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Banal

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(Adj.) boring, commonplace

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Acquisitive

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(Adj.) able to get and retain ideas; concerned with acquiring wealth

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Belabor

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(V.) to work on excessively

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Eschew

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(V.) to avoid, keep away from

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Germane

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(Adj.) relevant, fitting

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Syn/sym

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Same

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Nym

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Name

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Phon

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Sound

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Pseudo

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False/fake

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Hon/homo

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Same/human

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Emulate

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(V.) to imitate with the intent of equalling or surpassing the model.

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Insatiable

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(Adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

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Intransigent

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(Adj.) refusing to compromise

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Substantiate

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(V.) to establish by evidence; to prove

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Temporize

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(V.) to stall or act evasively to make something happen

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Patr/I/pater

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Father

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Mar/I/mater/

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Mother

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Frat

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Brother

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Soror

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Sister

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Gen/I/e

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Birth, reproduction

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Arrogate

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(V.) to claim/take without right

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Devious

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(Adj.) shifty, underminded; straying, indirect

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Avid

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(Adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed

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Coherent

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(Adj.) making a logical whole

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Taciturn

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(Adj.) habitually quiet

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Inter

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Between/among

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Intra

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Within/inside

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In

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In/into

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Medi

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Middle

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Extra

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Beyond/outside

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Congeal

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(V.) To thicken; change from a liquid to a solid

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Invidious

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(Adj.) offensive, hateful

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Largessese

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(N.) generosity in giving

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Reconnaissance

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(N.) a survey made for military purposes

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Tenable

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(Adj.) capable of being held to or defended

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Micro

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Small

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Macro

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Large

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Multi

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Many

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Semi

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Half

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Cosm/o

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Universe

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Accost

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(V.) to approach and speak to first: to confront

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Animadversion

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(N.) a comment indicating strong criticism

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Brakish

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(Adj.) having a salty taste; unpleasant to drink

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Celerity

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(N.) swiftness, rapidity in motion

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Vacillate

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(V.) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another

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Sect

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Cut

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Cide

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Cut down/kill

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Rupt

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Break, burst

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Mort

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Death

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Term/ina

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End, limit

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Curmudgeon

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(N.) a bad tempered person

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Carping

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(Adj.) tending to find fault or blame

(N.) petty, nagging

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Gambit

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(N.) a sacrifice that leads to a later advantage

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Halcyon

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(N.) a legendary bird

(Adj.) calm/peaceful

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Incendiary

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(Adj.) starting fires; stirring up strife or rebellion

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Corp

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Body

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Psych

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Mind

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The/o

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God

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Omni

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All

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Phil/o

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Love, friend

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Antrop

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Man

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Maelstrom

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(N.) a whirlpool; violence,destruction

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Myopic

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(Adj.) nearsighted, can’t see the whole situation clearly

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Contraband

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(N.) smuggled goods

(Adj.) illegal, prohibited

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Pejorative

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(Adj.) belittling, derogatory, condescending

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Propriety

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(N.) proper/appropriateness

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Dict

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Speak

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Graph/scrib/script

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Writing

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Biblio

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Book

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Bio

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Life/living

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Auto

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Self

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Amorphous

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(Adj.) shapeless

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Cajole

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(V.) to coax, persuade through flattery

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Erudite

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(Adj.) scholarly

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Gossamer

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(Adj.) thin, light

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Infer

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(V.) to find out by reasoning

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De

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Reduce

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Re

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Again

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E

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Out

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Ir

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Not

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Ex

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From

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Insular

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(Adj.) relating to, characteristic of an island; having a narrow viewpoint

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Querulous

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(Adj.) complaining, fretful

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Repudiate

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(V.) to disown, reject; deny the validity

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Resilient

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(Adj.) able to recover quickly

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Reverberate

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(V.) to re-echo or be reflected repeatedly

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Hyper

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Too much

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Hypo

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Under

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Poly

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Many

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Super/ultra

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Higher in quality or quantity

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Sub

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Under, lower than

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Scurrilous

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(Adj.) courtly abusive, vulgar

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Autonomy

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(N.) self-government, political control

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Caveat

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(N.) a warning to prevent misunderstandings or discourage behavior

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Equitable

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(Adj.) fair, embodying principals or justice

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Extricate

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(V) to free of entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort

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Port

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Carry

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Trans

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Across

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Pon/pos

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Place

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Tel/e/o

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Far

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Ject

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Throw

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Flout

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(V.) to mock

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Fractious

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(Adj.) tending to be troublesome or unruly

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Precept

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(N.) a rule of conduct or action

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Scathing

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(Adj.) bitterly severe

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Soporific

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(Adj.) tending to cause sleep or relating to sleep

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Man/I/u

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Hand

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Fac/t

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Make, do

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Aud/I/io

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Hear

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Spec/t

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See, look

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Vid/vis

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See

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Transient

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(Adj.) fleeting; lasting a short time

(N.) a person who only stays a short time

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Unwieldy

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(Adj.) not easily carried, cumbersome

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Vapid

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(Adj.) dull, uninteresting

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Anomalous

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(Adj.) abnormal

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Aspersion

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(N.) a damaging or derogatory statement

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Ambi

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Both

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Bi

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Twice/two

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Di

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Two/twice

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Fin

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End

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Fore

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In front of

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