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141 Cards in this Set
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conjecture
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guessworks; hypothesis
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insinuate
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imply stealthily
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ascertain
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to find out; to investigate
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disseminate
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to spread out; to scatter
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perspicacious
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clear-sighted
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pragmatic
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practical
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precocious
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unusually early intellectual maturity
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prospectus
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formal proposal
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disaffected
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lost of faith or belief
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inscrutable
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difficult to understand; elusive
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reticent
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keep silent
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staid
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stoic, showing no emotion
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arcane
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only know by a few
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autonomy
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independence
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gaffe
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a faux pas; a small social error
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insular
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isolated
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potentate
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monarch; the one who has power to control all
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castigate
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to scold
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relinquish
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to retire from; to give up
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vituperative
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abusive criticizing
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indict
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to prosecute; to charge someone a crime
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rectitude
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lax in attending to duty; not doing what they are supposed to do
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sanctimonious
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fake or feigning righteousness
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scrupulous
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conscience; having a strong sense of what is right and wrong
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substantiate
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to support with evidence
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veracity
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truthfulness
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vindicate
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exonerate
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cajole
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to persuade by flattery
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chicanery
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trickery
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sycophant
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obsequious flatterer; a person who sucks up a lot
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eminent
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distinguished
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extol
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to praise highly
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laudatory
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full of praise
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magnanimous
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courageous and generous noble in mind and heart
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reciprocate
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to give something in return; to respond in kind
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quell
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to put down forcefully; suppress
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squelch
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to crush by trampling; to squash
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supplant
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to usurp or invade the place, especially through intrigue (trickery) tactics
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stymie
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to thwart
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deride
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to mock or ridicule contemptuously;
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disparage
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to belittle; abase
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effrontery
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shameless; impudent or brazen boldness
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ignominy
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great personal humiliation; shameful and disgraceful conduct
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insolence
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contemptuously rude
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pejorative (adj.)
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disparaging; belittling, insulting
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vindicative
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dispose to seek revenge
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bombastic
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given pompous (pretentious) speech or writing
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ebullience
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intense enthusiasm; effervescence
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flagrant
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extremely noticeable; shocking
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gratuitous
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given freely; unnecessary
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penchant
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strong liking
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redundant
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needlessly repetitive
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amalgam
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a combination of different elements
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inundate
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to overwhelm as if a flood
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cathartic
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relaxing after an emotional outburst
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curative
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able to cure
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palliative
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to relive symtoms of a disease/disorder without using a cure
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therapeutic
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having the power of healing
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epitome
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an example of a type
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felicitous
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apt; appropriate (貼切)
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belie
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to misrepresent, disguise, feign
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debunk
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to expose untruth
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dubious
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doubtful
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duplicitous
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deliberately deceptive
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fabricate
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to make up something
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impetuous
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suddenly energetic or emotional
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vacillate
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to sway from one side to the other (usually ideas)
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subterfuge
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a deceptive strategy or device
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surreptitious
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secretive; sneaky
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modicum (n)
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a small amount
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paucity
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smallness in number
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squander
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to spend money wastefully
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diligent
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hardworking; painstaking effort
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mercenary
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motivated solely by money or material gain
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obstinate
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stubbornly attached to an opinion
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tenacity
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persistence
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vigilant
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on the alert; watchful
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extraneous
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inessential
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juxtapose
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place side by side (especially for comparison)
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novel
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fresh; original; new
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superfluous
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extra; unnecessary
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synergy
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the combined action (i.e. the synergy of hydrogen and oxygen is water)
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dirge
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a funeral lament or hymn (a holy poem)
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eclectic (adj.)
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variety of sources of styles
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incongruous
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lack of harmony
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sonorous
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deep loud continuous sound
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strident
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harsh and loud
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debacle
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disastrous or ludicrous failure
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tumultuous
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loud and noisy
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anachronistic
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happening in the wrong time period
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archaic
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characteristic of an earlier time
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dilatory
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habitually late
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ephemeral
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lasting only for a short time
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redolent
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aromatic
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onerous
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burdensome; troublesome
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portent
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indication of something important is about to occur
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prescience
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foreknowledge; foresight
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austere
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without decoration
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banel
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drearily common place; predictable
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insipid
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uninteresting; unchallenging; lacking taste or savor (which also mean taste)
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prosaic
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dull; unimaginative
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soporific (adj.)
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inducing sleepiness
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vapid
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lacking of liveliness, interest; dull
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brevity
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briefness
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expedient
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more appropriate for a purpose; speedy
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augment
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to make greater in quantities, size, or extent
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bolster
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support; back up
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burgeon
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to grow; flourish
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copious
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large quantities
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distend
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expend from internal pressure (when overly full)
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redouble
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to make twice as great
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scintillating
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brilliant
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demure
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humble; reserved; modest
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diffidence
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timidity or shyness
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innocuous
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harmless
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placid
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calm or quiet
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quiescent
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quiet; at rest; inactive
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concord
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agreement; contract
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concur
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agree
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dogmatic
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stubbornly attached to a belief
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fastidious
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carefully attend to detail; hard to please (挑剔)
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intransigent
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refusal to compromise
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jocular
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characterized by joking
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meticulous
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extremely careful and precise
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affable
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easy-going
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alacrity
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eagerness
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benign
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kind and gentle
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sanguine
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optimistic
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belligerent
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eager to fight
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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deleterious
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have harmful effect
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flippant
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disrespectfully humorous
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insolent
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insulting in manner
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nefarious
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vicious
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rancorous
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marked by bitter (relationship)
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supercilious
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disdainful; haughty; arrogant
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repugnant
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arousing disguise; offensive or repulsive
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invocation
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a call from higher class for assistance or support
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stratify
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separate into layer
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variegated
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varied in color;
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verdant
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green with vegetation (i.e. the garden is verdant)
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