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Bastion

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Defender

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base

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Dishonorable

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Bedazzle

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Impress greatly

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Beguile

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Deceive

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Belabor

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Attack with words

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Belie

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Give a wrong idea of

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Bellicose

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Eager to fight

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Belligerent

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Angry and ready to fight

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Berate

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Scold sharply

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Bereave

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Deprive by death

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Besiege

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Surround a place with armed forces to make one surrender

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Bigot

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Person who holds strong beliefs and is intolerant of those who disagree

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Bilateral

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Including 2 people/countries

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Binary

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Involving a pair

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Bombast

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Meaningless words

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Bombastic

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Empty and meaningless

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Boon

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Favor

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Brackish

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Slightly salty

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Brandish

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Wave something in triumphant/threatening way

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Bravado

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Show, swagger

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Brazen

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Shameless

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Breakdown

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Collapse, failure

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Brusque

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Blatant

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Bungle

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Do something badly

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Buoy

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Keep someone cheerful

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Burgeon

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Grow rapidly

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Buttress

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Support or strengthen

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Byzantine

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Of Byzantium

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Cadence

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Rhythm

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Cadre

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Small group of people

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Calumny

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False statement made to damage someone’s character

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Candor

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Being honest

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Canon

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General rule

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Capacious

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Roomy

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Capitulate

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Surrender

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Capricious

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Impulsive

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Carnal

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Of the body; sexual or sensual

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Champion

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Defend

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Charismatic

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Inspiring

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Charlatan

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Imposter

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Chasten

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Correct, discipline

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Chastise

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Discipline

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Chauvinistic

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Overly patriotic

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Cherubic

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With a plump and innocent face

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Chicanery

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Deception by clever or cunning means

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Chimerical

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Unreal

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Chronic

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Lasting for a long time

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Churlish

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Rude

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Circuitous

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Indirect

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Circumlocution

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Use of many words to say something that could be said in a few words

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Circumscribe

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Limit ones power

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Circumvent

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Avoid

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Citadel

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Fortress

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Clamor

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Defend

Loud noise

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Clandestine

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Done secret

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Clergy

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Priest

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Clout

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Power or influence

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Cloying

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Too sweet

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Coagulation

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Change from liquid to solid

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Coalesce

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Unite

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Coalition

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Combination, alliance

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Coddle

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Pamper

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Coercion

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Use of force to get something done

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Cogent

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Convincing

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Cognizant

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Aware of something

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Colloquial

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Used in conversation

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Commodious

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Roomy

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Communal

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Shared

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Compendious

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Concise

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Complacency

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Self-content

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Complacent

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Content

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Complement

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Thing that goes well

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Compound

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Mix

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Compulsive

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Obsessive

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Compunction

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Feelings of guilt

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Conciliatory

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Willing to end a disagreement

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Concoct

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Invent

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Concomitant

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Happening at the same time

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Concordant

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In agreement

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Condescension

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Disdain

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Conditional

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Depending on something

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Conditioned

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Accustomed

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Condone

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To pardon

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Confining

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Limiting

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Conflagration

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Great fire

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Congenital

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Existing from birth

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Conglomeration

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Medley, assortment

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Consecrate

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To make holy

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Connive

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To act slyly

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Conscientious

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Careful to do something correctly and well

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Conjecture

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A guess

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Consign

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Give to another

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Consternation

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Surprise and fear or worry

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Constituency

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District that has its own member of parliament or assembly

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Consummate

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Highly skilled

Complete

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Contemptuous

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Feeling or showing contempt

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Contentious

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Likely to cause argument

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Contiguous

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Touching

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Contravene

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Break a law or rule

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Contrite

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Showing guilt

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Contortion

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Twisting out

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