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147 Cards in this Set
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Engender
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cause to exist
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Vitiate
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make impure
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Pacify
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calm someone down
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Dearth
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lack
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Indolence
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lazy
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marred
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damaged or bruised
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Indolent
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lazy
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Supercilious
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haughty; habitually lazy
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Squander
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to spend wastefully or extravagantly
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Ardent
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passionate
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Beset
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to trouble persistently; harass
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Countenance
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appearance- especially the expression of the face; face
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Cursory
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performed with haste and scant attention to detail
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Charisma
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magical attractiveness; rare personal quality
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Demagogue
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a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions an dprejudices of the populace; rabble-rousing leader
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Placate
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pacify
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Indigenous
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native
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Labyrinth
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maze
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Exacerbate
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make worse
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Incense
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make very angry
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Daunt
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make fearful; discourage
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Rudimentary
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basic
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Credulous
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eager to believe; gullible; disposed to believe too readily
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Lucid
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easy to understand; intelligible; easily understood
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Sacrosanct
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sacred
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Docile
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easily taught; teachable; read and willing to be taught
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Impartial
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fair (neutral); not partial or biased; unprejudiced; not on one's side
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Precedent
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an act of instance that may be used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances; earlier example
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Figurative
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based on figures of speech; metaphorical
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Reiterate
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say again; repeat
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Prudent
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careful; provident; careful in regard to one's own interest
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Negligence
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carelessness
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Innocuous
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harmless
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Lax
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Careless; not diligent
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Precipitate
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cause to happen abruptly
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Equivocate
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say confusing things
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Assiduous
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hard working; diligent
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Aptitute
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a talent
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Circumspect
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cautious
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Metamorphosis
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magical change in form
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Substantive
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real; actual
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Nepotism
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favoritism
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Solicitous
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eager and attentive
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Inclement
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bad, as in weather; stormy; unmerciful
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Obscure
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hard to understand; ambiguous or vague
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Jeopardy
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danger
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Nebulous
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vague; lacking definite form or limits
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Diverse
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varied
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Stratum
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layer
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Anarchy
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lawlessness
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Acrimonious
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harsh; bitter, sharp, ill-natured animosity, especially as it is exhibited in speech or behavior
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Abstruse
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hard to understand
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Elusive
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difficult to define or describe
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Taciturn
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naturally untalkative
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Ephemeral
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lasting for a very short time
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Quantitative
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having to do with quantity
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Relegate
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banish; to send to a place of exile
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Conciliatory
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making peace; reconcile
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Concurrent
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happening at the same time
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Complicity
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participation in wrongdoing
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Lampoon
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a broad satirical piece that uses ridicule to attack a person, a group, or an institution; satirize
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Reparation
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paying back
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Parochial
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narrow in point of views
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Monolithic
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massive and unyielding; something suggestive of a large block of stone, as in immovability, massiveness, or uniformity
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Patriarch
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male head of the family
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Sensory
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having to do with senses
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Qualitative
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having to do with quality
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Misanthropic
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hating mankind
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Felicity
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happiness
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Obsequious
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fawning; to show affection
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Equitable
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fair; just and impartial
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Expropriate
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take property officially
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Noxious
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harmful
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Chivalrous
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demonstrating the qualities idealized by knighthood, bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women
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Apathy
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lack of interest or concern
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Cacophony
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harsh mixture of sounds
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Exalt
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to glorify, praise, or honor
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Poignant
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distressing to the mind or feeling; painfully emotional
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Predilection
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an attitude of mind that predisposes one to favor something
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Propensity
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a tendency
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Sloth
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laziness
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Existential
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having to do with existence
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Auspicious
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favorable
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Heterogeneous
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varied
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Fickle
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unpredictable
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Indiscreet
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lacking discretion (the ability to make responsible decisions)
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Constitute
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make up
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Ameliorate
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improve
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Consonate
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harmonious
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Concord
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harmony
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Deleterious
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harmful
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Peripatetic
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wandering
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Loquacious
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talkative
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Propitious
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auspicious; marked by favorable signs; presenting favorable circumstances
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Vestige
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last trace of something that once existed
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Notorious
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famous for something bad
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Polarize
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to break up into opposing factions or groupings
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Implement
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carry out; to put into practical effect
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Viable
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capable of living under favorable conditions
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Arbitrary
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random
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Endemic
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native
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Vacuous
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lacking intelligence
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Provincial
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narrow in outlook; limited in perspective
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Chasm
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gaping hole; an abyss
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Contrived
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labored
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Consecrate
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make sacred
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Paternal
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fatherly
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Inherent
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involved in the constitution or essential character of something
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Gesticulate
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make gestures while speaking as for emphasis
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Insatiable
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impossible to satisfy
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Blithe
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carefree
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Belittle
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make to seem little
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Coherent
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making sense
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Vitriolic
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bitterly scathing (to do harm with); caustic (causing to destroy)
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Apartheid
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racial oppression
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Corollary
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natural consequence; a result
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Parody
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satirical imitation; a literary or artistic work that imitates the style of an author or a work for comic effect
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Idyllic
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naturally peaceful
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Ponderous
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massive and clumsy; lacking grace or fluency
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Wanton
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malicious; unjust
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Secular
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having nothing to do with religion
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Recondite
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hard to understand
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Inveterate
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habitual
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Malleable
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easy to shape or being formed
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Martial
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warlike; relating to war
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Virtuoso
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masterful musician
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Copious
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abundant
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Patent
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obvious
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Conspicious
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obvious
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Amenable
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obedient
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Ambulatory
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able to move or walk around
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Forsake
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abandon
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Hindrance
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an obstruct or delay to progress
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Farcical
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absurd
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Elliptical
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obscure
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Prolific
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producing abundant works or results
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Assimilate
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absorb
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Celibacy
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abstinence from sexual intercourse, especially by reason of religious vows
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Palpable
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obvious
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Grandiose
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absurdly exaggerated
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Despot
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a ruler with absolute power
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Reverberate
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echo
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Rogue
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scoundrel or rascal
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Pathology
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science of diseases
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Frugal
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economical
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Autonomous
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independent
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Machination
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scheming evil activity
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