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1
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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

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strictness; harshness; plainness; violence

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feeble

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weak

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unite

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join together

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cease

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stop

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rapid

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very quick/swift

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rash

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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

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despite

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upset/cause to break down

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disrupt

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33
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king or queen; ruler

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monarch

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miserly

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stingy/ like a miser

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saving; careful in spending; thriving

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thrifty

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36
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empty completely; use up; tire out

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exhaust

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not sufficiently fed

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undernourished

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raise in rank or importance; help to grow and develop; help to organize

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promote

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39
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disclose

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uncover/ make known

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illustrate

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make clear or explain by stories, examples, comparisons, or other means; serve as an example

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too much; too great; extreme

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excessive

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outlaw

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an exile; an outcast; a criminal; to declare unlawful

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disaster

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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

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juvenile

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bait

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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

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offender; person guilty of a fault or crime

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47
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insist

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keep firmly to some demand, statement, or position

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censor

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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

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hard work; to work hard; move with difficulty

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50
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daze

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confuse

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51
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mourn

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grieve; feel or show sorrow for

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52
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sink to a lower level; grow less

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subside

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53
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blunder

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stupid mistake; to make a stupid mistake; stumble; say clumsily

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54
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cripple; disable; cause to lose an arm, leg, or other part of the body

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maim

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55
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repetition

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act of doing or saying again

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56
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having too much pride in one’s ability, looks, etc.; of no use

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vain

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57
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exempt

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make free from; freed from

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58
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final

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coming last/ deciding

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59
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commend

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praise/ hand over for safekeeping

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60
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comprehend

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understand

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61
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represent by drawing or painting; describe

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depict

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62
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new; strange; a long story with characters and plot

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novel

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63
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mortal

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sure to die sometime; pertaining to man; deadly; pertaining to or causing death

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64
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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

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quote

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65
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position or place (of anything)

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region; section; (quarters) a place to live; to provide a place to live

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decide on; set a time or place; choose for a position; equip or furnish

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person in possession of a house, office, or position

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draw to oneself; win the attention and liking of

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wander; go about with no special plan or aim

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the right or wrong of an action; virtue; a set of rules or principles of conduct

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one who travels regularly, especially over a considerable distance, between home and work

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joke; fun; mockery; thing to be laughed at; to joke; poke fun

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a thing, usually an image, that is worshiped; a person or thing that is loved very much

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not doing anything; not busy; lazy; without any good reason or cause; to waste (time)

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keep in; hold in

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loving one’s country; showing love and loyal support for one’s countr

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Disagree; oppose; try to win; a debate or
disagreement

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bravery; courage

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LUNATIC

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CRAZY PERSON; INSANE; EXTREMELY FOOLISH

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VEIN

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mood; a blood vessel that carries blood to the heart; a crack or seam in a rock filled with a different mineral

82
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without important or striking happenings

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UNEVENTFUL

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FERTILE

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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

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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

86
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great pain or sorrow; misfortune; dangerous or difficult situation; to cause pain or make unhappy

87
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legends or stories that usually attempt to explain something in nature

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SIGNIFY

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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.

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VULNERABLE

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FLEE

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RUN AWAY; GO QUICKLY

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MAXIMUM

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greatest amount; greatest possible

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make or become smaller in size, amount or importance

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LOYALTY

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faithfulness to a person, government, idea, custom, or the like

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PROVIDE

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to supply; to state as a condition; to prepare for or against some situation

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TORMENT

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cause very great pain to; worry or annoy very much; cause of very great pain; very great pain

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COLLEAGUE

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associate; fellow worker

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person who enters any service of his or her own free will; to offer one’s services

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MERRY; FULL OF FUN

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PREJUDICE

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an opinion formed without taking time and care to judge fairly; to harm or injure

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SHRILL

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having a high pitch; high and sharp in sound; piercing

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HINDER

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HOLD BACK/ MAKE HARD TO DO

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WITTY

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CLEVERLY AMUSING

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make bad use of; use wrongly; treat badly; scold very severely; bad or wrong use; bad treatment

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LECTURE

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speech or planned talk; a scolding; to scold

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silent; unable to speak

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WAD

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small, soft mass; to roll or crush into a small mass

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MUMBLE

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speak indistinctly

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RETAIN

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keep; remember; employ by payment of a fee

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go before; come before; be higher in rank or
importance

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person who is proposed for some office or
honor

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ADOLESCENT

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growing up to manhood or womanhood; youthful; a person from about 13 to 22 years of age

112
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having to do with educating both sexes in the same school

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COEDUCATIONAL

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RADICAL

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going to the root; fundamental; extreme; person with extreme opinions

114
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spontaneous

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of one’s own free will; natural; on the spur of the moment; without rehearsal

115
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SKIM

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remove from the top; move lightly (over); glide along; read hastily or carelessly

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SENSITIVE

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receiving impressions readily; easily affected or influenced; easily hurt or offended

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TEMPERATE

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not very hot and not very cold; moderate

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VACCINATE

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inoculate with vaccine as a protection against smallpox and other diseases

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NOT NEAT; NOT IN ORDER

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UTENSIL

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container or tool used for practical purposes a. Sever

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FINANCE

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money matters; to provide money for

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LOTTERY

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a scheme for distributing prizes by lot or chance

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elevate

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raise; lift up

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vague

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not definite; not clear; not distinct

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obtain

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get; be in

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soar

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fly upward or at a great height; aspire

127
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discard

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throw aside

128
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cinema

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MOVING PICTURES

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EVENT

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happening; important happening; result or outcome; one item in a program of sports

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SUBSEQUENT

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later; following; coming after

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RELATE

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tell; give an account of; connect in thought or meaning

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STATIONARY

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having a fixed station or place; standing still; not moving; not changing in size, number or activity

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PROMPT

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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

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REDEEM

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buy back; pay off; carry out; set free; make up for

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sympathetic

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having or showing kind feelings toward others; approving; enjoying the same things and getting along well together

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SOOTHE

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QUIET/CALM/COMFORT

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violent* storm with much wind;a violent disturbance

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SCORCH

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burn slightly; dry up; criticize sharply

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HASTY

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quick; hurried; not well thought out

141
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drug that produces drowsiness, sleep, dullness, or an insensible condition, and lessens pain by dulling the nerves

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ILLEGAL

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not lawful; against the law a. It is ill

143
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REFRAIN

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HARMONY

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situation of getting on well together or going well together; sweet or musical sound

145
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DEMAND

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to ask for something forcefully, claiming a right to it or expressing a need for it.

146
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SPECULATE

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to consider or discuss something based on incomplete information or uncertain evidence

147
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DOUBT

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to feel uncertain or unsure about something or someone

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establish

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to set up or create something, typically an organization, system, or rule

149
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impartial

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treating all people and groups equally and without bias or favoritism

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IMPARTIAL

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not influenced by personal feelings, opinions, or prejudices

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OFFHAND

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without previous thought or preparation; casually or spontaneously

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PERSISTENT

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continuing to exist, endure, or pursue despite obstacles or setbacks/ determined or tenacious in achieving a goal; not giving up easily.

153
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MANDATORY

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required by law or rules; obligatory

154
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CIRCUMVENT

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to find a way to avoid or bypass something, especially a rule or restriction.

155
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  1. [noun] an event in which one celestial object passes in front of another, blocking its light.
156
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to overshadow or surpass something or someone in importance or fame.

157
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STARIGHTFORWARD

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It refers to something that is simple, clear, and easy to understand or follow

158
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Discernible

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Discernible can also mean clear or distinguishable

159
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it can be perceived, recognized, or understood, usually with some effortt or careful observation

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DISCERNIBLE

160
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to construct or manufacture something using various materials.

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