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Assuage p

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To lessen pain or distress

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Gale

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A strong wind

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Adjacent

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Adjoining, next to

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Gala

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Characterized festivity

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Mediate

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To resolve

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Empathy

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Ability to understand and identify with another’s feelings and emotions

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Skeptical

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Tending to question or doubt

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Veneer

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An attractive, ultimately misleading outward show, thin layers

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Illuminate

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To light up

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Fluent

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Easy, graceful

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Cascade

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A waterfall or series of small waterfalls, a succession of stages

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Curb

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To restrain or control

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Civic

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Pertaining to a city or citizen

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Binge

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A period of uncontrolled self indulgence

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Pittance

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A small amount, esp of money

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Dilemma

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A situation in which one must choose between two equally bad alternatives

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Lair

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The dwelling of a wild animal

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Qualify

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To modify, limit, or restrict by giving exceptions

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Determinate

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Having exact limits, final, firm in purpose

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Anecdote

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A bread story, often humorous

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Paramount

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Supreme, ranking higher than others in power

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Voluntary

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Willing, unforced

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Refuge

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A shelter or sanctuary

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Balmy

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Soothing, mild, pleasant

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Counterintuitive

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Contrary to intuition or common sense

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Replicate

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To copy, reproduce, or repeat

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Fluctuate

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To move Back and forth or up or down, unpredictably

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Empirical

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Based on experience rather than theory

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Disconcert

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To make confused or uneasy

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Levity

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Lack of seriousness

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Belittle

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To out down, to speak of contemptuously

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Efface

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To run out as from a surface, to erase

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Gambol

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To leap out playfully

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Suave

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Effortlessly smooth and courteous

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Hallowed

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Made or set apart as holy

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Pejorative

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Downgrading, demeaning

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Undaunted

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Not faltering or hesitating because of fear or discouragement

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Recapitulate

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To summarize or paraphrase

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Effect

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To bring about

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Ample

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Enough or more than enough; plentiful

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Laconic

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Brief in speech; using few words

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Chasten

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To correct by punishment

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Converse

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To engage in spoken exchange of ideas

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Impede

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To obstruct, get in the way

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Ostensible

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Outwardly appearing as such

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Nostalgia

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General longing for the past or to return home

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Loquacious

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Very talkative

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Kindred

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Related or similar in origin or nature

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Tenable

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Able to be maintained in argument, rationally defensible

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Pedestrian

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Ordinary, commonplace

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Pecuniary

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Of or involving money

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Precipice

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A cliff, the edge of a dangerous situation

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Garnish

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To decorate, adorn

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Insight

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The power to sense or understand something

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Offhand

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Without preparation or forethought

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Nebulous

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Unclear, vague

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Negligible

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Of little value or importance

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Liaison

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A communication between different groups

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Inveigle

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To obtain by flattery

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Capitulate

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To surrender under specific conditions, to give up all resistance

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Fete

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Lavish entertainment, a festival

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Jaundice

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Prejudice, bias, a yellowish discoloration of the skin

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Bacchanalian

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Characterized by riotous, drunken partying

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Nettle

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To bother or irritate

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Cite

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To refer to it quote

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Chastise

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To punish by beating, to scr it condemn sharply

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Maxim

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A short saying expressing a general principle

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Deploy

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To station or assemble troops or forces in position

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Perceptive

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Capable of quickly understanding

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Reprieve

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To postpone or cancel punishment

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Nativity

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Birth

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Grandiose

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Impressive, imposing, showy

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Bewitch

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To put a spell on

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Profligate

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Immorally wasteful

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Knack

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A specific talent for doing something

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Myriad

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An indefinitely large number

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Consternation

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A sudden feeling of anxiety, shock or confusion

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Clarify

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To make clear or easier to understand

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Envelop

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To enclose or surround

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Dispense

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To administer, distribute

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Discrepancy

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Lack of agreement; difference

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Tutelage

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The capacity or activity of a guardian or tutor

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Concerted

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Planned or accomplished together

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Scion

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An hear or a descendant

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Harangue

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A long pompous speech, a speech or piece of writing expressing strong emotion

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Loathe

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Unwilling, reluctant

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Rebut

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To refute

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Buffet

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To knock about ; to push or force roughly

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Encore

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Again, once more; a second performance

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Mandate

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A command; an order

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Frolic

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To behave playfully and without inhibition

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Overt

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Open, not hidden

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Feign

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To pretend, to fake

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Verve

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Energy in movement

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Coup

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A clever, sudden act or maneuver

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Expedite

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To speed up

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Valor

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Marked courage or bravery

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Polyglot

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One who speaks many languages

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Incredulous

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Disbelieving, skeptical

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Artifact

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An object produced by a human work

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Seminal

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Original and inspiring further similar efforts

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Ambiguous

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Having more than one possible interpretation, vague

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Discern

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To perceive and understand so as to make distinctions

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Provocative

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Tending to stimulate by making one interested or angry

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Influx

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A mass arrival

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Terrestrial

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Relating to the earth

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Vehement

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Forceful, furious

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Narcissistic

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Excessively interested in ones own appearance

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Tangible

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Able to be touched or treated as real

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Exemplary

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Worthy to serve as a model

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Malign

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To talk badly of something or someone

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Preeminent

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Superior in status or fame to all

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Prominent

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Noticeable, widely known

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Conflate

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To bring together, to merge into a composite whole

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Prone

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Tending or likely to do something; lying face down

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Modest

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Limited in amount, extent

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Milestone

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An important event

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Attain

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To reach, get, or accomplish

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Tenuous

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weak or thin

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Recidivist

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One who returns to criminal habits

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Colt

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A young male horse

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Elated

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In high spirits, joyful

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Languid

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Sluggish, lacking energy

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Adept

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Very skilled

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Lofty

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Very high and noble

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Vie

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To compete

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