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1
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Ramification

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A complex or unwelcome consequence

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Spiral

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A continuous twist or action

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Iron Out

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Completely end sth by solving issues

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Aced out

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To defeat others in a competition or do better than others

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5
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Pagan

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Who holds religious beliefs different from other main world religions

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Fast

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Firm

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Layer After Layer

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Disclosing

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Incinerated

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Burnt

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Irksome

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Irritating

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Splurge

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Spend money freely

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Cynic

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Who questions whether something will happen or it is worthy

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Dash

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In hurry or a glimpse

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Heretic

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Who had dissenting opinions and beliefs

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14
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Crusading

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Lead our take part in religious political or social campaign

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Wacky

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Funny or amusing in an odd way

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Burgeon

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Grow or flourish rapidly

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Aggrandize

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Increase in power status or wealth, to enhance sth

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18
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Heckle

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Interrupt a public speaker with derisive or aggressive comments

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Circumvent

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Find a way around an obstacle

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Circumspect

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Wary ans unwilling to take risks

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Circumscribe

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Restrict sth within limits

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Concord

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Agreement or harmony between ppl or groups

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Pathos

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Evoking sadness or pity

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Refrain

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To hold back

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Analogue

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Relating to a variable physical quantity like voltage, spatial position, etc

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Curt

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Rude and short reply

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27
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Cusp

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Pointed end where two curves meet

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28
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Nimbly

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Quickly

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29
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Exacerbate

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To make sth worse

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30
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Archaic

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Ancient

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31
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Horde

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Large group of people

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32
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Prosaic

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Dull, common, unimaginative

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33
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Sagacious

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Wise

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34
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Smugness

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An excessive feeling of self satisfaction

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35
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Blitz

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Sudden intensive military attack

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Stark

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Severe, harsh, bare In appearance

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37
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Topple

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Remove a govt or person from power

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38
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Contrive

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To create through intelligence or invention

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39
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Pensive

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In deep or melancholic mood, to be lost in thoughts

40
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Convulsive

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Having convulsions, involuntary muscle movements

41
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Convoluted

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Complex or difficult

42
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Creche

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Nursery where babies and young children are cared for during the working day

43
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Hutch

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Box or cage with a wire mesh front, esp, for rabbits and other small domesticated animals

44
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Exonerated

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say officially that somebody was not responsible for something bad that happened, free

45
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Gregarious

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Sociable

46
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Abdicating

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Renounce the throne.

*Renounce’ means stopping to do something, or it can also mean refusing to claim something, while, ‘denounce’ means attacking something/someone officially.

47
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Ephemeral

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Momentary, lasting for very short period of time

48
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Inept

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Clumsy, having or showing no skill

49
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Indelible

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that cannot be removed or washed out

50
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Racket

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loud noise
शोरग़ुल, हल्‍ला

51
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Rake

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Device used to remove dead leaves

52
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Put on

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Wear

53
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Put out

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Extinguish

54
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Put away

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Keep aside or store away

55
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Cut over

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From old to new, transition

56
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Cut back

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Reduce sth

57
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Puny

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Inferior in size or strength

58
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Accost

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to go up and talk to a stranger in a way that is rude or frightening

59
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Delude

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to make somebody believe something that is not true

60
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Taxiing

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used about an aircraft) to move slowly along the ground before or after flying

61
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Emend

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make corrections and revisions to (a text).

62
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Amend

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to change something slightly in order to make it better

63
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Taken to

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to start to like someone or something, to get addicted

64
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Cortege

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line of cars or people moving along slowly at a funeral (= ceremony for a dead person)

65
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Cache

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a hidden store of things such as weapons

66
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Caucus

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​a meeting of the members or leaders of a political party to choose candidates or to decide policy; the members or leaders of a political party as a group

67
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Clique

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small group of people who spend their time together and do not allow others to join them

68
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Anorexia

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mental illness causing somebody to control the amount of food they eat in an extreme way that leads to dangerous weight loss, usually because they have an intense fear of getting fat and believe they are fat when they are not

69
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Acrophobia

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Fear of height

70
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Algophobia

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Fear of pain

71
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Infirmary

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special room in a school, prison, etc. for people who are ill
the college infirmary

72
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Lair

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​a place where a wild animal sleeps or hides

73
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Termagant

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an offensive word for a woman who is thought to be very strict or trying in an unpleasant way to tell people what to do

74
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Scullery

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small room next to the kitchen in an old house, originally used for washing dishes, etc.

75
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Scourge

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usually singular] scourge (of somebody/something) (formal) a person or thing that causes trouble, difficulty or mental pain

76
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Deprecate

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deprecate something (formal) to feel and express strong disapproval of something

77
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Devious

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behaving in a dishonest or indirect way, or tricking people, in order to get something

78
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Welter

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welter of something a large and confusing amount of something

79
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Elude

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elude somebody/something to manage to avoid or escape from somebody/something, especially in a clever way

80
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Robust

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Tough strong healthy

81
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Overt

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done in an open way and not secretly
There was little overt support for the project

82
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Equivocate

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talk about something in a way that is deliberately not clear in order to avoid or hide the truth

83
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Scamper

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adv./prep. (especially of children or small animals) to move quickly with short light steps

84
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Dossier

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a collection of documents that contain information about a person, an event or a subjectSYNONYMfile

toassemble/compile a dossier

85
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Portfolio

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thin flat case used for carrying documents, drawings, etc.
(Usually of artists)

86
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Philatelist

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person who collects or studies stamps

87
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Cartographer

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​a person who draws or makes maps

88
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Woe

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the troubles and problems that somebody has
financial woes

89
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Majesty

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Having or showing impressive beauty

90
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Apprehension

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uncountable, countable] worry or fear that something unpleasant may happen

the act of capturing or arresting somebody, usually by the police

91
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Renegade

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person who opposes and lives outside a group or society that they used to belong to

92
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Tyrannical

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using power or authority over people in an unfair and cruel way

93
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Accent

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a way of pronouncing the words of a language that shows which country, area or social class a person comes from; how well somebody pronounces a particular language

the emphasis that you should give to part of a word when saying

94
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Accent

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a way of pronouncing the words of a language that shows which country, area or social class a person comes from; how well somebody pronounces a particular language

the emphasis that you should give to part of a word when saying

95
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Highwayman

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Robber

96
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Docility

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the fact of being quiet and easy to control,

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