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Rhetoric

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Exaggerate use of language

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Audacious

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Courage

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Orchestrated

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Planned

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Insidiously

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Subtle

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Beholder

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Audience

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Paradoxically

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Contrasting each other

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Disparage

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Depreciate, belittle

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Ennobling

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To raise to the noble level

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Wrenching

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To undergo twisting

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Exhilarating

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To make active/ cherry

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Anecdote

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Personal connection

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Deliberate

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Carefully

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Derision

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Mockery

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Spontaneous

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Common from natural impulse; happens naturally

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Ostentatious

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Given to pretentious to impress other

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Pompous

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Ostentatious display of dignity or importance

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Affected

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Acted upon (made up)

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Deformity

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The state of being deformed

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Chronic

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Frequent recurrence, marked by long duration

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Flagrant

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Offensive

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Loquacious

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Talk a lot

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Soliloquy

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The act of talking to oneself

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Colloquy

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Conversation

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Indictment

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Formal accusation to initiate a criminal case

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Ostentation

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The act of showing

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Intricate

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Complex

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Fatuous

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Foolish

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Discrete

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Separate

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Ascertain

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To make certain

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Candid

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Direct, open up

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Cavalcade

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A serie

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Gaffe

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Social blunder

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Convoluted

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Twist together

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Judicious

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Well-planned, informed

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Conciliate

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Comfort

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Reconcile

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To bring into agreement

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Irreconcilable

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Incapable of bring into agreement

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Tryst

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An appointed meeting

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Gibe

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To mock

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Ridicule

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To make fun of

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Sneer

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A look derision

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Prudence

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Cautious

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Aloofness

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Distance either physically or emotionally

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Hostility

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Opposition of an idea

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Byzantine

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Complex, intricate

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Baroque

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Complex

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Plaintiff

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Person who brings suit in a court

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Decimate

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To destroy

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Elucidate

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To explain

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Spurious

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Not authentic

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Legible

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Easy to read, understand

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Illegible

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Hard to read, understand

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Allege

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To declare with certainty

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Reversal

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Two people exchange places; change direction

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Lugubrious

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Sad (extreme)

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Sundry

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Varies

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Prolific

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Large quantity

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Bucolic

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Country, farm

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Rural

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Characteristic of a county life

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Pastoral

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Country style symphony

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Eclectic

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Selecting from various sources

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Dogmatic

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Pertaining to particular principal

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Phlegmatic

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Not easily excited; calm

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Erratic

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Lack of consistency

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Anomaly

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Different from the common; unusual

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Esoteric

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Secret; confidential (difficult to understand)

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Arcane

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Mysterious (known only by a few)

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Lucid

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Easy to comprehend

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Lithe

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Flexible

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Fickle

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Likely to change; not constant affections

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Exacerbate

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Worsen

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Mar

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To damage

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Viable

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Practicable, workable

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Vigorous

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Active, energetic

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Temper

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Weaken

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Debilitate

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Weaken

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Testify

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Give evident, prove

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Detest

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Hate, dislike

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Epitome

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A summary of a written work

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Deficit

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Shortage

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Abandon

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Away from; cease; surrender(believe power)

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Waning

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Decreasing

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Encroaching

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Increasing

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Benediction

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Good wishes

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Malediction

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Curse

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Jurisdiction

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Right, power (law)

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Interdict

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Forbidding act

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Brevity

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Shortness of duration; shortness or conciseness of expression

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Glacial

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Cold; bitterly

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Perfidy

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Treachery

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Abash

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Feeling embarrassed

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Nondescript

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No change

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Cacophonous

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Harsh or discordant sound

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Diaphanous

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Transparent

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Belligerence

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Aggressive

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Anomalous

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Not normal

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Sycophant

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To flatter

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Intimidate

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Feeling scarred

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Gaunt

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Thin, bony appearance

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Vaunt

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Boast of

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Flaunt

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Parade oneself

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Haunt

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Appear as a ghost

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Jaunt

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Short journey

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Daunt

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Intimidate; lessen the courage of

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Taunt

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To mock

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Tenacity

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Persistent

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Indigence

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Poverty

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Indignant

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Showing anger because of something unjust

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Blatant

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Loud; completely obvious

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Grating

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Rubbing sound of two metals

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Garrulous

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Rambling

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Superfluous

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Not needed

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Impervious

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Not allowing entrance

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Wary

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Keen; cautious

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Oust

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Remove form a position/ property by legal action

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Filial

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Relating to son or daughter

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Avuncular

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Relating to uncle

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Convivial

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Relating to feasting, drinking; good company

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Despair

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Lose all hope

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Synchronous

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Happening/ recurring at exactly be same period

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Empathetic

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Involving; the action of understanding

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Preeminence

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Superiority

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Aggregate

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Formed by the collections of units into a mass; collective

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Segregate

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To separate from the general mass

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Dilettante

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Having superficial branch of knowledge

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Egalitarian

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Belief in human equality

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Sanctuary

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Sacred part of a religious building

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Relentless

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Showing intensity, severity

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Sanctimonious

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Hypocritically (pretentious) devote

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Discriminate

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To distinguish or exposing difference

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Scrutinize

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Examine closely

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Corrective

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Intended to correct

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Myopic

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A lack of foresight

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Irresolute

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Uncertain how to proceed

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Rancorous

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Deeply malevolent

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Vociferous

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Forceful instant outcry

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Taciturn

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Silent

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Appalling

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Inspire horror, dismay, disgust

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Derivative

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Lack of originality

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Hybrid

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Crossbreed

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Precursor

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One that precedes and indicted the approach of another

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Monomer

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Misnaming of a person; use of wrong/ inappropriate terms

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Curative

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Used in cure of diseases

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Amalgamation

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A mixture of different element

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Conflagration

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A large disastrous fire

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Inbreeding

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Interbreeding of closely related individuals

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Deleterious

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Harmful in a subtle way

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Evasiveness

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Subject used to mislead

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Deficiency

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An amount that is lacking

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Adroit

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Have skills, cleverness

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Discernment

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Capable to comprehend what is obscure

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Tenacity

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The state of being persistent

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Dubious

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Giving rise to uncertainty

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Duplicity

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Contradictory Of double of thought, speech or action

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Aptitude

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Adaptability

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Rudiment

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Something unformed or undeveloped

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Erudite

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Having knowledge gamines by study

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Bereave

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To take away

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Unequivocal

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Leaving no doubt; clear

Unquestionable

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Consent

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To give approval

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Tacit

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Expressed without word

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Assent

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To agree after thoughtful consideration

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Resent

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To feel annoyance

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Jaded

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Fatigue, made dull

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Humdrum

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Monotonous

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Contemptuous

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Expressing deep hatred or disapproval

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Impudent

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Disregard others; lack of modesty

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Articulate

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Expressing oneself readily

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Elaborate

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Marked by complexity; planned with great care

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Succinct

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Compact precise

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Enlightening

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To furnish knowledge to: instruct

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Venality

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Capable of being bought or obtained for money

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Obsequious

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Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

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Distension

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The act of enlarge from internal pressure

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Disintegrate

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To break into constituent element

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Anachronism

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Error in chronology

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Perquisite

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A privilege gain, or profit

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Tribulation

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Suffering resulting from oppression

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Irreproachable

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Blameless

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Latent

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Capable of developing, BUT currently is not active, visible

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Potent

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Having authority and influence

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Suspense

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Mental uncertainty

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Embroil

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To throw into confusion

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Inferior

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Less important

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Salutary

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Producing a beneficial effect

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Periphery

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An area lying beyond the strict limits of a thing

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Prophet

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One gifted with more than ordinary insight and moral

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Zenith

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Highest point

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Expatriate

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To leave ones native county to live somewhere else

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Unequivocal

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Leaving no doubt

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Leniency

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The quality of being lenient; mercy

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Cryptic

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Mysteries

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Depravity

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A corrupt act or practice

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