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Engender

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Cause, create, encourage

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Pervasive

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Common, widely found

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Exhaustive

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Comprehensive

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Unpalatable

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Bad/ yucky tasting

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Palatable

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pleasant to taste

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pallet

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wooden mattress/cart

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ameliorate

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to make a bad situation better

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exacerbate

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to make a bad situation worse

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mitigate

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to make a bad situation less bad

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assuage

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to reassure, to make an unpleasant feeling less bad

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monetize

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to turn something into money

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augment

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to make something better

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tenuous

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insubstantial

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abate

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reduce/lessen

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abase

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to reduce/ lessen

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abdicate

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to give up a position of power/leadership

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abduct

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kidnap

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aberration

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differ from the norm

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abet

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encourage/aid/help

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abhor

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detest/hate

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abide

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put up with/remain

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abject

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pitiful/wretched

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abjure

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reject/renounce

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abnegation

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denial of comfort to oneself

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abort

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give up on something half finished

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abridge

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cut down/shorten

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abrogate

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abolish

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abscond

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sneak away

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absolution

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freedom from blame or guilt

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abstain

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restrain

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abstruse

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hard to comprehend

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accede

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agree

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accentuate

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highlight/ to stress