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Adhere

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To stick, to follow through

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Accessible

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Easy to approach obtain or use

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Alienate

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To create hostility or indifference

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Animated

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Lively and spirited

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Apt

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Intelligent

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Arbitrate

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To Judge or decide

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Atypical

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Not typical

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Audible

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Able to be heard

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Aversion

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Feeling of intense dislike

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Avert

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Turn away or prevent

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Awestruck

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Filled with an overwhelming feeling of wonder

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Baffle

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To confuse or puzzle

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Caricature

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Representation of a person that is exaggerated for comical effect

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Catastrophic

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Extremely harmful or disastrous

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Circumscribed

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Restricted

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Clarity

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Clearness

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Commemorate

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Honor the memory of with a ceremony or memorial

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Concord

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Agreement

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Conducive

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Favorable; contributing to

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Conformity

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Behavior that agrees with the standards

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Consensus

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Agreement reached by a group as a whole

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Console

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To give support and comfort during sadness and disappointment

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Curative

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Tending to cure or restore to health

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Decisive

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Deciding without dispute or hesitation

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Defer

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To delay or postpone

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Deliberate

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To carefully consider

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Demeanor

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Behavior

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Derivative

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Something that came from an original

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Detract

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To take away

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Devoid

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Completely wanting or lacking

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Diplomatic

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Skillful in handling sensitive situations

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Discredit

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To cause to be distrusted or disbelieved

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Discreet

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Careful or moderate

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Discrepancy

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A difference or inconsistency

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Disgruntled

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A state of sulky dissatisfaction

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Dispel

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To drive away

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Disperse

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To scatter spread or drive away

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Divert

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To turn away from a course

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Domestic

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Relating to the home or relating to the home country

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Encompass

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To surround or include

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Esteemed

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Highly respected

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Estrangement

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Separation resulting from hostility

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Eulogy

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Formal expression of praise

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Extravagant

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Excessively high or expensive

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Fabricated

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Constructed to deceive

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Fallible

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Capable of making a mistake

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Feasible

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Possible

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Fortify

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To make stronger

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Humble

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Not arrogant or prideful; modest

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Humility

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The condition of not being arrogant or prideful; the quality of being humble

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Idealism

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The practice of seeing things in an ideal form

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Illusory

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Creating illusions; deceiving

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Inconsequential

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Not important

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Ingenious

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Clever and inventive

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Inhibit

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To limit; to hold back

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Innovative

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Creative or the condition of being something new and unseen

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Inquisitive

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Showing curiosity; asking questions

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Interrogate

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To question

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Intuitive

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Knowing through feelings rather than from reasoning or observation

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Invigorate

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To give life or energy to

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Legitimate

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Lawful; In Accordance with accepted standards; genuine

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Longevity

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Length of life

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Mandate

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To require

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Mediocre

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Moderate to inferior in quality

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Melodrama

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An exaggerated drama

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Monarch

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A ruler such as a king or queen

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Nonchalant

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Coolly casual and unconcerned

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Opaque

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Not clear; not allowing light to pass through

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Opportune

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Favorable or happening at a favorable time

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Ornamentation

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Decoration

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Pacify

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To calm; to bring peace

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Parasite

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Something or someone who attaches to another being for personal gain

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Periphery

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The outside boundary

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Popularize

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To Make popular

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Prolong

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To lengthen in time

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Prophetic

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Predictive of future events

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Protagonist

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The main character in a fictional work

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Quantitative

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Relating to the measurement of quantity

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Redundant

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Having ideas that are repeated unnecessarily

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Reminiscence

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Recalling of the past; memory

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Remorse

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Feelin of deep regret

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Renown

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Fame

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Resolute

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Firm ad determined

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Scarce

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Lacking in supply

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Sentimental

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Characterized by tender feelings

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Serene

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Calm and peaceful

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Speculative

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Based on careful consideration or contemplation rather than fact

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Stifle

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To stop or hold back

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Susceptible

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Easily affected

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Tedious

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Long boring tiring

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Therapeutic

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Tending to cure or restore to health

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Thwart

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To hinder or prevent

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Tranquil

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Calm and peaceful

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Treacherous

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Untrustworthy or unstable

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Turmoil

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A scene of great commotion confusion and disorder

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Vengeance

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The act of taking revenge

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Vigilant

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On the lookout for possible danger

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Vulgar

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Tastefully indecent

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Warrant

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To authorize or justify

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Weary

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Tired

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