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1161 Cards in this Set
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abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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abate
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to lessen
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abdication
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giving up power
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aberration
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straying away from normal
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abet
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to encourage wrong doing
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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to hate
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abide
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to be faithful
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abjure
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to promise to give up
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abraded
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worn away by friction
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abrogate
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to take back by authority
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abscond
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to run from law
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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abut
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to border
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abysmal
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bottomless
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acarpous
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no longer fertile
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acclaimed
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praised
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accolade
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praise
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accretion
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many things to one
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adamant
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stubborn
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admonitory
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containing warning
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adorn
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to add beauty
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adulteration
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making unpure
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affable
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friendly
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affinity
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close connection
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aggravate
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to make worse
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agile
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quick-moving
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agog
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eager
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ail
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to be sick
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alacrity
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eager readiness
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alcove
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a partially enclosed place
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allegiance
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loyalty
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alleviate
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to make less
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alloy
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to mix with something inferior
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aloof
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indifferent
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amalgamate
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to combine
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ambidextrous
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able to use both hands equally
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ambiguous
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unclear
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ambivalent
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having different meanings
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ameliorate
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to make better
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amortize
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to end by setting aside money
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anguish
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severe suffering
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animosity
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hate
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antidote
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medicine to cure disease
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antithetical
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direct opposite
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apartheid
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brutal racial discrimination
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aplomb
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self confidence
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apostate
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one who abandons beliefs
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apotheosis
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glorification to godliness
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appease
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to calm
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apprehensive
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feeling fear of the future
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apprise
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to inform
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approbation
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approval
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apropos
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appropriate to the situation
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apt
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well-suited
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arabesque
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a complex ornate design
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arboreal
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related to trees
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ardor
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enthusiasm
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arduous
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laborious
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argot
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jargon
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arrant
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in the highest degree
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arrogance
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having superior attitude
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articulate
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to speak distinctly
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ascend
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to move up
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ascertain
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to get to know
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial
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ascribe
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to consider to be the origin
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aseptic
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surgically clean
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asperity
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harshness
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aspersion
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slander
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assail
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to attack violently
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assiduous
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hard-working
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assuage
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to make less
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asterisk
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substitution mark
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astringent
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substance that shrinks
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astute
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clever
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atonement
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repayment
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attenuate
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to make thin
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attune
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to bring into harmony
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audacious
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bold
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augury
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omen
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august
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majestic
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auspicious
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favorable
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austere
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severely moral
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auxiliary
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supporting
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aver
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to prove
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aversion
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strong dislike
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avid
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eager
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avow
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declare openly
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baleful
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harmful
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balk
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to get in the way of
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baneful
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causing harm
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barrage
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obstacle built across a river
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barren
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unable to have children
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bask
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to enjoy warmth and light
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beatify
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to bless
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bedizen
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to adorn in cheap showy manner
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belabor
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to beat hard
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bellicose
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warlike
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belligerent
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waging war
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benefactor
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person who gives help
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benevolence
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wishing good
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benign
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kind
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bequest
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act of passing on to another
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berate
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to scold sharply
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bereft
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to rob of something
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bewilder
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to confuse
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bigot
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narrow-minded person
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bilge
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protuberance of a cask
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blandishment
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cajole
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blandness
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not irritating or stimulating
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blatant
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loud
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blithe
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carefree
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bogus
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fake
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boisterous
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noisy
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bolster
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to give greatly needed support
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boorish
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rude
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brash
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hasty
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brass
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yellow metal
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brazen
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made of brass
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breach
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to break in
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brittle
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easily broken
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broach
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to begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate
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buoyant
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light-hearted
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burgeon
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to begin to grow
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burnish
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to polish
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cabal
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a scheme
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cadge
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to get by begging
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cajole
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to use flattery to persuade
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calipers
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metal leg supports
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calumny
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slander
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candid
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straight-forward
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cant
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insincere talk
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered
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canvass
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to discuss thoroughly
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castigate
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to correct with punishment
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castigation
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severe punishment
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catalyst
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substance that causes speedup
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caustic
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biting and sarcastic
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censure
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official 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
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chastened
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corrected
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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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trickery
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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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to complain loudly
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clientele
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customers
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clinch
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to settle
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cling
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to fasten
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clot
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lump formed from liquid
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cloture
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method to end debate
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coagulation
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to change to thick and solid state
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coalescing
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coming into one
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coax
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to get something with flattery
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coda
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passage at end of music
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coddle
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to treat with care
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coerce
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to compel
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coeval
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coexisting
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cogent
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convincing
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cogitate
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to meditate
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cognizant
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fully aware
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colander
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draining bowl
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collusion
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secret meeting
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combustion
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process of burning
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commemorate
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to honor with ceremony
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commodious
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roomy
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commuter
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person who travels regularly
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complaisance
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willingness to please
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compunction
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feeling regret
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conceal
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hide
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conceit
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high opinion of one's self
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conciliatory
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comforting
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concord
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agreement
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concur
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to agree
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condense
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to increase in density
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condone
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to forgive
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congeal
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to make stiff
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conjoin
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to join together
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connoisseur
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person with good judgement
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connotation
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suggestion in addition to
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consequential
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pompous
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console
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to comfort
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conspicuous
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easily seen
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consternation
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fear
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constrain
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to compel
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constrict
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to make tight
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consume
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to get to end of
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consummate
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to make perfect
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contemn
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to hate
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contentious
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argumentative
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contiguous
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touching
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contrite
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feeling regret
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contumacious
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rebellious
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conundrum
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riddle
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conviction
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strong belief
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convoke
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to summon
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convoluted
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complicated
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cordial
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sincere
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cordon
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line of police to guard
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cornucopia
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abundant supply
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corporeal
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pertaining to body
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correlate
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to have a mutual relation
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corroboration
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to confirm
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countenance
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to approve of
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counterfeit
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fake
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countervail
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counterbalance
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covert
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disguised
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covetous
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desirous
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cower
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crouch back in fear
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coy
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shy
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crass
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crude
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cravat
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piece of linen worn as a necktie
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craven
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cowardly
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crease
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line made by crushing
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credulity
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gullibility
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credulous
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gullible
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crush
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to overwhelm
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cryptic
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with a hidden meaning
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cumbersome
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burdensome
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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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done in haste
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curtail
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to make shorter than planned
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dainty
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delicate
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daunt
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intimidate
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dawdler
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slow person
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dearth
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a shortage
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debacle
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sudden disaster
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decorum
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properness
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decree
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order given by authority
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decry
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to disapprove of
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defer
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to give way in respect to
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deferential
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showing respect
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defiance
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open disobedience
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delineate
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to portray depict sketch out
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deluge
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flood
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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
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denigrate
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to belittle
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denouement
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unraveling of a plot
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deplete
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to use until none remains
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deposition
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dethronement
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deprave
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to corrupt
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deprecate
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to protest against
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dereliction
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leaving to fall in ruins
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derision
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ridicule
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derivative
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obtained from another source
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derogatory
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insulting
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descry
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to catch sight of
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desiccant
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substance that absorbs moisture
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desuetude
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disuse
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desultory
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haphazard
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deter
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to discourage
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detraction
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verbal attack
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detumescence
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diminishing of swelling
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deviance
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stray from normal
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dexterity
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skill
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diaphanous
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gauzy
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diatribe
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verbal attack
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diffidence
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shyness
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dilate
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to become larger
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disallow
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to refuse to allow
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discern
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see with effort
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discomfit
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confuse
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disconcert
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to upset
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discountenance
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to refuse to approve
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discourse
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speech
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discredit
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refuse to believe
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discreet
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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 burden
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disheveled
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untidy
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disingenuous
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cunning
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disinter
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dig up from the earth
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dislodge
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force from the place occupied
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dismal
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gloomy
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disparate
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different
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disproof
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proof to the contrary
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dissemble
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speak to hide something
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disseminate
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to distribute
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dissent
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refuse to assent
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dissolution
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looseness in morals
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distraught
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upset in mind
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divergence
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getting farther apart
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divestiture
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getting rid of
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divulge
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to make something secret known
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doggerel
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trivial
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dogmatic
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without room for discussion
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dolt
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idiot
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dormant
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in a state of inactivity
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dote
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to center one's attention
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drawl
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slow way of speaking
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droll
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jesting
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drone
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person who isn't self-employed
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drowsiness
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feeling sleepy
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dubious
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feeling doubt
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dud
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something that fails
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dulcet
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harmonious
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dupe
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to trick
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duplicity
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deception
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duress
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to compel
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dwarf
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person below the usual size
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dynamo
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an electric generator
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earthenware
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dishes made of baked clay
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ebullience
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exuberance
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ebullient
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showing excitement
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ecumenical
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representing Christian world
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edacious
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voracious
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eddy
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circular movement
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edible
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fit to be eaten
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effete
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infertile
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efficacy
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production of a desired result
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effluvia
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a noxious vapor
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effrontery
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boldness
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egress
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an exit
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elaborate
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in great detail
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elegy
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a melancholy composition
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elicit
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to draw out
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eloquence
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fluent speaking
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emaciate
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to make thin and weak
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embellish
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to make beautiful
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embezzle
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to wronfully use for one's benefit
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emote
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to excite
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empirical
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relying on experiment
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encapsulate
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to enclose in capsule
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encomium
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eulogy
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encumbrance
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burden
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endearing
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making liked
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endemic
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epidemic
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endorse
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to write one's name on back of
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enduring
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lasting
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enervate
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to weaken
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engender
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to cause
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engrave
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to impress deeply
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engrossing
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taking up a lot of time
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engulf
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to swallow up
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enigma
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a puzzle
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enmity
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hatred
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ensign
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to badge
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entangle
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to put into difficulties
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enthral
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to please greatly
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entice
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to tempt
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entreat
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to ask earnestly
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enunciate
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to speak clearly
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enzyme
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catalyst
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epicurean
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devoted to pleasure
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epistle
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letter
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epithet
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adjective
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epitome
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representative example
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equable
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regular
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equanimity
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calmness
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equilibrium
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state of being balanced
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equipoise
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equal distribution of weight
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equivocal
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suspicious
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equivocate
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to try to deceive
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eradicate
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to get rid of
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erratic
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irregular in behavior or opinion
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erudite
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learned
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eschew
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to avoid
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esoteric
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abstruse
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espouse
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to give one's support to
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eulogy
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formal praise
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euphoria
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state of pleasant excitement
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euthanasia
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painless death
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evasive
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tending to evade
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evince
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to show clearly
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evoke
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to call upon
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excoriation
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severe criticism
|
|
|
exculpate
|
to clear from a charge of guilt
|
|
|
exhaustive
|
complete
|
|
|
exigency
|
urgency
|
|
|
exoneration
|
clearing from blame
|
|
|
exorbitant
|
much too great
|
|
|
expatiate
|
to roam
|
|
|
expedient
|
likely to be useful
|
|
|
expiation
|
expiring
|
|
|
exploit
|
use selfishly
|
|
|
expostulate
|
to dissuade
|
|
|
expurgate
|
to purify
|
|
|
exscind
|
to cut out
|
|
|
extant
|
still in existence
|
|
|
extempore
|
without preparation
|
|
|
extenuate
|
to reduce strength of
|
|
|
extinct
|
no longer active
|
|
|
extinguish
|
to end existence of
|
|
|
extirpate
|
to destroy
|
|
|
extol
|
to praise highly
|
|
|
extort
|
to obtain by violent threats
|
|
|
extralegal
|
outside the law
|
|
|
extricable
|
that can be freed
|
|
|
extrovert
|
cheerful person
|
|
|
exuberance
|
being full of life
|
|
|
facetious
|
funny
|
|
|
facile
|
easily done
|
|
|
fallacious
|
based on error
|
|
|
falter
|
to move in an uncertain manner
|
|
|
fatuous
|
foolish
|
|
|
fawn
|
young deer
|
|
|
feckless
|
lacking purpose
|
|
|
fecund
|
fertile
|
|
|
feint
|
to pretend
|
|
|
felicitous
|
apt
|
|
|
felon
|
person guilty of murder
|
|
|
ferment
|
substance become excited
|
|
|
ferocity
|
cruelty
|
|
|
ferret
|
search
|
|
|
fervid
|
showing earnest feeling
|
|
|
fervor
|
warmth of feelings
|
|
|
fetid
|
stinking
|
|
|
fetter
|
to shackle
|
|
|
feud
|
a bitter quarrel lasting long time
|
|
|
fidelity
|
loyalty
|
|
|
fidget
|
to move restlessly
|
|
|
figurehead
|
carved image on front of ship
|
|
|
finesse
|
dealing with situation delicately
|
|
|
finical
|
fussy about food and clothing
|
|
|
finicky
|
finical
|
|
|
fission
|
splitting
|
|
|
fixate
|
to stare at
|
|
|
flak
|
criticism
|
|
|
flamboyant
|
brightly colored
|
|
|
flaunting
|
showing off
|
|
|
flax
|
pale yellow
|
|
|
fledged
|
trained
|
|
|
fleet
|
group of quick-moving ships
|
|
|
flinch
|
to draw back
|
|
|
flop
|
to fall clumsily
|
|
|
florid
|
naturally red
|
|
|
flout
|
to reject
|
|
|
fluke
|
lucky streak
|
|
|
fluster
|
to make nervous
|
|
|
foible
|
defect of character
|
|
|
foil
|
to prevent from carrying out
|
|
|
foment
|
to lessen pain
|
|
|
foolproof
|
incapable of failure
|
|
|
foppish
|
pays extra attention to clothes
|
|
|
forage
|
food for horses and cattle
|
|
|
forbear
|
to refrain from
|
|
|
forbearance
|
patience
|
|
|
ford
|
shallow place in a river
|
|
|
forestall
|
to preempt
|
|
|
forfeit
|
to take loss willingly
|
|
|
forge
|
workshop for shaping of metal
|
|
|
forgery
|
counterfeit
|
|
|
forswear
|
to renounce
|
|
|
foster
|
to care for
|
|
|
fracas
|
noisy quarrel
|
|
|
fragile
|
easily broken
|
|
|
fragrant
|
sweet-smelling
|
|
|
frantic
|
wildly excited
|
|
|
frenetic
|
frantic
|
|
|
fret
|
to worry
|
|
|
fringe
|
edge
|
|
|
froward
|
stubborn
|
|
|
frugal
|
economical
|
|
|
fulmination
|
bitter protest
|
|
|
fulsome
|
disgusting
|
|
|
gainsay
|
to oppose
|
|
|
garble
|
to make unfair decision from facts
|
|
|
garment
|
article of clothing
|
|
|
garner
|
to gather
|
|
|
garrulity
|
talkativeness
|
|
|
garrulous
|
too talkative
|
|
|
gaucherie
|
socially awkward
|
|
|
germane
|
relevant
|
|
|
gist
|
general idea
|
|
|
glean
|
to gather facts
|
|
|
glib
|
smooth but not sincere
|
|
|
glimmer
|
unsteady light
|
|
|
gloat
|
to overlook selfishly
|
|
|
glut
|
to fill to excess
|
|
|
gnaw
|
to bite steadily
|
|
|
goad
|
to urge a person to action
|
|
|
gorge
|
to eat greedily
|
|
|
gossamer
|
soft light
|
|
|
gouge
|
tool for cutting grooves in wood
|
|
|
grandiloquent
|
using pompous words
|
|
|
grave
|
requiring consideration
|
|
|
graze
|
to touch lightly in passing
|
|
|
gregarious
|
living in societies
|
|
|
grievous
|
causing sadness
|
|
|
grovel
|
to humble oneself
|
|
|
guile
|
deceit
|
|
|
gullible
|
eager to believe
|
|
|
gush
|
to burst out suddenly
|
|
|
gust
|
sudden wind
|
|
|
hack
|
to cut roughly
|
|
|
halcyon
|
calm and peaceful
|
|
|
hallow
|
to consecrate
|
|
|
harangue
|
a long passionate speech
|
|
|
harbinger
|
something that foretells future
|
|
|
harrow
|
to distress
|
|
|
haughty
|
arrogant
|
|
|
heed
|
to give notice to
|
|
|
heinous
|
odious
|
|
|
heresy
|
belief opposite of normal
|
|
|
hermetic
|
sealed by fusion
|
|
|
heterogeneous
|
of different kinds
|
|
|
hew
|
to make by hard work
|
|
|
highbrow
|
with superior tastes
|
|
|
hirsute
|
hairy
|
|
|
hoax
|
a trick
|
|
|
hollow
|
nothing inside
|
|
|
holster
|
leather case for a pistol
|
|
|
homiletics
|
act of preaching
|
|
|
hone
|
to sharpen
|
|
|
hoodwink
|
to trick
|
|
|
hospitable
|
treating guests generously
|
|
|
hubris
|
arrogant pride
|
|
|
hush
|
to become silent
|
|
|
husk
|
worthless outside part
|
|
|
hypocrisy
|
falseness
|
|
|
iconoclast
|
one who attacks popular beliefs
|
|
|
idiosyncrasy
|
personal mannerism
|
|
|
idolatry
|
excessive admiration of
|
|
|
idyll
|
a carefree experience
|
|
|
ignoble
|
dishonorable
|
|
|
ignominious
|
shameful
|
|
|
illicit
|
unlawful
|
|
|
imbroglio
|
complicated situation
|
|
|
immaculate
|
faultless
|
|
|
imminent
|
likely to happen soon
|
|
|
immutable
|
cannot be changed
|
|
|
impair
|
to worsen
|
|
|
impassive
|
unmoved
|
|
|
impecunious
|
having little or no money
|
|
|
impede
|
to get in the way of
|
|
|
impediment
|
something that hinders
|
|
|
impending
|
likely to happen soon
|
|
|
imperative
|
essential
|
|
|
imperious
|
commanding
|
|
|
impermeable
|
cannot be permeated
|
|
|
imperturbable
|
incapable of being excited
|
|
|
impervious
|
cannot pass through
|
|
|
imperviousness
|
arrogant
|
|
|
impetuous
|
having sudden energy
|
|
|
impiety
|
lack of reverence
|
|
|
implacable
|
unpleasable
|
|
|
implicate
|
to involve incriminatingly
|
|
|
implicit
|
implied
|
|
|
implosion
|
collapse bursting inward
|
|
|
importune
|
to beg
|
|
|
imprecation
|
a curse
|
|
|
impromptu
|
without preparation
|
|
|
impudent
|
rash
|
|
|
impugned
|
challenged
|
|
|
impute
|
to ascribe
|
|
|
inadvertent
|
not paying proper attention
|
|
|
inane
|
silly
|
|
|
inasmuch
|
since
|
|
|
incense
|
to make angry
|
|
|
incessant
|
often repeated
|
|
|
inchoate
|
rudimentary
|
|
|
incipient
|
beginning
|
|
|
incise
|
to engrave
|
|
|
incite
|
to stir up
|
|
|
inclined
|
having a preference
|
|
|
incongruous
|
not in agreement
|
|
|
incorrigibility
|
cannot be corrected
|
|
|
incredulous
|
skeptical
|
|
|
inculcate
|
fix firmly by repetition
|
|
|
incumbents
|
official duties
|
|
|
incursion
|
a raid
|
|
|
indefatigability
|
not easily tired
|
|
|
indelible
|
cannot be rubbed out
|
|
|
indigence
|
poverty
|
|
|
indigenous
|
native
|
|
|
indistinct
|
not easily heard
|
|
|
indolence
|
laziness
|
|
|
indomitable
|
not easily discouraged
|
|
|
indulge
|
to gratify
|
|
|
indulgent
|
inclined to indulge
|
|
|
ineffable
|
cannot be described in words
|
|
|
ineluctable
|
inevitable
|
|
|
inept
|
unskillful
|
|
|
ineptitude
|
being unskillful
|
|
|
inferno
|
hell
|
|
|
infuriate
|
to anger
|
|
|
infuse
|
to pour
|
|
|
ingenuous
|
sincere
|
|
|
ingest
|
to take by swallowing
|
|
|
inimical
|
unfriendly
|
|
|
inimitable
|
cannot be imitated
|
|
|
innocuous
|
harmless
|
|
|
inscrutable
|
cannot be understood
|
|
|
insensible
|
unaffected
|
|
|
insinuate
|
to suggest unpleasantly
|
|
|
insipid
|
without taste or flavor
|
|
|
insouciant
|
carefree
|
|
|
insularity
|
narrow-mindedness
|
|
|
insurrection
|
rising of people
|
|
|
interdict
|
to prohibit
|
|
|
interim
|
as an installment
|
|
|
intersperse
|
to scatter
|
|
|
intransigence
|
stubborness
|
|
|
intransigent
|
uncompromising
|
|
|
intrepid
|
fearless
|
|
|
introspection
|
examining one's own thoughts
|
|
|
inundate
|
to flood
|
|
|
inured
|
adapted to
|
|
|
invective
|
abusive language
|
|
|
inveigh
|
to denounce
|
|
|
inveterate
|
long-established
|
|
|
invincible
|
cannot be defeated
|
|
|
involute
|
complex
|
|
|
irascible
|
irritable
|
|
|
irate
|
angry
|
|
|
ire
|
to anger
|
|
|
irksome
|
tiresome
|
|
|
irresolute
|
undecided
|
|
|
irrevocable
|
impossible to retract
|
|
|
itinerate
|
to travel from place to place
|
|
|
jabber
|
to talk excitedly
|
|
|
jibe
|
to make fun of
|
|
|
jocular
|
joking
|
|
|
judicious
|
sound in judgement
|
|
|
knit
|
draw together unite firmly
|
|
|
labyrinthine
|
high involved
|
|
|
lachrymose
|
causing tears
|
|
|
lackluster
|
dull
|
|
|
lament
|
to show great sorrow
|
|
|
lassitude
|
tiredness
|
|
|
latent
|
present but not active
|
|
|
laudatory
|
expressing praise
|
|
|
lavish
|
to give freely
|
|
|
legacy
|
something handed down
|
|
|
levee
|
formal reception
|
|
|
levity
|
lack of seriousness
|
|
|
libel
|
statement damaging reputation
|
|
|
liberality
|
generosity
|
|
|
libertine
|
immoral person
|
|
|
lien
|
legal claim until debt is repaid
|
|
|
limn
|
to portray
|
|
|
limp
|
walking unevenly
|
|
|
lionize
|
to treat as famous person
|
|
|
lithe
|
bending
|
|
|
loll
|
to sit in lazy way
|
|
|
lope
|
to move along with long strides
|
|
|
loquacious
|
garrulous
|
|
|
lucubrate
|
to write in scholarly fashion
|
|
|
luculent
|
easily understood
|
|
|
lugubrious
|
excessively sad
|
|
|
lull
|
to become quiet
|
|
|
lumber
|
to move clumsily
|
|
|
luminary
|
light-giving body
|
|
|
lurk
|
to be out of view ready to attack
|
|
|
lustrous
|
bright
|
|
|
macabre
|
gruesome
|
|
|
macerate
|
make soft by soaking in water
|
|
|
machination
|
scheme
|
|
|
maladroit
|
tactless
|
|
|
malapropism
|
misuse of a word
|
|
|
malevolence
|
wishing evil
|
|
|
malign
|
speak ill of somebody
|
|
|
malinger
|
to fake illness to shirk a duty
|
|
|
malleable
|
yielding
|
|
|
manacle
|
chains for hands or feet
|
|
|
massacre
|
killing of large number of people
|
|
|
matriculation
|
be admitted
|
|
|
maudlin
|
sentimental in silly way
|
|
|
maul
|
to hurt by rough handling
|
|
|
maverick
|
rebel
|
|
|
mellifluous
|
sweetly flowing
|
|
|
mendacity
|
dishonesty
|
|
|
mendicant
|
a beggar
|
|
|
mercurial
|
fleeting
|
|
|
meretricious
|
attractive only on surface
|
|
|
mesmerize
|
to hypnotize
|
|
|
meticulous
|
giving great attention to details
|
|
|
mettle
|
quality of endurance or courage
|
|
|
mettlesome
|
courageous
|
|
|
middling
|
averagely good
|
|
|
minatory
|
menacing
|
|
|
mince
|
to euphemize
|
|
|
misanthrope
|
person who hates mankind
|
|
|
mischievous
|
harmful
|
|
|
miser
|
person who spends little
|
|
|
misogynist
|
one who hates women
|
|
|
moderation
|
quality of being limited
|
|
|
mollify
|
to make calm
|
|
|
molt
|
to lose feathers
|
|
|
morbid
|
diseased
|
|
|
morose
|
unsocial
|
|
|
muffler
|
silencer
|
|
|
multifarious
|
varied
|
|
|
mundane
|
worldly
|
|
|
myriad
|
large number
|
|
|
nadir
|
lowest point
|
|
|
nascent
|
coming into existence
|
|
|
nebulous
|
vague
|
|
|
negligent
|
taking too little care
|
|
|
neophyte
|
recent convert to a belief
|
|
|
nexus
|
a connection
|
|
|
nibble
|
show some inclination to accept
|
|
|
noisome
|
offensive
|
|
|
nonchalant
|
cooly indifferent
|
|
|
nonplused
|
greatly surprised
|
|
|
nostrum
|
an untested cure
|
|
|
noxious
|
harmful
|
|
|
nugatory
|
worthless
|
|
|
obdurate
|
stubborn
|
|
|
obfuscate
|
to obscure
|
|
|
oblivious
|
unaware
|
|
|
obloquy
|
share criticism
|
|
|
obsequious
|
too eager to obey
|
|
|
obstreperous
|
noisy
|
|
|
obtain
|
to be established
|
|
|
obtrusive
|
noticeable
|
|
|
obtuse
|
stupid
|
|
|
obviate
|
to get rid of
|
|
|
occluded
|
blocked up
|
|
|
odious
|
repulsive
|
|
|
odium
|
aversion
|
|
|
odor
|
a smell
|
|
|
officious
|
too eager to give advice
|
|
|
ominous
|
threatening
|
|
|
onerous
|
burdensome
|
|
|
opaqueness
|
dullness
|
|
|
opprobrious
|
showing scorn
|
|
|
ossify
|
to turn into bone
|
|
|
ostensible
|
represented as such
|
|
|
ostentation
|
display to obtain admiration
|
|
|
ostracism
|
banished
|
|
|
overhaul
|
to examine thoroughly
|
|
|
overweening
|
arrogant
|
|
|
paean
|
song of praise
|
|
|
palate
|
sense of taste
|
|
|
palatial
|
magnificent
|
|
|
palliate
|
to lessen the severity of
|
|
|
palpability
|
can be felt understood
|
|
|
palpitate
|
to tremble
|
|
|
panegyric
|
eulogy
|
|
|
paradigm
|
a model
|
|
|
parenthesis
|
sentence within another
|
|
|
pariah
|
an outcast
|
|
|
parsimonious
|
miserly
|
|
|
partisan
|
one-sided
|
|
|
patron
|
regular customer
|
|
|
paucity
|
scarcity
|
|
|
peccadillo
|
small sin
|
|
|
pedantic
|
showing off learning
|
|
|
pedestrian
|
commonplace
|
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pellucid
|
easy to understand
|
|
|
penchant
|
strong inclination
|
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penitent
|
feeling regret
|
|
|
penurious
|
stingy
|
|
|
penury
|
extreme poverty
|
|
|
peregrination
|
wandering
|
|
|
peremptory
|
unchallengeable
|
|
|
perfidious
|
treacherous
|
|
|
perfidy
|
treachery
|
|
|
perfunctory
|
done as duty
|
|
|
perilous
|
dangerous
|
|
|
peripatetic
|
wandering
|
|
|
perish
|
to be destroyed
|
|
|
perjury
|
willful false statement
|
|
|
permeate
|
to spread
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|
|
pernicious
|
harmful
|
|
|
perpetrate
|
to commit a crime
|
|
|
personable
|
attractive
|
|
|
perspicacity
|
quick judging and understanding
|
|
|
pertain
|
to belong as a part of
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|
|
pest
|
person who is a nuisance
|
|
|
petrified
|
taken away power
|
|
|
petrify
|
to make hard
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|
|
petrous
|
like a rock
|
|
|
petulant
|
unreasonably impatient
|
|
|
philistine
|
ignorant person
|
|
|
phlegmatic
|
sluggish
|
|
|
picaresque
|
involving clever rogues
|
|
|
pied
|
of mixed colors
|
|
|
pinch
|
to take between thumb and finger
|
|
|
pine
|
to waste away from sorrow
|
|
|
pious
|
devoted to religion
|
|
|
piquant
|
stimulating
|
|
|
pique
|
to hurt the pride of
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|
|
pitfall
|
unsuspected danger
|
|
|
pith
|
essential part
|
|
|
pivotal
|
of great importance
|
|
|
placate
|
to soothe
|
|
|
plaintive
|
mournful
|
|
|
plaque
|
flate ornamented plate
|
|
|
platitude
|
trite statement
|
|
|
plea
|
to request
|
|
|
plead
|
to address a court for cause
|
|
|
plethora
|
an excess
|
|
|
pliant
|
easily bent
|
|
|
plod
|
continue to do without rest
|
|
|
pluck
|
to pull feathers off
|
|
|
plumb
|
get to the root of
|
|
|
plummet
|
to plunge steeply
|
|
|
plunge
|
to move suddenly
|
|
|
poignant
|
deeply moving
|
|
|
poncho
|
large piece of cloth
|
|
|
ponderous
|
heavy
|
|
|
portent
|
omen
|
|
|
precarious
|
dangerous
|
|
|
precepts
|
rules
|
|
|
preclude
|
prevent
|
|
|
precursory
|
anticipating
|
|
|
predilection
|
special liking
|
|
|
predominate
|
to have more power than others
|
|
|
preen
|
tidy
|
|
|
premature
|
happening before right time
|
|
|
preponderance
|
greatness in strength
|
|
|
presage
|
warning sign
|
|
|
presumption
|
arrogance
|
|
|
preternatural
|
not normal
|
|
|
prevalent
|
common
|
|
|
prevaricate
|
to lie
|
|
|
prim
|
formal
|
|
|
pristine
|
pure
|
|
|
probity
|
incorruptibility
|
|
|
proclivity
|
inclination
|
|
|
procrastination
|
putting off
|
|
|
prodigal
|
wasteful
|
|
|
prodigious
|
enormous
|
|
|
profane
|
having contempt for God
|
|
|
profligacy
|
shameless immorality
|
|
|
profligate
|
recklessly wasteful
|
|
|
profundity
|
depth
|
|
|
profuse
|
abundant
|
|
|
proliferate
|
to grow
|
|
|
prolix
|
tiring because too long
|
|
|
prone
|
inclined to
|
|
|
propagation
|
extending
|
|
|
propinquity
|
nearness in time
|
|
|
propitiatory
|
appeasing
|
|
|
propitious
|
auspicious
|
|
|
prosaic
|
mundane
|
|
|
proscribe
|
to denounce as dangerous
|
|
|
protracted
|
prolonged
|
|
|
provident
|
frugal
|
|
|
provisional
|
of present time
|
|
|
provoke
|
to make angry
|
|
|
prudence
|
careful forethought
|
|
|
prudish
|
easily shocked
|
|
|
prune
|
silly person
|
|
|
pry
|
inquire too much
|
|
|
pucker
|
wrinkle
|
|
|
pugnacious
|
inclined to fight
|
|
|
puissance
|
strength
|
|
|
punctilious
|
precise
|
|
|
pundit
|
pedant
|
|
|
pungency
|
sharpness
|
|
|
purvey
|
to provide supply
|
|
|
pusillanimous
|
craven
|
|
|
putrefaction
|
becoming rotten
|
|
|
pyre
|
large pile of wood for burning
|
|
|
quack
|
person who makes false claims
|
|
|
quaff
|
to drink deeply
|
|
|
quail
|
to lose courage
|
|
|
qualm
|
feeling of doubt
|
|
|
quandary
|
state of doubt
|
|
|
quell
|
to subdue
|
|
|
quibble
|
to try to avoid by sophistication
|
|
|
quiescence
|
motionless
|
|
|
quiescent
|
at rest
|
|
|
quirk
|
habit specific to someone
|
|
|
quixotic
|
generous
|
|
|
quotidian
|
banal
|
|
|
rabble
|
mob
|
|
|
raconteur
|
person who tells anecdotes
|
|
|
raffish
|
vulgar
|
|
|
ramify
|
to branch out
|
|
|
rancorous
|
feeling bitterness
|
|
|
rant
|
to use extravagant language
|
|
|
rapacious
|
greedy
|
|
|
rarefy
|
to make thin
|
|
|
rave
|
to act with excessive enthusiasm
|
|
|
reactionary
|
opposing progress
|
|
|
rebuff
|
to snub
|
|
|
recalcitrant
|
disobedient
|
|
|
recant
|
take back as being false
|
|
|
recast
|
to cast anew
|
|
|
recidivism
|
relapse into criminal behavior
|
|
|
reciprocity
|
mutual interchange of favors
|
|
|
recital
|
performance of music
|
|
|
recluse
|
person who lives alone
|
|
|
recompense
|
to award compensation to
|
|
|
reconcile
|
to restore peace
|
|
|
recondite
|
abstruse
|
|
|
recreancy
|
cowardice
|
|
|
recuperate
|
to become strong after illness
|
|
|
redeem
|
to compensate
|
|
|
redoubtable
|
causing fear
|
|
|
refine
|
to make pure
|
|
|
refractory
|
stubborn
|
|
|
refulgent
|
brilliant
|
|
|
regale
|
to delight
|
|
|
regicide
|
crime of killing a king
|
|
|
reiterate
|
to say again several times
|
|
|
rejuvenation
|
becoming young
|
|
|
relapse
|
to fall back again
|
|
|
remonstrate
|
to protest
|
|
|
render
|
to represent
|
|
|
renovate
|
to make new again
|
|
|
renowned
|
famous
|
|
|
repast
|
meal
|
|
|
repel
|
to refuse to accept
|
|
|
repine
|
to complain
|
|
|
reproach
|
to scold
|
|
|
reprobate
|
sinful person
|
|
|
repudiate
|
to disown
|
|
|
repulsive
|
causing a feeling of disgust
|
|
|
requite
|
to repay
|
|
|
rescind
|
to cancel
|
|
|
resigned
|
submissive
|
|
|
resilience
|
ability to recover original shape
|
|
|
resort
|
to frequently visit
|
|
|
restive
|
refusing to move
|
|
|
resuscitation
|
coming back to consciousness
|
|
|
retard
|
to hinder
|
|
|
reticent
|
reserved
|
|
|
revere
|
to have deep respect for
|
|
|
reverent
|
showing deep respect
|
|
|
riddle
|
puzzling person or thing
|
|
|
rift
|
to split
|
|
|
rivet
|
to fix
|
|
|
roll
|
calling of names
|
|
|
rotund
|
round
|
|
|
ruffian
|
violent cruel man
|
|
|
rumple
|
to make rough
|
|
|
sagacious
|
having sound judgement
|
|
|
salacious
|
obscene
|
|
|
salubrious
|
healthful
|
|
|
salutary
|
wholesome
|
|
|
sanctimony
|
hypocritical
|
|
|
sanction
|
approval
|
|
|
sanguine
|
cheerful
|
|
|
sanity
|
health of mind
|
|
|
sash
|
long strip worn round the waist
|
|
|
satiate
|
to satisfy
|
|
|
saturnine
|
gloomy
|
|
|
savant
|
person of great learning
|
|
|
savor
|
to enjoy flavor
|
|
|
sawdust
|
tiny bits of wood
|
|
|
scabbard
|
sheath for blade
|
|
|
scent
|
pleasant smell
|
|
|
scorch
|
to dry up
|
|
|
scribble
|
write hastily
|
|
|
scurvy
|
mean
|
|
|
secular
|
living outside monastery
|
|
|
sedulous
|
persevering
|
|
|
seminal
|
like a seed
|
|
|
sententious
|
full of proverbs
|
|
|
sequence
|
succession
|
|
|
sere
|
make hard
|
|
|
sermon
|
reproving a person for his faults
|
|
|
serrated
|
having a toothed edge
|
|
|
serration
|
having a toothed edge
|
|
|
servile
|
like a slave
|
|
|
sever
|
to break off
|
|
|
severance
|
cutting off
|
|
|
shallow
|
little depth
|
|
|
shard
|
piece of broken earthenware
|
|
|
sheath
|
cover for blad
|
|
|
shrewd
|
astute
|
|
|
shrill
|
piercing
|
|
|
shun
|
to keep away from
|
|
|
shunt
|
to evade by putting aside
|
|
|
sidestep
|
to step to side
|
|
|
simper
|
self-conscious smile
|
|
|
sinuous
|
winding
|
|
|
skiff
|
small boat
|
|
|
skit
|
short play
|
|
|
slack
|
sluggish
|
|
|
slake
|
to satisfy
|
|
|
slate
|
criticize
|
|
|
sluggard
|
lazy slow-moving person
|
|
|
slur
|
join words
|
|
|
smolder
|
burn slowly without fire
|
|
|
snare
|
to trap
|
|
|
snub
|
to treat with contempt
|
|
|
soar
|
to fly high
|
|
|
sober
|
self-controlled
|
|
|
sobriety
|
being self-controlled
|
|
|
sodden
|
soaked
|
|
|
soggy
|
heavy with water
|
|
|
solvent
|
something that dissolves
|
|
|
somatic
|
of the body
|
|
|
soot
|
black powder in smoke
|
|
|
sophisticated
|
complex
|
|
|
sophistry
|
fallacious
|
|
|
sophomoric
|
immature
|
|
|
soporific
|
producing sleep
|
|
|
sordid
|
wretched
|
|
|
spear
|
weapon with metal point
|
|
|
specious
|
deceiving
|
|
|
splenetic
|
irritable
|
|
|
splice
|
to join
|
|
|
sponge
|
live at another's expense
|
|
|
spurious
|
FALSE
|
|
|
spurn
|
to reject
|
|
|
squalid
|
dirty
|
|
|
squander
|
to spend wastefully
|
|
|
squat
|
to crouch
|
|
|
stanch
|
to stop the flow of a fluid
|
|
|
steeply
|
rising or falling sharply
|
|
|
stentorian
|
extremely loud
|
|
|
stickler
|
one who insists unyieldingly
|
|
|
stigma
|
mark of shame
|
|
|
stigmatize
|
describe scornfully
|
|
|
sting
|
something sharp
|
|
|
stingy
|
spending unwillingly
|
|
|
stint
|
to be thrifty
|
|
|
stipple
|
to paint with dots
|
|
|
stipulate
|
to state as necessary condition
|
|
|
stolid
|
showing no emotion
|
|
|
stray
|
to wander
|
|
|
streak
|
to move very fast
|
|
|
striated
|
striped
|
|
|
stride
|
to walk with long steps
|
|
|
strut
|
a supporting bar
|
|
|
stygian
|
gloomy
|
|
|
stymie
|
to hinder
|
|
|
subdue
|
bring under control
|
|
|
sublime
|
astounding
|
|
|
submerge
|
to put under water
|
|
|
suborn
|
to induce by bribery
|
|
|
subpoena
|
written order to appear in court
|
|
|
substantiation
|
giving facts to support
|
|
|
subsume
|
include under a rule
|
|
|
succor
|
relief in time of distress
|
|
|
suffice
|
to meet needs
|
|
|
suffocate
|
to cause difficulty breathing
|
|
|
sullied
|
to be stained
|
|
|
summarily
|
without delay
|
|
|
sumptuous
|
magnificent
|
|
|
sundry
|
miscellaneous
|
|
|
supercilious
|
disdainful
|
|
|
superfluous
|
more than needed
|
|
|
superimpose
|
to put on top
|
|
|
supersede
|
to take place of
|
|
|
supine
|
lying on back
|
|
|
suppliant
|
asking humbly
|
|
|
supplicate
|
to make humble petition to
|
|
|
suppress
|
to put an end to
|
|
|
surcharge
|
additional charge
|
|
|
surfeit
|
feet to fullness
|
|
|
susceptibility
|
sensitivity
|
|
|
swerve
|
to change direction suddenly
|
|
|
sycophant
|
person who flatters to the rich
|
|
|
synopsis
|
summary
|
|
|
taciturn
|
untalkative
|
|
|
tadpole
|
frog in early stage of development
|
|
|
talon
|
claw of a bird of prey
|
|
|
tamp
|
to drive down with repeated blows
|
|
|
tamper
|
to interfere with
|
|
|
tangential
|
suddenly changeable
|
|
|
tarnished
|
lost brightness
|
|
|
tassel
|
bunch of threads
|
|
|
taunt
|
to reproach
|
|
|
taut
|
tight
|
|
|
tautology
|
redundancy
|
|
|
tawdry
|
gawdy
|
|
|
teetotal
|
opposed to alcohol
|
|
|
temerity
|
boldness
|
|
|
temperance
|
moderation
|
|
|
temperate
|
showing self-control
|
|
|
tenacity
|
firmness
|
|
|
tenuous
|
insubstantial
|
|
|
tepid
|
lukewarm
|
|
|
terse
|
brief and to the point
|
|
|
testiness
|
irritated
|
|
|
thrift
|
economy
|
|
|
thwart
|
frustrate
|
|
|
timid
|
shy
|
|
|
timorous
|
fearful
|
|
|
toady
|
obsequious flatterer
|
|
|
tonic
|
something giving strength
|
|
|
topple
|
to make unsteady and overturn
|
|
|
torment
|
severe pain
|
|
|
torpid
|
sluggish
|
|
|
torque
|
twisting force
|
|
|
tortuous
|
devious
|
|
|
tout
|
to solicit customers
|
|
|
tractable
|
easily controlled
|
|
|
transgress
|
to beyond limit
|
|
|
transient
|
fleeting
|
|
|
transitory
|
brief
|
|
|
travesty
|
parody
|
|
|
trenchant
|
vigorous
|
|
|
trepidation
|
fear
|
|
|
trickle
|
to flow in drops
|
|
|
trifling
|
unimportant
|
|
|
trite
|
common
|
|
|
truce
|
agreement to stop fighting
|
|
|
truculence
|
ferocity
|
|
|
trudge
|
to walk heavily
|
|
|
turbid
|
muddy
|
|
|
turbulence
|
being uncontrolled
|
|
|
turgid
|
bloated
|
|
|
turmoil
|
disturbance
|
|
|
turpitude
|
wickedness
|
|
|
turquoise
|
greenish-blue precious stone
|
|
|
tyro
|
beginner
|
|
|
ubiquitous
|
to annoy
|
|
|
ulterior
|
situated beyond
|
|
|
umbrage
|
offense
|
|
|
uncouth
|
awkward
|
|
|
underbid
|
make a lower bid
|
|
|
undermine
|
to weaken
|
|
|
undulate
|
to fluctuate
|
|
|
unearth
|
to discover
|
|
|
unencumbered
|
easy-going
|
|
|
unfeigned
|
sincere
|
|
|
unscathed
|
unharmed
|
|
|
untoward
|
inconvenient
|
|
|
upbraid
|
to scold
|
|
|
urbane
|
elegant
|
|
|
vacillation
|
being uncertain
|
|
|
vagary
|
strange act
|
|
|
vain
|
conceited
|
|
|
valiant
|
brave
|
|
|
valorous
|
brave
|
|
|
vanquish
|
to conquer
|
|
|
veer
|
to change direction
|
|
|
venal
|
capable of betraying honor
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veneer
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covering true nature
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veneration
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regarding with deep respect
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veracity
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truth
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verdant
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fresh and green
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verisimilitude
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appearing real
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veritable
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rightly named
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verve
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spirit
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vestige
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trace
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vex
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to annoy
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vigilance
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watchfulness
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vigilant
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member of a vigilance committee
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vigorous
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energetic
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vilify
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to slander
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vindictive
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having a desire to revenge
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virago
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a loud domineering woman
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visceral
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of the internal organs
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viscous
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semi-fluid
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vitiate
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to lower quality of
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vituperate
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abuse in words
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vivacious
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lively
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volatile
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fickle
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volubility
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verbosity
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voluble
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fluent
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waffle
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to talk vaguely
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waft
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to send floating through air
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wag
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merry person
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warmonger
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person who stirs up war
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warrant
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written order
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wean
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to turn away
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weigh
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to measure how heavy
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welter
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confusion
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wend
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to proceed
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whimsical
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full of odd and fanciful ideas
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wince
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to show pain
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woo
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to try to win
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writ
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written order
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yarn
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story
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