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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

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1.flood 2.to move in large no or amount

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bedraggled

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thoroughly wet and untidy

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odyssey

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long eventful journey

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volition

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the power to select or decide by yourself

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bequeath

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to provide properties or money in a will

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frigid

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1.very cold 2.not sharing love or affection

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crisp

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1.easy to bite with sound 2.rather cold and pleasant

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contingent on

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dependent on

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contingent,n

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1.a group of people for a typical purpose 2.a small grp of army to support

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initiation rite

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grp ritual activities or ceremony

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taut

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stretched or tight

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tout

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highly praise

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taunt

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insult

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daunting

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causing others frustration or fear

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dauntless

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bold

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proviso

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condition

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jaunt

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short pleasurable journey

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Mar

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disfigure, damage or spoil

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obtuse

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slow and unwilling to learn

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immaculate

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spotless or clean

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mendacity

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great lie or dishonesty

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probity

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great honesty

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interdict

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1.order by the court to stop smth 2.prohibition

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affected

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artificial

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disdain

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1.to show lack of respect 2.to refuse to do smth because u think that u r superior

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dally

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to waste time LOITER,DAWDLE

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cognoscente

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a person who knows a lot about the typical subject

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amend

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to change word phrase sense in order to make better

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emend

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1.rectify or correct 2.to improve or make better

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fallible

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likely to err

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embrace

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agree

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burgeon

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grow rapidly or multiply

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decry

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publicly criticize or disprove

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descry

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to catch sight or distant sight

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unmitigated

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complete or thorough

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melancholic

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causing deep sadness

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indignant

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angry or annoyed because smth in unfair

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spite

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the desire to hurt or harm others

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sober

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1.mild pleasant 2.without drink 3.very sad serious

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manifest

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very obvious or clear

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quaint

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attractive in an old fashioned way

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estrange

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separate

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disaffected

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disloyal

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aside

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bracketed remarks

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prologue

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introduction

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striking

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remarkable

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daedal

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complex or artistic

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acquiesce

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to agree passively

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capitulate

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surrender

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mortician

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undertaker

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arrogant

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thinking urself better smart HAUGHTY, SUPERCILIOUS

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cosset

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pamper CODDLE, MOLLYCODDLE, DANDLE

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interminable

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endless

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consummate

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perfect

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treason

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1.betraying country 2.severe crime that killing one’s husband or master

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perpetrator

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criminal or offender

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