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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

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Discuss lightly

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Balmy

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Mild, fragrant

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Balm

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Pain reliever

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Banal

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Commonplace

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Barrage

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Barrier laid down by artillery fire

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Bawdy

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Indecent, obscene

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Beatific

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Blissful

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Beatitude

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State of bliss

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Bedizen

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Dress with vulgar finery

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Bedraggle

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Wet throughly, stain with mud

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Beget

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Father, produce, give rise to

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Begrudge

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Resent

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Beleaguer

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Harassed

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Benediction

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Blessing

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Beneficiary

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Person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

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Bereavement

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Deprived of something valuable or beloved

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Bereft

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Deprived of

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Beset

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Harass

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Besmirch

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Soil, defile

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Bestial

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Beast like

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Betoken

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Signify, indicate

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Betroth

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Become engaged to marry

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Bevy

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Large group

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Biennial

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Every two years

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Bilious

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Irritable

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Bigotry

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Stubborn intolerance

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Bivouac

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Temporary encampment

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Blandishment

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Flattery

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Blare

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Loud harsh roar or screech

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Blasé

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Bored with pleasure

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Blighted

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Destroyed

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Blithe

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Joyous

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Bluster

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Blow in heavy gusts

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Bode

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Foreshadow

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Bohemian

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Unconventional

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Boon

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Blessing

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Bowdlerize

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Expurgate

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Brazen

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Insolent

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Brevity

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Conciseness

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Brindled

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Tawny or grayish with streaks or spots

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Bristling

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Showing irritation

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Broach

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Introduce

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Browbeat

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Bully

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Bucolic

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Rustic

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Buffoonery

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Clowning

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Bullion

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Gold and silver in the form of bars

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Bumptious

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Self assertive

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Bungalow

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Small cottage

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Bungle

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Blunder

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Bureaucracy

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Over regulated administrative system

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Burgeon

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Grow forth

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Burlesque

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Imitation that ridicules

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Burnish

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Polish

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Burly

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Husky, muscular

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Buxom

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Plump

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Cabal

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Small group of people secretly united to promote their own interests

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Cache

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Hiding place

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Caliber

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Ability

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Calculated

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Deliberately planned

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Callous

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Hardened, unfeeling

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Callow

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Youthful, immature

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Calorific

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Heat producing

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Candor

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Honesty

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Canny

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Shrewd

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Cant

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Insincere expressions of piety

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Cantata

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Story set to music

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Canter

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Slow gallop

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Canto

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Division of a long poem

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Canvass

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Determine votes

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Caprice

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Whim

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Carnage

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Destruction of life

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Carping

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Finding fault

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Castigate

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Criticize severely, punish

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Cataclysm

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Upheaval, deluge

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Catalyst

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Agent which brings chemical change

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Catechism

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Book for religious instruction

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Categorical

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Without exceptions

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Catharsis

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Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

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Catholic

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Liberal

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Caucus

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Private meeting of members of a party

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Caulk

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Make watertight by filling in cracks

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Cavalcade

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Procession, parade

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Cavalier

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Casual, offhand

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Cavil

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Make frivolous objections

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Cede

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Yield

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Celerity

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Speed

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Censor

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Overseer of morals

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Censorious

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Critical

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Censure

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Blame

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Centrifugal

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Radiating

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Centripetal

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Tending toward the center

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Centurion

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Roman army officer

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Cerebration

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Thought

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Certitude

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Certainty

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Cessation

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Stoppage

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Cession

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Yielding to another

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Chaff

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Worthless products of an endeavor

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Chaffing

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Bantering

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Chagrin

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Disappointment

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Chalice

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Goblet

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Ceremonious

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Marked by formality

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