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Stymie

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To obstruct or stump

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Fluster

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To make nervous or upset

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Supersede

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To replace

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Quell

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To ease or calm down

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Ambivalence

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Simultaneous existence of opposing feelings; uncertainty as to what to do

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Timorous

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Full of fear

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Impecunious

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Having no money

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Adamant

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Stubbornly unyielding

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Melee

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Noisy or confused fight

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Euphemism

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The substitution of an agreeable word

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Rouse

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To wake or provoke

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Mettle

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Courage; strength

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Unremitting

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Constant; not stopping

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Ornery

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Mean spirited and contrary in attitude

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Curriculum

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All the courses of study offered by an educational institution

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Oscillate

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To move back and forth regularly

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Replete

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Well filled, abundant

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Synopsis

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A short summary that outlines the main points

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Surmount

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To overcome

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Assent

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Formal agreement

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Discord

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Conflict or disagreement

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Conclusive

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Serving to settle a matter or put an end to doubt

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Endearment

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An act expressing affection or fondness

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Impotent

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Powerless, helpless, ineffective

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Stature

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Height of a person or animal in an upright position.

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Zephyr

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A gentle and soft breeze

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Conflagration

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Large or disastrous fire

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Retort

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To reply, in a quick and witty manner

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Rebuff

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To refuse someone; to reject an offer

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Ludicrous

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Ridiculous or exaggerated as to cause or deserve laughter; absurd

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Voluminous

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Having great size or fullness

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Orthography

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Proper spelling

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Facetious

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Playfully humorous

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Mordant

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Biting sarcastically

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Permeate

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To spread or flow throughout

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Intrepid

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Bold; fearless

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Erode

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To wear away slowly

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Wield

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To handle

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Stationary

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Writing paper and envelopes

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Sacrilege

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The intentional desecration. Disrespectful treatment of something sacred.

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Demographics

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The distribution of human population groups

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Histrionic

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Overly dramatic

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Waft

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To float; to drift through

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Staccato

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Composed of abrupt disconnected parts.

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Amass

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To accumulate, collect

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Supine

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Lying on your back

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Impunity

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Exemption from punishment or harm

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Gratify

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To please or satisfy

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Topography

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The surface features of a place, region or object

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Obviate

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To stop from occurring; to prevent or make unnecessary

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Faction

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A group within a larger group, usually one that produces dissent

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Mercantile

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Relating to business

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Lurch

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To away or too abruptly to one side; to stagger

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Repertoire

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The range of peices an artist is prepared to perform

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Permutation

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A thorough change in form

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Neophyte

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A beginner; an immature person who is learning

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Avert

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To turn away

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Solicit

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To ask for; to seek

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Infamous

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Having a bad reputation

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Pore

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To read or study carefully

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Charade

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An obvious pretense or deception

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Ultimatum

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A final demand or statement of terms

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Tantamount

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Equivalent in effect or value

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Rankle

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To cause persistent irritation; to feel or express irritation.

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Propitious

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Presenting favorable circumstances

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Wan

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Sickly pale; colorless

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Poignant

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Sharply painful to the feelings

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Spat

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A small argument

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Skirt

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To lie along the edge of, to pass nearby or around rather than through

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Obligatory

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Legally or morally required

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Profane

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Showing contempt towards what is sacred.

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Inure

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To make used to something unpleasant

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Tantalize

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To torment or tease by showing something desirable while keeping it out of reach.

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Conspicuous

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Easy to notice

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Puerile

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Childish and foolishly immature

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Pensive

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Thinking deeply are seriously, often of sad thing

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Confide

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To tell something in secret

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Reek

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To give off strong, unpleasant odor

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Salutary

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Beneficial, favorable to health

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Enormity

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Great wickedness, an evil act

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Serene

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Calm and peaceful

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Perfunctory

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Done without care or intrest

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Ghastly

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Terrible, horrible

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Stately

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Dignified and handsome, especially in size or proportion

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Corrode

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To destroy gradually

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Mundane

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Typical of this world, commonplace

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Precept

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A rule of action or conduct

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Belligerent

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Eager to fight; aggressive; engaged in warfare

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Colossal

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Very large

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Opprobrium

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A bad reputation or disgrace

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Invidious

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Tending to arouse hostility

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Flagrant

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Obviously bad or offensive

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Hymn

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A religious song; a song of praise

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Juggernaut

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A terrible, irresistible force

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Hospitable

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Friendly, kind

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Till

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To prepare the soil for planting

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Abeyance

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A suspension of activity

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Stationary

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Not moving

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Tepid

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Moderately warm, lacking force or enthusiasm

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Rigor

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Strictness or severity

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Whet

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To sharpen to make keen

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Recrimination

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A reply to one charge with a countercharge

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Evasive

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Tending to avoid; misleading

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Scope

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The range or extent of something

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Sacred

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Worthy of worship, made holy

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Surreptitious

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Done secretly, often of something unseemly or unethical

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Redeem

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To turn in and receive something in exchange to make up for

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Slovenly

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Careless about ones appearance

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Spate

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A large number or amount of something

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Transgression

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A violation of law

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Desecrate

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To violate the religious quality of something

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Etiquette

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The forms of behavior of polite society

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Red tape

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Procedures or forms necessary for a task

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Conscript

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To draft compulsorily, often into a military service

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Ignominy

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Shame and dishonor

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Temerity

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Excessive boldness or rashness

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Monograph

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A scholarly book on a narrow subject

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Turpitude

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Immoral behavior

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Thrift

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Care in managing money or other resources

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Shroud

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To conceal

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Procure

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To obtain or aquire

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Desideratum

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Something needed and wanted

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Subsist

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To maintain life

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech

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