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subtlety

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actual taste of food

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overwhelm

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1.to have intense feeling 2.overflow 3.easily defeat 4.to kill actual taste of the food

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satiate

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fully satisfied but not for thirst SATE

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stinting

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greedy

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sublimate

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to express indirectly in order to make it socially acceptable

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stag

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male deer

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lucre

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money earned in a dishonest way

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fatuous

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very silly or stupid

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brash

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aggressive to take risk

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whimsical

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1.changeable 2.humorous

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pithy

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1.having soft spongy part in lemon 2.central point or theme

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crux

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gist

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succinct

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using few efficient words

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maverick

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non conformist, not following tradtitions

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facile

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1.effortless 2.requiring little effort 3.performing skills easily

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placate

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pacify or to give relief

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immutable

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unchangeable

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transmude

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completely change

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perpetrator

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criminal or offender

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axiom

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causing slightly anger

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onerous

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burdensome, irritating

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exonerate

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to free from blame

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crony

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intimate friend

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hovel

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poor house

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squat

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  1. to sit on heels 2.to capture private or public properties inorder to resit
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wrath

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anger

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desolate

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1.unhappy and isolated 2.deserted of the people

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doughty

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very courageous or bold

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retrench

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economise

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entrench

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strengthen

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divulge

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disclose

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declassify

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publicly reveal

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infuse

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1.thoroughly fill

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imbue

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saturate or infuse

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transgression

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going beyond the limit of morality

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sophistry

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false reasoning

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sophist

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  1. a paid teacher of false reasoning 2.a teacher of false reasoning
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atonement

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improvement or freedom from sin

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atone

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amend for sins EXPIATE

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sedulous

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giving sincere attention

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coruscate

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flash or sparkle

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debilitate

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weaken

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elusive

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  1. difficult to find 2.hard to catch
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meteoric

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very fast or swift

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ineluctable

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unavoidable

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docile

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1.calm and peaceful 2.easily controlled or manageable

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secular insight

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individual insight or vision

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provenance

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origin

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preternatural

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  1. supernatural OCULT 2.beyond natural
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countenance

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to give approval or approve

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discrepant

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different

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petty

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insignificant or little

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pliant

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1.easy to bend 2.easily influenced by others

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candor

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frankness with honesty

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edifying

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teaching by correcting flaws

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grating

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irritating

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testy

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easily irritated or annoyed by others

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peevish

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feeling or showing irritation

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eloquent

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articulate

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enunciate

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to express clearly

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felon

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severe crime

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colossal

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huge or large

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glutton

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a person who eats more then needed

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glut

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a large no or amount, verb,to be greatly enough

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cadaverous

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sickly in color WAN, SALLOW

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aggravate

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exacerbate

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mendicant

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religious beggar

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allay

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1.pacify 2.fully satisfied to allay thirst

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entail

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cause

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asinine

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stupid or very silly

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anodyne

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1.pain killer 2.soothing or giving relief

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canard

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false report, story or rumor

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incandescent

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reflecting light or glowing

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iridescent

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reflecting different color

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regicide

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killing of king or queen or king and queen

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lenient

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1.giving a lot of freedom 2.less harsh or less severe

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promulgate

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publicly reveal or to reveal smth officially

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callous

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unfeeling or stone hearted

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affliction

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suffering

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ravenous

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1.greatly hungry

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appetite

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strong desire

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engrossing

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holding your attention

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parietal

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1.relating to wall of skull or cavity 2.the rules generally in school, college

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ostracized

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to exclude from group or organisation

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coagulate

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congeal, clot

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discernible

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that can be understood or notice smth with effort

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discerning

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having or showing good judgement

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ignominious

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causing public shame

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credulous

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easily believing GULLIBLE

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dupe

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gull, verb, a person who is easily fooled, noun

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stave off

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remove

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stickler

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a person who insist

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elicit

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find or receive

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ardent

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having or showing intense feeling

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dour

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  1. silent, unhappy and unfriendly 2.unhappy or serious
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concierge

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  1. a gatekeeper or a watchman of the apartment 2.a man employed in a hotel whose job is to help guest
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runicanals

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mysterious or hard to understand

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anachronistic

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1.lacking in time order 2.outdated

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embellish

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1.beautify 2.to make a story more interesting

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tenacious

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1.continuing for a long time 2.very strong or bold 3.very determined to reach a destination