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Day 7 Flashcards

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Scholarly

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Involving or relating to serious academic study

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Austere

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Simple; plain

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Trivial

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Of little value or importance

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Defunct

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No longer existing or functioning

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Compliant

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Willing to comply; submissive; obeying

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Provocative

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Provoking controversy

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Amiable

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Friendly; agreeable

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Lucid

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Easily understood; expressed clearly; easy to understand

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Clandestine

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Secretive; not aboveboard; covert

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Doubtful

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Feeling uncertain about something

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Decisive

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Ability to make decisions quickly

Settling an issue

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Elaborate

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Involving many carefully arranged parts or details

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Robust

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Sturdy in construction (object) ; durable; tough

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Didactic

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Inclined to teach or lecture others too much

Teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson

Instructive

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Terse

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Short and brief; concise

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Resolute

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Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering

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Substantial

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Of considerable importance

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Steadfast

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Unwavering; dutifully firm; loyal

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Legitimate

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Conforming to the law or rules; legal

Valid; sensible

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Contentious

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Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial

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Solitary

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Done or existing alone; lonely

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Radical

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Departure from tradition

Drastic change; affecting the fundamental nature of something

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Flagrant

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Shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious

(Of an action considered wrong or immoral) obviously offensive

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Transient

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Lasting only for a short amount of time; temporary

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Innovative

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Introducing new ideas; original and creative in thinking

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Incompetent

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Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully; unskilled

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Vigilant

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Keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties; watchful; observant

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inconsequential

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Not important or significant

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Egoistical

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Self-centred; selfish

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Dispassionate

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Not influenced by strong emotion; unemotional; nonchalant

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Incisive

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(Of a person or mental process) intelligently analytical and clear thinking; acute; sharp-witted

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Conscientious

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Wishing to do ones work or duty well and thoroughly; diligent; attentive

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Inexplicable

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Unable to be explained or accounted for

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Cumulative

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Increasing or increased in quantity; accumulative

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Obtrusive

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Noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way

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Obtrusive

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Noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way (obvious)

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Onerous

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Involving a great deal of effort ( of a task or responsibility); burdensome

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Circumspect

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Cautious; heedful of situations and potential consequence

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Impulsive

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Acting or done without forethought; spontaneous; hasty

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Irresolute

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Showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain

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Dilatory

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Slow to act; unhurried; sluggish; lazy

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Vulnerable

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Exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally

Unsafe; unprotected; unguarded

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Facetious

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Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; humorous

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Innocuous

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Not harmful or injurious; harmless

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Esoteric

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Obscure information know by few people ; arcane

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Redolent

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Strong reminiscent of suggestive of; remindful

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Contemptuous

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Showing contempt; scornful

Disrespectful; insulting

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Hesitant

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Weary; unsure or slow in acting or speaking; uncertain

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Ineffable

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Unable to express in words

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Complacent

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Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements; smug; self satisfied

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Inhibit

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Hinder, restrain, or prevent an action or process; hamper; hold back; discourage

Make someone self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way

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Imaginative

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Having or showing creativity or inventiveness; creative

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Repetitive

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Containing or characterised by repetition; tedious; boring; mundane

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Unorthodox

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Unconventional; unusual

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Disingenuous

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Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does; dishonest; deceitful

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Remorseful

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Sorry; regretful; guilt-ridden

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Extravagant

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Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources

Excessive

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Bombastic

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Showy

(Of speech, writing etc) high-sounding, inflated; pretentious

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Magnanimous

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Kind hearted; generous

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Idiosyncratic

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A trait or mannerism peculiar to an individual

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Tyrannical

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Unjustly cruel, harsh, or serve

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Discriminating

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Selective; having or showing refined tasted

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Constructive

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Having or intended to have a useful or beneficial purpose

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Spontaneous

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Coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; unplanned

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Convivial

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Friendly; agreeable

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Reputable

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Honorable; respectable; considered to be good

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Meticulous

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Highly detailed; fussy

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Insensitive

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Callous; showing no concern for others’ feelings

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decorus

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Polite and restrained; decent; proper

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Querulous

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Complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner

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Phlegmatic

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Not easily excited to action or display of emotion; calm or composer

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Apathetic

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Having or showing little or no emotion

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Overpower

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To overcome, master, or subdue by superior force

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Enact

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To make into an act (law) ; validate; approve

Put into practice (an idea or suggestion)

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Commandeer

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Officially take possession or control of something- especially for military purposes

Take something by force

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Reveal

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Make known to others; unveil; let out

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Conceal

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Not allow to be seen; hide; secrete

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Loathe

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Feel intense dislike or disgust for

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Divulge

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Make known (private or sensitive information) ; broadcast; reveal

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Confine

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Limit or restrict; a boundary

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Curtail

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To cut short

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Redeem

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To buy back

To recover

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Insinuate

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To suggest or hint slyly

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Stifle

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Restrain a reaction or stop one from acting on an emotion
To suppress (make someone unable to breathe properly- suffocate)
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Disorient

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To cause to lose ones way; confused; bewildered

Make someone feel confused

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Trivialize

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Make something seem less important, significant or complex than it really is; underestimate

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Engage

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Occupy or attract (someone’s interest or attention) capture

Be involved in

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Denude

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Strip something of its covering, possessions or assets ; deprive; clear

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Embroil

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Involve someone deeply in an argument

Bring to a state of confusion or disorder

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Ossify

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To convert into or cause to harden like bone

To become rigid or inflexible in habits, attitudes, opinions

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Vex

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To irritate, annoy, provoke

To torment; trouble; worry

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Appall

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To fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay

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Variegate

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To make varied in appearance as by adding different colours

To give variety to

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Disaffect

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Make someone dissatisfied especially with people in authority or a system of control

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Abate

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(Of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread; decrease; diminish

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Soothe

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Gently calm a person or their feelings; subdue

Reduce pain or discomfort in a part of the body

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Tolerate

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To allow the existence or act of without prohibition

To put up with

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Ascertain

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To find out definitely; learn with certainty

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Unhinge

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Make someone mentally unbalanced

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Belittle

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Dismiss someone or something as unimportant

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