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abolish

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  • do away with
  • to get rid of
  • to end something
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absurd

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inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense

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abuse

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cruel or inhumane treatment

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access

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the right to enter

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accomplish

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achieve with effort

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achievement

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the action of accomplishing something

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aggressive

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showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

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alternate

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go back and forth

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altitude

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elevation above sea level or above the earth’s surface

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antagonist

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someone who offers opposition

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antonym

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a word that expresses an opposite meaning

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anxious

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causing or fraught with or showing nervousness

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apparent

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clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

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approximate

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not quite exact or correct

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aroma

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any property detected by the sense of smell

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assume

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take to be the case or to be true

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astound

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affect with wonder

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available

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obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service

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avalanche

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a slide of large masses of snow, ice and mud down a mountain

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banquet

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a ceremonial dinner party for many people

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beverage

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any liquid suitable for drinking

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bland

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lacking taste or flavor or tang

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blizzard

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a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds

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budge

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move very slightly

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bungle

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make a mess of, destroy, or ruin

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cautiously

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with caution or prudence or tact

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challenge

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a call to engage in a contest or fight

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character

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a property that defines the individual nature of something

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combine

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put or add together

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companion

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a friend who is frequently with another

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crave

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have an appetite or great desire for

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compassion

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a deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering

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compensate

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make amends for
to pay back

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comply

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to follow someone’s rules, commands, or wishes

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compose

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form the substance of

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concept

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an abstract or general idea inferred from specific instances

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confident

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having or marked by assurance

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convert

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change the nature, purpose, or function of something

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course

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a connected series of events or actions or developments

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courteous

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characterized by politeness and gracious good manners

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debate

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a discussion with reasons for and against some proposal

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decline

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grow worse

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dedicate

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give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

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deprive

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take away

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detect

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discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

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dictate

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  • to command or order
  • a guiding principle
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document

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  • a piece of written information
  • a record of something that is written or photographic
  • verb: to record something in writing or picture of video
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duplicate

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  • an exact copy
  • a clone
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edible

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  • eatable
  • able to be consumed
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endanger

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  • to put someone or something at risk or in danger.
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escalate

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  • to raise the stakes
  • to increase the intensity
  • to increase rapidly
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evade

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  • to escape or avoid
  • to dodge
  • to elude
  • to steer clear of
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exasperate

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  • to irritate or frustrate
  • to infuriate, to annoy
  • “he exasperated me by not listening”
  • “I am exasperated by his behavior”
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excavate

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  • to make a hole or to dig
  • to reveal or extract something
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exert

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  • to make a physical or mental effort
  • to try
  • “he exerted himself on his studies”
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exhibit

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  • to show or make visible
  • publicly display (as in a museum)
  • noun: a object that is being displayed (like a painting at a museum)
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exult

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  • to be overjoyed
  • to feel triumphant
  • to feel elated
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frigid

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  • bitterly cold
  • freezing
  • very cold temperature
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gigantic

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  • exceedingly large or extensive
  • very great in size
  • huge or enormous
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gorge

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  • to eat a lot greedily to fill overfill onself with food
  • nount: a narrow valley between mountains
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guardian

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  • defender, protector, or keeper
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hazy

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  • vague
  • unclear
  • or, literally, covered by haze or mist
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hearty

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  • of a person: cheerful or exuberant
  • of a feeling: warm or heartfelt or sincere
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homonym

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  • a word pronounced or spelled the same as another word, but having a different meaning
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identical

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  • exactly alike
  • similar in every detail
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illuminate

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  • to make something visible or bright by shining light on it; to light up
  • to help explain or clarify an idea
  • to clarify, elucidate, or explain
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immense

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  • vast
  • large or great
  • massive
  • colossal
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impressive

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  • something that’s admirable
  • skillfull
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independent

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  • free
  • not under anyone else’s control or influence
  • self-governing
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industrious

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  • hard working
  • diligent
  • assiduous
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intense

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  • of extreme force or strength
  • highly concentrated
  • passionate, impassioned, or ardent
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intercept

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  • to obstruct or prevent someone or something from continuing to a destination (“the police intercepted the criminal before she could rob the bank”)
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jubilation

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  • a feeling of extreme joy
  • rejoicing
  • elation
  • euphoria
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kin

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  • one’s family and relations
  • relatives or family
  • kindred
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luxurious

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  • extremely elegant
  • very expensive
  • opulent
  • indulgent
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major

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  • imporant, seroius, or significant
  • nound: an army officer/solider of high rank
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miniature

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  • small-scale
  • tiny
  • little
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minor

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  • slight
  • small
  • unimportant
  • inconsequential
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mischief

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  • playful misbehavior
  • troublemaking
  • naughtiness
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monarch

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  • king
  • ruler
  • sovereign
  • royalty
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moral

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  • good
  • virtuous
  • ethical
  • upright or upstanding
  • righteous
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myth

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  • a story
  • a legend
  • a fable
  • a saga
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narrator

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  • storyteller
  • a person who narrates or tells a story
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navigate

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  • steer
  • direct
  • route
  • helm
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negative

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  • not positive
  • not correct
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nonchalant

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  • calm
  • relaxed
  • not anxious
  • cool as a cucumber
  • cool
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numerous

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  • many
  • great in number
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oasis

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  • a fertile spot in a desert where water is found
  • a pleasant or peaceful area in teh midst of otherwise difficult circumstances
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obsolete

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  • out of date
  • old-fashioned
  • no longer used or no longer valid (“the old computer is slow and obsolete”)
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occasion

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  • a particular time or instance of an event
  • “on one occasion I stayed up until two in the morning”
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overthrow

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  • remove forcibly from power
  • to bring down violently
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pardon

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  • the act of forgiving
  • forgiveness
  • absolution
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pasture

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  • land covered with grass
  • grassland
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pedestrian

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  • noun: a walker
  • adj: dull, boring (“the book’s plot was very pedestrian”)
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perish

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  • to suffer death
  • to die
  • to expire
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petrify

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  • to change into stone
  • to scare or terrify
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portable

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  • movable
  • mobile
  • transportable
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prefix

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  • a word, letter, or number placed before another
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preserve

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  • to conserve
  • to protect
  • to maintain
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protagonist

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  • the principal character in a story or a work of fiction
  • a hero
  • main character
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provide

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  • to make available
  • to supply
  • to give
  • to dispense
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purchase

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  • to buy
  • to acquire
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reassure

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  • to remove doubts
  • to calm someone’s fears
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reign

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  • to rule or govern
  • to prevail
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reliable

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  • dependable
  • trustworthy
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require

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  • to need
  • to demand
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resemble

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  • to be similar to something else
  • to look like something else
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retain

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  • to keep
  • to hold onto
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retire

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  • to withdraw
  • to quit
  • to stop doing something
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revert

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  • to return to
  • to come back
  • to go back
  • to regress
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route

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  • a path or way
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saunter

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  • to walk leisurely or with ease
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seldom

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  • not often
  • rarely
  • infrequently
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senseless

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  • foolish
  • unreasonable
  • irrational
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sever

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  • to cut or separate
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slither

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  • to move smoothly with a twisting, coiling, oscillating motion (like a snake)
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sluggish

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  • slow moving
  • inactive
  • lethargic
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soar

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  • to fly high
  • to take flight
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solitary

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  • alone or lonely
  • isolated
  • unaccompanied
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solo

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  • alone
  • by oneself
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sparse

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  • thingly scattered
  • scant
  • infrequent
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spurt

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  • to gush out
  • to squirt
  • to shoot or spray
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strategy

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  • a system or plan or technique
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suffix

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  • an element added to the end of a word
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suffocate

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  • to stop from breathing
  • to smother
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summit

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  • the top of something
  • the peak
  • the zenith
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suspend

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  • to prevent or block or bar
  • to pause
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talon

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  • a sharp hooked claw
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taunt

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  • to jeer
  • to insult
  • to sneer
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thrifty

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  • mindful about saving money
  • not wasteful
  • prudent
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translate

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  • to restate from one language to another (i.e. from English to Spanish)
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tropical

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  • humid
  • hot
  • sweltering
  • like the tropical rainforest
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visible

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  • able to be seen
  • perceptible
  • observable
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visual

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  • related to sight or seeing
  • optic
  • ocular
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vivid

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  • bright or colorful
  • very realistic
  • graphic
  • evocative
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wilderness

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  • nature
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withdraw

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  • to remove
  • to take away or take out
  • “he withdrw his hand from the jar of cookies”

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