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a person who makes plans for buildings and other structures; a maker; a creator
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architect
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having two wives or two husbands at the same time
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BIGAMY
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bring before a court; follow up; carry on
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PROSECUTE
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a breakdown; to fall in; break down; fail suddenly; fold together
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COLLAPSE
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jealousy; the object of jealousy; to feel jealous
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ENVY`
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a very poor person
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PAUPER
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CALAMITY
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a great misfortune; serious trouble
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A RUNAWAY
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FUGITIVE
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the trunks and suitcases a person takes when he or she travels; an army’s equipment
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BAGGAGE
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spend foolishly; waste
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SQUANDER
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MATRIMONY
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married life; ceremony of marriage
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outside one’s country; going around; far and wide
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ABROAD
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a daring undertaking; an attempt to make money by taking business risks; to dare; to expose to risk
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VENTURE
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AWKWARD
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clumsy; not well-suited to use; not easily managed; embarrassing
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GUIDE
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a person who shows the way; to direct; to manage
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AWESOME
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causing or showing great fear, wonder, or respect
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FORCE/ GET BY FORCE
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COMPEL
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able to be, be done, or happen; able to be true; able to be done or chosen properl
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POSSIBLE
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UTTER
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speak; make known; express
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betray
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give away ot the enemy/ be unfaithful/ mislead/show
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quench
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put an end to; drown or put out
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pacify
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make calm; quiet down; bring peace to
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answer; react
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respond
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signal by a motion of the hand or head; attract
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beckon
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severity
strictness; harshness; plainness; violence
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feeble
weak
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unite
join together
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cease
stop
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rapid
very quick/swift
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rash
a breaking out with many small red spots on the skin; outbreak of many instances within a short time: too hasty or careless
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n spite of
despite
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upset/cause to break down
disrupt
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king or queen; ruler
monarch
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miserly
stingy/ like a miser
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saving; careful in spending; thriving
thrifty
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empty completely; use up; tire out
exhaust
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not sufficiently fed
undernourished
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raise in rank or importance; help to grow and develop; help to organize
promote
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disclose
uncover/ make known
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illustrate
make clear or explain by stories, examples, comparisons, or other means; serve as an example
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too much; too great; extreme
excessive
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outlaw
an exile; an outcast; a criminal; to declare unlawful
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disaster
an event that causes much suffering or loss; a great misfortune
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young; youthful; of or for boys and girls; a young person a. My
juvenile
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bait
anything, especially food, used to attract fish or other animals so that they may be caught; anything used to tempt or attract a person to begin something he or she does not wish to do; to put bait on (a hook) or in (a trap); torment by unkind or annoying remarks
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culprit
offender; person guilty of a fault or crime
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insist
keep firmly to some demand, statement, or position
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censor
person who tells others how they ought to behave; one who changes books, plays and other works so as to make them acceptable to the government; to make changes in
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toil
hard work; to work hard; move with difficulty
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daze
confuse
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mourn
grieve; feel or show sorrow for
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sink to a lower level; grow less
subside
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blunder
stupid mistake; to make a stupid mistake; stumble; say clumsily
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cripple; disable; cause to lose an arm, leg, or other part of the body
maim
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repetition
act of doing or saying again
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having too much pride in one’s ability, looks, etc.; of no use
vain
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exempt
make free from; freed from
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final
coming last/ deciding
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commend
praise/ hand over for safekeeping
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comprehend
understand
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represent by drawing or painting; describe
depict
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new; strange; a long story with characters and plot
novel
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mortal
sure to die sometime; pertaining to man; deadly; pertaining to or causing death
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repeat exactly the words of another or a passage from a book; that is, something that is repeated exactly; give the price of; a quotation
quote
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position or place (of anything)
site
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region; section; (quarters) a place to live; to provide a place to live
quarter
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decide on; set a time or place; choose for a position; equip or furnish
appoint
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person in possession of a house, office, or position
occupant
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draw to oneself; win the attention and liking of
attract
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wander; go about with no special plan or aim
roam
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the right or wrong of an action; virtue; a set of rules or principles of conduct
morality
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one who travels regularly, especially over a considerable distance, between home and work
COMMUTER
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joke; fun; mockery; thing to be laughed at; to joke; poke fun
JEST
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a thing, usually an image, that is worshiped; a person or thing that is loved very much
IDOL
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not doing anything; not busy; lazy; without any good reason or cause; to waste (time)
IDLE
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keep in; hold in
CONFINE
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loving one’s country; showing love and loyal support for one’s countr
PATRIOTIC
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Disagree; oppose; try to win; a debate or
disagreement
DISPUTE
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bravery; courage
VALOR
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LUNATIC
CRAZY PERSON; INSANE; EXTREMELY FOOLISH
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VEIN
mood; a blood vessel that carries blood to the heart; a crack or seam in a rock filled with a different mineral
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without important or striking happenings
UNEVENTFUL
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FERTILE
bearing seeds or fruit; producing much of anything`
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a short division of a chapter in the Bible; a single line or a group of lines of poetry
VERSE
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hand over; send, direct, or turn for information, help, or action; (refer to) direct attention to or speak about; assign to or think of as caused by
REFER
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great pain or sorrow; misfortune; dangerous or difficult situation; to cause pain or make unhappy
DISTRESS
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legends or stories that usually attempt to explain something in nature
MYTHOLOGY
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SIGNIFY
mean; be a sign of; make known by signs, words, or actions; have importance `
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capable of being injured; open to attack, sensitive to criticism, influences, etc.
VULNERABLE
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FLEE
RUN AWAY; GO QUICKLY
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MAXIMUM
greatest amount; greatest possible
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make or become smaller in size, amount or importance
DIMINISH
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LOYALTY
faithfulness to a person, government, idea, custom, or the like
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PROVIDE
to supply; to state as a condition; to prepare for or against some situation
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TORMENT
cause very great pain to; worry or annoy very much; cause of very great pain; very great pain
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COLLEAGUE
associate; fellow worker
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person who enters any service of his or her own free will; to offer one’s services
VOLUNTEER
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MERRY; FULL OF FUN
JOLLY
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PREJUDICE
an opinion formed without taking time and care to judge fairly; to harm or injure
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SHRILL
having a high pitch; high and sharp in sound; piercing
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HINDER
HOLD BACK/ MAKE HARD TO DO
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WITTY
CLEVERLY AMUSING
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make bad use of; use wrongly; treat badly; scold very severely; bad or wrong use; bad treatment
ABUSE
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LECTURE
speech or planned talk; a scolding; to scold
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silent; unable to speak
MUTE
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WAD
small, soft mass; to roll or crush into a small mass
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MUMBLE
speak indistinctly
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RETAIN
keep; remember; employ by payment of a fee
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go before; come before; be higher in rank or
importance
precede
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person who is proposed for some office or
honor
CANDIDATE
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ADOLESCENT
growing up to manhood or womanhood; youthful; a person from about 13 to 22 years of age
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having to do with educating both sexes in the same school
COEDUCATIONAL
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RADICAL
going to the root; fundamental; extreme; person with extreme opinions
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spontaneous
of one’s own free will; natural; on the spur of the moment; without rehearsal
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SKIM
remove from the top; move lightly (over); glide along; read hastily or carelessly
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SENSITIVE
receiving impressions readily; easily affected or influenced; easily hurt or offended
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TEMPERATE
not very hot and not very cold; moderate
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VACCINATE
inoculate with vaccine as a protection against smallpox and other diseases
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NOT NEAT; NOT IN ORDER
UNTIDY
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UTENSIL
container or tool used for practical purposes a. Sever
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FINANCE
money matters; to provide money for
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LOTTERY
a scheme for distributing prizes by lot or chance
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elevate
raise; lift up
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vague
not definite; not clear; not distinct
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obtain
get; be in
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soar
fly upward or at a great height; aspire
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discard
throw aside
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cinema
MOVING PICTURES
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EVENT
happening; important happening; result or outcome; one item in a program of sports
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SUBSEQUENT
later; following; coming after
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RELATE
tell; give an account of; connect in thought or meaning
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STATIONARY
having a fixed station or place; standing still; not moving; not changing in size, number or activity
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PROMPT
quick; on time; done at once; to cause (someone) to do something; remind (someone) of the words or actions needed
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begin again; go on; take again
RESUME
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REDEEM
buy back; pay off; carry out; set free; make up for
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sympathetic
having or showing kind feelings toward others; approving; enjoying the same things and getting along well together
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SOOTHE
QUIET/CALM/COMFORT
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violent* storm with much wind;a violent disturbance
TEMPEST
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SCORCH
burn slightly; dry up; criticize sharply
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HASTY
quick; hurried; not well thought out
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drug that produces drowsiness, sleep, dullness, or an insensible condition, and lessens pain by dulling the nerves
NARCOTIC
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ILLEGAL
not lawful; against the law a. It is ill
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REFRAIN
HOLD BACK
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HARMONY
situation of getting on well together or going well together; sweet or musical sound
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DEMAND
to ask for something forcefully, claiming a right to it or expressing a need for it.
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SPECULATE
to consider or discuss something based on incomplete information or uncertain evidence
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DOUBT
to feel uncertain or unsure about something or someone
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establish
to set up or create something, typically an organization, system, or rule
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impartial
treating all people and groups equally and without bias or favoritism
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IMPARTIAL
not influenced by personal feelings, opinions, or prejudices
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OFFHAND
without previous thought or preparation; casually or spontaneously
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PERSISTENT
continuing to exist, endure, or pursue despite obstacles or setbacks/ determined or tenacious in achieving a goal; not giving up easily.
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MANDATORY
required by law or rules; obligatory
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CIRCUMVENT
to find a way to avoid or bypass something, especially a rule or restriction.
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1. [noun] an event in which one celestial object passes in front of another, blocking its light.
ECLIPSE
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to overshadow or surpass something or someone in importance or fame.
ECLIPSE
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STARIGHTFORWARD
It refers to something that is simple, clear, and easy to understand or follow
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Discernible
Discernible can also mean clear or distinguishable
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it can be perceived, recognized, or understood, usually with some effortt or careful observation
DISCERNIBLE
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to construct or manufacture something using various materials.
FABRICATE
