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Untoward

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Nao favoravel, nao propicio, nao conveniente

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Chary

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Cautios, suspicious, reluctant

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Imbibe

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Absorver

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Beg the question

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Assume something is true

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Exegesis

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Analise ou explicacao critica

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Churlish

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Desajeitado or lacking manners or refinement

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Saturnine

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Gloomy

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Catholic

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Broad scope or universal

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Pariah

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Banido

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Fractious

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That cause disruption and irritation

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Factious

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Controversa e que causa dissensão

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Byzantine

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Intrincate

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Arrant

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He is an arrant fool

Complete or wholly

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Zeitgeist

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Spirit of a time

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Ponderously

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Move slowly

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Equivocate

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Speak vague with the intention to deceive

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Expunge

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To eliminate

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Apostate

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A person who has abandoned a religious or cause

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Defray

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Support financially

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Remonstrate

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Protestar, make objection

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Curmudgeon

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Rude, rabujento

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Pyrrhic

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Vitória que nao vale a pena

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Pollyannaish

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Otimista

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Protean

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Versatil

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Mellifluous

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Melodia

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Cupidity

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Avaria

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Venial

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Perdoavel

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Factitious

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False, artificial

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Propitiate

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Atenuar, apaziguar

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Arriviste

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Novo rico

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Apotheosis

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Auge, algo divino

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Palimpsest

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Algo q mudou mas ainda oculta algo do passado

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Blinkered

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Compreensao limitada

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Quisling

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Traidor

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Benighted

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Sombrio

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Arch

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Provocador

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Maudlin

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Overemotional and sad

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Fell

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Evil

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Histrionic

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Teatral

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Jaundiced

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Preconceituoso e parcial

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Mettlesome

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Corajoso e com valor

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Parvenu

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Novo rico nao aceito

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Hedge

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Be vague or indirect

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Lampoon

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Ridicularizar

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Anodyne

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Inofensivo

Analgésico

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Redoubtable

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Intimidante

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Quail

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Vacilar, por medo ou dor

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Hagiographic

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Que fala bem de uma pessoa

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Impute

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Atribuir

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Enjoin

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Mandar

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Hail

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Acclaim

He was hailed

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Maunder

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Divagar (falar mto)

Vagar em pensamentos

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Umbrage

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Ofender-se

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Flummox

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Intrigar

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Solecism

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Tactless act

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Litany

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Explicação longa e tediosa

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Plucky

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Coragem e determinação

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Insouciance

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Lack of concern

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Derelict

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Negligente (person)

Abandonado (building)

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Gaffe

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Gafe

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Raconteur

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Person skilled to tell anecdotes

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Bowdlerize

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Censurar, omitir partes

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Machinate

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Conspirar

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Encumber

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Hold back

The costume encumber all the movements

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Obstreperous

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Teimoso, desafiante e incontrolavel

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Imperious

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Arrogante e com desdém

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Decray

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Desaprovar

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Lacerate

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Hurt the feelings of

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Subterfuge

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Pretexto, evasiva

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Denouement

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Desfecho

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Hubris

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Presunção

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Immure

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Enclausurado

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Unflappable

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Calmo e que mantem a compostura

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Crestfallen

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Triste e desolado

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Hobble

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Hinder, hold back

The bad weather hobbled the rescue

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Ribald

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Vulgar e depravado

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Peripatetic

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Travel by foot

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Flippant

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Humor inapropriado

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Untenable

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Indefensivel ou injustificável

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Dovetail

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Encaixar, fit together well

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Stalwart

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Forte, robusto, inured to criticism

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Puerile

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Imaturo

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Nonchalant

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Unconcerned

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Firebrand

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Que causa

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Rarefied

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Refinado

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Apposite

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Very appropriate

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Patent

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Obvious

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Puissant

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Powerful

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Invidious

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Que causa ressentimento

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Baleful

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Nefasto, maléfico

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Recrudesce

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Reaparecer com sintomas mais fortes

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Chimera

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Idealismo

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Reprisal

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Represalia

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Languish

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Enfraquecer

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Hoary

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Ancião

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Aphotegm

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Aphorisms

Short and instructive say

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Besotted

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Drunk

Very affectionate

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Objurgate

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Criticar, desaprovar

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Untrammeled

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Not limited or confined

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Bemoan

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Express discontentment, reprovar, criticar

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Inanity

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Lack of meanings or ideas

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Ineffable

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Que nao pode ser descrito, de tão bom

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Unprepossessing

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Unfavorable first impression

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Inchoate

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Rudimentar, imperfeito

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Browbeat

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Intimidar

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Brook

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Tolerar

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Phlegmatic

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Apatico, sem emoção

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Appurtenant

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Aparelho que da auxilio

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Squelch

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Esmagar, destruit

He squelched all criticism

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Unstinting

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Generoso

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Broadside

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Criticar, ataque

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Pith

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The essencial part of something

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Debonair

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Refinado

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Arrogate

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Take control without authority

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Philistine

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Ignorante e arrogante

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Antic

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Odd

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Disingenuous

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Que mente, que é falso, que nao é direto

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Atavism

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Herenca, que reaparece

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Gambit

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Manobra

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Bristle

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Ficar bravo e ofendido

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Chagrin

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Embarrassement and shame

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Deign

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She did not deign to answer him

Do something that one considers below dignity

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Dreadful

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Terrivel

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Appropriate

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Tomar para si ou allocar

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Bromide

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Obviedade

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Conflagration

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Incêndio

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Desideratum

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Desejo

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Bridle

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Restrain

Ficar bravo

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Panegyric

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Elogiar

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Conflate

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Uniao de varios elementos

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Self effacing

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Reluctant to draw attention to one self

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Doughty

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Corajoso

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Abjure

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Give up or reject

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Haunter

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Arrogabte

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Afford

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Proporcionar

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Gumption

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Determinação e iniciativa

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Enormity

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Perversidade

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Elegiac

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Sofrimento

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Cataclysmic

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Evento que resulta en algo ruim

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Capitulate

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Surrender

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Sardonic

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Ironicamente

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Abrogate

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Abrir mao or revoke

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Ebullient

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Very happy

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Flag

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Pra baixo, cair, become less intense

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BastardiZation

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Ato de corrupção ou depravacao

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Officius

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Intrusive

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Lachrymose

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Dor e sofrimento

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Obtain

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Aplicavel

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Bereft

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Sofrimento

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Eponym

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Name derived from a person

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Halcyon

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Calmo, prospero, tranquilo

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Dissolution

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Depravacao

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Trenchant

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Robusto, vigoroso, forte

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Hoodwink

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Enganar

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Row

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Disputa ou conflito

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Adjudicate

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Julgar

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Ineluctable

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Inevitável

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Loath to

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Unwilling to do something

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Splenetic

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Irritavel

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Surfeit

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Excessive amount

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Graft

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Corruption

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Raillery

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Leve provocacao

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