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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
Contrary to intuition or common sense
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Replicate
To copy, reproduce, or repeat
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Fluctuate
To move Back and forth or up or down, unpredictably
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Empirical
Based on experience rather than theory
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Disconcert
To make confused or uneasy
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Levity
Lack of seriousness
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Belittle
To out down, to speak of contemptuously
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Efface
To run out as from a surface, to erase
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Gambol
To leap out playfully
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Suave
Effortlessly smooth and courteous
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Hallowed
Made or set apart as holy
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Pejorative
Downgrading, demeaning
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Undaunted
Not faltering or hesitating because of fear or discouragement
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Recapitulate
To summarize or paraphrase
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Effect
To bring about
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Ample
Enough or more than enough; plentiful
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Laconic
Brief in speech; using few words
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Chasten
To correct by punishment
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Converse
To engage in spoken exchange of ideas
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Impede
To obstruct, get in the way
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Ostensible
Outwardly appearing as such
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Nostalgia
General longing for the past or to return home
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Loquacious
Very talkative
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Kindred
Related or similar in origin or nature
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Tenable
Able to be maintained in argument, rationally defensible
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Pedestrian
Ordinary, commonplace
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Pecuniary
Of or involving money
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Precipice
A cliff, the edge of a dangerous situation
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Garnish
To decorate, adorn
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Insight
The power to sense or understand something
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Offhand
Without preparation or forethought
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Nebulous
Unclear, vague
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Negligible
Of little value or importance
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Liaison
A communication between different groups
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Inveigle
To obtain by flattery
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Capitulate
To surrender under specific conditions, to give up all resistance
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Fete
Lavish entertainment, a festival
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Jaundice
Prejudice, bias, a yellowish discoloration of the skin
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Bacchanalian
Characterized by riotous, drunken partying
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Nettle
To bother or irritate
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Cite
To refer to it quote
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Chastise
To punish by beating, to scr it condemn sharply
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Maxim
A short saying expressing a general principle
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Deploy
To station or assemble troops or forces in position
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Perceptive
Capable of quickly understanding
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Reprieve
To postpone or cancel punishment
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Nativity
Birth
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Grandiose
Impressive, imposing, showy
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Bewitch
To put a spell on
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Profligate
Immorally wasteful
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Knack
A specific talent for doing something
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Myriad
An indefinitely large number
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Consternation
A sudden feeling of anxiety, shock or confusion
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Clarify
To make clear or easier to understand
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Envelop
To enclose or surround
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Dispense
To administer, distribute
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Discrepancy
Lack of agreement; difference
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Tutelage
The capacity or activity of a guardian or tutor
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Concerted
Planned or accomplished together
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Scion
An hear or a descendant
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Harangue
A long pompous speech, a speech or piece of writing expressing strong emotion
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Loathe
Unwilling, reluctant
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Rebut
To refute
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Buffet
To knock about ; to push or force roughly
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Encore
Again, once more; a second performance
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Mandate
A command; an order
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Frolic
To behave playfully and without inhibition
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Overt
Open, not hidden
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Feign
To pretend, to fake
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Verve
Energy in movement
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Coup
A clever, sudden act or maneuver
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Expedite
To speed up
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Valor
Marked courage or bravery
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Polyglot
One who speaks many languages
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Incredulous
Disbelieving, skeptical
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Artifact
An object produced by a human work
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Seminal
Original and inspiring further similar efforts
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Ambiguous
Having more than one possible interpretation, vague
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Discern
To perceive and understand so as to make distinctions
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Provocative
Tending to stimulate by making one interested or angry
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Influx
A mass arrival
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Terrestrial
Relating to the earth
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Vehement
Forceful, furious
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Narcissistic
Excessively interested in ones own appearance
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Tangible
Able to be touched or treated as real
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Exemplary
Worthy to serve as a model
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Malign
To talk badly of something or someone
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Preeminent
Superior in status or fame to all
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Prominent
Noticeable, widely known
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Conflate
To bring together, to merge into a composite whole
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Prone
Tending or likely to do something; lying face down
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Modest
Limited in amount, extent
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Milestone
An important event
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Attain
To reach, get, or accomplish
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Tenuous
weak or thin
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Recidivist
One who returns to criminal habits
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Colt
A young male horse
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Elated
In high spirits, joyful
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Languid
Sluggish, lacking energy
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Adept
Very skilled
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Lofty
Very high and noble
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Vie
To compete
