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1
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Using Several languages

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Polyglot

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New word

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Neologism

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Study of languages

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Linguistics

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Crude

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Vulgar

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Name or title

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Appellation

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A name is used to make a word

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Eponym

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Particular manner of speaking

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Parlance

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Nonstandard dialect

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Patois

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9
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Explanatory note

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Annotation

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10
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Funny/ confusion of words

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Malapropism

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Contingent

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Conditional

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Eventuality

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A possibility

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13
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Implausible

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Unlikely

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Inconceivable

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Impossible to fully grasp

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Theoretical

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Unproven

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In vain

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Without success

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Prone

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Likely to do

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Preposterous

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Absurd

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Prechance

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Perhaps

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Proclivity

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Inclination

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Volatile

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Wide variation

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Malleable

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Able to be shape

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Evolve

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To develop slowly

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Modulate

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To adjust

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Transmute

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To change form

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Metamorphosis

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A transformation

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Immutable

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Unchangable

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Inveterate

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Established

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Sporadic

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Irregular

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Protean

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Taking on different forms

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Faculty

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Ability

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32
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Ruminate

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To think deeply about

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33
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Tenet

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Principle or belief

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Surmise

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To guess

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Stymie

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To frustrate

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Cerebral

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Brain

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37
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Ascertain

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Discover

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38
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Obfuscate

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Make more difficult

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39
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Abstruse

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Hard to understand

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40
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Acumen

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Insight

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Oblique

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Not direct

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42
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Abstemious

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Restriction to bare

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Evasion

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Clever avoidance

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Elude

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Avoid capture

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Eschew

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To avoid

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Shirk

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Neglect

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Malinger

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To fake illness to avoid work

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Circumvent

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To go around

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Abeyance

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Suspension

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Shun

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To willfully ignore

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Penultimate

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Next to last

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Crux

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Key point

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Terminate

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To end

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Degradation

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To decline

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Initiate

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To begin

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Supersede

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Replace

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Tangential

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Irrelevant

58
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Converge

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Come together

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Sequel

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Next in a series

60
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Pivotal

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Crucial

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Vitriolic

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Harsh/ bitter

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Rebuke

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To criticize sharply

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Scurrilous

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Vulgar

64
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Disapprobation

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Moral disapproval

65
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Ostracize

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To banish

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Spurn

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To reject

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Compunction

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Unease due to guilt

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Revulsion

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Disgust

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Aspersions

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Damaging remarks

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Derision

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Ridicule

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Remiss

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Lax or careless

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Negligence

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Lack of proper care or attention

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Mandatory

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Required

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Liability

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Handicap

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Assiduous

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Conscience

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Feckless

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Ineffective

77
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Incumbent

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Holding a position or office

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Default

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Fail to do a obligations

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Accountable

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Responsible

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Onerous

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Difficult to bear

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Assiduous

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Conscience

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Feckless

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Ineffective

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Incumbent

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Holding a position or office

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Presumptuous

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Boldly improper

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Propitiate

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Calm or smooth

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Balk

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To stop short

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Camaraderie

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Good will ; friendship

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Cantankerous

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Quarrelsome

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Compliance

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Obedience

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Tractable

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Manageable

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Volition

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own free will

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Acquiesce

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To agree/ accept

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Adamant

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Stubborn

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Prescient

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Having foresight

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Proficient

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Throughly capable

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Prowess

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Superior skill

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Inept

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Incompetent

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Acuity

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Sharpness

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Consummate

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Skilled or accomplished

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Cunning

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Cleverness

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Deft

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Quick

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Endowment

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Natural ability

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Facile

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Easy

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