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120 Cards in this Set
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Austere
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severe or stern in manner, forbidding, rigorous, subdued
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Beneficent
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performing acts of kindness/charity, charitable
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Cadaverous
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pale, guant, corpse-like
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concoct
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to prepare by combing ingredients
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Crass
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coarse, unfeeling; stupid
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Debase
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lower in character
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Desecrate
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commit sacrilege upon, pollute, profane, violate
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disconcert
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confuse, upset, rattle, faze
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grandiose
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grand in an impressice or stately way; majestic, bombastic
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inconsequential
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trifling, unimportant
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infraction
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breaking a law or obligation
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mitigate
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to make milder/softer, lessen
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pillage
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to rob of goods, sack, loot
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prate
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to talk a great deal in a foolish fashion. chatter, prattle, blabber
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puncitilious
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very careful and exact, attentive to fine points, precise
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redoubtable
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inspiring fear or awe, fearsome, awesome
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reprove
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to find fault with, rebuke, chastise, reproach
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restitution
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act of restoring someone or something , compensation, restoration
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stalwart
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strong/ sturdy, stout, intrepid, mainstay
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vulnerable
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open to attack, defenseless, exposed, unguarded
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acrimonious
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stinging, bitter in temper or tone, biting
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bovine
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cowlike, sluggish, unresponsive, stolid, slow
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consternation
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dismay, confusion, shock
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corpulent
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fat, bulky body
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disavow
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to deny responsibility, disown, disclaim
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dispassionate
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impartial; calm, unbiased
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dissension
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disagreement, strife, discord
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dissipate
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cause to disappear
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expurgate
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remove passages/words,purge, censor, bowdlerize
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gauntlet
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an armored or protective glove; challeng, dare
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hypothetical
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based on an assumption or guess, supposed
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ignoble
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mean, low, base, unworthy
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impugn
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call into question; attack as false, challenge, dispute
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intemperate
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immoderate, lacking in self-control, extreme, unrestrained
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odium
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hatred, contempt; disgrace, shame
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perfidy
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faithlessness, disloyalty
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relegate
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place in a lower position, transfer, consign
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squeamish
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nauseated
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subservient
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subordinate in capactiy/role, secondary, servile, uselful
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susceptible
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open to; easily influenced, vulnerable
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abate
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to make less in amount
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adulation
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praise or flattery, adoration
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anathema
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an object of intense dislike
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astute
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shrewd, crafty
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avarice
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greedy desire, cupidity,
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culpable
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deserving balme, worthy of condemnation
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dilatory
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tending to delay or procrastinate, slow
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egregious
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conspicuous, glaring, flagrant
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equivocate
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speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation, palter
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evanescent
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vanishing, light and airy, tranitory
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irresolute
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unable to make up one's mind, indecisive, wavering
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nebulous
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cloudlike, hazy, fuzzy
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novice
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one who is just a beginner
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penury
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extreme poverty; want, indigence
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pretentious
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done for show, inflated, obstentatious
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recapitulate
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review a series of facts, sum up, review, summarize
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resuscitate
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to revive,bring back to consciousness, revitalize
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slovenly
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untidy, dirty
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supposition
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somethign that is assumed
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torpid
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sluggish, dull, lethargic
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accrue
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to grow or accumulate over time, collect
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annotation
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citical or explanatory note or comment
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bedlam
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state or scence of uproar and confusion
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covert
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hidden, undercover
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debonair
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pleasant, coureous, lighthearted
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dun
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to demand insistently, hound, nag
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efficacious
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effective, producing results, potent
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equanimity
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calmness, composure, imperturbability
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fortuitious
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accidental, occuring by a happy chance
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gist
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the essential part, main point, essence
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gratutitous
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freely given, voluntary
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imperious
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overbearing, domineering, magisterial
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invective
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strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language
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motley
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showing great variety
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munificent
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extremely generous, lavish
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procrastinate
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to delay
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provovative
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tending to produce a strong feeling or response
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recondite
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exceeding ordinary knowledge,
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reprobate
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vicious, scoundrel, wicked, corrupt,
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sedentary
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remaining in one place
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abstemious
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moderate, temperate, sober
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censurable
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deserving of blame or correction
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contingent
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likely but not certain to happen, conditional, dependent
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corroborate
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confirm, make certain, refute, contradict
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denizen
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inhabitant, resident, dweller
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discursive
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passing aimlessly for one place to another, rambling, wandering
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disseminate
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scatter or spread widely
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dowdy
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poorly dressed, shabby
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florid
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highly colored, reddish, showy
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foist
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impose by fraud; pass off as worthy or genuin
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gauche
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awkward, lacking in social graces, clumsy
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heresy
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an opinion different from accepted belief, unorthodox
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inculcate
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impress on the mind by repetition, instill, implant
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palpable
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capable of being touched or felt, tangible, plain
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perceptive
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having sympathetic insight or understanding, observant
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pernicious
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extremely harmful, fatal
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salient
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leaping, jumping, strcking, notable, protrusive,obvious
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satiate
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to satisfy completely; to fill to excess, gratify, cloy
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sear
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to make or become dy and withered; char or scorch
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sepecious
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deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
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absolve
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to clear from blame, pardon
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caricature
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cartoon, parody, lampoon
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clangor
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loud ringing sound, din, clamor, uproar
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contiguous
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side by side, adjoining, next door to
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cupidity
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an eager desire for something; greed
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deleterious
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harmful; injurious, detrimental
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enhance
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to raise to a higher degree, improve, magnify
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enthrall
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captivate, charm, fascinate, enchant
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extenuate
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lessen the seriousness or magnitude or an offense; mitigate, diminish
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implicit
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implied, unspoken, unconditional
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incisive
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sharp, keen, penetrating, acute, cutting
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ostentatious
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marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, flashy, overdone
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paragon
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model of excellence or perfection
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paraphrase
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to restate in other words, reword, rephrease
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politic
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prudnet, shrewdly developed, tactful
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prosaic
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dull,lacking in originality, commonplace
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redundant
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extra excess, ore than is needed, wordy, repetetive
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sanctimonious
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making a show of virtue or righteousness
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scintillating
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sparkling, twinkling, stimulating, lively
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winsome
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charming, attractive, engaging
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