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Astringent
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Binding
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Astral
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Relating to the stars
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Asunder
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Apart, into parts
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Atavism
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Resemblance to ancestors rather than to parents
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Atone
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Pay for, make amends for
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Attribute
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Essential quality
Explain
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Attrition
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Reduction
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August
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Impressive
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Aureole
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Suns Corona
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Auroral
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Pertaining to aurora borealis
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Automaton
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Mechanism that imitates actions of humans
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Avarice
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Greediness for wealth
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Averse
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Reluctant
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Aviary
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Enclosure for birds
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Avow
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Declare openly
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Awry
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Crooked
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Axiom
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Self-evident truth
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Azure
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Sky blue
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Awe
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Solemn wonder
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Bacchanalian
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Drunken
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Badinage
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Teasing conversation
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Bait
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Tease
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Baleful
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Deadly
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Ballast
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Heavy substance used to add stability or weight
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Bandy
Discuss lightly
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Balmy
Mild, fragrant
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Balm
Pain reliever
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Banal
Commonplace
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Barrage
Barrier laid down by artillery fire
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Bawdy
Indecent, obscene
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Beatific
Blissful
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Beatitude
State of bliss
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Bedizen
Dress with vulgar finery
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Bedraggle
Wet throughly, stain with mud
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Beget
Father, produce, give rise to
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Begrudge
Resent
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Beleaguer
Harassed
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Benediction
Blessing
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Beneficiary
Person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
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Bereavement
Deprived of something valuable or beloved
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Bereft
Deprived of
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Beset
Harass
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Besmirch
Soil, defile
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Bestial
Beast like
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Betoken
Signify, indicate
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Betroth
Become engaged to marry
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Bevy
Large group
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Biennial
Every two years
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Bilious
Irritable
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Bigotry
Stubborn intolerance
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Bivouac
Temporary encampment
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Blandishment
Flattery
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Blare
Loud harsh roar or screech
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Blasé
Bored with pleasure
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Blighted
Destroyed
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Blithe
Joyous
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Bluster
Blow in heavy gusts
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Bode
Foreshadow
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Bohemian
Unconventional
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Boon
Blessing
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Bowdlerize
Expurgate
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Brazen
Insolent
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Brevity
Conciseness
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Brindled
Tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
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Bristling
Showing irritation
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Broach
Introduce
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Browbeat
Bully
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Bucolic
Rustic
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Buffoonery
Clowning
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Bullion
Gold and silver in the form of bars
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Bumptious
Self assertive
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Bungalow
Small cottage
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Bungle
Blunder
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Bureaucracy
Over regulated administrative system
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Burgeon
Grow forth
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Burlesque
Imitation that ridicules
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Burnish
Polish
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Burly
Husky, muscular
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Buxom
Plump
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Cabal
Small group of people secretly united to promote their own interests
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Cache
Hiding place
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Caliber
Ability
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Calculated
Deliberately planned
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Callous
Hardened, unfeeling
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Callow
Youthful, immature
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Calorific
Heat producing
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Candor
Honesty
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Canny
Shrewd
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Cant
Insincere expressions of piety
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Cantata
Story set to music
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Canter
Slow gallop
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Canto
Division of a long poem
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Canvass
Determine votes
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Caprice
Whim
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Carnage
Destruction of life
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Carping
Finding fault
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Castigate
Criticize severely, punish
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Cataclysm
Upheaval, deluge
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Catalyst
Agent which brings chemical change
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Catechism
Book for religious instruction
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Categorical
Without exceptions
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Catharsis
Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
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Catholic
Liberal
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Caucus
Private meeting of members of a party
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Caulk
Make watertight by filling in cracks
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Cavalcade
Procession, parade
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Cavalier
Casual, offhand
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Cavil
Make frivolous objections
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Cede
Yield
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Celerity
Speed
110
Censor
Overseer of morals
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Censorious
Critical
112
Censure
Blame
113
Centrifugal
Radiating
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Centripetal
Tending toward the center
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Centurion
Roman army officer
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Cerebration
Thought
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Certitude
Certainty
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Cessation
Stoppage
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Cession
Yielding to another
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Chaff
Worthless products of an endeavor
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Chaffing
Bantering
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Chagrin
Disappointment
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Chalice
Goblet
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Ceremonious
Marked by formality
