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BENE ASSOCIATED WORDS

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WELL BENEDICTION BENEFACTOR BENEFICIARY BENEVOLENCE

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A —— is a good result.

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benefit

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benediction

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a prayer that ask for god’s blessing

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dictio

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speaking

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benefactor

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someone who helps another person, group by giving money / or different help /

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An anonymous ——-had given 15 million

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benefactor

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The famous ——- of John Rockefeller

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benefactions

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beneficiary

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a person that recieves money

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benevolence

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kindness, generosity

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The poor couple was saved only by the ——of her father

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benevolence BENHWELENC

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AM COMES FROM LATIN—-

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AMORE - TO LOVE

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AMIABLE FROM AMARE

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FRIENDLY

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AM AMARE SPANISH FOR FRIEND—-

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AMIGO

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AM-ICABLE

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FRIENDLY PEACEFUL

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USA AND CANADA OFTEN SPEAK OF AN——MEETING

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AMICABLE

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EN-AMOR-ED

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CHARMED ,FASCINATED, INFLAMED WITH LOVE

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ROMEO AND JULIET WERE UTTERLY——OF EACH OTHER

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ENAMORED

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SHE IS NOT ——-OF THE NEW BOSS

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ENAMORED

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AMOR-OUS

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HAVING ,SHOWING STRONG FEELING OF ATTRACTON

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A COUPLE ON A PARK BENCH COULD BE CALLED

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AMOROUS

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PARAMOUR

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A LOVER OFTEN SECRET NOT ALLOWED BY LAW

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HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS THE——-OF HIS WIFE

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PAR-AMOUR

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BELL

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WAR

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BELLONA

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ROMAN GODDES OF WAR

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BELL ASSOCIATED WORDS

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ANTEBELLUM / antibelhm/ , bellicose, belligerence/bhlijhrhns/ rebellion /ribelyhn/

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antebellum

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before the war, ESPECIALLY BEFORE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

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WHEN WORLD WAR I WAS OVER IT WAS DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO THEIR EXTRAVAGANT ——-WAY OF LIFE

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ANTEBELLUM

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BELLICOSE

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WARLIKE, AGGRESSIVE, QUARRELSOME

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SINCE—–DESCRIBES AN ATTITUDE THAT HOPES FOR ACTUAL WAR , THE WORD IS GENERALLY APPLIED TO NATIONS AND LEADERS

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BELLI-COSE

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BELLIGERENCE

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AGGRESIVENESS, COMBATIVINESS

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UNLIKE——AND—–THE WORD—-CAN BE USED AT EVERY LEVEL FROM THE PERSONAL TO GLOBAL

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BELLIGERENCE AND BELLICOSITY THE WORD BELLIGERENCE /BHLIJHRHNS/

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REBELLION

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OPEN DEFIANCE AND OPPOSITION

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PAC

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LATIN AGREE ,PEACE

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PACIFIC OCEAN

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NAMED BY FERDINAND MAGELLAN

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PACIFY

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PASHFI - TO SOOTHE ANGER, TO SUBDUE BY ARMED ACTION

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DURING THE VIETNAM WAR,——OF AN AREA MEANT USING ARM FORCES TO DRIVE OUT ENEMY

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PACIFICATION

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UNHAPPY BABY IS OFTEN GIVEN RUBBER —–

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PACIFIER

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PACIFIST

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PERSON OPPOSING TO WAR OR BEAR THE ARMS ON MORAL OR RELIGIOUS GROUNDS

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THE QUACKERS AND THE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES ARE —–RELIGIONS

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PACIFIST

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PACT

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AGREEMENT BETWEEN PEOPLE, TREATY BETWEEN NATIONS – IT HAS PEACE AT ITS ROUTS BECAUSE A PACT OFTEN ENDS A PERIOD OF UNFRIENDLY NATIONS

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PACE

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PESE, CONTRARY TO THE OPINION OF

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THE COST OF THE PROGRAM, –==SOME COMMENTATORS, WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT

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PACE IS USED TO CORRECT COMMON BELIEFS

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CRIM

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LATIN FAULT OR CRIME

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CRIM ASSOCIATED WORDS

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CRIMINOLOGY, DECRIMINALIZE, INCRIMINATE / INKRIMHNET/, RECRIMINATION

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CRIMINOLOGY

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STUDY OF PUNISHMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, CRIME

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DECRIMINALIZE

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TO REMOVE OR REDUCE THE CRIMINAL STATUS OF

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——- IS NOT THE SAME AS LEGALIZATION

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DECRIMINALIZATION STILL CALL FOR A FINE POSSESISON / SELLING IS THE CRIME /

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INCRIMINATE

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TO SHOW EVIDENCE OF INVOLVEMENT IN A CRIME OR A FAULT.

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Testimony may—— a suspect by placing him at the scene of a crime.

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incriminate

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recrimination

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an accusation in answer to an accusation made against

oneself

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a disaster often brings —–among those connected with it.

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recriminations

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prob

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from the Latin prove or proof and honesty or integrity

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prob associated words

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approbation, probate, probity, reprobate

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approbation - is stronger than mere approval

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the official act of approving, usually given with pleasure

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The Senate signaled its ——–of the new plan

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approbation

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probate

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The process of proving in court that the will of someone who has died is valid, and of administering the estate of a dead person

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probate court

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oversees the handling of estates

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probity

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absolut honesty an uprightness

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—–is a quality the public generally hopes for in its elected officials.

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probity

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A politician is careful to project an air of —–

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probity

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reprobate

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a person of thoroughly bad character

someone of doubtful morals but good humor

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reprove

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opposite to approve “to condemn”

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grav

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from Latin heavy, weighty, serious

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grav associated words

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grave, gravitas, gravitate, aggravate

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grave

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concern, serious in appearance, requiring serious thought

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Talk about a——situation, as in the example sentence

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grave

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gravitas

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great or very dignified seriousness

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gravitate

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to move towards something

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On hot summer day our social life ——-toward the lakefront.

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gravitated

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aggravate

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to make more serious / injury / to annoy

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LEV

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LATIN ADJ LEVIS LIGHT LEVARE TO RAISE OR LIGHTEN

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LEV ASSOCIATED WORDS

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ALLEVIATE, ELEVATION, CANTI-LEVER, LEVITY,

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ALLEVIATE

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TO LIGHTEN, LESSEN OR RELIEVE.

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ELEVATION

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HIGH OF A PLACE, PROMOTION

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CANTILEVER

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A LONG PIECE OF WOOD, METAL, THAT STICKS OUT FROM A WALL TO SUPPORT SOMETHING ABOVE IT

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THE HOUSE’S DECK, SUPPORTED BY—-

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CANTILEVER

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LEVITY

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LACK OF APPROPRIATE SERIOUSNESS

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dipsomaniac

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alcoholic,

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dipsa

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greek thirst

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perceptible

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noticeable or able to be felt by the senses

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perceptive person

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person pick up minor changes

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cept

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Latin take , seize

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intercept

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to stop, seize, or interrupt something or someone before arrival.

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fin

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end or boundry

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confine

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to keep someone or something within borders.

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finite

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having definite limits

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Her ambitions were —-.

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finite

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infinitesimal

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extremely small

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interject

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to interrupt a conversation with a comment or remark

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conjecture

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to guess

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tract from trahere

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drag or draw

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duc/ duct

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Lat ver ducere to lead

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duke

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leader

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conducive

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tending to promote, encourage

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The quiet cafe ——-to study.

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conducive

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deduction

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the reaching of a conclusion by reasoning

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induce

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persuade, influence, bring about

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——-a friend to go to a concert

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gentle persuation

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an —–is something that might lure you to do something .

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inducement

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sequ

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Lat follow

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Things in —-or regular order

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sequence

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nonsequitur

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nen sekwhthr , a statement that does not follow logically from anything previously said.

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His mind went blank, and he blurted out a ———-

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nonsequitur

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Latin nonsequitur / Aristoteles/

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It does not follow logically what was said previously

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Apollonian

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calm, rational, harmonious grek god Apollo

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apollonian style

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poetry without any extremes

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bacchanalian

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orgiastic, Frenzied,

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Bacchus

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greek good of drama, wine

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The —– partying on graduation resulted in car wrecks.

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bacchanalian

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delphic

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unclear, amigious, confusing

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dionysian

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dihnizhehn delirius

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In tropics festivals become truly——-.

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dionysian

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Dionysus was frontrunner of Bacchus. He was inventor of wine, which he gave to the human race.

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opposit apollonian

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mercurial

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mhr kyur e hl, having rapid and unpredictable changes of mood

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god Mercury

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symbol of speed but unpredictable / mercury drops move unpredictably on surface

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olympian

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lofty, superior, detached

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greec goods lived atop Mt. Olympus watching people from top. Olympic , Olympic games 8th century before BC

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somebody above all

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