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Brook

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To tolerate, put up with something difficult

I will not brook insults from my own employees

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Alloy v

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To temper, moderate, reduce purity of

Iron alloys well (iron blends well)

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Chauvinist

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Extreme patriot

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Damp

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Deprive of intellectual or emotional vitality.
Reduce or weaken in strength or feeling
Didn’t let the setbacks damp my drive for success
Nothing seemed to damp the unwelcome attentions of her suitor

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Die n

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A tool

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Essay v

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To attempt
To put to test
He had been in gymnastics for a long time before even attempting to essay that move

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Exact v

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To demand and get (like payment or revenge)
From them has been exacted the ultimate sacrifice
Every war inevitably exacts greatest sacrifice
The govt exacts a heavy fine for littering

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Fell ADJ

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Deadly; violent or unfriendly
The fell disease Ebola ravaged the nation
The native Americans died in a scuffle with the fell European explorers

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Fell VERB

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To strike, knock down , kill
He was felled by a heart attack at age 35
Are you strong enough to fell a cow?

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Flag

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Fall or drop, become spiritless

Flagging stock prices

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Flip

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Sarcastic

Flip remark

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Ford

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To cross a shallow body of water

Slaves forded thr Mississippi River

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Grouse

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Complain, grumble

She’s been grousing to her boss about her wages

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Guy

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A rope or cord

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Intimate

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Suggest indirectly

Tried to intimate that an illicit relatjonship was happening between the boss and secretary

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List VERB

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To tilt or lean to one side , esp of a boat or a ship

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Lumber verb

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Move heavily and clumsily

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Meet adj

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Fitting, proper

In the eyes of John McCain sending ground troops is a meet response to IS threat

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Mince v

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To euphemize, speak too cArefully

To walk with quick short steps

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Nice adj

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Exacting, extremely precise
The noticebaly nice folding of the napkins at the dinner table
She’s far too nice about her clothes to even consider giving her clothing for her birthday

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Obtain

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To be established, fitting, customary

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Occult

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Hidden, concealed. Beyond comprehension

Occult form of worship

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Pedestrian ADJ

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Commonplace

PedestriAn plots stolen from older and better series

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Pied adj

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Multicolored
A pied horse
Joseph’s pied coat almost cost him his life

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Plastic

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Moldable, not rigid

Malleable

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Pluck n

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Courage, spunk, fortitude

She showed pluck by testifying against her abusive husband in court

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Prize VERB

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To pry, press (like with a lever)

Something taken by force, spoils

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Rent asj

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Torn

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Quail

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To lose courage, become frightened

Mindy quailed at the sight of a mountain lion

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Qualify v

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To limit

Qualifying the noun with a descriptive adj would help

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Scurvy

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Contemptible,
Such a scurvy trick!
You scurvy bastard!

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Singular

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Exceptional, odd
The air had a singular chill
Michael jCkson possessed singular talent

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Stand

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Group of trees

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Strut noun

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Supporting structural cross part of a wing

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Tender v

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To offer, extend

The coach tendered his resignation and started a new career as a physical therapist

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Waffle

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Equivocate, change ones position

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Wag n

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Wit, joker

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Excoriate

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Criticize very harshly
He was afraid of being excoriated by the community for opposing the deliberate attempt to attract black customers to the neighborhood

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Efficacious

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Effective

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