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Indiscriminate
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-Not making or based on careful distinctions; unselective
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“He also condemned what he called the indiscriminate firing of projectiles towards Israeli civilian areas by Palestinian militants.”
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Voracious
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Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous
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“I think it comes from reading, and I was a-- what they call a voracious reader when I was a little boy.”
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Eminent
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Outstanding, as in character or performance; distinguished
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“God has the ideas in an eminent manner (˜eminent™ is discussed further below), and these ideas are the objects of His thought.”
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Replete
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Abundantly supplied; abounding: a stream replete with trout; an apartment replete with Empire furniture.
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Abound
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To be great in number or amount
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Prognosticate
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To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell
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Automaton
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A self-operating machine or mechanism, especially a robot
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Matron
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A married woman or a widow, especially a mother of dignity, mature age, and established social position.
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Paradox
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A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking.
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Realm
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A community or territory over which a sovereign rules; a kingdom
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Annal
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A chronological record of the events of successive years
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Compound (v)
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To produce or create by combining two or more ingredients or parts
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Tinge
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-To apply a trace of color to
-To affect slightly, as with a contrasting quality |
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implore
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-to appeal to in supplication
-To beg for urgently |
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drudgery
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Tedious, menial, or unpleasant work
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interminable
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- Being or seeming to be without an end; endless
-Tiresomely long |
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perceive
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To become aware of directly through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing.
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Lackluster
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Lacking brightness, luster, or vitality; dull
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caustic
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Corrosive and bitingly trenchant; cutting, sarcastic
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Wrest
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To obtain by or as if by pulling with violent twisting movements
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Jostle
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To come in rough contact while moving; push and shove
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incipient
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Beginning to exist or appear
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inadvertent
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Not duly attentive, heedless
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Ominous
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Menacing; threatening
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repudiate
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To reject the validity or authority of
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Bristle
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stiffen with fear or anger
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Euphemism
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a less offensive term
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mundane
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wordly
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incongruous
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Not in keeping with what is correct, proper, or logical; inappropriate
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stipulate
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To specify or arrange in an agreement
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alacrity
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Liveliness; briskness
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disdain
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A feeling or show of contempt and aloofness
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feint
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To make a deceptive show of
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pugnacious
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Combative in nature, quarrelsome
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Promulgate
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To make known (a decree, for example) by public declaration; announce officially
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brash
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Hasty and unthinking
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scoff
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To show or express derision or scorn.
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castigate
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To inflict severe punishment on
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sordid
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Filthy or dirty
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octogenarian
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Being between 80 and 90 years of age
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Solace
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To comfort, cheer, or console, as in trouble or sorrow
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aspirant
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One who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
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dregs
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Waste or worthless matter; dross; sweepings; refuse; hence, what is most vile and worthless: as, the dregs of society
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scurrilous
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Expressed in vulgar, coarse, and abusive language
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