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1
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banal

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unoriginal ; ordinary

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bane

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poison

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bastion

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stronghold

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beget

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to give birth; to create

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belabor

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to go over repeatedly

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belie

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to give a false impression of

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belittle

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to make seem little

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belligerent

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combative

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bemused

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confused

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benefactor

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one who provides help

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benevolent

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generous

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benign

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gentle

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bequest

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something left to someone in will

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bereaved

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deprived or left desolate

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beset

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harass

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blasphemy

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irrreverance

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blatant

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unpleasantly or offensively noisy

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blight

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disease in plants

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blithe

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carefree

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bourgeois

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middle class

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bovine

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cow related

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brevity

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briefness

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broach

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to open up a subject for discussion

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bucolic

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charmingly rural; country

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bureaucracy

A

government 어쩌고

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burgeon

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to expand

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burlesque

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a ludrious, mocking

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beleaguer

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to surround

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daunt

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to make fearful

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dearth

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lack; scarcity

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debacle

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violent break down

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debauchery

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wild living; exccessive intemperance

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debilitate

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to weaken; to cripple

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decadent

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decaying or decayed

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decimate

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to kill or destroy a large part of

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decorous

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proper; in a good taste; orderly

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deduce

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to conclude from evidencr; to infer

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defame

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to libel or slander; to ruin a good name of

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deference

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submission to anothers will

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definitive

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conclusive

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degenerate

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ti break down; to demonstrate

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deleterious

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harmful

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delineate

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to describe accurately

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delude

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to decieve

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deluge

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a flood

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demagogue

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a leader of people

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denizen

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inhabitant

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depravity

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extreme wickedness

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deprecate

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to express disapproval of

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deride

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to ridicule

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deregatory

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disaaproving

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descicate

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to dry well

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despondent

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extremely depressed

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despot

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an absolute ruler

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destitute

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extremely poor

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desultory

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with out plan or purpose

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dialectical

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relating to discussions

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dictum

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an authoritative saying

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didactic

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intended to teach

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diffident

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timid

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digress

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to stray from the main subject

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dilettante

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someone with superificial knowlege of arts

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discern

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to have insight

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discreet

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prudent

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discrete

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unconnected

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discriminate

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to notice ot point out difference between two or more things

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disdain

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arrogant scorn

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disinterested

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not taking sides

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disparage

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to belittle

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disparate

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different

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disseminate

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ti spread the seeds of something

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dissipate

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to thin out

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dissolution

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the breaking up

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distend

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to swell

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distinguish

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to tell apart

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docile

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easily taught

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doctrinaire

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inflexibly committed to a doctrine

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dogmatic

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arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas

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domestic

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having to do with households

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dormant

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inactive

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dubious

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full of doubt

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duplicity

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the act of being two faced

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