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To be vague or misleading

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Equivocate

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Play down

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Disparage

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Pleasurable

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Titillate

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Flatter lavishly

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Adulate

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Prohibit

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Proscribe

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To make unnecessary

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Obviate

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Work against

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Militate

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Slander

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Malign

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Forgive

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Condone

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Change hostility to friendship

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Placate

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Ambiguous

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Accidentally vague

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Equivocal

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Purposely vague

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Parity

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Equality

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Double entendre

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Word or statement that can be interpreted as risquè

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Disparagement

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Belittlement

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Unequivocal

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Clear; direct; capable of only one interpretation

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Disparate

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Essentially or widely unequal or different

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Peer

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One’s equal in age, rank, etc

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Equivocate

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Used in an effort to mislead

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Equity

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Justice, fairness

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Inequity

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Injustice, unfair

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Iniquity

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Sinful and wicked

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Equinox

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“Equal night”

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Nocturnal

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Organisms active in the night

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Nocturne

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Night music

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Equanimity

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“Equal mind”

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Equability

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Calm, serene, even tempered characteristics

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Equilibrium

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“Equal balance”

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libra

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7th zodiac sign

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lb.

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Equilibrist

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Performer successfully defying gravity- tightrope walker

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Equestrian

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Someone on a horse

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Equine

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Like a horse/descriptive of a horse

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Vociferous

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“Carrying much voice” or loud and noisy

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Vocal

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Express by voice

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Vocalize

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To give voice, or to sing the vocals of music

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Magnavox

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A brand name of radios and TV sets

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Manuscript

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Something handwritten

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Scriptures

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Holy writings

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Describe

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“To write down”

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Subscribe

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To write ones name down under an order or contract

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Inscribe

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To write in or into something i.e. A book

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Postscript

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Something written after the main part is finished

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Via

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Trivial

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Insignificant trifles

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Militant

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To fight for something I.e. A reform

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Malignant

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Harmful, evil, hateful

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Malediction

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Malevolent

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Wishing evil or harm

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Malefactor

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A wrongdoer

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Maladroit

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Clumsy, awkward, “having a bad right hand”

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Malaise

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Bodily discomfort-mild illness

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Benign

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Good, kindly

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Benediction

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A blessing

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Benefactor

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One who does good things

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Beneficiary

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Recipient of $$

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Bonbon

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French name for candy or chocolate

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Bona fide

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Literally means good face

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Fidelity

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Faithfulness

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Fido

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Common name for a dog

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Infidel

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One who does not have the ‘right’ faith or religion

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Infidelity

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Unfaithfulness

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Dictator

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Someone who tells others what to do

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Dictation

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Telling other what to do

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Predict

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To say that something will happen before it does

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Contradict

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To say against, or to make an opposite statement

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Addiction

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Compulsion to say yes to a habit

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Volition

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The act or power of willingness of wishing

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Implacable

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Not able to sooth

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Placid

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Calm, easy going, serene

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Complacent

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Smug, too easily pleased with their self

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Donor

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One who gives

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