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Mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay

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Assuage

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Alliance, league, federation, combine

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Coalition

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Degeneration, corruption

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Decadence

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Protest, remonstrate, complain

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Expostulate

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Banal, trite, commonplace, corny

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Hackneyed

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Pause, lacuna

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Hiatus

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Insinuation, intimation

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Innuendo

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Intervene, mediate

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Intercede

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Sated, surfeited, cloyed

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Jaded

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Gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly

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Lurid

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Praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

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Meritorious

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Irritable, testy, waspish

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Petulant

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Perquisite, perk

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Prerogative

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Narrow minded, parochial, insular, naive

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Provincial

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Feign, pretend, affect

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Simulate

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Surpass, outstrip

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Transcend

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Irritation, pique, annoyance

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Umbrage

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Amend, better

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Ameliorate

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Composure, self possession, levelheadedness

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Aplomb

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Inflated, highfalutin, high flown, pretentious

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Bombastic

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Green, raw, u fledged, inexperienced

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Callow

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Balderdash, hogwash, tommy rot, slaver

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Drivel

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Abstract, digest, model, archetype

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Epitome

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Entreat, implore, adjure

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Exhort

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Encroach, impinge, intrude, poach

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Infringe

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Trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

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Interloper

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Immanent, organic

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Intrinsic

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Fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor

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Lassitude

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Supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane

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Occult

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Provoke, produce, reckless, impetuous

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Precipitate

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Infer, gather, inference, presumption

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Surmise

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Adaptation

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Acculturation

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Extrinsic, incidental, fortuitous

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Adventitious

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Impute, credit, attribute

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Ascribe

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Indirect, meandering, winding

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Circuitous

36
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Feel sorry for, empathize

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Commiserate

37
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Accelerate, facilitate, speed up

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Expedite

38
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Commotion, turmoil, unrest

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Ferment

39
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Accidental, unconsidered

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Inadvertent

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Titular, token, trifling, inconsequential

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Nominal

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Embezzle, defraud, misappropriate

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Peculate

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Poise, self assurance, equanimity

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Sangfroid

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Mutinous, rebellious, subversive

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Seditious

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Cajole, inveigh, soft soap, sweet talk

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Wheedle

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Commendation, sanction

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Approbation

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Formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate

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Amorphous

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Ambience, atmosphere

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Aura

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Profoundly educated, well read

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Erudite

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Impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic

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Inscrutable

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Narrow minded, parochial, provincial

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Insular

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Irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable

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Irrevocable

52
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Reason against, expostulate

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Remonstrate

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Springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy

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Resilient

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Obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative

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Scurrilous

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Assiduous, tireless, indefatigable

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Sedulous

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Broadcast, trumpet

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Blazon

57
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Admonition, word to the wise

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Caveat

58
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Right, reasonable, evenhanded

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Equitable

59
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Disentangle, extract, disengage

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Extricate

60
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Pilfer, purloin, swipe

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Filch

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Scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn

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Flout

62
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Refractory, recalcitrant, peevish

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Fractious

63
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Principle, maxim

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Precept

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Salubrious, curative

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Salutary

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Flog, heat, bane, plague, pestilence

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Scourge

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Highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy

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Strait laced

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Impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent

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Transient

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Insipid, lifeless, colorless

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Vapid

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Exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant

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Anomalous

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Curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough

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Brusque

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Chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid

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Castigate

72
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Think up, devise, concoct, fabricate

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Contrive

73
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Undeceive, enlighten, set straight

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Disabuse

74
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Languor, world weariness, listlessness

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Ennui

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Delusions of grandeur

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Megalomania

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Redeem, make amends for, atone, make reparation

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Expiate

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