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Artless

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Free of deceit or craftiness, natural, genuine; lacking skill or knowledge, crude, uncultured

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Ascertain

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Find out with certainty

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Ascetic

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abstinent or austere in lifestyle (adj); a person who leads an austere and simple life without material pleasures, esp. someone who does this for religious reasons

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Ascribe

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Assign or credit to a certain cause or source

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Aseptic

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Free from germs

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Asperity

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Rigor, severity; harshness or sharpness of tone; roughness of surface

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Aspersions

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Damaging remarks, defamation, slander

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Assail

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Attack violently, assault

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Assiduous

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Persevering, diligent, constant

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Assuage

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Make milder, relieve; soothe, pacify, or calm

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Attenuate

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Weaken or thin out

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Attuned

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In harmony; in sympathetic relationship

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Audacious

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Very bold or brave, often in a rude or reckless way; extremely original

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Augment

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Make larger

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Augury

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Telling the future, such as through supernatural means

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August

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Venerable, majestic; inspiring admiration

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Austere

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Severe in manner or appearance; very self-disciplined, ascetic; without luxury or ease; sober or serious

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Autonomous

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Self-governing, independent

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Avarice

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Insatiable greed; a miserly desire to hoard wealth

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Aver

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Declare or affirm with confidence

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Avid

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Enthusiastic, dedicated, passionate;
excessively desirous

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Axiom

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Self-evident truth requiring no proof; universally or generally accepted principle

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Balk

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Refuse to proceed or to do something

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Balloon

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Swell or puff out; increase rapidly

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Banal

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Lacking freshness and originality; cliché

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Bane

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Something that ruins or spoils

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Base

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Morally low, mean, dishonorable; of little or no value; crude and unrefined; counterfeit

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Baying

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Howling in a deep way, like a dog or wolf

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Belie

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Contradict or misrepresent

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Beneficent

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Doing good

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Benign

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Harmless; favorable; kindly, gentle, or
beneficial; not cancerous

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Bent

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Personal inclination or tendency

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Besiege

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Attack, overwhelm, crowd in on or surround

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Bevy

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Group of birds or other animals that stay close together; any large group

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Bifurcate

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To fork into two branches or divide into two halves

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Bilk

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Cheat or defraud

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Blight

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Disease that kills plants rapidly, or any cause of decay or destruction (noun); ruin or cause to wither (verb)

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Blithe

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Joyous, merry; excessively carefree (so as to ignore more important concerns)

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Bogus

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Fake, fraudulent

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Bolster

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Strengthen or support

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Bombastic

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(Of speech or writing) far too showy or
dramatic than is appropriate; pretentious

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Bonhomie

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Friendliness, open and simple good
heartedness

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Boor

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Rude, ill-mannered, or insensitive person; a peasant or country bumpkin

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Brandish

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Shake, wave, or flourish, as a weapon

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Brook

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Suffer or tolerate

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Buffer

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Something that shields, protects, absorbs shock, or cushions

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Bureaucracy

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Government characterized by many bureaus and petty administrators or by excessive, seemingly meaningless requirements

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Bucolic

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Pertaining to shepherds; suggesting a peaceful and pleasant view of rural life

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Burgeon

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Grow or flourish rapidly; put forth buds or shoots (of a plant)

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Burnish

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Polish, make smooth and lustrous

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Buttress

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Support or encourage (verb); a support or prop, esp. projecting from and supporting the wall of a building (noun)

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Bygone

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Past, former (adj); that which is in the past (usually plural noun)

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Cacophony

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Harsh, discordant, or meaningless mixture of sounds

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Calumny

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Malicious lie intended to hurt someone’s reputation; the act of telling such lies

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Canard

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Rumor, a false or baseless story

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Candid

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Open, sincere, honest

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Canonical

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Authorized, recognized; pertaining to the canon, or body of accepted rules, standards or artistic works

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Capricious

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Acting on impulse, erratic

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Cardinal

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Chief, most important

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Cartography

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Mapmaking

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Castigate

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Criticize severely; punish in order to correct

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Catalyst

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Causer of change

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Catholic

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Universal, broad-minded

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Caustic

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Capable of corroding metal or burning the skin; very critical or sarcastic

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Censure

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Strong disapproval or official reprimand (noun); to issue such disapproval or reprimand (verb)

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Chauvinism

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Fanatical patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory; undue or biased devotion to any group, cause, etc.

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Chicanery

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Trickery, deception by knowingly false
arguments

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Chronological

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Arranged in or relating to time order

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Circumscribe

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Strictly limit a role, range of activity, or area; in math, to be constructed around so as to touch as many points as possible

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Circumspect

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Cautious, prudent; careful to consider the circumstances and consequences