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Arabesque

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A complex, elaborate design of flowers or other figures

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Adorn

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To decorate; to enhance

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Coruscate

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To give off flashes of light; glitter; sparkle

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Filigree

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An intricate, delicate ornamentation

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Fugacious

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Passing away quickly; fleeting

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Modest

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Having humble opinion of ones values; free of showiness

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Palpable

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Easily noticed; obvious

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Prescriptive

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Set down by established custom or long use

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Sacrosanct

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Regarded as sacred or inviolable

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Specter

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A ghost; a haunting image

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Apologist

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A person who defends something

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Axiomatic

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Universally recognized as true

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Corroborate

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To confirm as true

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Demur

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To show disapproval; an objection

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Dissuade

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To discourage from an action

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Fallacy

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A false belief; a misconception

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Extol

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To urge strongly

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Obsequious

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Excessively willing to serve or obey

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Postulate

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To assume as true without proof

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Ruminate

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To think deeply; ponder

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Abrogate

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To abolish

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Arrogate

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To seize without right to do so

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Derogatory

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Expressing a low opinion

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Interrogate

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To ask questions of a person formally

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Prerogative

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An exclusive right belonging to a group

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Presage

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To warn of in advance

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Prorogue

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To delay; postpone

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Sagacious

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Showing perception; good judgement

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Subrogate

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To substitute one person/thing for another

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Surrogate

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One that takes another’s place; a substitute

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Conventional

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Following accepted custom or standards

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Egalitarian

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Characterized by belief in equal rights or all

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Guise

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Outward appearance or aspect

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Impertinent

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Showing lack of respect

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Impetus

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A stimulating force

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Incensed

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Extremely angry

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Intrepid

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Fearless

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Obeisance

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Gesture that shows respect

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Partisan

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Someone who supports a cause

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Reputed

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Supposed

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Carping

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Naggingly critical

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Deferential

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Showing respect

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Lethargic

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Sluggish, inactive

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Patronizing

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Characterized by superior manner

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Phlegmatic

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Difficult to rouse; apathetic

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Sanctimonious

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Pretending to be religious

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Sanguine

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Cheerful, hopeful

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Scurrilous

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Indecent, vulgar, abusive

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Surly

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Rude, uncivil

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Truculent

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Eager to fight; belligerent

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Assent

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To agree

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Consensus

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General agreement

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Dissent

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To disagree

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Insensate

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Without emotion

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Presentiment

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A feeling that something is going to happen

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Resentment

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Feeling if ill will as a result of a grievance

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Sensibility

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Ability to perceive, feel, respond

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Sententious

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Full of pompous moralizing

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Sentimentality

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Condition of being excessively emotional

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Sentinels

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A person who watches for danger; guard

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Archaic

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Old and outdated

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Askew

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Out of line

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Chaotic

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Full if confusion

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Coherent

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Logically organized

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Controversy

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Debate; dispute

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Crux

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Central point

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Deplore

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Despised

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Dissolution

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Disintegration; breaking up into parts

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Engender

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Produce; cause

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Predicate

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To base (an action or statement)

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Anathema

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Something that is intensely disliked

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Chastised

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Criticized or punished

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Deprecated

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Disapproved of

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Disapprobation

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Disapproval

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Invective

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Abusive language

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Recriminated

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Accused in return

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Reproach

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Criticize

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Reproof

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Disapproval

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Trenchant

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Cutting, sharp, effective

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Vituperative

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Verbally abusive

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Cognizant

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Fully aware; informed

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Conscientious

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Guided by ones conscience; honest

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Omniscient

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Knowing everything

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Physiognomy

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Facial features

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Plebiscite

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A direct vote by the people on a single issue

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Precognition

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(N) Knowledge of a future event

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Prescient

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(Adj) Having knowledge of events before they occur

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Prognosis

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A prediction or forecast

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Prognosticate

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To predict on the basis of present indications

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Unconscionable

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Not guided by conscience

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Accoutrements

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Items of equipment or furnishings

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Fastidious

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Exacting, showing attention to detail

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Functional

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Designed for a particular use

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Patina

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Change in appearance produced by long use

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Preclude

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Prevented

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Prepossessing

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Serving to impress

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Prototype

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An original form serving as a basis for others

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Redolent

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Fragrant, sweet-smelling; reminiscent

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Romantic

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Idealized

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Rustic

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Typical of country life

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Alacrity

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Eagerness

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Celerity

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Swiftness of action

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Ennui

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Boredom

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Indolent

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Reluctant to exert oneself

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Languor

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Sluggishness

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Lissome

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Limber; able to move with ease

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Quiescent

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Quiet and still

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Sedulous

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Diligent; hardworking

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Somnolence

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Drowsiness

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Soporific

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Inducing sleep

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Affectation

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An artificial behavior; show or pretense

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Efficacy

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Effectiveness

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Facile

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Done with skill or ease

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Fictitious

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Not natural or real; artificial

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Feasible

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Capable of being done

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Officious

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Too eagerly offering unwanted servicesw

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Proficient

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Highly competent; skilled

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Prolific

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Producing many works; productive

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Suffice

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To be enough or adequate

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Surfeit

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An extensive amount

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Elite

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A group’s best members

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Exhort

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Urge strongly

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Gothic

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Architectural style using pointed arches and steep roofs

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Impregnable

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Unconquerable

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Insularity

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Isolation

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Mystique

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An air of mystery or power

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Primal

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Primitive

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Reverence

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Honor and respect

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Rive

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To break or crack

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Sundry

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Various

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Bestial

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Brutal

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Canker

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Source of spreading decay

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Effete

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Depleted of effectiveness

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Heinous

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Causing disgust and hatred

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Odious

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Arousing strong dislike or intense displeasure

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Offal

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Waste or rubbish

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Perverse

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Wicked; turned away from what is right or good

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Predatory

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Living by preying on other animals

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Sordid

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Wretched, miserable

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Vitiation

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Corruption

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Egress

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An exit

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Genealogy

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Record/study of family ancestry

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Genus

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Classification of plants and animals; a group

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Germinal

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In the early stages if development

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Ingress

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An entrance

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Progenitor

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An ancestor

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Regress

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To revert back to an earlier state

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Retrogression

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The act or returning to a worse or earlier state

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Tacit

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Not spoken; implied

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Taciturn

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Not talkative, quiet

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Apocryphal

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Of doubtable authenticity

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Behemoth

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Something enormous

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Brevity

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Shortness

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Dally

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Wasting time

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Depreciate

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Lessen the value of

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Paraphrase

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Restate more clearly

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Reinforce

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Made stronger

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Relatively

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Comparatively

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Respite

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Period of rest

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Svelt

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Slender of graceful

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Adjudged

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Determined by legal procedure

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Berate

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To scold angrily and at length

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Castigate

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Severely punish

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Chide

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To scold mildly

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Disparage

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To belittle

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Insinuation

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Slyly indirect suggestion

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Philippic

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Bitter condemnation

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Strictures

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Restrictions

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Supercilious

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Haughty

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Tirade

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Long, angry speech

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Affidavit

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A sworn written statement

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Credence

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Acceptance as true or real

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Credibility

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The quality to inspire belief; a capacity for belief

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Credulous

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Tending to believe or trust too readily

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Diffident

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Lacking self-confidence; shy

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Fealty

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Loyalty; faithfulness

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Fiduciary

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Relating to the management if one person’s assets by another

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Miscreant

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A wicked person; villian

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Perfidious

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Treacherous, disloyal

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Recreant

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Cowardly; disloyal, unfaithful

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