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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
Lacking freshness and originality; cliché
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Bane
Something that ruins or spoils
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Base
Morally low, mean, dishonorable; of little or no value; crude and unrefined; counterfeit
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Baying
Howling in a deep way, like a dog or wolf
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Belie
Contradict or misrepresent
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Beneficent
Doing good
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Benign
Harmless; favorable; kindly, gentle, or beneficial; not cancerous
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Bent
Personal inclination or tendency
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Besiege
Attack, overwhelm, crowd in on or surround
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Bevy
Group of birds or other animals that stay close together; any large group
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Bifurcate
To fork into two branches or divide into two halves
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Bilk
Cheat or defraud
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Blight
Disease that kills plants rapidly, or any cause of decay or destruction (noun); ruin or cause to wither (verb)
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Blithe
Joyous, merry; excessively carefree (so as to ignore more important concerns)
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Bogus
Fake, fraudulent
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Bolster
Strengthen or support
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Bombastic
(Of speech or writing) far too showy or dramatic than is appropriate; pretentious
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Bonhomie
Friendliness, open and simple good heartedness
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Boor
Rude, ill-mannered, or insensitive person; a peasant or country bumpkin
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Brandish
Shake, wave, or flourish, as a weapon
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Brook
Suffer or tolerate
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Buffer
Something that shields, protects, absorbs shock, or cushions
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Bureaucracy
Government characterized by many bureaus and petty administrators or by excessive, seemingly meaningless requirements
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Bucolic
Pertaining to shepherds; suggesting a peaceful and pleasant view of rural life
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Burgeon
Grow or flourish rapidly; put forth buds or shoots (of a plant)
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Burnish
Polish, make smooth and lustrous
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Buttress
Support or encourage (verb); a support or prop, esp. projecting from and supporting the wall of a building (noun)
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Bygone
Past, former (adj); that which is in the past (usually plural noun)
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Cacophony
Harsh, discordant, or meaningless mixture of sounds
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Calumny
Malicious lie intended to hurt someone's reputation; the act of telling such lies
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Canard
Rumor, a false or baseless story
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Candid
Open, sincere, honest
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Canonical
Authorized, recognized; pertaining to the canon, or body of accepted rules, standards or artistic works
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Capricious
Acting on impulse, erratic
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Cardinal
Chief, most important
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Cartography
Mapmaking
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Castigate
Criticize severely; punish in order to correct
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Catalyst
Causer of change
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Catholic
Universal, broad-minded
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Caustic
Capable of corroding metal or burning the skin; very critical or sarcastic
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Censure
Strong disapproval or official reprimand (noun); to issue such disapproval or reprimand (verb)
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Chauvinism
Fanatical patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory; undue or biased devotion to any group, cause, etc.
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Chicanery
Trickery, deception by knowingly false arguments
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Chronological
Arranged in or relating to time order
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Circumscribe
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
Cautious, prudent; careful to consider the circumstances and consequences

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