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98 Cards in this Set
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foresight
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seeing ahead, knowing in advance
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predict, preview
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nostalgia
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longing for something past
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nostalgic
nostalgically |
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folly
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a stupid mistake
foolish or senseless behavior |
stupidity
foolishness silliness |
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despair
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hopeless
a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly |
give up
abandon |
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artistry
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a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
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intricate
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highly involved or intricate
difficult to understand |
confused
involved complicated complex |
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candid
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characterized by directness in manner or speech;
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blunt
outspoken direct confess |
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ostentatious
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intended to attract notice and impress other
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showy
show off fancy |
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fictional
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related to or involving literary fiction
no really exist |
fiction
fictionalize fictionist |
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convoluted
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rolled or coiled together
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twist
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capricious
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always change
alter without any announce |
unstable
variable unpredictable changeable |
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bombastic
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ostentatiously lofty in style
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bombast
bombastic |
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loquacious
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always talk
full of trivial conversation |
talkative
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dispassionate
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unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
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steady
calm |
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decorous
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according with custom or propriety
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decorative
decorously |
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emotional
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emotion
emotionalism emotinality |
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intellectual
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relating to smart
a person who uses the mind creatively |
bookish
logical brainy talented knowledgeable |
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chance
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oppoortunity
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random
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select without any predict
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intuitive
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intuitively
intuits |
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impulsive
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impulse
impulsion impulsively |
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deliberate
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do something on purpose
think for a long time |
consider
study on prupose |
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instinctive
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unthinking, prompted by instinct
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instinct
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intentional
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intention
intentionally |
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logical
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logicality
logically logics |
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streamlined
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something have a shape that can reduce resistant force
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streamline
streamliner |
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infighting
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the fight within a group
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mitigate
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make less severe or harsh
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calm
reduce |
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jingoism
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a feeling that you love your country very much and hate other countries
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nationalism
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ossified
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change into bone
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bureaucratization
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bureaucratize
bureaucratizing |
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cowardice
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fear to do anything
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couragless
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prudence
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knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
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patient
smart clever |
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hospitality
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kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
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welcoming
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aloofness
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a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic
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indifferent
deviate from |
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loyalty
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the quality of being loyal
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honest
faithful |
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applaud
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clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
express approval of |
acclaim
praise approve cheer |
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derailed
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cause to run off the tracks
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derailing
derails derail frog derail accident |
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acknowledge
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admit existence or reality or truth of
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accept
confess admit recognize |
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permit
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allow somebody to do something
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allow
authorize |
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anticipate
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to guess something in advance
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perspective
prognosis |
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condition
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a state at a particular time
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circumstance
situation |
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highlight
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mark something and make it shiny, obvious
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emphasize
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stimulus
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any stimulating information or event, acts to arouse action
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stimulus concentration
stimulus filtering |
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dictum
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an authoritative declaration
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the Declaration of Independence
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respite
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a pause from doing something
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break
interruption rest pause |
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negotiate
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discuss the terms of an arrangement
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mediate
arrange intervene |
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surrender
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acceptance of despair
give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another |
resign
abdicate sacrifice |
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enemy
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the object that stand an oppose position with you
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offense
adversary opponent |
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dominate
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dominance
dominant |
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inquiry
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a search for knowledge
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questioning
interrogation query |
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equivocate
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be deliberately ambiguous
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ambiguous
unclear |
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denunciation
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a public act of denouncing
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inpeach
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rousing
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the act of arousing
capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement |
enthusiasm
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memorable
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memory
the 911 is memorable |
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pedestrian
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a person who travels by foot
lacking wit or imagination |
walker
commonplace |
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evolving
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evolve
evolvement |
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chaotic
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lacking a visible order or organization
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untidy
muddled random disorganized |
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unprecedented
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having no precedent before
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extraordinary
unduplicated |
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derivative
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a concept in math
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inept
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incorrect,
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ineptitude
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spontaneous
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happen together
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coincidence
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graceless
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lacking graciousness, clumsy
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disgraceful
clumsy |
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cheapen
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discount
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affordable
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something you can pay for
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transform
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change the form
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Transformers
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viable
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capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
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capable
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revolutionize
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something related to revoluntion
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prohibitive
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something that you cannot do
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ban
forbid enjoin not to do |
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provoked
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stimulate an event
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arouse
annoy |
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improbable
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not likely to be true
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questionable
doubtful unlikely |
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stimulate
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act as a stimulant
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inaccessible
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unable
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cryptic
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having a secret or hidden meaning
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hidden
mysterious |
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judicious
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characterized by good judgment or sound thinking
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perspicacious
intelligent |
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jubilant
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joyful
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supercilious
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having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
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pride
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pugnacious
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tough and callous by virtue of experience
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warlike
bellicose |
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indigence
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poor
lack of money |
poor
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perfidy
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betray
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aspersion
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an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
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slander
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tenacity
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persistent determination
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persistence
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imprecise
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inaccuracy
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blurry
dim |
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straightforward
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clearly confess
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deficient
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lacking of something
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obtrusive
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undesirably noticeable
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obtrusion
obtrusive obtrusively |
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elliptical
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elliptically
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vast
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large amount
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countless
large number |
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hollow
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empty inside
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concave
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sparse
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rarely
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scattered
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thunderous
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usually accompany by rain
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enormous
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large number
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vast
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deafening
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very loud
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unimpressive
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normal
fail to do a good job |
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muted
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in a softened tone
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concession
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a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
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compromise
prerogative privilege |
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antagonize
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provoke the hostility of
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against
provoke |
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negligible
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can omit
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ignore
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