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stun

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1.to cause great surprise 2.to make smbd greatly confuse

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stunning

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1.greatly surprising 2.very attractive or beautiful

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attribute

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essential quality

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requiem

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1.mass for the dead 2.sorrowful/funeral tone

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at requiem

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jobless condition

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fraudulent

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intended to cheat or deceive

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canon

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principle or set or principles

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conspicuous

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easy to see or notice

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avaricious

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greedy for wealth or money

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covetous

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1.jealous 2.desired by many or all

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rapacious

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wanting

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Samaritan

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charitable person

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virtue

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moral qualities or good qualities

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overarching

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comprehensive including all or almost all

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embodiment

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perfect example or representation

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littered with

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full of

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progeny

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outcome, offspring

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primogeniture

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first born child

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ad infinitum

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forever

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vituperated

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to make critical remark or scold

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pretext

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pretends

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orotund

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loud and forceful

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spate

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flood

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spat

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minor dispute

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inundate
1.flood 2.to move in large no or amount
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bedraggled
thoroughly wet and untidy
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odyssey
long eventful journey
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volition
the power to select or decide by yourself
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bequeath
to provide properties or money in a will
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frigid
1.very cold 2.not sharing love or affection
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crisp
1.easy to bite with sound 2.rather cold and pleasant
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contingent on
dependent on
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contingent,n
1.a group of people for a typical purpose 2.a small grp of army to support
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initiation rite
grp ritual activities or ceremony
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taut
stretched or tight
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tout
highly praise
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taunt
insult
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daunting
causing others frustration or fear
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dauntless
bold
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proviso
condition
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jaunt
short pleasurable journey
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Mar
disfigure, damage or spoil
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obtuse
slow and unwilling to learn
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immaculate
spotless or clean
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mendacity
great lie or dishonesty
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probity
great honesty
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interdict
1.order by the court to stop smth 2.prohibition
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affected
artificial
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disdain
1.to show lack of respect 2.to refuse to do smth because u think that u r superior
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dally
to waste time LOITER,DAWDLE
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cognoscente
a person who knows a lot about the typical subject
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amend
to change word phrase sense in order to make better
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emend
1.rectify or correct 2.to improve or make better
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fallible
likely to err
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embrace
agree
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burgeon
grow rapidly or multiply
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decry
publicly criticize or disprove
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descry
to catch sight or distant sight
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unmitigated
complete or thorough
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melancholic
causing deep sadness
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indignant
angry or annoyed because smth in unfair
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spite
the desire to hurt or harm others
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sober
1.mild pleasant 2.without drink 3.very sad serious
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manifest
very obvious or clear
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quaint
attractive in an old fashioned way
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estrange
separate
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disaffected
disloyal
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aside
bracketed remarks
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prologue
introduction
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striking
remarkable
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daedal
complex or artistic
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acquiesce
to agree passively
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capitulate
surrender
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mortician
undertaker
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arrogant
thinking urself better smart HAUGHTY, SUPERCILIOUS
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cosset
pamper CODDLE, MOLLYCODDLE, DANDLE
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interminable
endless
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consummate
perfect
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treason
1.betraying country 2.severe crime that killing one's husband or master
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perpetrator
criminal or offender

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