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abase

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(v) Degrade or humble; to lower in rank, status, or esteem

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abeyance

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(n) temporary suspension, inactivity

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abreast

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(adj) Side-by-side. The more common “abreast of” means keeping up with, staying aware of, or remaining equal in progress with.

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abscission

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(n) Cutting off; sudden termination; the separation of leaves, petals, or other parts from a plant or animal

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abscond

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(v) Depart suddenly and secretively

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abyss

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(n) A deep and vast space or cavity; anything profound or infinite

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accede

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(v) Agree, give consent; assume power (usually as “accede to”)

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accretion

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(n) Gradual increase; an added part or addition

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acerbic

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(adj) Sour; harsh or severe

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acidulous

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(adj) Slightly acid or sour; sharp or caustic

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acumen

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(n) Keen, quick, accurate insight or judgment

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adulterate

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(v) Make impure by adding inappropriate or inferior ingredients

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adumbrate

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(v) Give a rough outline of; foreshadow; reveal only partially; obscure

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aerie

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(n) Dwelling or fortress built on a high place; the nest of a bird of prey, such as an eagle or hawk, built on a mountain or cliff

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albeit

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(conj) Although, even though

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aloof

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(adj) Distant physically or emotionally; reserved; indifferent

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amalgamate

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(v) Blend, merge, or unite

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ameliorate

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(v) Improve; make better or more bearable

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amortize

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(v) Gradually pay off a debt, or gradually write off an asset

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anachronism

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(n) Something that is not in its correct historical time; a mistake in chronology, such as by assigning a person or event to the wrong time period

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analgesia

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(n) Pain relief; inability to feel pain

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annul

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(v) Make void or null, cancel, abolish (usually of laws or other established rules)

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anodyne

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Medicine that relieves pain (noun); soothing, relieving pain (adj)

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antedate

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(v) Be older than, precede in time; assign to an earlier date

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antithetical

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(adj) Directly opposed, opposite; involving antithesis (the rhetorical act of placing two phrases opposite one another for contrast, as in love me or hate me)

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apostate

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(n, adj) Person who deserts a party, cause, religion, etc.

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apostle

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(n) Pioneer of a reform movement (originally, an early follower of Jesus)

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apposite

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(adj) Highly appropriate, suitable, or relevant

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apprise

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(v) Inform, give notice to

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approbation

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(n) Praise or approval, especially formal approval

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appropriate

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(v) Set aside or authorize (such as money) for a particular purpose; take for one’s own use

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arbiter

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(n) Judge, umpire, person empowered to decide matters at hand

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ardent

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(adj) Very passionate, devoted, or enthusiastic

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arrogate

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(v) Claim or take presumptuously or without the right to do so

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ascribe

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(v) Assign or credit to a certain cause or source

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aseptic

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(adj) Free from germs

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asperity

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(n) Rigor, severity; harshness or sharpness of tone; roughness of surface

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aspersions

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(n) Damaging remarks, defamation, slander

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assail

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(v) Attack violently, assault

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assiduous

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(adj) Persevering, diligent, constant

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attenuate

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(v) Weaken or thin out

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attuned

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(adj) In harmony; in sympathetic relationship

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augury

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(n) Telling the future, such as through supernatural means

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august

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(adj) Venerable, majestic; inspiring admiration

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avarice

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(n) Insatiable greed; a miserly desire to hoard wealth

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axiom

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

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balloon

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(v) Swell or puff out; increase rapidly

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banal

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(adj) Lacking freshness and originality; cliché

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bane

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(n) Something that ruins or spoils

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baying

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(adj) Howling in a deep way, like a dog or wolf

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beneficent

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(adj) Doing good

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bent

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(n) Personal inclination or tendency

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besiege

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(v) Attack, overwhelm, crowd in on or surround

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bevy

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

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bifurcate

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(v,adj) To fork into two branches or divide into two halves

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bilk

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

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bombastic

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

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bonhomie

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(n) Friendliness, open and simple good heartedness

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brandish

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(v) Shake, wave, or flourish, as a weapon

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brook

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(v) Suffer or tolerate

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bucolic

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

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burnish

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(v) Polish, make smooth and lustrous

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calumny

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

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canard

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(n) Rumor, a false or baseless story

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cardinal

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(a) Chief, most important

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catholic

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(adj) Universal, broad-minded

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chicanery

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(n) Trickery, deception by knowingly false arguments

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circumscribe

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(v) 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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(adj) Cautious, prudent; careful to consider the circumstances and consequences

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clamber

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(v) Climb awkwardly or with difficulty, scramble

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cloying

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(adj) Disgustingly or distastefully sweet

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coagulate

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(v) Cause a liquid to become solid or semisolid

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coda

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(n) Final part of a musical composition; an ending, esp. one that sums up what has come before

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coffer

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(n) Chest for storing valuables; financial resources, a treasury

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collude

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(v) Conspire; cooperate for illegal or fraudulent purposes

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compendium

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(n) Concise but complete summary; a list or collection

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complaisant

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(adj) Eager to please; cheerfully complying

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confound

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(v) Confuse, frustrate; mix up or make worse

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connote

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(v) Suggest or imply in addition to the precise, literal meaning

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contraries

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(n) Things that are opposing; either of two opposite things

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contrite

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(adj) Remorseful; feeling sorry for one’s offenses or sins

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contumacious

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(adj) Rebellious; stubbornly disobedient

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convoke

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(v) Call together, as to a meeting

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cosset

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(v) Treat as a pet, pamper

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coterie

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(n) Close or exclusive group, clique

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cupidity

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(n) Greed, great or excessive desire

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curmudgeon

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(n) Bad-tempered, difficult person; grouch

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declaim

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(v) Speak in an impassioned, pompous, or oratorical manner; give a formal speech

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declivity

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(n) Downward slope

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delimit

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(v) Fix, mark, or define the boundaries of

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demagogue

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(n) A leader who lies and gains power by arousing the passions and especially prejudices of the people

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demur

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(v) Show reluctance or object, especially for moral reasons

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desultory

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(adj) Lacking consistency or order, disconnected, sporadic; going off topic

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diaphanous

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(adj) Very sheer, fine, translucent

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dichotomy

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(n) Division into two parts or into two contradictory groups

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dictum

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(n) Formal or authoritative pronouncement; saying or proverb

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diffident

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(adj) Lacking confidence, shy

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diffuse

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Spread widely, disseminate (verb); dispersed, widely spread out, or wordy and going off-topic (adj)

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