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fluke

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lucky stroke

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subpoena

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written order requiring a person to appear in a low court

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prevalent

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common

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ossify

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to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea

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perjury

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willful FALSE statement unlawful act

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bequest

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arrangement to give smth at death

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vivacious

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lively high-spirited

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ingenuous

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naive young artless frank honest sincere

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accretion

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the growing of separate things into one

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mellifluous

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sweetly flowing

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flinch

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draw move back wince

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steeply

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rising or falling sharply

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acclaimed

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welcomed with shouts and approval

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drone

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male bee person who isn’t self-employed

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voluble

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fluent

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piquant

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agreeably pungent stimulating

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stray

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wander lose one’s way

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predominate

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have more power than others

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supine

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lying on the back slow to act passive

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frugal

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careful economical

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susceptibility

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sensitiveness

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intersperse

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place here and there

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stigma

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mark of shame or disgrace

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quibble

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try to avoid by sophistication

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obstreperous

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noisy loud

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disproof

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proof to the contrary

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esoteric

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abstruse intended only for a small circle of

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disencumber

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free from encumbrance

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prevaricate

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to equivocate to stray from the truth

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veracity

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truth

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fetter

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to shackle put in chains

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peripatetic

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wandering

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warmonger

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person who stirs up war

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trickle

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flow in drops

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chauvinist

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a blindly devoted patriot

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middling

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fairly good but not very good

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inferno

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hell

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aspersion

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slander

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profundity

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depth

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decorum

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propriety properness

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upbraid

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scold reproach

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obsequious

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too eager to obey or serve

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incise

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engrave make a cut in

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harangue

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a long passionate speech

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expiation

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ending expiring

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rotund

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rich and deep plump and round

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exhaustive

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complete thorough

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homiletics

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act of preaching

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surcharge

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additional load/charge

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blithe

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cheerful casual carefree

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streak

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long thin move very fast

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malinger

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to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty

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lope

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move along with long strides

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bask

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in enjoy warmth and light

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tenuous

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insubstantial flimsy weak

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castigate

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to chastise correct by punishing

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balk

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obstacle purposely to get on the way of

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veneer

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surface appearance covering the TRUE nature

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gainsay

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to deny to oppose

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glib

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ready and smooth but not sincere

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debacle

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a breakup overthrow sudden disaster

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serration

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having a toothed edge

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obtuse

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blunt/stupid

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fetid

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stinking

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recreancy

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cowardice a cowardly giving up

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officious

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too eager or ready to help offer advice

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macerate

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make or become soft by soaking in water

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allegiance

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duty support loyalty

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invective

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abusive language curses

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qualm

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feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness

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cumbersome

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burdensome heavy and awkward to carry

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judicious

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sound in judgment wise

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effete

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infertile worn out weak

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mesmerize

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hypnotize

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commodious

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having plenty of space for what is needed

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ostracism

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shut out from society refuse to meet talk

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trudge

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walk heavily

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writ

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written order

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bogus

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sham counterfeit not genuine

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splenetic

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bad-tempered irritable

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extenuate

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reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse

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manacle

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chains for the hands or feet

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lament

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show feel great sorrow

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predilection

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special liking mental preference

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striated

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striped grooved or banded

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burgeon

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grow forth send out buds

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ebullience

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exuberance outburst of feeling

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obdurate

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hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible

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redeem

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get back by payment compensate

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savor

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taste flavor smth

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nostrum

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a quack remedy an untested cure

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tonic

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smth giving strength or energy

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cant

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insincere talk/jargon

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vigilance

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watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order

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heterogeneous

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made up of different kinds

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vex

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annoy distress trouble

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forbear

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refrain from be patient ancestor

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odious

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repulsive hateful

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prolix

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tiring because too long

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coy

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shy/modest (esp of a girl)

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perish

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be destroyed decay

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flamboyant

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brightly colored florid

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nascent

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coming into existence emerging

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quixotic

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generous unselfish

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brazen

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made of brass

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feckless

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lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless

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extinct

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no longer active

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dawdler

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person who is slow waste of time

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nebulous

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cloud-like hazy vague indistinct

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luminary

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star light-giving body

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reticent

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reserved untalkative silent taciturn

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counterfeit

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forgery

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morbid

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diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)

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fragile

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easily injured broken or destroyed

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discrete

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individually distinct

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recitals

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a number of performance of music

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shunt

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send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion

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diatribe

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bitter and violent attack in words

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turbulence

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being uncontrolled violent

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sanction

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approval (by authority) penalty

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negligent

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taking too little care

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fatuous

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without sense foolish self-satisfaction

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levity

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lack of seriousness

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doggerel

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trivial poorly constructed verse

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turmoil

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trouble disturbance

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thrift

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care economy thriving prosperous

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obfuscate

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to darken make obscure muddle

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blatant

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noisy and rough

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sever

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break off

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aberration

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straying away from what is normal

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slake

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to assuage to satisfy allay

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maul

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hurt by rough handling

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rapacious

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greedy (esp for money)

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quirk

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habit or action peculiar to smb or smth

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aseptic

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surgically clean

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retard

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check hinder

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talon

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claw of a bird of prey

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quack

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person dishonestly claiming to smth

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consternation

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surprise and fear dismay

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antithetical

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direct opposing

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rabble

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mob crowd the lower classes of populace

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waft

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scent waving movement carry lightly through

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fret

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worry irritation wear away

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equanimity

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calmness of temperament

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ambiguous

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doubtful uncertain

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sedulous

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persevering

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pry

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get smth inquire too curiously

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tenacity

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firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on

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apprehensive

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grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future

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heinous

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odious (of crime)

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expatiate

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to roam wander freely

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condense

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increase in density strength make laconic

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immaculate

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pure faultless

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finesse

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delicate way of dealing with a situation

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bereft

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rob or dispossess of smth (material)

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affinity

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close connection relationship

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flax

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pale yellow (hair) a plant

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renowned

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celebrated famous

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tassel

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bunch of threads

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verdant

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fresh and green

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lithe

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bending twisting

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stride

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walk with long steps

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duplicity

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deliberate deception

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fragrant

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sweet-smelling

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simper

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(give a) silly/self-conscious smile

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dulcet

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melodious harmonious

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ostensible

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seeming appearing as such professed

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exoneration

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set smb clear free (e.g.. from blame)

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wag

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merry person

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skiff

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small boat

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punctilious

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precise paying attention to trivialities

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sting

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smth sharp

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strut

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a supporting bar

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auxiliary

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helping supporting

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canvass

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discuss thoroughly sort of touting

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spear

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weapon with a metal point on a long shaft

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torment

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severe pain or suffering

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equivocal

A

having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious

179
Q

personable

A

pleasing in appearance attractive

180
Q

enunciate

A

pronounce (words)/express a theory

181
Q

conspicuous

A

easily seen remarkable

182
Q

vacillation

A

being uncertain hesitating

183
Q

nugatory

A

trifling/worthless

184
Q

proliferate

A

grow reproduce by rapid multification

185
Q

legacy

A

smth handed down from ancestors

186
Q

libertine

A

immoral person

187
Q

arabesque

A

a complex ornate design

188
Q

imprecation

A

an invocation of evil a curse

189
Q

extirpate

A

to destroy exterminate cut out exscind

190
Q

lucubrate

A

write in scholarly fashion

191
Q

sequence

A

succession connected line of

192
Q

encapsulate

A

enclose in capsule

193
Q

indistinct

A

not easily heard seen clearly marked

194
Q

recalcitrant

A

disobedient

195
Q

visceral

A

of the internal organs of the body

196
Q

belabor

A

beat hard

197
Q

undulate

A

to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate

198
Q

forge

A

workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead

199
Q

disseminate

A

distribute (esp. ideas)

200
Q

emaciate

A

make thin and weak

201
Q

insipid

A

without taste or flavor

202
Q

ineluctable

A

certain inevitable

203
Q

pariah

A

an outcast a rejected and despised person

204
Q

brass

A

yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)

205
Q

limp

A

lacking strength walking unevenly

206
Q

cloture

A

closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting

207
Q

dissolution

A

disintegration looseness in morals

208
Q

preclude

A

prevent make impossible

209
Q

egress

A

way out exit

210
Q

avid

A

eager greedy

211
Q

inane

A

silly senseless

212
Q

peremptory

A

urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate

213
Q

irrevocable

A

final and unalterable

214
Q

evoke

A

call up bring out

215
Q

holster

A

leather case for a pistol

216
Q

hospitable

A

liking to give hospitality

217
Q

grovel

A

crawl humble oneself

218
Q

plaque

A

flat metal on a wall as a memorial

219
Q

demur

A

to hesitate raise objections

220
Q

imperative

A

urgent essential

221
Q

abhor

A

to hate to detest

222
Q

nibble

A

show some inclination to accept (an offer)

223
Q

impervious

A

not allowing to pass through (of materials)

224
Q

superfluous

A

more then is needed or wanted

225
Q

aggravate

A

make worse irritate

226
Q

introspection

A

examining one’s own thoughts and feelings

227
Q

drawl

A

slow way of speaking

228
Q

prone

A

prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)

229
Q

halcyon

A

calm and peaceful

230
Q

fecund

A

fertile

231
Q

reverent

A

feeling or showing deep respect

232
Q

intrepid

A

fearless brave undaunted

233
Q

timorous

A

fearful timid afraid

234
Q

assail

A

with attack violently

235
Q

consummate

A

perfect/make perfect/complete

236
Q

clientele

A

customers

237
Q

conciliatory

A

reconciling soothing comforting mollifying

238
Q

quandary

A

state of doubt or perplexity

239
Q

abraded

A

rubbed off worn away by friction

240
Q

poncho

A

large piece of cloth

241
Q

beatify

A

to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to

242
Q

apropos

A

appropriate to the situation apt

243
Q

repine

A

at be discontented with

244
Q

foil

A

prevent from carrying out contrast

245
Q

soporific

A

producing sleep

246
Q

indelible

A

that cannot be rubbed out

247
Q

palpability

A

can be felt touched understood

248
Q

crease

A

line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket

249
Q

muffler

A

cloth worn round the neck/silencer

250
Q

pellucid

A

transparent easy to understand

251
Q

resort

A

to frequently visit

252
Q

summarily

A

briefly without delay

253
Q

warrant

A

authority written order guarantee

254
Q

dud

A

no use person smth that fails

255
Q

protracted

A

prolonged

256
Q

underbid

A

make a lower bid then smb else

257
Q

gorge

A

eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream

258
Q

consequential

A

pompous self important

259
Q

flaunting

A

show off complacently

260
Q

imperturbable

A

calm not capable of being excited

261
Q

foment

A

put smth warm (to lessen the pain)

262
Q

sundry

A

various miscellaneous separate

263
Q

recant

A

take back as being FALSE give up

264
Q

fledged

A

able to fly trained experienced

265
Q

plunge

A

move quickly suddenly and with force

266
Q

discern

A

see with an effort but clearly

267
Q

servile

A

like a slave lacking independence

268
Q

skit

A

short piece of humorous writing

269
Q

exscind

A

to cut out cut away

270
Q

sophisticated

A

complex subtle refined

271
Q

austere

A

severely moral and strict simple and plain

272
Q

facile

A

easily done

273
Q

obviate

A

to make unnecessary get rid of

274
Q

eddy

A

circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)

275
Q

collusion

A

secret agreement for a deceitful purpose

276
Q

indefatigability

A

not easily exhaustible tirelessness

277
Q

philistine

A

a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge

278
Q

imperviousness

A

haughty arrogant commanding

279
Q

indigenous

A

native

280
Q

repudiate

A

disown refuse to accept or pay

281
Q

truculence

A

aggressiveness ferocity

282
Q

lurk

A

be out of view ready to attack

283
Q

dismal

A

sad gloomy miserable

284
Q

splice

A

join (two ends)

285
Q

incumbents

A

official duties

286
Q

prim

A

neat formal

287
Q

iconoclast

A

person who attacks popular beliefs

288
Q

coddle

A

treat with care and tenderness

289
Q

gloat

A

over look at with selfish delight

290
Q

submerge

A

put under water liquid sink out of sight

291
Q

limn

A

paint portray

292
Q

animosity

A

strong dislike

293
Q

discomfit

A

confuse embarrass

294
Q

dupe

A

cheat make a fool of

295
Q

sanctimony

A

self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety

296
Q

cravat

A

piece of linen worn as a necktie

297
Q

foppish

A

like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes

298
Q

rivet

A

fix take up secure metal pin

299
Q

extant

A

still in existence

300
Q

viscous

A

sticky/semi-fluid

301
Q

torpid

A

sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant

302
Q

transient

A

temporary fleeting

303
Q

inculcate

A

fix firmly by repetition

304
Q

provoke

A

make angry vax

305
Q

substantiation

A

giving facts to support (statement)

306
Q

slur

A

join sounds/words (indistinct)

307
Q

irate

A

angry

308
Q

perilous

A

dangerous

309
Q

prodigal

A

wasteful reckless with money

310
Q

taunt

A

contemptuous reproach hurtful remark

311
Q

pious

A

dutiful to parents devoted to religion

312
Q

sobriety

A

quality or condition of being sober

313
Q

deluge

A

great flood heavy rush of water

314
Q

tarnished

A

lost brightness

315
Q

mettle

A

quality of endurance or courage

316
Q

pied

A

of mixed colors

317
Q

paucity

A

scarcity a lacking of

318
Q

rescind

A

repeal/annul/cancel

319
Q

curtail

A

make shorter then was planned

320
Q

lackluster

A

(of eyes) dull

321
Q

scent

A

smell (esp pleasant)

322
Q

stint

A

to be thrifty to set limits

323
Q

suppliant

A

asking humbly beseeching

324
Q

inept

A

unskillful said or done at the wrong time

325
Q

forestall

A

prevent by taking action in advance preempt

326
Q

chisel

A

steel tool for shaping materials

327
Q

sagacious

A

having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage

328
Q

endorse

A

write one’s name on the back of

329
Q

embellish

A

make beautiful

330
Q

propagation

A

increasing the number spreading extending

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