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Assuage

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Make easier/milder, satisfy

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Coalition

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Combination, union

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Decadence

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Cultural decline because of indulgence in pleasure/luxury

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Elicit

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Draw forth, bring out

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Hackneyed

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Lack of freshness/originality

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Hiatus

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Pause/gap

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Innuendo

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Derogatory hint/suggestion

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Jaded

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Wearied, worn out, dulled

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Lurid

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Coasting shock/horror

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Meritorious

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Worthy, deserving recognition

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Petulant

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Easily irritated & upset

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Prerogative

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Special right/privilege, quality showing excellence

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Umbrage

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Shade cast by trees

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14
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Amerliorate

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Improve, make better

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Aplomb

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Self confidence

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Bombastic

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Overblown in language, fancy words to hide lack of ideas

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Callow

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Immature, lacking sophistication

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Drivel

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Saliva from mouth

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Epitome

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Summary, condensed account

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Exhort

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Urge strongly

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Interloper

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One who moves where they are not wanted, intruder

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Intrinsic

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Belonging to someone or something by it nature, bodily part

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Inveigh

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Violent attack in words

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Lassitude

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Weariness of body or mind

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Ingratiate

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Make oneself agreeable to gain favor by others (derogatory)

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Surmise

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Think or believe without evidence

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27
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Abominate

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Have hate for

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Adventitious

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Resulting from chance

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Ascribe

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Assign/refer

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Circuitous

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Roundabout, not direct

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Commiserate

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Sympathize with, have pity for

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Expedite

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Make easy, cause progress faster

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Nominal

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Existing in name only, not real, small

34
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Proclivity

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Natural tendency (human character)

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Sangfroid

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Composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances

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Seditious

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Resistant to lawful authority, have purpose of overthrowing government

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Tenuous

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Thin/slender

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Vitriolic

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Bitter, sarcastic

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Affable

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Pleasant, sociable, easy to talk to

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Amorphous

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Shapeless, without definite form

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Aura

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Air or personal, quality in atmosphere

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Contraband

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Illegal traffic

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Erudite

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Scholarly

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Infer

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Imply

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Inscrutable

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Incapable of being understood

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Irrevocable

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Incapable of being changed

47
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Propensity

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Natural inclination toward

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Querulous

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Peevish, complaining

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Repudiate

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Disown/reject

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Sedulous

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Persistent, showing determination

51
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Amnesty

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General pardon, act of forgiveness from government

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Autonomy

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Self governed political control

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Caveat

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Warning/caution

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Extricate

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Free from difficulties

55
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Filch

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Steal in petty amounts

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Precept

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Rule of conduct

57
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Sepulchral

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Funereal, gloomy

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Transient

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Lasting in short time/ one who stays a short time

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Unwieldy

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Not easily carried because of size

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Vapid

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Uninteresting, tiresome, lacking in flavor

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Anomalous

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Abnormal, irregular

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Brusque

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Abrupt, blunt

63
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Cajole

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Coax, persuade through flattery

64
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Castigate

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Punish severely

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Heinous

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Wicked, hateful

66
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Insurgent

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One who rebels against authority

67
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Megalomania

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Delusion marked by feeling or power/wealth

68
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Sinecure

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Easy job

69
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Vicarious

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Experienced by one person in place of another

70
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Austere

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Severe/stern

71
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Crass

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Coarse, stupid, insensitive

72
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Desecrate

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Pollute, treat irreverently

73
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Disconcert

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Confuse/disturb the composure of

74
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Grandiose

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Grand, exaggerated

75
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Mitigate

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Make softer/milder with intensity

English 10 honors (1 decks)

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