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Abrogate

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To abolish.
To end.
To arrest.

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Abscond

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Leave hurriedly and secretly, especially to avoid detection.

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Adversary

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Opponent.

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Anarchist

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A person who turns to overturn the authority.

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Antidote

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A medicine to counteract a particular poison.

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Artifact

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Objects made by human, especially hand made and with historical values.

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Artisan

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Manually skilled worker.

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Ascendancy

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Control influence provided by hierarchy.

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Braggart

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Boaster.

Modest by nature.

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Commemorate

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Honor the memory of.

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Conflagration

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Great fire.

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Cordial

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Gracious.
Heartfelt.
Warm.

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Delineate

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To portray.
To sketch.
To depict.

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Deterrent

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Something that discourages.

Hindrance.

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Digression

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Wandering away from the subject.

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Diligence

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Steadiness.

Effort.

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Diminution

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Reduction in size.

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Eloquence

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Expressiveness.

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Euphemism

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Mince.

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Exalt

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To raise in rank or dignity.

To praise.

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Exuberance

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Overflowing abundance.
Joyful enthusiasm.
Lavishness.

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Inconsequential

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Unimportant.

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Inundate

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To overwhelm.

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Materialism

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A materialist emphasizes the needs of the body.

An idealist emphasizes the needs of a soul.

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Methodical

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Systematic.

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Negate

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To cancel out.

To nullify.

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Notoriety

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Disrepute.

Ill fame.

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Pacifist

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One opposed to use force for any means.

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Perpetuate

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To make something last.

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Precocious

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Advanced in development.

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Profusion

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Over abundance.

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Ratify

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To approve formally.

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Rebuttal

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Refutation.
Present contrary evidence.
Disprove.

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Rectify

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To set right.

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Repel

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To drive away.

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Reprimand

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To reprise severely.

To rebuke.

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Reserve

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Self control.

Formal but distant manner.

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Resign

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To accept one’s fate.

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Resolve

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Determination.

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Reverent

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Respectful.

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Rhetorical

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Related to effective eloquence.

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Saturate

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To soak thoroughly.

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Turbulence

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In a state of violence agitation.

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Agitate

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To make someone troubled or nervous.

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Turmoil

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In a state of great disturbance, confusion.

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Unwarranted

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Unjustified.
Groundless.
Undeserved.

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Virtuoso

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Highly skilled artist.

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Vaporize

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To turn into vapor (anything aerial).

49
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Truncate

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To cut short.

50
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Threadbare

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Becoming thin and tattered with age, especially clothes.

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Tantamount

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Equivalent.

Virtually the same.

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Swagger

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To walk or behave in a confident and arrogant way.

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Stolid

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Calm.
Dependable.
Impassive.
Phlegmatic.

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Steadfast

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Resolute.

55
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Spurn

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To reject with disdain.

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Savory

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Serving to the category being salty or spicy.

Acceptable.
Wholesome
Pleasant.

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Replete

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To fill up.

Filled.

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Remission

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Palliative.

Temporary abatement.

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Rant

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To talk excitedly.

To scold.

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Quagmire

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Soft, wet, boggy land.

Complex situation where it is difficult to free oneself out.

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Precarious

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Uncertain.

Risky.

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Pithy

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Concise.

Meaningful.

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Pernicious

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Harmful.

Very destructive.

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Penury

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Severe poverty.

Stinginess.

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Nefarious

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Wicked.

Villainous.

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Mosaic

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Picture made out of colorful tiles.

67
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Misnomer

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Wrong name/designation.

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Mirth

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Merriment.

Laughter.

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Lithe

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Flexible.

Supple.

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Incidental

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Not essential.

Minor.

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Illicit

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Illegal.

72
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Glacial

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Extremely cold.

73
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Foolhardy

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Rash.

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Fitful

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Occurring in breaks.
Spasmodic.
Intermittent.

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Falter

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To hesitate.

76
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Fallow

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Keeping lands uncultivated.

77
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Equitable

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Fair.

Impartial.

78
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Emend

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To correct.

79
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Elegy

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Lamenting song or poem.

80
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Ebullient

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Shoeing excitement.

Overflowing with joy or enthusiasm.

81
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Distend

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To expand.

To see all out.

82
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Discrepancy

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Lack of consistency.

Difference.

83
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Discourse

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Formal discussion.

Conversation.

84
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Corrugated

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Wrinkled.

85
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Corrode

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To destroy by chemical reaction.

86
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Converge

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To approach.
To tend to meet.
To come together.

87
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Confluence

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Flowing together.

Crowd.

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Combustible

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Easily burned.

89
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Circumlocution

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Indirect and roundabout.

90
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Certitude

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Certainty.

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Carping

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Censorious.

Finding fault.

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Blighted

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Suffering from a disease.

Destroyed.

93
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Beguile

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To mislead.

To delude.

94
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Aviary

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Enclosure for birds.

95
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Avert

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To prevent.

To turn away.

96
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Assiduous

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Diligent.

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Arable

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Cultivable land.

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Amorphous

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Formless.

Lacking shape.

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Acrimony

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Bitterness.

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Acrid

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Sharp.
Bitter.
Pungent.

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Abate

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To reduce.

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Abortive

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Unsuccessful.

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