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timorous

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adj. fearful; demonstrating fear

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surrogate

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n. substitute

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stint

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n. supply; allotted amount; assigned portion of work

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smolder

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v. burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment

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secrete

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v. hide away; produce and release a substance into an organism

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roil

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v. to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment

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sacrosanct

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adj. most sacred; inviolable

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repress

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v. restrain; crush; oppress

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receptive

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adj. quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions, etc.

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pusillanimous

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adj. cowardly; fainthearted

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progenitor

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n. ancestor

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philistine

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n. narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain

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partiality

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n. inclination; bias

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ordeal

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n. severe trial or affliction

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noncomittal

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adj. neutral; unpledged; undecided

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monotony

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n. sameness leading to boredom

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medley

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n. mixture

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addiction

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n. compulsive, habitual need

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accoutre

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v. equip

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amble

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n. moving at an easy pace

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allegory

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n. story in which characters are used as symbols; fable

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artifice

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n. deception; trickery

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balmy

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adj. mild; fragrant

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bestow

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v. give

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blasphemy

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n. irreverence; sacrilege; cursing

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catapult

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n. slingshot; a hurling machine

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celebrated

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adj. famous; well-known

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chaffing

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adj. bantering; joking

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contempt

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n. scorn; disdain

30
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decrepit

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adj. worn out by age

31
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defunct

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adj. dead; no longer in use or existence

32
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desolate (adj)

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adj. unpopulated

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demeanor

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n. behavior; bearing

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encomium

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n. high praise; eulogy

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divest

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v. strip; deprive

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dissipate

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v. squander; waste; scatter

37
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erotic

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adj. arousing sexual desire; pertaining to sexual love

38
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etymology

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n. study of word parts

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expropriate

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v. take possession of

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fabricate

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v. build; lie

41
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fissure

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n. crevice

42
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fulsome

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adj. disgustingly excessive

43
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gambit

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n. opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed

44
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generic

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adj. characteristic of an entire class or species

45
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impervious

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adj. impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed

46
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inveterate

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adj. deep-rooted; habitual

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irrefutable

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adj. indisputable; incontrovertible; undeniable

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jaunt

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n. trip; short journey

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kindle

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v. start a fire; inspire

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merger

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n. combination (of two business corporations)

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muted

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adj. silent; muffled; toned down

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noisome

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adj. foul-smelling; unwholesome

53
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ostensible

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adj. apparent; professed; pretended

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pathos

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n. tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings

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precipitate (adj)

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adj. rash; premature; hasty; sudden

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potential

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adj. expressing possibility; latent

57
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propulsive

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adj. driving forward

58
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recumbent

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adj. reclining; lying down completely or in part

59
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requisite

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n. necessary requirement

60
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rustic

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adj. pertaining to country people; uncouth

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