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392 Cards in this Set
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abash
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to make ashamed; to embarrass
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abate
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to subside; to reduce
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abdicate
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to step down from a position of power or responsibility
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aberration
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something not typical; a deviation from the standard
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abhor
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"to very, very much; to detest"
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abject
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hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated; utterly bummed out
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abnegate
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to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce
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abortive
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unsuccessful
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abridge
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to shorten; to condense
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absolute
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total; unlimited; perfect
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absolve
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to forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation
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abstinent
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"abstaining; voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation"
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abstract
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theoretical; impersonal
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abstruse
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hard to understand
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abysmal
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extremely hopeless or wretched;
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accolade
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an award; an honor
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accost
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to approach and speak to someone
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acerbic
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bitter; sour; severe
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acquiesce
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to comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree
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acrid
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harsh; like acid
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acrimonious
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full of spite; bitter;
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acumen
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keenness of judgment; mental sharpness
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acute
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sharp; shrewd
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adamant
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stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible
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address
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to speak to; to direct ones attention to
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adherent
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follower; supporter; believer
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admonish
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to scold gently; to warn
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adroit
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skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease
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adulation
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wild or excessive admiration; flattery
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adulterate
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to contaminate; to make impure
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adverse
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unfavorable; antagonistic
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aesthetic
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having to do with artistic beauty; artistic
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affable
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easy to talk to; friendly
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affectation
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"unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress "
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affinity
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sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity
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affluent
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rich; prosperous
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agenda
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program; the things to be done
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agrarian
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relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land
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aggregate
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sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together
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agnostic
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one who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
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alacrity
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cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
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allege
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to assert without proof
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alleviate
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"to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen"
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allocate
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to distribute; to assign; to allot
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alloy
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"a combination of two or more things, usually metals"
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allusion
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an indirect reference (often to a literary work); a hint (hint)
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aloof
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uninvolved; standing off; keeping ones distance
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altruism
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selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others
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ambience
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"atmosphere; mood; feeling , (mood)"
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ambiguous
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unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways
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ambivalent
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undecided; neutral; wishy-washy
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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amenable
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obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable
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amenity
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pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature
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amiable
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friendly; agreeable
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amnesty
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an official pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy
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amoral
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"lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings"
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amorous
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"feeling loving, especially in a ual sense; in love relating to love"
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amorphous
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shapeless; without a regular or stable shape
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anachronism
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something out of place in time or history; an incongruity
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analogy
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a comparison of one thing to another; similarity
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anarchy
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absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder
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anecdote
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a short account of a humorous or revealing incident
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anguish
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agonizing physical or mental pain
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animosity
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resentment; hostility; ill will
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anomaly
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an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation
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antecedent
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someone or something that went before; something that provides a for something that came after it
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antipathy
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firm dislike; a dislike
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antithesis
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the direct opposite
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apartheid
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the abhorrent policy of racial segregation and oppression in the repubic of south africa
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apathy
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lack of interest; lack of feeling
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aphorism
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"a brief, often witty saying; a proverb"
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apocalypse
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"a prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world "
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apocryphal
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of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious
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apotheosis
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elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something
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appease
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to soothe; to pacify by giving in to
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appreciate
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to increase in value
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apprehensive
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worried; anxious
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approbation
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approval; praise
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appropriate
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to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use
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aptitude
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capacity for learning; natural ability
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arbiter
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one who decides; a judge
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arbitrary
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"random; capricious , (random)"
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arcane
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"mysterious; known only to a select few , (mysterious)"
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archaic
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extremely old; ancient; outdated
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archetype
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an original or pattern
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ardent
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passionate (half-hearted)
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arduous
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hard; difficult
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aristocratic
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of noble birth; snobbish
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artful
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wily; sly(=crafty)
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artifice
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a clever trick; cunning
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ascendancy
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supremacy; tion
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ascetic
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hermitlike; practicing self-denial
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assiduous
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hardworking; busy; quite diligent
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assimilate
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to take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly
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assuage
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to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve
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astute
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shrewd; keen in judgment
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attrition
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"gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers of size "
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audacity
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boldness; reckless daring; impertinence
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augment
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to make bigger; to add to; to increase
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auspicious
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favorable; promising; pointing to a good result
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austere
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unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess
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autocratic
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ruling with absolute authority; extremely bossy
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autonomous
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acting independently
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avarice
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"greed; excessive love of riches , "
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avow
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"to claim; to declare boldly; to admit , "
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avuncular
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"like an uncle, especially a nice uncle"
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awry
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off course; twisted to one side
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axiom
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self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying
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banal
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unoriginal; ordinary
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bane
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poison; torment; cause of harm
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bastion
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stronghold; fortress; fortified place
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beget
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to give birth to; to create; to lead to; to cause
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belabor
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to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent
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beleaguer
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to surround; to besiege; to harass
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belie
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to give a false impression of; to contradict
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belittle
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to make to seem little; to put someone down
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belligerent
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combative; quarrelsome; waging war
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bemused
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confused; bewildered
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benefactor
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"one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation "
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benevolent
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generous; kind; doing good deeds
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benign
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gentle; not harmful; kind; mild
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bequest
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something left to someone in a will
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bereaved
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"deprived or left desolate, especially through "
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beset
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harass; to surround
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blasphemy
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"irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity , "
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blatant
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unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring
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blight
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disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys
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blithe
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carefree; cheerful
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bourgeois
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"middle class, usually in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional"
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bovine
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"cow related; cowlike cf)canine, equine, feline, piscine, porcine, ursine"
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brevity
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briefness
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broach
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"to open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject"
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bucolic
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charmingly rural; rustic; countrylike
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bureaucracy
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"a system of government administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices, especially one run according to inflexible and inefficient rules; any large administrative system characterized by inefficiency, lots of rules, and red tape"
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burgeon
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to expand; to flourish
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burlesque
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"a ludicrous, mocking, or exaggerated imitation "
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cacophony
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"harsh-sounding mixture of words, voices, or sounds "
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cadence
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"rhythm, the rise and fall of sounds "
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cajole
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to persuade someone to do something he or she doesnt want to do
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callow
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immature
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candor
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"truthfulness; sincere honesty , "
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Capitalism
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free enterprise
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capitulate
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"to surrender; to give up or give in , "
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capricious
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unpredictable; like to change at any moment
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caricature
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"a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated, often to prove some point about its subject"
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castigate
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to criticize severely; to chastise
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catalyst
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"in chemistry,~; anyone or anything that makes something happen without being directly involved in it"
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categorical
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"unconditional; absolute, "
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catharsis
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"purification that brings emotional relief or renewal , "
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catholic
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universal; embracing everything
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caustic
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like acid; corrosive
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celibacy
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abstinence from
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censure
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to condemn severely for doing something bad
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cerebral
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brainy; intellectually refined
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chagrin
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humiliation; embarrassed disappointment
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charisma
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a magical-seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty
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charlatan
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fraud; quack; con man
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chasm
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"a deep, gaping hole; a gorge"
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chastise
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to inflict punishment on; to discipline
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chicanery
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trickery; deceitfulness; artifice; especially legal or political
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chimera
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an illusion; a foolish fancy
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choleric
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hot-tempered; quick to anger
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chronic
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constant; lasting a long time; inveterate
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chronicle
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a record of events in order of time; a history
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circuitous
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roundabout; not following a direct path
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circumlocution
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an indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language
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circumscribe
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to draw a line around; to set the limits; to define; to restrict.
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circumspect
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cautious
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circumvent
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to frustrate as though by surrounding
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civil
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"polite; civilized; courteous , "
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clemency
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mercy; forgiveness; mildness
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clich
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"an overused saying or idea , "
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clique
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an exclusive group bound together by some shared quality or interest
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coalesce
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to come together as one; to fuse; to unite
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coerce
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to force someone to do or not to do something
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cogent
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powerfully convincing
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cognitive
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dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses; mental
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cognizant
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aware; conscious
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coherent
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holding together; making sense
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colloquial
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conversational; informal in language
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collusion
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conspiracy; secret cooperation
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commensurate
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equal; proportionate
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compelling
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forceful; causing to yield...
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compendium
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a summary; an abridgment
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complacent
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self-satisfied; overly pleased with oneself; contented to a fault
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complement
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to complete or fill up; to be the perfect counterpart
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complicity
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participation in wrongdoing; the act of being an accomplice
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comprehensive
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covering or including everything
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comprise
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"to consist of; to be composed of cf) constitute, compose"
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conciliatory
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making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill
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concise
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brief and to the point; succinct
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concord
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harmony; agreement
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concurrent
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happening at the same time; parallel
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condescend
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"to stoop to someone elses level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize"
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condone
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to overlook; to permit to happen
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conducive
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promoting
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confluence
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"a flowing together, especially of rivers; place where they begin to flow together"
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congenial
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agreeably suitable; pleasant
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congenital
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a trait or condition acquired between conception and birth; innate
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conjecture
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to guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence
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conjure
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to summon or bring into being as if by magic
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connoisseur
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"an expert, particularly in matter of art or taste "
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consecrate
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to make or declare sacred
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consensus
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unanimity or general agreement
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consonant
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harmonious; in agreement
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construe
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to interpret
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consummate
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perfect; complete; supremely skillful
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contentious
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argumentative; quarrelsome
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contiguous
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side by side; adjoining
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contingent
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dependent; possible
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contrite
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admitting guilt; especially feeling remorseful
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contrived
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artificial; labored
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conventional
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common; customary; unexceptional
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convivial
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fond of partying; festive
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copious
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abundant; plentiful
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corollary
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something that follows; a natural consequence
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corroborate
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to confirm; to back up with evidence
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cosmopolitan
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at home in many places or situations; internationally sophisticated
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countenance
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"face; facial expression, especially an encouraging one"
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coup
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a brilliant victory or accomplishment; the violent overthrow of a government by a small internal group
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covenant
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a solemn agreement; a contract; a pledge
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covert
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secret; hidden
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covet
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to wish for enviously
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credulous
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eager to believe; gullible
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criterion
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standard; basis for judgment
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cryptic
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mysterious; mystifying; clandestine
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culinary
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relating to cooking or the kitchen
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culminate
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to climax; to reach full effect
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culpable
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deserving blame; guilty
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cursory
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hasty; superficial
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curtail
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to shorten; to cut short
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cynic
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one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes humans are motivated only by selfishness
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daunt
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to make fearful; to intimidate
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dearth
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lack; scarcity
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debacle
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violent breakdown; sudden overthrow; overwhelming defeat
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debauchery
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wild living; excessive intemperance
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debilitate
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to weaken; to cripple
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decadent
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"decaying or decayed, especially in terms of morals "
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decimate
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to kill or destroy a large part of
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decorous
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proper; in good taste; orderly
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deduce
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to conclude from evidence; to infer
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defame
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to libel or slander; to ruin the good name of
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deference
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submission to anothers will; respect; courtesy
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definitive
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conclusive; providing the last word
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degenerate
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to break down; to deteriorate
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deleterious
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"harmful , "
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delineate
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to describe accurately; to draw in outline
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delude
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to deceive
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deluge
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a flood; an inundation
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demagogue
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"a leader of the people, but more a rabble rouser"
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denizen
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inhabitant
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depravity
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extreme wickedness or corruption
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deprecate
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to express disapproval of
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deride
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to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously
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derogatory
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disapproving; degrading
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desiccate
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to dry out
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despondent
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extremely depressed; full of despair
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despot
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an absolute ruler; an autocrat
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destitute
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extremely poor; utterly lacking
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desultory
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without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random
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dialectical
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relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the middle of opposing extremes
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dictum
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an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb
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didactic
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intended to teach; morally instructive; pedantic
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diffident
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timid; lacking in self-confidence
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digress
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to stray from the main subject
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dilettante
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someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler
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discern
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"to have insight; to see things clearly, to discriminate; to differentiate"
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discreet
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"prudent; judiciously reserved , "
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discrete
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unconnected; separate; distinct
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discriminate
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to notice or point out the difference between two or more things; to discern; to differentiate
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disdain
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arrogant scorn; contempt
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disinterested
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not taking sides; unbiased
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disparage
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"to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way "
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disparate
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different; incompatible; unequal
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disseminate
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to spread the seeds of something; to scatter; to make widely know
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dissipate
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"to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to cause to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to waste or squander "
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dissolution
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the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration
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distend
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to swell; to extend a great deal
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distinguish
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to tell apart; to cause to stand out
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docile
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easily taught; obedient; easy to handle
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doctrinaire
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inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic
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dogmatic
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arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that something (often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute
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domestic
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having to do with the household or family; not foreign
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dormant
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"a inactive; as though asleep; asleep ~volcano, ~window"
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dubious
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a full of doubt; uncertain
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duplicity
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"n the act of being two-faced; double-dealing; deception cf) duplication , duplicate a n v"
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ebullient
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a boiling; bubbling with excitement; exuberant;
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"n ebullience,-cy n ebullition "
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eccentric
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a not conventional; a little kooky; irregular
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eclectic
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"a choosing the best from many sources; drawn from many sources, eclecticism "
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edify
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"vt to enlighten; to instruct, especially in moral or religious matters"
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efface
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vt to erase; to rub away the features of eclipse
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"effaceable, effacement"
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effusion
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n a pouring forth
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effuse v effusive a
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egalitarian
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a believing in the social and economic equality of all people
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egocentric
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"a selfish; believing that one is the center of everything n egoism egoistic, -tical "
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egregious
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a extremely bad; flagrant
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elicit
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"vt to bring out; to call forth ~a laugh from, "
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~a reply elicitation n
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elliptical
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adj oval; missing a word or words; obscure
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ellipsis ellipsoid
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elusive
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"adj hard to pin down; evasive , elude v elusion , "
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emigrate
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v to move to a new country; to move a new place to live; to expatriate
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"emigrant a , n , opps immigrate"
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empirical
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adj relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical ; ~philosophy
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empiricism
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emulate
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"vt to strive to equal or excel, usually through imitation, emulator , emulation emulous be emulous of "
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encroach
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vi to make gradual or stealthy inroads into; to trespass
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endemic
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a native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous
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n endemicity
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enervate
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"v to reduce the strength or energy of, especially to do so gradually "
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enfranchise
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"v to grant the privileges of citizenship, especially the right to vote "
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engender
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"v to bring into existence; to create; to cause , produce; ; ment "
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enigma
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n a mystery (riddle)
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enormity
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n extreme evil; a hideous offense; immensity
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ephemeral
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a lasting a very short time
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epigram
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n a brief and usually witty or satirical saying
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epitome
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n a brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole; the perfect example of something; a paradigm
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equanimity
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n composure; calm
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equitable
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adj fair
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equivocal
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adj ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way
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erudite
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adj scholarly; deeply learned
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esoteric
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adj hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar
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espouse
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v to support; to advocate
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ethereal
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"adj heavenly, as light and insubstantial as a gas or ether"
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euphemism
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n a pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one
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evanescent
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adj fleeting; vanishing; happening for only the briefest period
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exacerbate
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v to make worse
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exacting
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adj extremely demanding; difficult; requiring great skill or care
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exalt
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"v to raise high; to glorify , "
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exasperate
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v to annoy thoroughly; to make very angry; to try the patience of
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exemplify
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v to illustrate by example; to serve as a good example
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exhaustive
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adj thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking
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exhort
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v to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to
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exigency
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"n an emergency; an urgency , "
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existential
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"adj 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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v to free completely from blame; to exculpate
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expatriate
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v to throw (someone) out of his or her native land; to move away from ones native land; to emigrate
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expedient
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adj providing an immediate advantage; serving ones immediate self-interest; practical
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expedite
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v to speed up or ease the progress of
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explicit
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adj clearly and directly expressed
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extol
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v to praise highly; to laud
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extraneous
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adj unnecessary; irrelevant; extra
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extrapolate
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v to protect or deduce from something known; to infer
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extricate
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v to free from difficulty
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extrovert
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"n an open, outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself or herself "
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exult
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v to rejoice; to celebrate
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fabrication
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n a lie; something made up
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