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200 Cards in this Set
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manifest
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visible; evident
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conventional
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common; customary; unexceptional
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partisan
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one who supports a particular person, cause, or idea
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contentious
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argumentative; quarrelsome
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lament
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to mourn
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allusion
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an indirect reference to something else, especially something in literature; a hint
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arbiter
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one who decides; a judge
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inherent
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part of the essential nature of something; intrinsic
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paradox
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a true statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems to contradict itself; an untrue statement or phenomenon that nonetheless seems logical
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cynic
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one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes people are motivated only by selfishness
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exposition
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expounding or explaining; explanatory treatise
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consensus
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unanimity or near unanimity
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comprehensive
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covering or including everything
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sagacious
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wise; possessing wisdom derived from experience or learning
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precipitate
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to cause to happen abruptly
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pervade
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to spread throughout
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discourse
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to converse; to formally discuss a subject
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conjure
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to summon or bring into being as if by magic
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sanction
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authorize or approve; ratify or confirm
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genial
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cheerful and pleasant; friendly; helpful
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indulgent
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lenient; yielding to desire
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inert
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inactive; sluggish; not reacting chemically
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levee
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an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river
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erratic
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unpredictable or wandering
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luminous
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giving off light; glowing; bright
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abstinent
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abstaining; voluntarily not doing something
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placid
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pleasantly calm; peaceful
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exuberant
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extremely joyful or vigorous; profuse in growth
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impede
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to hinder; to obstruct; to slow something down
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permeate
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to spread or seep through; to penetrate
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audacity
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boldness; reckless daring; impertinence
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indignant
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angry, especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy
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implicit
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implied rather than expressly stated
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renaissance/ renascence
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a rebirth or revival
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superfluous
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extra; unnecessary
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litigate
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to try in court; to engage in legal proceedings
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vex
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to annoy; to pester; to confuse
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anomaly
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an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation
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bereave
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to deprive or leave desolate, especially through death
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connoisseur
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an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste
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corroborate
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to confirm; to back up with evidence
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frenetic
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frantic; frenzied
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polemic
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a powerful argument made in refutation of something
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synthesis
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the combining of parts to form a whole
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feasible
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able to be done
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forbear
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to refrain from; to abstain
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genre
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an artistic class or category
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vindicate
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to clear from all blame or suspicion
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conciliatory
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making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill
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squalid
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filthy; repulsive; wretched; degraded
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inept
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clumsy; incompetent
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mandatory
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authoritatively ordered or commanded; necessary
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disseminate
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to scatter or spread widely
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eclectic
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choosing the best from many sources; drawn from many sources
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idyllic
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charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful
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pristine
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original; unspoiled; pure
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prodigy
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an extremely talented child; an extraordinary accomplishment or occurrence
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frugal
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economical; penny-pinching
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qualify
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to modify or restrict
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decorous
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in good taste; orderly
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infer
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to conclude; to deduce
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ostentatious
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excessively conspicuous; showing off
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pathology
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the science of diseases; any deviation from a healthy, normal condition
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plumb
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to measure the depth of something
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spurious
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doubtful; bogus; false
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subjugate
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to subdue and dominate; to enslave
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visionary
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a dreamer; someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future
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reciprocal
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mutual; shared; interchangeable
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antipathy
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firm dislike; dislike; hatred
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dissonant
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inharmonious; in disagreement
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palliate
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to hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies
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substantive
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having substance; real; essential; solid; substantial
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surreptitious
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sneaky; secret
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equivocal
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ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way
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flippant
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frivolously shallow and disrespectful
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impervious
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not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable
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judicious
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exercising sound judgment
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laconic
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using few words, especially to the point of being rude
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piquant
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pungent
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satiric
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using sarcasm or irony
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sullen
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gloomy or dismal
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tacit
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implied; not spoken
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tractable
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easily managed or controlled; obedient
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impromtu
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without preparation; on the spur of the moment
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parallel
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a comparison made between two things
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sterile
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unimaginative; unfruitful; infertile
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debauchery
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corruption by sensuality; intemperance; wild living
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deleterious
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harmful
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disinterested
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unbiased
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fecund
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fertile; productive
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hermetic
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impervious to external influence; airtight
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salubrious
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promoting health
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foster
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to promote the growth or development of
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transitory
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not staying for a long time; temporary
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cacophony
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a harsh-sounding mixture of words, voices, or sounds
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goad
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to urge forcefully; to taunt someone into doing something
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implement
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to carry out
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ingenuous
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unwarily simple; candid; naive
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malleable
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easy to shape or bend
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pungent
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forceful; sharp or biting to the taste or smell
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savor
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to linger on the taste or smell of something
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correlate
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to find or show the relationship of two things
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facetious
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humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous
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kinship
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natural or family relationship
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petulant
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rude; cranky; ill tempered
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rampart
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a fortification; a bulwark or defense
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temerity
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boldness; recklessness; audacity
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truculent
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savagely brutal; aggressively hostile
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incisive
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cutting right to the heart of the matter
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aberration
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something not typical; a deviation from the standard
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abstemious
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sparing or moderate, especially in eating and drinking
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alacrity
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cheerful readiness; liveliness or eagerness
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allocate
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to distribute; assign; allot
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arid
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extremely dry; unimaginative; dull
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beget
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to cause or produce; to engender
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conundrum
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a puzzle; a riddle
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debacle
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violent breakdown; sudden overthrow
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doggerel
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comic, loose verse
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exorbitance
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an exceedingly large amount
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garrulous
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extremely chatty or talkative; wordy or diffuse
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intransigent
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uncompromising; stubborn
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maverick
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a nonconformist; a rebel
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turpitude
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shameful wickedness or depravity
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axiom
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a self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying
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beneficent
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doing good
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capricious
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unpredictable; likely to change at any moment
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circumlocution
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an indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language
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impugn
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to attack, especially to attack the truth or integrity of something
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incursion
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a hostile invasion
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invective
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insulting or abusive language
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placate
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to pacify; to appease; to soothe
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temperament
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one's disposition or character
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antiseptic
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free from germs; exceptionally clean
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lax
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not strict or firm; careless or negligent; loose or slack
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accolade
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an award or honor; high praise
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assiduous
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hardworking; busy; diligent
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brook
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to bear or tolerate; to put up with something
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desiccate
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to dry out
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erudite
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scholarly; deeply learned
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flag
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to weaken; to slow down
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impudent
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bold; impertinent
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baleful
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menacing; harmful
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divergent
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differing in opinion; deviating
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effluvium
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a disagreeable or noxious vapor; an escaping gas
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evanescent
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vanishing or fading; scarcely perceptible
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exigent
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demanding prompt action; urgent
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exonerate
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to free completely from blame
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flaunt
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to show off; to display ostentatiously
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improvident
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lacking prudent foresight; careless
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ineluctable
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inescapable; unavoidable
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing
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oscillate
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to swing back and forth; to fluctuate
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ossify
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to convert into bone; to become rigid
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probity
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integrity; uprightness; honesty
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proselytize
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to convert someone from one religion or doctrine to another; to recruit converts to a religion or doctrine
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pundit
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a learned person; an expert in a particular field
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recondite
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hard to understand; over one's head
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spendthrift
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extravagant or wasteful, especially with money
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vacuous
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lacking ideas or intelligence
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coda
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a passage concluding a composition (in music)
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penchant
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strong taste or liking
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abstruse
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hard to understand or grasp
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congnizant
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perceptive; observant
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gainsay
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to deny; to speak or act against
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garner
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to gather and store
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obdurate
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stubborn; inflexible
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propinquity
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nearness
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ribald
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vulgar or indecent speech or language, as in a ribald joke
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siuous
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having many curves
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veracity
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truthfulness
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chronology
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an order of events from earliest to latest
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economical
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frugal; thrifty
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conjoin
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to join or act together
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panegyric
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lofty praise
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pedagogue
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a strict, overly, academic teacher
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reprobate
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a wicked, sinful, depraved person
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untoward
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unfavorable or unfortunate; improper
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welter
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a confused mass; a commotion or turmoil
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inchoate
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just beginning; not organized or orderly
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problematic
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doubtful or questionable
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timbre
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the quality of a sound independent of pitch and loudness
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disavow
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to deny
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gerrymander
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to divide a state or county into election districts to gain political advantage
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repugnant
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distasteful or offensive
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taut
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tightly drawn, as a rope; emotionally tense
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cajole
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to deceptively persuade someone to do something he or she doesn't want to do
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discomfit
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to confuse, deject, frustrate, deceive
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accrete
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to increase by growth or addition
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contumacious
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stubbornly rebellious or disobedient
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fulsome
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disgusting or repulsive
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homeostasis
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the tendency of an organic system to maintain internal stability
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hone
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to sharpen
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insolvent
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unable to pay one's bills
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ligneous
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woodlike
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motility
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spontaneous movement
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munificent
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very generous; lavish
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neophyte
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a beginner
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rivet
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to fix one's attention on
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saturnine
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a sluggish, gloomy temperament
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viscous
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thick and sticky
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