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aristocratic:
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of
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artful:
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wily;
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artifice:
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a
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ascendancy:
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ascetic:
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hermitlike;
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assiduous:
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hardworking;
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12:
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assimilate:
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to
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assuage:
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to
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astute:
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shrewd;
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"attrition:
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gradual
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audacity:
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boldness;
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augment:
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to
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auspicious:
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favorable;
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austere:
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unadorned;
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autocratic:
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ruling
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13:
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autonomous:
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acting
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"avarice:
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greed;
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"avow:
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to
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"avuncular:
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like
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awry:
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off
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axiom:
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self-evident
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14:
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banal:
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unoriginal;
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bane:
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poison;
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bastion:
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stronghold;
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beget:
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to
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belabor:
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to
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beleaguer:
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to
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belie:
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to
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belittle:
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to
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15:
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belligerent:
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combative;
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bemused:
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confused;
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"benefactor:
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one
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benevolent:
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generous;
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benign:
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gentle;
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16:
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bequest:
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something
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"bereaved:
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deprived
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beset:
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harass;
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"blasphemy:
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irreverence;
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blatant:
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unpleasantly
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17:
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blight:
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disease
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blithe:
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carefree;
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"bourgeois:
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middle
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"bovine:
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cow
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brevity:
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briefness
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"broach:
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to
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bucolic:
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charmingly
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"bureaucracy:
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a
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burgeon:
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to
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"burlesque:
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a
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18:
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"cacophony:
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harsh-sounding
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"cadence:
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rhythm,
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cajole:
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to
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callow:
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immature
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"candor:
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truthfulness;
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Capitalism:
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free
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"capitulate:
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to
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capricious:
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unpredictable;
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"caricature:
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a
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castigate:
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to
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"catalyst:
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in
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19:
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"categorical:
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unconditional;
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"catharsis:
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purification
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catholic:
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universal;
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caustic:
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like
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celibacy:
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abstinence
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censure:
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to
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cerebral:
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brainy;
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chagrin:
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humiliation;
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charisma:
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a
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20:
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charlatan:
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fraud;
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"chasm:
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a
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chastise:
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to
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chicanery:
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trickery;
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chimera:
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an
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choleric:
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hot-tempered;
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chronic:
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constant;
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chronicle:
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a
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21:
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circuitous:
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roundabout;
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circumlocution:
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an
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circumscribe:
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to
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circumspect:
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cautious
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circumvent:
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to
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"civil:
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polite;
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clemency:
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mercy;
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"clich
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clique:
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an
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22:
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coalesce:
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to
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coerce:
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to
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cogent:
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powerfully
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cognitive:
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dealing
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cognizant:
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aware;
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coherent:
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holding
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colloquial:
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conversational;
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collusion:
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conspiracy;
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commensurate:
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equal;
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compelling:
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forceful;
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compendium:
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a
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23:
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complacent:
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self-satisfied;
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complement:
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to
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complicity:
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participation
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comprehensive:
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covering
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"comprise:
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to
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conciliatory:
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making
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concise:
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brief
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24:
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concord:
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harmony;
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concurrent:
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happening
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"condescend:
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to
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condone:
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to
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conducive:
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promoting
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"confluence:
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a
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congenial:
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agreeably
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congenital:
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a
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25:
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conjecture:
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to
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conjure:
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to
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"connoisseur:
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an
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consecrate:
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to
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consensus:
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unanimity
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consonant:
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harmonious;
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26:
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construe:
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to
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consummate:
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perfect;
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contentious:
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argumentative;
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contiguous:
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side
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contingent:
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dependent;
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contrite:
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admitting
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contrived:
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artificial;
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conventional:
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common;
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convivial:
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fond
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copious:
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abundant;
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27:
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corollary:
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something
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corroborate:
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to
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cosmopolitan:
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at
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"countenance:
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face;
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coup:
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a
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covenant:
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a
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covert:
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secret;
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covet:
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to
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28:
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credulous:
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eager
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criterion:
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standard;
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cryptic:
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mysterious;
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culinary:
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relating
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culminate:
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to
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29:
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culpable:
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deserving
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cursory:
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hasty;
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curtail:
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to
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cynic:
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one
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30:
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daunt:
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to
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dearth:
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lack;
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debacle:
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violent
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debauchery:
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wild
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debilitate:
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to
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"decadent:
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decaying
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decimate:
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to
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decorous:
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proper;
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deduce:
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to
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defame:
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to
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31:
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deference:
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submission
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definitive:
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conclusive;
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degenerate
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:
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"deleterious:
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harmful
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delineate:
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to
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delude:
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to
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deluge:
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a
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"demagogue:
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a
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denizen:
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inhabitant
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depravity:
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extreme
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deprecate:
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to
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deride:
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to
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32:
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derogatory:
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disapproving;
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desiccate:
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to
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despondent:
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extremely
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despot:
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an
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destitute:
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extremely
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desultory:
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without
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dialectical:
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relating
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dictum:
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an
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didactic:
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intended
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diffident:
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timid;
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digress:
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to
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dilettante:
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someone
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33:
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"discern:
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to
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"discreet:
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prudent;
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discrete:
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unconnected;
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discriminate:
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to
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disdain:
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arrogant
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disinterested:
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not
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"disparage:
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to
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34:
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disparate:
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different;
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disseminate:
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to
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"dissipate:
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to
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dissolution:
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the
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distend:
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to
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distinguish:
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to
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docile:
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easily
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doctrinaire:
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inflexibly
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dogmatic:
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arrogantly
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domestic:
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having
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35:
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"dormant:
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a
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dubious:
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a
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"duplicity:
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n
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36:
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ebullient:
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a
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":
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n
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eccentric:
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a
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"eclectic:
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a
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"edify:
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vt
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efface:
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vt
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":
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effaceable,
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effusion:
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n
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effuse
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egalitarian:
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a
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"egocentric:
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a
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egregious:
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a
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37:
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"elicit:
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vt
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~a
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elliptical:
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adj
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ellipsis
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"elusive:
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adj
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emigrate:
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v
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":
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emigrant
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empirical:
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adj
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empiricism
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38:
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"emulate:
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vt
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encroach:
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vi
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endemic:
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a
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:
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n
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"enervate:
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v
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"enfranchise:
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v
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"engender:
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v
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enigma:
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n
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enormity:
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n
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ephemeral:
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a
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39:
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epigram:
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n
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epitome:
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n
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equanimity:
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n
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equitable:
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adj
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equivocal:
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adj
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erudite:
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adj
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40:
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esoteric:
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adj
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espouse:
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v
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"ethereal:
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adj
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euphemism:
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n
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evanescent:
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adj
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exacerbate:
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v
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exacting:
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adj
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"exalt:
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v
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exasperate:
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v
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exemplify:
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v
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exhaustive:
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adj
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exhort:
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v
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41:
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"exigency:
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n
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"existential:
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adj
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exonerate:
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v
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expatriate:
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v
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expedient:
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adj
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expedite:
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v
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explicit:
|
adj
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extol:
|
v
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extraneous:
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adj
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extrapolate:
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v
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extricate:
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v
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"extrovert:
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n
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exult:
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v
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42:
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fabrication:
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n
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"facetious:
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adj
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facile:
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adj
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"faction:
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n
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farcical:
|
adj
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fastidious:
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adj
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fatalist:
|
n
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fatuous:
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adj
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"fauna:
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n
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fecund:
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adj
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43:
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"felicity:
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n
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fervor:
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n
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"fetter:
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v
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fidelity:
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n
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figurative:
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adj
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finesse:
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n
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flagrant:
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adj
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flaunt:
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v
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flout:
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v
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foible:
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n
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foment:
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v
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44:
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forbear:
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v
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forgo:
|
v
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forsake:
|
v
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fortuitous:
|
a
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founder:
|
v
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"fraternal:
|
a
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"frenetic:
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a
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frugal:
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a
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furtive:
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a
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45:
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"futile:
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a
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garrulous:
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a
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"genre:
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n
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genteel:
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a
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"gesticulate:
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v
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glut:
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n
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"grandiloquent:
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a
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grandiose:
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a
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gratuitous:
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a
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gravity:
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n
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gregarious:
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a
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guile:
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n
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46:
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hackneyed:
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a
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"hapless:
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a
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harbinger:
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n
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hedonism:
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n
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"hegemony:
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n
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heresy:
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n
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hermetic:
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a
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heyday:
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n
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"hiatus:
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n
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hierarchy:
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n
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histrionic:
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a
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homily:
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n
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"homogeneous:
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a
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husbandry:
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n
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hyperbole:
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n
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hypothetical:
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a
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47:
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iconoclast:
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n
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ideology:
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n
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idiosyncrasy:
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n
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idyllic:
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a
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ignominy:
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n
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|
illicit:
|
a
|
|
imminent:
|
a
|
|
immutable:
|
a
|
|
impartial:
|
a
|
|
impeccable:
|
a
|
|
imperial`:
|
a
|
|
48:
|
|
|
impervious:
|
a
|
|
impetuous:
|
a
|
|
implement:
|
v
|
|
impotent:
|
a
|
|
"impugn
|
:
|
|
inane:
|
a
|
|
inaugurate:
|
v
|
|
49:
|
|
|
incandescent:
|
a
|
|
incantation:
|
n
|
|
incense:
|
a
|
|
incessant:
|
a
|
|
incipient:
|
a
|
|
incisive:
|
a
|
|
incongruous:
|
a
|
|
incorrigible:
|
a
|
|
"increment
|
:
|
|
indifferent:
|
a
|
|
50:
|
|
|
indigenous:
|
a
|
|
indigent:
|
a
|
|
"indignant:
|
a
|
|
indolent:
|
a
|
|
indulgent:
|
lenient
|
|
ineffable:
|
a
|
|
inept:
|
a
|
|
inert:
|
a
|
|
inexorable:
|
a
|
|
infamous:
|
a
|
|
infatuated:
|
a
|
|
51:
|
|
|
infer:
|
v
|
|
"infinitesimal:
|
a
|
|
ingenuous:
|
a
|
|
inherent:
|
a
|
|
"injunction:
|
n
|
|
"innate:
|
a
|
|
"innocuous:
|
a
|
|
inordinate:
|
a
|
|
insatiable:
|
a
|
|
52:
|
|
|
insidious:
|
a
|
|
"insinuate:
|
v
|
|
insipid:
|
a
|
|
insolent:
|
a
|
|
instigate:
|
v
|
|
insular:
|
a
|
|
insurgent:
|
n
|
|
integral:
|
a
|
|
intractable:
|
a
|
|
intransigent:
|
a
|
|
53:
|
|
|
intrinsic:
|
a
|
|
introspective:
|
a
|
|
inundate:
|
v
|
|
invective:
|
n
|
|
inveterate:
|
a
|
|
"irascible:
|
a
|
|
ironic:
|
a
|
|
irrevocable:
|
a
|
|
itinerant:
|
a
|
|
54:
|
|
|
judicious:
|
a
|
|
juxtapose:
|
v
|
|
kinetic:
|
a
|
|
labyrinth:
|
n
|
|
"laconic:
|
a
|
|
lament:
|
v
|
|
lampoon:
|
v
|
|
"languish:
|
v
|
|
largess:
|
n
|
|
latent:
|
a
|
|
laud:
|
v
|
|
legacy:
|
n
|
|
lethargy:
|
n
|
|
levity:
|
n
|
|
55:
|
|
|
"libel:
|
n
|
|
litigate:
|
v
|
|
loquacious:
|
a
|
|
lucid:
|
a
|
|
lugubrious:
|
a
|
|
luminous:
|
a
|
|
56:
|
|
|
"machination:
|
n
|
|
magnanimous:
|
a
|
|
"magnate:
|
n
|
|
"malaise:
|
n
|
|
"malfeasance:
|
n
|
|
malinger:
|
v
|
|
malleable:
|
a
|
|
mandate:
|
n
|
|
"manifest:
|
a
|
|
"manifesto:
|
n
|
|
marshal:
|
v
|
|
martial:
|
a
|
|
"martyr:
|
n
|
|
"matriculate:
|
v
|
|
57:
|
|
|
maudlin:
|
a
|
|
maverick:
|
n
|
|
maxim
|
:
|
|
mediate:
|
v
|
|
mellifluous:
|
a
|
|
mendacious:
|
a
|
|
mendicant:
|
n
|
|
"mentor:
|
n
|
|
mercenary:
|
n
|
|
mercurial:
|
a
|
|
metamorphosis:
|
n
|
|
58:
|
|
|
microcosm:
|
n
|
|
milieu:
|
n
|
|
minuscule:
|
a
|
|
"misanthropic:
|
a
|
|
mitigate:
|
v
|
|
mollify:
|
v
|
|
"monolithic:
|
a
|
|
moribund:
|
a
|
|
morose:
|
a
|
|
":
|
(gloomy,
|
|
mortify
|
:
|
|
mundane:
|
a
|
|
"munificent:
|
a
|
|
myopia:
|
a
|
|
myriad:
|
n
|
|
59:
|
|
|
narcissism:
|
n
|
|
nebulous:
|
a
|
|
nefarious:
|
a
|
|
neologism:
|
n
|
|
nepotism:
|
n
|
|
nihilism:
|
n
|
|
nominal:
|
a
|
|
nostalgia:
|
n
|
|
notorious:
|
a
|
|
novel
|
:
|
|
noxious:
|
a
|
|
nuance:
|
n
|
|
60:
|
|
|
obdurate:
|
a
|
|
obfuscate:
|
v
|
|
oblique:
|
a
|
|
oblivion:
|
n
|
|
obscure:
|
a
|
|
obsequious:
|
a
|
|
obtuse:
|
a
|
|
officious:
|
a
|
|
onerous:
|
a
|
|
opaque:
|
a
|
|
opulent:
|
a
|
|
"orthodox:
|
a
|
|
ostensible:
|
a
|
|
ostentatious:
|
a
|
|
pacify:
|
v
|
|
61:
|
|
|
painstaking:
|
a
|
|
palliate:
|
v
|
|
palpable:
|
a
|
|
paltry:
|
a
|
|
panacea:
|
n
|
|
paradigm:
|
n
|
|
"paradox:
|
n
|
|
parochial:
|
a
|
|
parody:
|
n
|
|
parsimonious:
|
a
|
|
"partisan:
|
n
|
|
62:
|
|
|
patent:
|
a
|
|
paternal:
|
a
|
|
pathology:
|
n
|
|
patriarch:
|
n
|
|
patrician:
|
n
|
|
patronize:
|
v
|
|
paucity:
|
n
|
|
peccadillo:
|
n
|
|
pedantic:
|
a
|
|
pedestrian:
|
a
|
|
pejorative:
|
a
|
|
penchant:
|
n
|
|
"penitent:
|
a
|
|
pensive:
|
a
|
|
63:
|
|
|
peremptory:
|
a
|
|
perennial:
|
a
|
|
"perfidy:
|
n
|
|
perfunctory:
|
a
|
|
peripatetic:
|
a
|
|
periphery:
|
n
|
|
perjury:
|
n
|
|
permeate:
|
v
|
|
abash
|
to make ashamed
|
|
abate
|
to subside
|
|
abdicate
|
to step down from a position of power or responsibility
|
|
aberration
|
something not typical
|
|
"abhor
|
to very, very much
|
|
abject
|
hopeless
|
|
abnegate
|
to deny oneself things
|
|
abortive
|
unsuccessful
|
|
abridge
|
to shorten
|
|
absolute
|
total
|
|
absolve
|
to forgive or free from blame
|
|
2
|
|
|
"abstinent
|
abstaining
|
|
abstract
|
theoretical
|
|
abstruse
|
hard to understand
|
|
abysmal
|
extremely hopeless or wretched
|
|
accolade
|
an award
|
|
accost
|
to approach and speak to someone
|
|
acerbic
|
bitter
|
|
acquiesce
|
to comply passively
|
|
acrid
|
harsh
|
|
acrimonious
|
full of spite
|
|
acumen
|
keenness of judgment
|
|
3
|
|
|
acute
|
sharp
|
|
adamant
|
stubborn
|
|
address
|
to speak to
|
|
adherent
|
follower
|
|
admonish
|
to scold gently
|
|
adroit
|
skillful
|
|
adulation
|
wild or excessive admiration
|
|
4
|
|
|
adulterate
|
to contaminate
|
|
adverse
|
unfavorable
|
|
aesthetic
|
having to do with artistic beauty
|
|
affable
|
easy to talk to
|
|
"affectation
|
unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress "
|
|
affinity
|
sympathy
|
|
affluent
|
rich
|
|
agenda
|
program
|
|
agrarian
|
relating to land
|
|
5
|
|
|
aggregate
|
sum total
|
|
agnostic
|
one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
|
|
alacrity
|
cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
|
|
allege
|
to assert without proof
|
|
"alleviate
|
to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely
|
|
allocate
|
to distribute
|
|
"alloy
|
a combination of two or more things, usually metals"
|
|
6
|
|
|
allusion
|
an indirect reference (often to a literary work)
|
|
aloof
|
uninvolved
|
|
altruism
|
selflessness
|
|
"ambience
|
atmosphere
|
|
ambiguous
|
unclear in meaning
|
|
ambivalent
|
undecided
|
|
7
|
|
|
ameliorate
|
to make better or more tolerable
|
|
amenable
|
obedient
|
|
amenity
|
pleasantness
|
|
amiable
|
friendly
|
|
amnesty
|
an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
|
|
"amoral
|
lacking a sense of right and wrong
|
|
"amorous
|
feeling loving, especially in a ual sense
|
|
amorphous
|
shapeless
|
|
anachronism
|
something out of place in time or history
|
|
analogy
|
a comparison of one thing to another
|
|
8
|
|
|
anarchy
|
absence of government or control
|
|
anecdote
|
a short account of a humorous or revealing incident
|
|
anguish
|
agonizing physical or mental pain
|
|
animosity
|
resentment
|
|
anomaly
|
an aberration
|
|
antecedent
|
someone or something that went before
|
|
antipathy
|
firm dislike
|
|
antithesis
|
the direct opposite
|
|
apartheid
|
the abhorrent policy of racial segregation and oppression in the repubic of south africa
|
|
9
|
|
|
apathy
|
lack of interest
|
|
"aphorism
|
a brief, often witty saying
|
|
"apocalypse
|
a prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world "
|
|
apocryphal
|
of dubious authenticity
|
|
apotheosis
|
elevation to divine status
|
|
appease
|
to soothe
|
|
appreciate
|
to increase in value
|
|
apprehensive
|
worried
|
|
10
|
|
|
approbation
|
approval
|
|
appropriate
|
to take without permission
|
|
aptitude
|
capacity for learning
|
|
arbiter
|
one who decides
|
|
"arbitrary
|
random
|
|
"arcane
|
mysterious
|
|
archaic
|
extremely old
|
|
11
|
|
|
archetype
|
an original or pattern
|
|
ardent
|
passionate (half-hearted)
|
|
arduous
|
hard
|
|
aristocratic
|
of noble birth
|
|
artful
|
wily
|
|
artifice
|
a clever trick
|
|
ascendancy
|
|
|
ascetic
|
hermitlike
|
|
assiduous
|
hardworking
|
|
12
|
|
|
assimilate
|
to take in
|
|
assuage
|
to soothe
|
|
astute
|
shrewd
|
|
"attrition
|
gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss
|
|
audacity
|
boldness
|
|
augment
|
to make bigger
|
|
auspicious
|
favorable
|
|
austere
|
unadorned
|
|
autocratic
|
ruling with absolute authority
|
|
13
|
|
|
autonomous
|
acting independently
|
|
"avarice
|
greed
|
|
"avow
|
to claim
|
|
"avuncular
|
like an uncle, especially a nice uncle"
|
|
awry
|
off course
|
|
axiom
|
self-evident rule or truth
|
|
14
|
|
|
banal
|
unoriginal
|
|
bane
|
poison
|
|
bastion
|
stronghold
|
|
beget
|
to give birth to
|
|
belabor
|
to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent
|
|
beleaguer
|
to surround
|
|
belie
|
to give a false impression of
|
|
belittle
|
to make to seem little
|
|
15
|
|
|
belligerent
|
combative
|
|
bemused
|
confused
|
|
"benefactor
|
one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation "
|
|
benevolent
|
generous
|
|
benign
|
gentle
|
|
16
|
|
|
bequest
|
something left to someone in a will
|
|
"bereaved
|
deprived or left desolate, especially through "
|
|
beset
|
harass
|
|
"blasphemy
|
irreverence
|
|
blatant
|
unpleasantly or offensively noisy
|
|
17
|
|
|
blight
|
disease in plants
|
|
blithe
|
carefree
|
|
"bourgeois
|
middle class, usually in a pejorative sense
|
|
"bovine
|
cow related
|
|
brevity
|
briefness
|
|
"broach
|
to open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject"
|
|
bucolic
|
charmingly rural
|
|
"bureaucracy
|
a system of government administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices, especially one run according to inflexible and inefficient rules
|
|
burgeon
|
to expand
|
|
"burlesque
|
a ludicrous, mocking, or exaggerated imitation "
|
|
18
|
|
|
"cacophony
|
harsh-sounding mixture of words, voices, or sounds "
|
|
"cadence
|
rhythm, the rise and fall of sounds "
|
|
cajole
|
to persuade someone to do something he or she doesnt want to do
|
|
callow
|
immature
|
|
"candor
|
truthfulness
|
|
Capitalism
|
free enterprise
|
|
"capitulate
|
to surrender
|
|
capricious
|
unpredictable
|
|
"caricature
|
a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated, often to prove some point about its subject"
|
|
castigate
|
to criticize severely
|
|
"catalyst
|
in chemistry,~
|
|
19
|
|
|
"categorical
|
unconditional
|
|
"catharsis
|
purification that brings emotional relief or renewal , "
|
|
catholic
|
universal
|
|
caustic
|
like acid
|
|
celibacy
|
abstinence from
|
|
censure
|
to condemn severely for doing something bad
|
|
cerebral
|
brainy
|
|
chagrin
|
humiliation
|
|
charisma
|
a magical-seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty
|
|
20
|
|
|
charlatan
|
fraud
|
|
"chasm
|
a deep, gaping hole
|
|
chastise
|
to inflict punishment on
|
|
chicanery
|
trickery
|
|
chimera
|
an illusion
|
|
choleric
|
hot-tempered
|
|
chronic
|
constant
|
|
chronicle
|
a record of events in order of time
|
|
21
|
|
|
circuitous
|
roundabout
|
|
circumlocution
|
an indirect expression
|
|
circumscribe
|
to draw a line around
|
|
circumspect
|
cautious
|
|
circumvent
|
to frustrate as though by surrounding
|
|
"civil
|
polite
|
|
clemency
|
mercy
|
|
"clich
|
an overused saying or idea , "
|
|
clique
|
an exclusive group bound together by some shared quality or interest
|
|
22
|
|
|
coalesce
|
to come together as one
|
|
coerce
|
to force someone to do or not to do something
|
|
cogent
|
powerfully convincing
|
|
cognitive
|
dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses
|
|
cognizant
|
aware
|
|
coherent
|
holding together
|
|
colloquial
|
conversational
|
|
collusion
|
conspiracy
|
|
commensurate
|
equal
|
|
compelling
|
forceful
|
|
compendium
|
a summary
|
|
23
|
|
|
complacent
|
self-satisfied
|
|
complement
|
to complete or fill up
|
|
complicity
|
participation in wrongdoing
|
|
comprehensive
|
covering or including everything
|
|
"comprise
|
to consist of
|
|
conciliatory
|
making peace
|
|
concise
|
brief and to the point
|
|
24
|
|
|
concord
|
harmony
|
|
concurrent
|
happening at the same time
|
|
"condescend
|
to stoop to someone elses level, usually in an offensive way
|
|
condone
|
to overlook
|
|
conducive
|
promoting
|
|
"confluence
|
a flowing together, especially of rivers
|
|
congenial
|
agreeably suitable
|
|
congenital
|
a trait or condition acquired between conception and birth
|
|
25
|
|
|
conjecture
|
to guess
|
|
conjure
|
to summon or bring into being as if by magic
|
|
"connoisseur
|
an expert, particularly in matter of art or taste "
|
|
consecrate
|
to make or declare sacred
|
|
consensus
|
unanimity or general agreement
|
|
consonant
|
harmonious
|
|
26
|
|
|
construe
|
to interpret
|
|
consummate
|
perfect
|
|
contentious
|
argumentative
|
|
contiguous
|
side by side
|
|
contingent
|
dependent
|
|
contrite
|
admitting guilt
|
|
contrived
|
artificial
|
|
conventional
|
common
|
|
convivial
|
fond of partying
|
|
copious
|
abundant
|
|
27
|
|
|
corollary
|
something that follows
|
|
corroborate
|
to confirm
|
|
cosmopolitan
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at home in many places or situations
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"countenance
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face
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coup
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a brilliant victory or accomplishment
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covenant
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a solemn agreement
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