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236 Cards in this Set
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astute
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clever; quick at seeing; to get an advantage
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attenuate
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make thin; weaken; enervate
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augury
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omen; sign
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austere
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severely moral and strict; simple and plain
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aversion
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strong dislike
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asterisk
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the mark *(e.g.. omitted letters)
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atonement
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repayment; death of Jesus
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attune
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bring into harmony
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august
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majestic; venerable
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auxiliary
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helping; supporting
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avid
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eager; greedy
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assuage
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make something(pain, desire) less
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alleviate
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make(pain)easier to bear
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abate
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to lessen or to subside
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abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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abdication
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giving up control or authority
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aberration
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straying away from what is normal
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abet
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help or encourage someone(in wrong doing)
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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to hate; to detest
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abide
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to be faithful; to endure
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abjure
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promise or swear to give up
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abraded
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rubbed off or worn away by friction
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abrogate
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repeal or annul by authority
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abscond
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to go away suddenly(to avoid arrest)
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abstruse
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difficult to comprehend; obscure
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abut
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border on
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abysmal
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bottomless extreme
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acarpous
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effete; no longer fertile; worn out
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acclaimed
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welcomed with shouts and approval
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accolade
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praise; approval
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accretion
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the growing of separate things into one
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adamant
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kind of stone; inflexible
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admonitory
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containing warning
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adorn
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add beauty; decorate
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adulteration
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making unpure or poorer in quality
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affable
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polite and friendly
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affinity
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close connection or relationship
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aggravate
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make worse; irritate
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agile
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quick and skillfully moving
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agog
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eager; excited
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ail
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trouble; be ill
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alacrity
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eager and cheerful readiness
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alcove
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recess; partially enclosed place
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allegiance
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duty; support; loyalty
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alloy
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to debase by mixing with something inferior
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aloof
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reserved; indifferent
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astringent
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substance that shrinks
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audacious
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daring; foolishly bold; impudent
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avow
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admit; declare openly
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aver
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affirm; assert; prove; justify
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baleful
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harmful; ominous; causing evil
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balk
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obstacle;purposely to get in the way of
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baneful
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causing harm or ruin; pernicious; destructive
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barrage
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artificial obstacle built across a river
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barren
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not good enough; unable to have young ones; without value
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bask
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enjoy warmth and light
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beatify
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to bless; make happy or ascribe a virtue to
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bedizen
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to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
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belabor
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beat hard
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belligerent
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(person, nation) waging war
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benefactor
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person what has given help
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benevolence
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wish or activity in doing good
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benign
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kind and gentle; mild(climate)
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bequest
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arrangement to give something at death
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berate
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scold sharply
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bereft
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rob or dispossess of something(material)
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bewilder
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puzzle; confuse
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bigot
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stubborn,narrow-minded person
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blige
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bulge; the protuberance of a cask
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blandishment
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flattery; coaxing
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blandness
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polite manner; comforting; uninteresting
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blithe
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cheerful;casual;carefree
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bogus
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sham; counterfeit; not genuine
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bolster
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give greatly needed support
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boorish
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crude; offensive; rude
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brash
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hasty; rush; cheeky; saucy
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brass
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yellow metal(mixing copper and zinc)
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breach
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opening; broken; place breaking
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brittle
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easily broken
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broach
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Bring up; announce; begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate; endure
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buoyant
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able to float; light-hearted
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burgeon
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grow forth; send out buds
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burnish
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to polish; rub to a shine
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cabal
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a scheme or plot; a group of plotters
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cadge
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to beg; to get by begging
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cajole
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use flattery or deceit to persuade
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calipers
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metal supports attached to the legs; measuring instrument
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calumny
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slander; aspersion
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candid
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frank, straight forward
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cant
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insincere talk;jargon
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered; quarrelsome
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canvass
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discuss thoroughly; sort of touting
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castigate
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to chastise; correct by punishing
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castigation
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severe punishment
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catalyst
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substance that causes speeding up
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caustic
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biting; sarcastic
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censure
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expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke
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centurion
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leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
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chary
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cautious;wary
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chastened
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corrected; punished
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chastisement
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punishment
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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chicanery
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legal trickery; false argument
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chisel
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steel tool for shaping materials
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churl
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bad-tempered person
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clamor
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shout; complain with a lot of noise
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auspicious
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favorable; successful; prosperous
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bellicose
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belligerent; pugnacious; warlike
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boisterous
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loud;noisy;rough;lacking restraint
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coalescing
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coming together and uniting into one substance
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coeval
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of the same period; coexisting
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commemorate
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keep the memory of
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conceit
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over-high opinion of; too much pride
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congeal
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make or become stiff and solid
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conspicuous
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easily seen; remarkable
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contemn
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to scorn or despise
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conviction
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convincing; firm belief
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correlate
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have a mutual relation
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covetous
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eagerly desirous
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crease
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line made by crushing white line on th ground in cricket
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clientele
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customers
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coax
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get somebody to do something by kindness
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cogent
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strong; convincing
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commodious
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having plenty of space for what is needed
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concilatory
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reconciling; soothing; comforting; mollifying
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conjoin
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to join together
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consternation
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supprise and fear; dismay
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contentious
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argumentative; pugnacious; combative; quarrelsome
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convoluted
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complicated; coiled; twisted
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corroboration
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additional strengthening; evidence
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cower
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crouch; shrink bacck
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credulity
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too great a readinuous to believe things
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clinch
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come to grips; settle conclusively
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cling
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to resist separation
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cognizant
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being fully aware of
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commuter
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person who travels regularly
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concord
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agreement or harmony
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connoisseur
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a person with good judment(e.g in art)
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constrain
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compel
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contiguous
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touching; neighboring; near
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cordial
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warm and sincere
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countenance
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look (as of hate, love, etc),
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coy
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shy or modest(especially of a girl)
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crush
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press; lose shape; subdue; overwhelm
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clot
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half-solid lump formed from liquid
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coda
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passage that completes a piece of music
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colander
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bowl-shaped vessel with many holes to drain off water
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complaisance
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tending to comply; obliging; willingness to please
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concur
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agree in opinion; happen together
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connotation
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suggestion in addition to
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constrict
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make tighter or smaller
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contrite
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filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
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cordon
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line(of police acting as a guard)
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conterfeit
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forgery
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crass
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very great(especially stupidity)
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cryptic
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secret; with a hidden meaning
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cloture
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closing device(in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
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coddle
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treat with care and tenderness
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collusion
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secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
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compunction
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feeling of regret for one's action
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condense
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increase in density ro strength; make laconic
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consequential
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pompous; self important
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consume
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get to the end of
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contumacious
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insubordiinate; rebellious
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cornucopia
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abundant supply
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countervail
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conterbalance
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cravat
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piece of linen worn as a necktie
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cumbersome
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burdensome; heavy and awkward to carry
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coagulation
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change to a thick and solid state
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coerce
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compel; to force; to make obedient
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combustion
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process of burning
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conceal
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hide; keep secret
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condone
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forgive
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console
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give comfort or sympathy to
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consummate
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perfect;make perfect; complete
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conundrum
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a riddle; dilemma; enigma
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corporeal
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physical; of or for the body
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covert
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disguised
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craven
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cowardly
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curmudgeon
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bad-tempered person
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curriculum
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course of study
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cursory
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quick; hurried
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curtail
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make shorter than was planned
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dainty
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pretty; delicate(food); difficult to please
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daunt
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intimidate; make fearful
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dawdler
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person who is slow; waste of time
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dearth
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shortage
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debacle
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a breakup; overthrow; sudden disaster
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decorum
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propriety; properness
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decree
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order given by authority
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defer
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postpone; give way(to show respect);
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deferential
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showing respect
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defiance
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open disobedience or resistance
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delineate
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to portray; depict; sketch out
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deluge
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great flood; heavy rush of water
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demagogue
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person appealing not to reasons
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demur
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to hesitate; raise objections
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denigrate
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blacken; belittle; sully; defame;
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denouement
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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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deplete
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use until none remains
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deposition
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dethronement; depositing
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deprave
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make morally bad; corrupt
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deprecate
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protest against; express disapproval of
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dereliction
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deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
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derision
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ridicule; mockery; deriding
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derivative
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unoriginal; obtained from another source
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derogatory
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insulting; tending to damage
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descry
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catch sight of; see something in the distance
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desiccant
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substance used to absorb moisture
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desuetude
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cessation of use; disuse
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desultory
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aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
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deter
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discourage; hinder
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detraction
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slandering; verbal attack; aspersion
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detumescence
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diminishing or lessening of swelling
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deviance
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being different in moral standards(from normal)
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dexterity
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skill(especially in handling)
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diaphanous
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transparent; gauzy
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diatribe
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bitter and violent attack in words
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diffidence
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shyness
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dilate
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speak comprehensively; become wider ; large
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disallow
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refuse to allow or accept as correct
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discern
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see with an effort but clearly
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discomfit
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confuse; embarrass
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disconcert
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upset the self-possession of
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discountenance
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refuse to approve of
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discourse
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speech; lecture
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discredit
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refuse to believe
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discreet
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careful; prudent
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discrete
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individually distinct
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disdain
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look on with contempt
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disencumber
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free from encumbrance
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disheveled
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untidy
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disingenuous
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sophisticated; artful; trying to decieve; cunning
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blatant
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obvious; conspicuous; noisy
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