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Abeyance

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temporary disuse syn: remissionant: revival, action

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Blithe

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lighthearted and carefreesyn: cheerful, buoyant ant: morose

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Creed

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a system of beliefs syn: dogma

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Demure

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to raise doubts, object to syn: resistant: accept, consent

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Deprecate

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to express the disapproval of syn: aspersion ant: commend

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Dilate

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to expand or become largerant: stagnate

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Discerning

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showing good judgement ant: neglectful, undiscriminating

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Divine

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sacred syn: transcendent, magnificent ant: lowly

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Docile

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easily managedsyn: pliant, deferentialant: intractable, obstinate, determined

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Effuse

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to give offsyn: gush, surge, delugeant: fill

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Gossamer

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Something very light, thing, and delicatesyn: diaphanous, gauze, chiffon ant: coarse

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Graft

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join together syn: splice, attach

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Interpose

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to intervene

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Prevail

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to prove more powerful than the opposition syn: reign

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Prudent

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wise in practical affairsant: careless

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Starkest

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harshsyn: flagrant, severe

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Suffice

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to be enough

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Supercilious

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arrogant, patronizingly proudsyn: insolent, overbearing, superior

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Surmise

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to guess syn: suspect, deduce, understand ant: wonder, question

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Trifle

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a thing of little importance syn: piece, drop, touch

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Alacrity

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promptness, brisknesssyn: fervorant: indifference, reluctance, aversion

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Appellation

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a title or designationsyn: epithet

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Avarice

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unending greed for wealthsyn: avidity

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Beguile

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to mislead or influence through trickery syn: betray

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Blight

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any cause of ruin or destruction syn: affliction, curse, contaminationant: blessing, boon

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Brink

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the extreme edge or margin

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Carrion

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Rottenness, dead flesh syn: remains

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Conform

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behavior in line with prevailing social normsant: disagree, differ

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Consitency

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a degree of firmness or conformity syn: dependability ant: disagreement

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Decorum

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stately behavior, dress or speech

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Deluge

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to overwhelm with a large quantity of something, a great flood, a downpourant: drizzle

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Din

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loud clamor, confusing noisesyn: cacophony

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Divine (v)

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to prophesy or discoversyn: foretell ant: doubt

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Dormant

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inactive, torpid, as if asleep

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Egotism

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selfishness, boastfulness, conceitsyn: conceit

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Endeavor

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to make an effort or strive to do something ant: procrastinate

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Euphony

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a pleasing sound, an especially harmonious soundsyn: accord, melody

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Expediency

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a means to an endsyn: maneuver, means, stratagem

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Ignorance

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lack of knowledge or learning syn: unenlightenment, idiocy ant:: competence, knowledge

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Inherent

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Existing as a natural part of something or someonesyn: intrinsic ant: external, learned

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Insensible

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incapable of or without feelingsyn: unresponsiveant: caring, responsive

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Integrity

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adherence to ethical principles or moral charactersyn: unity ant: disgrace

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Manifest

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evident, obvious, easily perceivedsyn: conspicuous, palpable ant: ambiguous, obscure

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Obeisance

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deference, body movement that shows respect syn: courtesyant: disregard

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Occult

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Pertaining to magic, the mysterious, or the supernatural syn: deep, preternatural ant: known

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Persimony

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Extreme frugality or stinginess syn: miserliness, penuriousness ant: prodigality

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Phantasmagoric

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having a fanciful appearance, as if from a dream syn: illusive, chimerical

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Placid

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peaceful, tranquil ant: turbulence

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Posterity

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future generationssyn: eternity, infinity

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Prolixity

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long or tedious in length

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Propitiate

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to appease

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Prostrate

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laying flat on the ground (in some cases, as a show of humility)syn: prone, recumbent ant: upright

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Proverb

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a brief, common saying that express a truth about the worldsyn: adage, aphorism

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Quagmire

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boggy ground, a difficult and entangling situation ant: solution

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Sanctity

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holiness, sacrednesssyn: reverence, spirituality

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Sentience

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capacity for feelingsyn: vigor, vitalityant: inanimacy

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Sojourn

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a temporary stop or stay

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Termagant

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a violent womansyn: harpy, harridan, scold

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Transient

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impermanent, lasting only for a brief periodant: incessant, enduring, persistent

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Usurious

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charging exorbitant interest for a financial loansyn: penurious

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Aggregate

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a whole created by seemingly different elements syn: gathering

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Apathetic

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showing no interest or feelingsyn: indifferentant: responsive

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Arabesque

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a decorative design created by intertwined flowing linessyn: applique

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Ardent

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enthusiasticsyn: earnest, vigorousant: idle, inactive

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Aristocracy

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the upper class

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Base

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without moral principles syn: faithless, treacherous

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Bellicose

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demonstrating aggression

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Betwixt

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between

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Cavalcade

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a formal processionsyn: array

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Cavort

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to excitedly dance or jump around syn: frolic, revelant: to be serious

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Commingle

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mix or blend

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Congenial

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pleasant or agreeable syn: affable, friendly

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Conjecture

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forming an opinion based on incomplete information syn: speculation, supposition, inference ant: fact, proof

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Convolution

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a coil or twist, complex thing that is difficult to follow

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Coquetry

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flirtatious behavior

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Degenerate

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fallen below a desirable levelsyn: degraded, basesyn: moral, virtuous

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Discontent

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a relentless desire for something one does not have

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Disposition

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a person’s inherent qualities syn: character, temperament

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Earnest

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serious in intention syn: sincere ant: insincere

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Equanimity

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mental calmness esp in difficult situtationsant: agitation, alarm

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Etiquette

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Code of polite behavior syn: civility, decorum

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Expatriate

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a person who either withdraws them self or is banished from their native country ant: welcome

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Extemporize

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to do something in a makeshift way syn: inventant: prepare

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Fatuity

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silly and pointless syn: idiocy, absurdity, stupidity

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Felicity

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Intense happiness

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Flamboyant

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showy, elaborately styled ant: modest, restrained

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Florid

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rosy, reddish; excessively ornatesyn: fussy, decorative, flushedant: natural, pallid

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Frowzy

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dirty and untidy syn: unkempt

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Gaudy

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cheaply showy in a tasteless way syn: tawdry ant: modest, plain

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Gulch

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a deep, narrow ravine especially making the course of a stream

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Imperious

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assuming authority without justification syn: arrogantant; humble

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Impertinent

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bold, disrespectful syn: audaciousant: humble

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Impropriety

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a failure to show proper behavior, being impropersyn: impudenceant: correctness

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Ineffable

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incapable of being expressed in wordssyn: incredibleant: definable

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Inscrutable

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impossible to understand ant: evident

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Intangible

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unable to be touched or grasped syn: immaterial

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Interminable

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endless

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Intonation

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the rise and fall of the voice in speaking syn: modulation, tone, cadence

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Jocular

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characterized by joking ant: morose

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Malediction

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a curse or the utterance of a cursesyn: damnation, expletive

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Malevolent

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ill will, malice, a wish to do evil to others

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Maniac

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a person showing symptoms of wild behavior especially violent and dangerousant: normal, realistic

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Ornery

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bad-tempered syn: truculentant: helpful

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Outlandish

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freakishly strange or oddant: common, familiar

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Pensive

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engaged in serious thoughtant: shallow, ignorant

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Perilous

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full of danger or risk

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Poignant

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deeply touching syn: intense, impressive ant: calm, dull, unaffecting

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Potentate

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a person who possess great power syn: monarch, despot

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Preternaturally

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acting out of the ordinary course of nature

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Prowl

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to move stealthily or move around as in search of prey syn: maraud, raid, hunt ant: rush

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Reproach

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address someone in a way that expresses disapproval or disappointment syn: rebuke

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Riotous

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involving public disordersyn: turbulent

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Scour

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to clean vigorously

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Symmetry

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balanced proportion

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Temperance

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moderation or self-restraint, especially in eating or drinking syn: discretion ant: wildness

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Uncanny

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beyond the ordinary or normal in an unsettling way syn: otherworldly

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Undulate

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move with a smooth wavelike motion syn: roll

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Vernacular

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the native language spoken by people of a particular region syn: common parlance

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Vociferate

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shout or argue loudly syn: bellow, clamor

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Wallow

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to lie about for refreshment, to live self-indulgently syn: lurch, reel, flounder

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