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Persecute

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To systematically subject a particular person, race, or group to cruel or unfair treatment. To make someone the victim of continual pestering or harassment.

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Perpetuate

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To make everlasting; to prolong memory of a thing or person.

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Precedent

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An example from the past that is either identical to a current situation or similar enough to it to use as a guide.

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Rectify

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To make something right; to correct an error. Technically, to purify a substance through distillation.

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Roguish

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Mischievous, often in an unscrupulous or dishonest way. Like a rogue; known to have low morals and bad habits. Playful.

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Hypochondria

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The hypochondria is a condition in which a person is excessively and unduly worried about having a serious illness.

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Bona fide

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Authentic, actual, or genuine. Not deceptive; indisputably legitimate.

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Capitulate

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To surrender according to specific conditions. To accede to demands. To give in to an argument, request, or pressure. To capitulate early or late still means to give in to demands or debate.

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Zealous

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Actively and unreservedly enthusiastic; fervent or fanatical.

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Utterance

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Something uttered or vocalized; a word or sound spoken aloud. A style of speaking.

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Pervade

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To spread throughout or be present throughout; infiltrate, penetrate, or circulate widely. A cat’s purr can pervade a quiet room with a sense of peace.

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Cohort

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A supporter, accomplice, or associate of a particular leader to whom special treatment is given. A member of a united group or group sharing a common characteristic like age, income, or gender, especially in statistical surveys.

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Ultimatum

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An expression that includes a demand along with the consequences, usually negative, of failing to meet the demand. A set of terms that cannot be compromised, without predetermined consequences occurring.

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Brandish

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To wave something, especially a weapon, in a threatening or menacing way. To wave something in defiance, as a warning of potential future harm, or out of pride, as a sign of status.

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Candor

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Honesty, directness, and openness. Freedom from prejudice or bias. Purity of heart; lack of malicious feelings. A lack of equivocation or doubletalk.

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Speculative

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Based on conjecture or incomplete information. Describes opinions or conclusions not based on facts. Risky, in terms of an investment that is potentially profitable.

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Wreak

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To inflict something violent, especially punishment or revenge. Not to be misused or confused with reek, which means to stink.

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Niche

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A recess in a wall especially for a statue.

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Burning bridges

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Leaving something behind.

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Benevolent

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Aardig, nice.

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Abolish

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Afschaffen

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Immutable

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Not capable of or susceptible to change.

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Susceptible

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Capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation.

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Ambiguous

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Dubbelzinnig in het Nederlands. Waar twee betekenissen eruit kunnen worden gehaald.

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Incur

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To bring down upon itself.

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Pejorative

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Critical or disapproving; disparaging. A word or phrase that defames.

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Begets

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Verwekken

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Shroud

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A length of clothing in which a dead person is wrapped in.

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Idiosyncrasy

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A peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality. eccentricity, erraticism, individualism, kink, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, quiddity, quip, quirk, singularity, tic, trick, twist.

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Apriory

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Something you decided previously. You already made up your mind about it.

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Meticulously

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Marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details.

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Fluke

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Something that happened on accident.

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Exonerate

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Vrijpleiten

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Intermediate

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Overgangsfase.
Being or occurring at the middle place, stage, or degree or between extremes.

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Pharilingular

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When animals are in a certain stage of an embryo where they all look the same.

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Dross

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Something that’s trivial or inferior.

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Encompasse

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Included, accomplish or enclose.
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Include = A plan that encompasses an aim.
Accomplish = Encompass a task.
Enclose = To form a circle.

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Discomfit

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To get defeated in a battle or be embarrassed.

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Repugnant

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Having aversion against something; disgusting. “What a repugnant idea”! Y

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Amok

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In a violently raging, wild, or uncontrolled manner.

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Pasture

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Grasland.

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Chouse

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Trick or cheat.

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Desolate

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Joyless, deserted.

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Disparity

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A noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity.

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Deviation

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Afwijking

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Incisive

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Quick to analyze; sharp.

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Incognito

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Where there’s a hidden identity.

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Infallible

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Incapable of making a mistake.

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Perdition

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Eternal damnation.

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Laboriously

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In a way that it takes considerable time and effort.

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Surge

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Sudden increase.

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Frenetic

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Fast and energetic in an uncontrollable way.

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Predicament

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A dilemma.

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To canonize

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To glorify

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Seculair

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Where religion is divided from country. Religion does not plag a role.

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Creperen

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Doodgaan.

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To relinquish

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To leave behind.

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Retaliated

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To get revenge.

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Dissorted

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Verstoord

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Institutionel racism

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When the state makes laws against something, for instance being gay.

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Enhance

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To increase or improve in value, quality, desirability, or attractiveness

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To penetrate

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To pass into or through

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Exempt

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Obsolete — set apart

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Levy

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To collect

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Excise

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Any of various taxes on privileges often assessed in the form of a license or fee

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Dystopia

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The opposite of utopia. Fear and anger leads our lives.

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Resilience

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Veerkrachtig

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Inquisitive

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Inclined to ask questions, being curious.

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To tweak

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To make small adjustments

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Daunting

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Tending to overwhelm or intimidate

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Hogwash

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Nonsense

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Coercion

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Persuading someone to do something under a force or threat.

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Sermon

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Preek

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Vicar

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A pastor.

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Deception

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Misleiding.

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Connotation

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Een aantekening, notitie.

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Pecking order

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A hierarchy in a certain order.

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Protrudes

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To stick out

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Surmise

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To guess or assume.

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Subjugate

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To conquer

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Pious

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Religious

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Proginy

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Nageslacht

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Tenaciously

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With a firm hold of something

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Turmoil

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Een opschudding.

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Subordinate

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Ondergeschikt

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Conspicuous

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Attracting attention; opvallend

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Surplus

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Overshot. Dat wat overblijft.

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Cunning

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Iemand die anderen makkelijk kan beïnvloeden/misleiden.

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Ally

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Bondgenoot

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Inexplicable

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Onverklaarbaar

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Euphemism

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The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant

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Aptitude

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Amplifying

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Versterken

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Vrijwaren

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Disingenuous

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Crude

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Conclaaf

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Eon

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A long period of time

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Doctrine

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Intriguing

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Heel interessant

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Proselytize

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to induce someone to convert to one’s faith

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Scrutiny

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Een streng toezicht

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To inculcate

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Instuderen

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Solace

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Iemand troosten

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Cone

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Any of the conical photosensitive receptor cells of the vertebrate retina that function in color vision.

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Threshold

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Een drempel of een dorpel.

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Atavism

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Remains that do not always show in the human body.

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Proprioception

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This is your body’s ability to sense movement, action, and location.

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Infantieize

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Killing the infant

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Consealed

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Aberrant

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Heartburn

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Succint

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Samengevat

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Eloquent

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Iemand die zich goed kan uitdrukken met woorden

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Condescension

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Naar beneden halen

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Patriarchy

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A society or institution organized according to the principles or practices of men

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Volatile

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Simultaneous

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Tegelijkertijd

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Eulogy

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A eulogy is a speech in the praising of a person especially when that person died or retired.

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To sustain

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Onderhouden

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Bold

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Stoer, assertief.

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Kin selection

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The evolutionary strategy that favours the reproductive success of an organism’s relatives, even at a cost to the organism’s own survival and reproduction.

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Caveat

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Een valkuil of een waarschuwing.

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Wager

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Een weddenschap of een uitdaging.

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Discrepancy

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Discernment

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Onderscheidingsvermogen

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Convention

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Iets dat standaard wordt aangenomen.

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Pristine

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Something clean

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Archaic

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Harbinger

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Aankondiger

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Desolation

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Extrapolate

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To predict by projecting past experience or known data

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Figment

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Something made up; a fantasy

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To suffice

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Voldoende maken

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Aggravating

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Verergeren

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Vigilance

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Waakzaamheid

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Encephalitis

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Ontsteking van de hersenstam

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Offensive

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Reminisce

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Iets wat uit de oude tijd is achtergebleven, nostalgisch

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Disposition

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Congregation

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Bijeenkomst van Christenen, waar ze ook bidden.

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To scoff

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Scorn

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Benign

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Gentle, kind.

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Apparition

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A ghostly figure

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Impunity

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Freedom from punishment

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Kinship

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Verwant zijn met iemand

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Incentive

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Iets wat iets interessant/boeiend maakt

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Initiationrites

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Ceremoniële handelingen

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Dense

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Dicht op elkaar

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Audacity

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Fancy yourself

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Thinking that you’re very good

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Conscription

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Compulsory enrollment of persons especially for military service

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Parsimonious

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Pretentious

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Iemand die denkt dat ie heel wat is

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Resentful

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Non-conformist

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Niet meegaan met de groep/flow

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Eclectic

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Choosing the best; having eclectic music taste

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Myopia

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A lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view of something

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Oblivious

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Salient

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Standing out conspicuously, tangable.

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Slack

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Tussenruimte; extra tijd

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Frugal

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Menegerial myopia

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Kortzichtig zijn (figuurlijk). Je kan slecht vooruit plannen en je kijkt alleen naar het nu. Je doet dingen adhoc.

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Contemplation

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Iets overwegen

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Feud

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Een langlopende en hevige ruzie

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Antler

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Uncharted

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Balustrade

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Glazen hek

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Surreptitious

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Entropy

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Het uiteenvallen

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Prohibition

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To ban something

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Abdiseren

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Afstand nemen van de troon

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Flamboyant

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Aandachttrekkend

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Condempt

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Veroordelen

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Agoraphobia

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Fear of entering crowded places

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Palpable

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Zichtbaar; palpable grief/improvement

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Lowballing

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Offering a low price in a negotiation

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Kismet

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Iterate

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Repeat; say or do again

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Vernacular

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The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region: he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience.

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Awry

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Niet gaan zoals gepland, fout gaan

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Soar

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Dramatically rise

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Soar

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Dramatically rise

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Scrupulous

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An honest person with good ethics and good behavior.

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Adversary

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Een tegenstander

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Dusk

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To become dark

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Accroutement

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Symbol/warderobe bound to a culture

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Tenur

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Aanstelling

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Charlatan

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Zich voordoen als iemand terwijl je het niet bent

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Innate

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Innerlijk, iets wat je vanbinnen hebt

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Redundant

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Dubbel, teveel

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Expatriate

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Facetious

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Aberrant

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Rapport

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A friendly relationship

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Impeccable

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Vlekkeloos

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Feeble minded

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Zwakbegaafd

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Endeavor

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Onderneming

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Idiosyncrasy

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An unusual habit

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Salient

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Cacophony

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Weird mixture of

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Ascertain

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Vaststellen

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Abhorrent

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Afschuwelijk

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Meak

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Repugnant

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Poultry

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Sedentary

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Capituleren

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Samenvattend herhalen

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Paragon

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Topvoorbeeld

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Recant

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Beserk

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Feat (s)

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Disarray

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Credulous

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Subsided

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Digression

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Surreptitiously

English and Dutch vocabulary (4 decks)

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