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Day 4 Flashcards

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vitality

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n. state and quality of being alive

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anesthetic

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n. anything which produces a loss of sensation, numbing agent

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swipe

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v. to hit with a sweeping motion

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monotheism

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n. belief in one God

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lechery

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gross lewdness; lustfulness

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outwit

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v. outsmart; to defeat by behaving more cleverly

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continence

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self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence

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antler

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n. bony growth on the head of a deer

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charisma

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divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism

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intermingle

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v. to mix together

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abscond

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v. to depart secretly and hide

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lachrymose

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adj. doleful, depressed, mournful

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shiftless

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adj. useless, lazy

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effete

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adj. having lost one’s original power; barren; worn out; exhausted; 정력빠진, 여성적인

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disbar

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v. make a lawyer leave the bar or the legal profession

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lugubrious

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adj. mournful; very sad

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flay

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v. to strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly

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bluff

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v. to put up a false front

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momentous

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adj. important

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perimeter

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n. outer boundary; circumference

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patronizing

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adj. belittling

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litotes

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understatement for emphasis
ex. not bad = pretty good

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mischance

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n. ill luck

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upright

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adj. n. virtuous, having moral integrity

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rolling

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v. rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages

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diurnal

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adv. daily

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calorific

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adj. heat producing

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hibernal

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adj. wintery

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resignation

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n. patiently submissiveness; statement that one is quitting a job

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intimidate *

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adj. frighten

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choreography

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n. art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances

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intermediary

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adj. n. intermediate; acting as a mediator

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idiom

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n. expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words

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roguish

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adj. dishonest, mischievous or playful

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ecstatic

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adj. extremely happy

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obsessive

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adj. related to thinking about something constantly; of an obsession; preoccupying

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septic

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adj. of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction; infected with microorganisms

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brave

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v. face courageously

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vampire

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n. ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living

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lace

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n. cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges as of a shoe

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necromancy

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n. black magic; sorcery; dealings with the dead

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denouement

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n. outcome; final development of the plot of a play

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archived

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v. kept in store

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backslide

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v. to revert to bad habits

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wither

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v. to dry up from loss of moisture; lose freshness; shrivel; decay

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palette

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n. board on which painter mixes pigments coloring matters

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dispirited

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adj. lacking in spirit

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presumption

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adj. assuming too much

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plausible

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adj. believable

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felicitous

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adj. fortunate

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turelage

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n. guardianship; training; function of a tutor; instruction

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malaise

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n. uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health without any particular pain or appearance of…?

38
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permissive

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adj. allowing much freedom; lenient

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recourse

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n. an opportunity or choice for help

39
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avuncular

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adj. uncle like (kind, familiar)

39
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plane

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n. carpenter’s tool for shooting and leveling wood

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hardy *

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sturdy; robust; of plants able to stand inclement stormy weather

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eventual

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adj. happening at last as a result

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enamored

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adj. in love

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scotch

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v. to put an end to

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pummel

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v. beat or pound with fists

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tranquility *

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n. peacefulness

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gregarious *

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adj. friendly, sociable

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espionage

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v. spying

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intrigue

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n. scheme, plot

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substantial

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adj. solid, essential or fundamental; considerable

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gavel

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n. hammerlike tool

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lambaste

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v. to denounce

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felicities

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n. suitable or happy things

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boundless

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adj. endless, infinite

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sanguine

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adj. optimistic, positive thinker

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josh

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v. to make joke

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pastime

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n. hobby diversion

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greg

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n. herd, group

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scamp

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n. rascal; 장난꾸러기

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impregnable *

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adj. invulnerable, impenetrable

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goad

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v. to urge, incite, spur on

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mute

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n. silent; without speech

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plaster

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n. paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls

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rigorous

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adj. unchanging; inflexible

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crusade

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n. a movement or declaration for an idea or principle

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irrelevant

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adj. not applicable; unrelatedd

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empirical

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adj. based on experience

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predecessor

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n. former occupant of a post

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guffaw

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n. boisterous laughter

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allude

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v. to refer indirecly

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intimate

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n. hint; suggest; imply
adj. marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal

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antithesis

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adj. exact opposite

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feign

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v. to pretend

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emollient

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n. soothing or softening remedy for the skin

57
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dominant

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n. in control or command

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reciprocate

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v. to give and take equally

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baffle

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v. to confuse

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opus

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n. work, especially musical composition

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slapdash

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adj. hasty and careless

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factious

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adj. inclined to form factions; causing dessension

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nonpareil

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n. the best, one who is unequalled in excellence

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boorish

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adj. rude; insensitive

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cordial *

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adj. warmly friendly

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paste

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n. smoothing viscous mixture as of flour

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Advocate

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(v.) to argue in favor of

64
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Avid

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(adj.) enthusiastic

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Anthropology

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(n.) the study of the origins, behavior, and culture of human beings

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Deride

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(v.) to ridicule

66
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Collaborate

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(v.) to work together

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Conventional

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(adj.) following accepted customs and behaviors

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Dispute

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(v.) to question the truth of

69
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Emphatic

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(adj.) expressed with emphasis

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Explicit

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(adj.) clearly expressed or demonstrated

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Hostile

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(adj.) openly opposed; showing ill-will

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