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alliteration

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repetition of the same letter or sound

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annuity

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payment given out regularly over a defined period

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assimilate

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comprehend

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assuage

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to lessen; calm; satisfy

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auspicious

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pointing to a brighter future

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avalanche

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snowslide; sudden, overwhelming development

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bawl

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shout or call; cry loudly

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cardinal

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greatest importance; bright red color

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chimera

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delusion; hybrid

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collateral

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security promised to pay back a loan; related

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corpulent

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large in body

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cynicism

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mistrust; suspicion

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diffident

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shy; lacking confidence

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dilate

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enlarge; develop

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educe

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develop or draw out; extract from data, information

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divination

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predicting the future; exceptionally good insight

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effulgent

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shining brilliantly

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epitome

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exemplar

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expound

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present something point by point

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hegemony

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domination

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histrionic

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exaggerated

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incinerate

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burn down

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irascible

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quick-tempered

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jurisprudence

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theory of law; legal system

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kudos

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cheers

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lexicon

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dictionary of a language

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lucrative

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making money

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maleficent

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harmful

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matron

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woman in charge of an establishment

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maven

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expert

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mawkish

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exaggeratedly or falsely emotional; unpleasant flavor or taste

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mercantile

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commercial, business

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misgiving

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distrust

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necropolis

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burial ground

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neotype

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new convert to particular subject; beginner

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ordain

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to make someone a priest or minister; issue an order or command officially

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palpable

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able to be felt

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platform

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stage

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polyglot

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knowing various languages

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proliferation

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rapid increase in number; prosperity

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rapt

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completely fascinated or absorbed with intense joy

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redress

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correct, fix

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retrench

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reduce in quality or extent; remove

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seminal

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relating to seed, semen or reproduction; influencing or contributing to later development

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somnolent

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sleepy

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sprightly

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active; energetic

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sublimate

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divert an expression into something that is more socially acceptable; change into gas state

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temperance

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drinking no alcohol; self-restraint

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truncate

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shorten by cutting off

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wrought

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beaten into shape

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aboriginal

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native

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acquiesce

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to accept by silence or not deciding to object

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adamant

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unwilling to be persuaded

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ambulatory

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able to walk; not fixed or stationary

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antilogy

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contrast; opposition

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aphorism

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short saying that holds wise truth

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appropriation

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act of taking something without having the right; fund

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askance

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with mistrust

59
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beau

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male lover of a women

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bedeck

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decorate

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beneficiary

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a person who is receiving help

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blatant

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noisy in an offensive manner; shamelessly obvious

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colossus

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anything with great size or influence

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commingle

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mix or combine

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deity

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god

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dejected

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sad or low in spirit

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desultory

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having no purpose; not connected to main idea

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deviate

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move away from a set course

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dragnet

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network made to capture suspects; 통발

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embroider

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decorate with color; exaggerate story

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genealogy

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lineage

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guise

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false appearance; style or form of dress (분장)

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hunker

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crouch down low; settle or dig in to take defensive position

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impregnable

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too strong to be forcefully break

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incarcerate

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to put in jail

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innate

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inborn

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insular

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narrow-minded; isolated

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joust

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fight to obtain supremacy

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justification

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denfense

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louse

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벼룩, 이, 빈대

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lynch

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murder by mob action

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magnate

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powerful person

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matriarch

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queen; female ruler

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maverick

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free spirit

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motley

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made up with varied element; varity of color; jester or fool

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Occident

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western world

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ogre

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monster

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ordeal

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painful experience; primitive trial to determine guilt or innocence that incorporates hard experience

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ostracize

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banish from society

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papal

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having to do with roman catholic

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pessimism

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negativity

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plenary

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complete; full; absolute

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potentate

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monarch, ruler

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preferment

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promotion; rise

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presentiment

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feeling that something undesirable will take place

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presumptuous

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overly confident

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prognosis

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predicting likelihood of the course of disease (진료)

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prognosticate

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predict

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turgid

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complicated to understand

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vivacious

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high energy

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