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Abeyance

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Temporary suspension/suppression

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Abjure

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To reject formally

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Aberrant

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Deviating from what’s normal

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Accretion

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Growth in size of increase in amount

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Admonish

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To caution or reprimand

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Affected

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Pretentious, phony

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Allay

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To lessen; ease; smooth

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Alloy

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A combination; mixture of 2 or more metals

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Amalgamate

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To combine into a unified whole

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Ambrosia

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Something delicious; food for gods

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Ameliorate

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To improve

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Anachronism

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Something out of the proper time

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Anodyne

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Something that calms or soothes pain

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Anomalous

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Irregular; deviating from the norm

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Antipathy

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Dislike, hostility

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Apathy

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Indifference

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Apothegm

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Terse/witty saying

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Appease

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To calm, pacify, please

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Apropos

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Relevant

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Ardor

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Great emotion or passion

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Apprise

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To inform

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Ascetic

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One who practices self-denial

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Asperity

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Severity, harshness, irritability

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Aspersion

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Slander; false rumor

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Astringent

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Harsh, severe

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Asylum

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Place of refuge or shelter

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Attenuate

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To weaken

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Aver

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To affirm, declare to be true

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Avuncular

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Like an uncle; benevolent and tolerant

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Bawdy

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Obscene

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Beatify

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To sanctify, to bless, to ascribe a virtue to

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Bedizen

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To dress in a vulgar, showy manner

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Blasé

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Bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned

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Boorish

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Rude, insensitive

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Broach

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To bring up for the first time

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Burgeon

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To flourish

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Buttress

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To reinforce; support

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Cadge

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To beg; sponge

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Calumny

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False and malicious accusation; slander

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Canard

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False, deliberately misleading story

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Capricious

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Fickle

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Carnal

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Of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites

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Carping

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To find fault; complain

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Castigation

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Punishment; chastisement; criticism

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Caustic

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Sarcastically biting; burning

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Champion

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To defend or support

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Chasten

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To correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue

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Churlish

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Rude; boorish

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Chicanery

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Trickery; fraud

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Clairvoyant

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One who can predict the future; psychic

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Cloister

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To confine; seclude

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Coda

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Something that summarizes or concludes; musical term

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Commensurate

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Proportional

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Compendium

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Brief, comprehensive summary

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Complaisant

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Overly polite; willing to please; obliging

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Compunction

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Uneasiness caused by guilt

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Conciliatory

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Overcoming distrust or hostility

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Concoct

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To invent

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Concomitant

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Existing concurrently

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Conjugal

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Pertaining to marriage agreement

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Congenial

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Similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to

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Consecrate

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To declare sacred

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Contend

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To assert

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Contentious

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Quarrelsome; causing quarrels

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Continence

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Self-control; abstention from sexual activity

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Contrite

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Very sorrowful for a wrong

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Conundrum

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Riddle; puzzle with no solution

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Contimacious

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Disobedient; rebellious

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Convoluted

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Twisted; complicated

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Copious

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Abundant; plentiful

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Coquette

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Woman who flirts

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Cornucopia

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Horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance

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Covert

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Hidden; secret

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Covetous

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Desiring something owned by another

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Cozen

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To mislead by trick or fraud; deceive

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Craven

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Cowardly

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Credo

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Statement of belief or principle; creed

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Dearth

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Scarcity

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Decorum

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Proper behavior

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Default

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To fail to act

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Deference

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Respect; regard for another’s wish

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Defunct

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No longer existing

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Delineate

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To represent or depict

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Demotic

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Pertaining to people

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Demur

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To express doubt

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Denigrate

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To slur someone’s reputation

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Denouement

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Outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature

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Deride

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To mock

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Derivative

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Something derived; unoriginal

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Desiccate

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To dry completely

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Desuetude

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State of disuse

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Desultory

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Random; disconnected; rambling

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Deterrent

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Something that discourages or hinders

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Detraction

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The act of taking away; derogatory comment on a person’s character

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Diaphanous

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Transparent; fine-textured; insubstantial; vague

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Diatribe

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Bitter verbal attack

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Diffidence

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Shyness; lack of confidence

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Digression

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Act of straying from the main point

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Dirge

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Funeral hymn

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Disabuse

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To free from misconception

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Discerning

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Perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgment

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Discomfit

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To make uneasy; disconcert

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Discordant

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Not in tune

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Discrete

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Constituting a separate thing; distinct

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Disingenuous

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Not candid; crafty

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Disparage

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To belittle

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Disparate

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Dissimilar

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Dissemble

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To pretend; disguise one’s motices

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Disseminate

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To spread; scatter; disperse

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Dissident

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Person who disagrees about beliefs, etc.

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Dissolution

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Disintegration; debauchery

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Distend

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To expand; swell out

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Distill

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Extract the essential elements

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Distrait

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Inattentive; preoccupied

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Divest

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To strip; deprive; rid

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Divulge

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To make known something that is secret

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Doctrinaire

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Relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding

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Doggerel

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Poor verse

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Dogmatic

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Stating opinions without proof

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Dross

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Waste; worthless matter; trivial matter

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Dupe

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To deceive; trick

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Ebullient

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Exhilarated; enthusiastic

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Eclectic

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Selecting from various sources

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Effervescence

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State of high spirits or liveliness; the process of bubbling as gas escapes

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Effete

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Depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent

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Efficacy

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Efficiency; effectiveness

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Effrontery

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Shameless boldness; presumptuous ness

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Elixir

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A substance believed to have the power to cure ills

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Elysian

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Blissful; delightful

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Emaciated

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Thin and wasted

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Embellish

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To adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details

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Emollient

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Soothing; mollifying

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Emulate

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To imitate; copy

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Encomium

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A formal expression of praise

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Endemic

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Inherent; belonging to an area

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Enervate

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To weaken

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Engender

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To cause; provoke

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived; fleeting

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Epistemology

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Branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge

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Equable

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Steady; unvarying; serene

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Equanimity

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Composure; calmness

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Equivocate

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To intentionally use vague language

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Errant

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Mistaken; straying from the proper course

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Erudite

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Learned; scholarly

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Esoteric

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Hard to understand; known only to a few

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Essay

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To make an attempt; subject to a test

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Estimable

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Admirable; possible to estimate

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Etiology

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Causes or origins

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Etymology

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Origin and history of a word

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Eugenics

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Study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve these qualities

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Eulogy

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High praise, especially of a person who has recently died

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Euphemism

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Use of agreeable of inoffensive language in place of unpleasant or offensive language

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Euthanasia

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Mercy killing

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Evince

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To show plainly; be an indication of

155
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Abate

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To decrease; reduce

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Abject

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Miserable; pitiful

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Abscond

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To depart secretly

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Abstemious

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Moderate in appetite

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Abysmal

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Very baf

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Adjunct

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Something added, attached, or joined

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Exacerbate

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To aggravate; make worse

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Exact

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To force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority

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Exculpate

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To clear of blame; vindicate

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Execrable

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Detestable; abhorrent

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Exhort

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To urge by strong appeals

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Exigency

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Crisis; urgent requirements

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Existential

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Based on experience; having to do with existence

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Exorcise

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To expel evil spirits; free from bad influences

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Expatiate

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To speak or write at length

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Expatriate

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To send into exile

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Expiate

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To atone for

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Explicate

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To explain; interpret; clarify

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Expository

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Explanatory

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Extant

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In existence; not lost

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Extemporaneous

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Unrehearsed

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Extirpate

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To root up; to destroy

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Extraneous

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Not essential

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Extrapolation

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The act of estimation by projecting known information

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Extrinsic

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Not inherent or essential

180
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Facetious

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Humorous

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Factotum

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A person who does all sorts of work; a handyman

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Fallacious

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Based on a false idea or fact; misleading

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Fallow

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Plowed but not sowed; uncultivated

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Fatuous

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Foolishly self-satisfied

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Fawning

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Seeking favor by flattering

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Felicitous

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Suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen

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Feral

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Existing in a wild or untamed state

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Fervor

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Warmth and intensity of emotion

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Fetid

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Having a bad smell

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Fetter

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To bind; confine

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Fiat

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Arbitrary order; authorization

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Fidelity

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Loyalty; exact correspondence

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Fissure

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Crevice

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Flag

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To droop; grow weak

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Florid

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Ruddy; reddish; flowery

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Flout

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To treat scornfully

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Foment

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To incite; arouse

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Forbearance

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Patience

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Forestall

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To prevent; delay

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Formidable

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Menacing; threatening

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Forswear

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Renounce; repudiate

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Founder

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To sink; fail; collapse

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Fracas

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A loud quarrel; brawl

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Fractious

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Quarrelsome; unruly; rebellioi

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Fresco

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A painting done on plaster

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Frieze

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Ornamental band on a wall

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Froward

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Stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient

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Frugality

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Thrift

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Fulminate

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To attack loudly; denounce

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Fulsome

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So excessive as to be disgusting

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Futile

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Ineffective; useless; fruitless

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