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abacus

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frame with balls for calculating

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abate

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to lessen to subside

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abdication

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giving up control authority

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aberration

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straying away from what is normal

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abet

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help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)

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abeyance

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suspended action

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abhor

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to hate to detest

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abide

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be faithful to endure

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abjure

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promise or swear to give up

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abraded

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rubbed off worn away by friction

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abrogate

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repeal or annul by authority

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abscond

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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)

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abstruse

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difficult to comprehend obscure

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abut

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border on

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abysmal

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bottomless extreme

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acarpous

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effete no longer fertile worn out

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acclaimed

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welcomed with shouts and approval

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accolade

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praise approval

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accretion

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the growing of separate things into one

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adamant

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kind of stone inflexible

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admonitory

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containing warning

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adorn

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add beauty decorate

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adulteration

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making unpure poorer in quality

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affable

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polite and friendly

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affinity

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close connection relationship

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aggravate

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make worse irritate

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agile

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active quick-moving

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agog

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eager/excited

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ail

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trouble be ill

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alacrity

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eager and cheerful readiness

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alcove

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recess/partially enclosed place

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allegiance

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duty support loyalty

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alleviate

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make (pain) easier to bear

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alloy

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to debase by mixing with something inferior

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aloof

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reserved indifferent

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amalgamate

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mix combine unite societies

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ambidextrous

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able to use the left hand or the right equally well

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ambiguous

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doubtful uncertain

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ambivalent

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having both of two contrary meanings

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ameliorate

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improve make better

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amortize

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end (a debt) by setting aside money

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anguish

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severe suffering

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animosity

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strong dislike

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antidote

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medicine used against a poison or a disease

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antithetical

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direct opposing

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apartheid

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brutal racial discrimination

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aplomb

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self-confidence

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apostate

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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions

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apotheosis

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deification glorification to godliness

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appease

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make quiet or calm

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apprehensive

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grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future

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apprise

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give notice to inform

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approbation

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approval

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apropos

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appropriate to the situation apt

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apt

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well-suited quick-witted

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arabesque

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a complex ornate design

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arboreal

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of connected with trees

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ardor

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enthusiasm

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arduous

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steep difficult ascent laborious

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argot

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jargon slang

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arrant

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in the highest degree

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arrogance

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proud superior manner of behaviour

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articulate

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speak distinctly connect by joints

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ascend

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go or come up

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ascertain

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get to know

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ascetic

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practicing self-denial austere stark

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ascribe

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consider to be the origin of or belonging to

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aseptic

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surgically clean

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asperity

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roughness harshness ill temper irritability

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aspersion

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slander

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assail

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with attack violently

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assiduous

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diligent hard-working sedulous

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assuage

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make smth (pain desire) less

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asterisk

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the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)

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astringent

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substance that shrinks

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astute

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clever quick at seeing to get an advantage

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atonement

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repayment death of Jesus

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attenuate

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make thin. weaken enervate

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attune

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bring into harmony

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audacious

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daring foolishly bold impudent

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augury

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omen sign

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august

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majestic venerable

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auspicious

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favorable successful prosperous

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austere

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severely moral and strict simple and plain

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auxiliary

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helping supporting

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aver

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affirm assert prove justify

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aversion

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strong dislike

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avid

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eager greedy

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avow

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admit. Declare openly

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baleful

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harmful ominous causing evil

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balk

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obstacle purposely to get on the way of

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baneful

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causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive

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barrage

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artificial obstacle built across a river

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barren

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not good enough unable to have young ones without value

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bask

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in enjoy warmth and light

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beatify

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to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to

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bedizen

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to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner

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belabor

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beat hard

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bellicose

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belligerent pugnacious warlike

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belligerent

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(person nation) waging war

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benefactor

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person who has given help

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benevolence

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wish or activity in doing good

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benign

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kind and gentle mild (climate)

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bequest

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arrangement to give smth at death

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berate

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scold sharply

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bereft

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rob or dispossess of smth (material)

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bewilder

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puzzle confuse

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bigot

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stubborn narrow-minded person

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bilge

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bulge the protuberance of a cask

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blandishment

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flattery coaxing

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blandness

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polite manner comforting uninteresting

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blatant

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noisy and rough

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blithe

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cheerful casual carefree

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bogus

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sham counterfeit not genuine

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boisterous

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loud noisy rough lacking restraint

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bolster

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give greatly needed support

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boorish

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crude offensive rude

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brash

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hasty rush cheeky saucy

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brass

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yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)

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brazen

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made of brass

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breach

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opening broken place breaking

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brittle

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easily broken

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broach

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bring up announce begin to talk about

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brook

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to tolerate endure

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buoyant

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able to float light-hearted

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burgeon

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grow forth send out buds

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burnish

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to polish rub to a shine

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cabal

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a scheme or plot a group of plotters

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cadge

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to beg to get by begging

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cajole

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use flattery or deceit to persuade

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calipers

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metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument

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calumny

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slander aspersion

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candid

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frank straight-forward

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cant

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insincere talk/jargon

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cantankerous

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bad-tempered/quarrelsome

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canvass

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discuss thoroughly sort of touting

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castigate

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to chastise correct by punishing

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castigation

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severe punishment

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catalyst

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substance that causes speeding up

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caustic

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biting sarcastic

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censure

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expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke

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centurion

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leader of a unit of 100 soldiers

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chary

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cautious wary

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chastened

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corrected punished

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chastisement

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punishment

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chauvinist

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a blindly devoted patriot

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chicanery

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legal trickery/false argument

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chisel

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steel tool for shaping materials

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churl

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bad-tempered person

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clamor

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shout complain with a lot of noise

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clientele

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customers

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clinch

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come to grips/settle conclusively

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cling

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to resist separation

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clot

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half-solid lump formed from liquid

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cloture

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

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coagulation

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change to a thick and solid state

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coalescing

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coming together and uniting into one substance

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coax

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get smb to do smth by kindness

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coda

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passage that completes a piece of music

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coddle

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treat with care and tenderness

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coerce

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compel to force to make obedient

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coeval

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of the same period coexisting

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cogent

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strong convincing

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cogitate

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think deeply mediate

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cognizant

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being fully aware of

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colander

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bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water

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collusion

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secret agreement for a deceitful purpose

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combustion

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process of burning

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commemorate

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keep the memory of

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commodious

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having plenty of space for what is needed

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commuter

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person who travels regularly

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complaisance

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tending to comply obliging willingness to please

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compunction

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feeling of regret for one’s action

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conceal

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hide keep secret

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conceit

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over-high opinion of too much pride

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conciliatory

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reconciling soothing comforting mollifying

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concord

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agreement or harmony

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concur

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agree in opinion happen together

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condense

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increase in density strength make laconic

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condone

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forgive

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congeal

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make or become stiff and solid

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conjoin

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to join together

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connoisseur

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a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)

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connotation

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suggestion in addition to

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consequential

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pompous self important

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console

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give comfort or sympathy to

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conspicuous

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easily seen remarkable

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consternation

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surprise and fear dismay

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constrain

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compel

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constrict

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make tight or smaller

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consume

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get to the end of

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consummate

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perfect/make perfect/complete

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contemn

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to scorn or despise

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contentious

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argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome

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contiguous

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touching neighboring near

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contrite

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filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing

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contumacious

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insubordinate rebellious

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conundrum

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a riddle dilemma enigma

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conviction

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convincing firm belief

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convoke

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call together summon

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convoluted

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complicated coiled twisted

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cordial

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warm and sincere

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cordon

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line (of police acting as a guard)

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cornucopia

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abundant supply

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corporeal

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physical of or for the body

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correlate

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have a mutual relation

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corroboration

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additional strengthening evidence

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countenance

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to favor or approve of

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counterfeit

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forgery

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countervail

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counterbalance

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covert

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disguised

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covetous

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eagerly desirous

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cower

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crouch shrink back

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coy

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shy/modest (esp of a girl)

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crass

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very great (es. stupidity)

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cravat

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piece of linen worn as a necktie

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craven

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cowardly

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crease

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line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket

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credulity

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too great a readiness to believe things

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credulous

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ready to believe things

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crush

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press lose shape subdue overwhelm

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cryptic

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secret with a hidden meaning

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cumbersome

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burdensome heavy and awkward to carry

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curmudgeon

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bad-tempered person

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curriculum

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course of study

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cursory

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quick hurried

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curtail

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make shorter then was planned

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dainty

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pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please

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daunt

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intimidate make fearful

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dawdler

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person who is slow waste of time

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dearth

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shortage

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debacle

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a breakup overthrow sudden disaster

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decorum

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propriety properness

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decree

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order given by authority

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decry

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disapprove of

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defer

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postpone give way (to show respect)

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deferential

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showing respect

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defiance

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open disobedience or resistance

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delineate

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to portray depict sketch out

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deluge

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great flood heavy rush of water

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demagogue

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person appealing not to reasons

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demur

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to hesitate raise objections

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denigrate

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blacken belittle sully defame

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denouement

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an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot

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deplete

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use until none remains

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deposition

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dethronement depositing

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deprave

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make morally bad corrupt

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deprecate

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protest against express disapproval of

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dereliction

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deserting and leaving to fall into ruins

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derision

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ridicule mockery deriding

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derivative

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unoriginal obtained from another source

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derogatory

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insulting tending to damage

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descry

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catch sight of see smth in the distance

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desiccant

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substance used to absorb moisture

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desuetude

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cessation of use disuse

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desultory

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aimless haphazard digressing at random

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deter

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discourage hinder

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detraction

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slandering verbal attack aspersion

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detumescence

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diminishing or lessening of swelling

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deviance

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being different in moral standards (from normal)

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dexterity

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skill (esp. in handling)

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diaphanous

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transparent gauzy

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diatribe

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bitter and violent attack in words

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diffidence

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shyness

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dilate

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speak comprehensively become wider large

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disallow

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refuse to allow or accept as a correct

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discern

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see with an effort but clearly

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discomfit

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confuse embarrass

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disconcert

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upset the self-possession of

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discountenance

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refuse to approve of

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discourse

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speech lecture

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discredit

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refuse to believe

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discreet

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careful/prudent

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discrete

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individually distinct

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disdain

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look on with contempt

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disencumber

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free from encumbrance

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disheveled

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untidy

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disingenuous

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sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning

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disinter

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dig up from the earth

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dislodge

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move force from the place occupied

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dismal

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sad gloomy miserable

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disparate

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essentially different

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disproof

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proof to the contrary

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dissemble

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speak or behave so as to hide smth (in mind)

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disseminate

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distribute (esp. ideas)

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dissent

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have a different opinion refuse to assent

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dissolution

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disintegration looseness in morals

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distraught

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distracted violently upset in mind

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divergence

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getting farther apart from a point

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divestiture

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taking off getting rid of giving up

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divulge

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make known smth secret

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doggerel

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trivial poorly constructed verse

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dogmatic

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positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion

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dolt

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stupid fellow

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dormant

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in a state of inactivity but awaiting development

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dote

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show much fondness center one’s attention

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drawl

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slow way of speaking

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droll

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jesting

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drone

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male bee person who isn’t self-employed

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drowsiness

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feeling sleepy half asleep

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dubious

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feeling doubt

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dud

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no use person smth that fails

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dulcet

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melodious harmonious

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dupe

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cheat make a fool of

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duplicity

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deliberate deception

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duress

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threats to compel smb

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dwarf

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person or smb much below the usual size

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dynamo

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a generator something that produces electric current

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earthenware

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dishes made of baked clay

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ebullience

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exuberance outburst of feeling

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ebullient

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overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement

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ecumenical

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representing the whole Christian world

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edacious

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voracious devouring

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eddy

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

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edible

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fit to be eaten/not poisonous

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effete

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infertile worn out weak

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efficacy

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production of a desired result

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effluvia

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outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor

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effrontery

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boldness impudence arrogance

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egress

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way out exit

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elaborate

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worked out with much care in great detail

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elegy

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a lament a melancholy composition

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elicit

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draw out

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eloquence

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fluent speaking skillful use of language

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emaciate

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make thin and weak

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embellish

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make beautiful

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embezzle

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use in a wrong way for one’s own benefit

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emote

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stir up excite

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empirical

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relying on experiment

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encapsulate

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enclose in capsule

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encomium

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warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric

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encumbrance

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burden things that get on the way of

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endearing

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making dear or liked

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endemic

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epidemic

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endorse

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write one’s name on the back of

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enduring

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lasting

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enervate

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weaken deprive of strength attenuate

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engender

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cause produce give rise to

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engrave

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impress deeply

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engrossing

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taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal

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engulf

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swallow up

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enigma

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smth that is puzzling

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enmity

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hatred being an enemy

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ensign

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flag/badge

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entangle

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put into difficulties

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enthral

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please greatly/enslave (fig)

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entice

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tempt or persuade

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entreat

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ask earnestly

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enunciate

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pronounce (words)/express a theory

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enzyme

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catalyst

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epicurean

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devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)

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epistle

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letter

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epithet

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adjective

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epitome

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brief summary representative example a typical model

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equable

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steady regular

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equanimity

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calmness of temperament

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equilibrium

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state of being balanced

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equipoise

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equal distribution of weight equilibrium

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equivocal

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having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious

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equivocate

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try to deceive by equivocal language

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eradicate

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get rid of pull up by the roots

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erratic

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irregular in behaviour or opinion

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erudite

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learned scholarly

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eschew

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avoid

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esoteric

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abstruse intended only for a small circle of

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espouse

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marry give one’s support to

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eulogy

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formal praise panegyric

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euphoria

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elation state of pleasant excitement

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euthanasia

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easy and painless death

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evasive

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tending to evade

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evince

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to show clearly to indicate

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evoke

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call up bring out

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excoriation

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severe criticism

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exculpate

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to clear from a charge of guilt

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exhaustive

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complete thorough

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exigency

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emergency an urgent situation

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exoneration

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

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exorbitant

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much too high or great

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expatiate

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to roam wander freely

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expedient

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likely to be useful for a purpose

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expiation

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ending expiring

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exploit

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brilliant achievement develop use selfishly

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expostulate

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argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest

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expurgate

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to remove obscenity purify censor

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exscind

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to cut out cut away

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extant

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still in existence

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extempore

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without previous thought or preparation

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extenuate

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reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse

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extinct

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no longer active

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extinguish

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end the existence of/wipe or put out

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extirpate

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to destroy exterminate cut out exscind

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extol

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praise highly

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extort

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obtain by threats violence

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extralegal

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outside the law

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extricable

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that can be freed

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extrovert

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cheerful person

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exuberance

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state of growing vigorously being full of life

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facetious

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humorous funny jocular

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facile

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easily done

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fallacious

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based on error

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falter

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waver/move in an uncertain manner

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fatuous

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without sense foolish self-satisfaction

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fawn

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young deer try to win smb’s favor

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feckless

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lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless

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fecund

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fertile

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feint

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pretend

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felicitous

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apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos

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felon

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person guilty of murder

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ferment

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substance become excited

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ferocity

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savage cruelty

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ferret

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discover by searching search

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fervid

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showing earnest feeling

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fervor

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warmth of feelings earnestness

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fetid

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stinking

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fetter

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to shackle put in chains

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feud

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bitter quarrel over a long period of time

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fidelity

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loyalty accuracy

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fidget

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move restlessly make nervous

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figurehead

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carved image on the prow of a ship

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finesse

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delicate way of dealing with a situation

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finical

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too fussy about food clothing etc.

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finicky

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finical

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fission

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splitting or division (esp. of cells)

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fixate

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stare at

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flak

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criticism/anti-aircraft guns

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flamboyant

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brightly colored florid

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flaunting

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show off complacently

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flax

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pale yellow (hair) a plant

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fledged

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able to fly trained experienced

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fleet

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number of ships quick-moving

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flinch

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draw move back wince

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flop

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fail/move/fall clumsily

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florid

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very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)

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flout

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reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition)

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fluke

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lucky stroke

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fluster

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make nervous or confused

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foible

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defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)

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foil

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prevent from carrying out contrast

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foment

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put smth warm (to lessen the pain)

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foolproof

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incapable of failure or error

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foppish

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like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes

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forage

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food for horses and cattle

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forbear

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refrain from be patient ancestor

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forbearance

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patience willingness to wait

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ford

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shallow place in a river (to cross)

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forestall

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prevent by taking action in advance preempt

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forfeit

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suffer the loss of smth

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forge

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workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead

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forgery

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counterfeit

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forswear

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renounce disallow repudiate

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foster

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nurture care for

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452
Q

fracas

A

noisy quarrel

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453
Q

fragile

A

easily injured broken or destroyed

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Q

fragrant

A

sweet-smelling

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455
Q

frantic

A

wildly excited with joy pain anxiety

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456
Q

frenetic

A

frantic frenzied

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457
Q

fret

A

worry irritation wear away

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458
Q

fringe

A

edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead

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459
Q

froward

A

intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn

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460
Q

frugal

A

careful economical

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461
Q

fulmination

A

bitter protest

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462
Q

fulsome

A

disgusting offensive due to excessiveness

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463
Q

gainsay

A

to deny to oppose

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464
Q

garble

A

make unfair selection from facts

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465
Q

garment

A

article of clothing

466
Q

garner

A

to gather and save to store up

467
Q

garrulity

A

talkativeness

468
Q

garrulous

A

too talkative

469
Q

gaucherie

A

socially awkward tactless behavior

470
Q

germane

A

relevant pertinent to

471
Q

gist

A

the point general sense

472
Q

glean

A

gather facts in small quantities

473
Q

glib

A

ready and smooth but not sincere

474
Q

glimmer

A

weak/unsteady light

475
Q

gloat

A

over look at with selfish delight

476
Q

glut

A

supply to much fill to excess

477
Q

gnaw

A

waste away bite steadily

478
Q

goad

A

smth urging a person to action

479
Q

gorge

A

eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream

480
Q

gossamer

A

soft light delicate material

481
Q

gouge

A

tool for cutting grooves in wood

482
Q

grandiloquent

A

using pompous words

483
Q

grave

A

serious requiring consideration

484
Q

graze

A

touch or scrape lightly in passing

485
Q

gregarious

A

living in societies liking the company

486
Q

grievous

A

causing grief or pain serious dire grave

487
Q

grovel

A

crawl humble oneself

488
Q

guile

A

deceit cunning

489
Q

gullible

A

easily gulled

490
Q

gush

A

burst out suddenly/talk ardently

491
Q

gust

A

outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.

492
Q

hack

A

cut roughly hired horse

493
Q

halcyon

A

calm and peaceful

494
Q

hallow

A

to make holy consecrate

495
Q

harangue

A

a long passionate speech

496
Q

harbinger

A

smth or smb that foretells the coming of

497
Q

harrow

A

to distress create stress or torment

498
Q

haughty

A

arrogant conceited

499
Q

heed

A

attention/give notice to

500
Q

heinous

A

odious (of crime)

501
Q

heresy

A

belief contrary to what is generally accepted

502
Q

hermetic

A

sealed by fusion

503
Q

heterogeneous

A

made up of different kinds

504
Q

hew

A

make by hard work cut (by striking)

505
Q

highbrow

A

(person) with superior tastes

506
Q

hirsute

A

hairy shaggy

507
Q

hoax

A

mischievous trick played on smb for a joke

508
Q

hoi

A

polloi the masses the rabble

509
Q

hollow

A

not soled with hole

510
Q

holster

A

leather case for a pistol

511
Q

homiletics

A

act of preaching

512
Q

hone

A

stone used for sharpening tools

513
Q

hoodwink

A

trick mislead

514
Q

hospitable

A

liking to give hospitality

515
Q

hubris

A

arrogant pride

516
Q

hush

A

make or become silent

517
Q

husk

A

worthless outside part of anything

518
Q

hypocrisy

A

falsely making oneself appear to be good

519
Q

iconoclast

A

person who attacks popular beliefs

520
Q

idiosyncrasy

A

personal mannerism

521
Q

idolatry

A

excessive admiration of

522
Q

idyll

A

a carefree episode or experience

523
Q

ignoble

A

dishonorable common undignified

524
Q

ignominious

A

shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful

525
Q

illicit

A

unlawful forbidden

526
Q

imbroglio

A

complicated and embarrassing situation

527
Q

immaculate

A

pure faultless

528
Q

imminent

A

likely to come or happen soon

529
Q

immutable

A

that cannot be changed

530
Q

impair

A

worsen diminish in value

531
Q

impassive

A

unmoved feeling no sign of passion

532
Q

impecunious

A

having little or no money

533
Q

impede

A

hinder get in the way of

534
Q

impediment

A

smth that hinders (e.g. stammer)

535
Q

impending

A

imminent being about to happen expected

536
Q

imperative

A

urgent essential

537
Q

imperious

A

commanding haughty arrogant

538
Q

impermeable

A

that cannot be permeated

539
Q

imperturbable

A

calm not capable of being excited

540
Q

impervious

A

not allowing to pass through (of materials)

541
Q

imperviousness

A

haughty arrogant commanding

542
Q

impetuous

A

having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful

543
Q

impiety

A

lack of reverence or dutifulness

544
Q

implacable

A

incapable of being placated unpleasable

545
Q

implicate

A

show that smb has a share

546
Q

implicit

A

implied though not plainly expressed

547
Q

implosion

A

collapse bursting inward

548
Q

importune

A

beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute)

549
Q

imprecation

A

an invocation of evil a curse

550
Q

impromptu

A

without preparation

551
Q

impudent

A

rash indiscreet

552
Q

impugned

A

challenged to be doubted

553
Q

impute

A

to attribute to a cause or source ascribe

554
Q

inadvertent

A

not paying proper attention

555
Q

inane

A

silly senseless

556
Q

inasmuch

A

since because

557
Q

incense

A

make angry

558
Q

incessant

A

often repeated continual

559
Q

inchoate

A

not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary

560
Q

incipient

A

beginning

561
Q

incise

A

engrave make a cut in

562
Q

incite

A

stir up rouse

563
Q

inclined

A

directing the mind in a certain direction

564
Q

incongruous

A

out of place not in harmony or agreement

565
Q

incorrigibility

A

cannot be cured or corrected

566
Q

incredulous

A

skeptical unwilling to believe

567
Q

inculcate

A

fix firmly by repetition

568
Q

incumbents

A

official duties

569
Q

incursion

A

a raid a sudden attack

570
Q

indefatigability

A

not easily exhaustible tirelessness

571
Q

indelible

A

that cannot be rubbed out

572
Q

indigence

A

poverty

573
Q

indigenous

A

native

574
Q

indistinct

A

not easily heard seen clearly marked

575
Q

indolence

A

laziness

576
Q

indomitable

A

not easily discouraged or subdued

577
Q

indulge

A

gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself

578
Q

indulgent

A

inclined to indulge

579
Q

ineffable

A

to great to be described in words

580
Q

ineluctable

A

certain inevitable

581
Q

inept

A

unskillful said or done at the wrong time

582
Q

ineptitude

A

quality of being unskillful

583
Q

inferno

A

hell

584
Q

infuriate

A

fill with fury or rage

585
Q

infuse

A

put pour fill

586
Q

ingenuous

A

naive young artless frank honest sincere

587
Q

ingest

A

take in by swallowing

588
Q

inimical

A

harmful or friendly

589
Q

inimitable

A

defying imitation unmatchable

590
Q

innocuous

A

causing no harm

591
Q

inscrutable

A

incapable of being discovered or understood

592
Q

insensible

A

unconscious unresponsive unaffected

593
Q

insinuate

A

suggest unpleasantly make a way for smth gently

594
Q

insipid

A

without taste or flavor

595
Q

insouciant

A

unconcerned carefree

596
Q

insularity

A

narrow-mindedness isolated

597
Q

insurrection

A

rising of people to open resistance to

598
Q

interdict

A

prohibit forbid

599
Q

interim

A

as an installment

600
Q

intersperse

A

place here and there

601
Q

intransigence

A

unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability

602
Q

intransigent

A

uncompromising

603
Q

intrepid

A

fearless brave undaunted

604
Q

introspection

A

examining one’s own thoughts and feelings

605
Q

inundate

A

flood cover by overflowing

606
Q

inured

A

accustomed to adapted

607
Q

invective

A

abusive language curses

608
Q

inveigh

A

to attack verbally denounce deprecate

609
Q

inveterate

A

deep-rooted. long-established

610
Q

invincible

A

too strong to be defeated

611
Q

involute

A

complex

612
Q

irascible

A

irritable easily angered

613
Q

irate

A

angry

614
Q

ire

A

anger

615
Q

irksome

A

tiresome

616
Q

irresolute

A

hesitating undecided

617
Q

irrevocable

A

final and unalterable

618
Q

itinerate

A

to travel from place to place to peregrinate

619
Q

jabber

A

talk excitedly utter rapidly

620
Q

jibe

A

gibe make fun of

621
Q

jocular

A

meant as a joke

622
Q

judicious

A

sound in judgment wise

623
Q

knit

A

draw together unite firmly

624
Q

labyrinthine

A

to entangle the state of affairs

625
Q

lachrymose

A

causing tears tearful

626
Q

lackluster

A

(of eyes) dull

627
Q

lament

A

show feel great sorrow

628
Q

lassitude

A

weariness tiredness

629
Q

latent

A

present but not yet active developed or visible

630
Q

laudatory

A

expressing or giving praise

631
Q

lavish

A

giving or producing freely liberally or generously

632
Q

legacy

A

smth handed down from ancestors

633
Q

levee

A

formal reception/embankment

634
Q

levity

A

lack of seriousness

635
Q

libel

A

statement that damages reputation

636
Q

liberality

A

free giving generosity

637
Q

libertine

A

immoral person

638
Q

lien

A

legal claim until a debt on it is repaid

639
Q

limn

A

paint portray

640
Q

limp

A

lacking strength walking unevenly

641
Q

lionize

A

treat as a famous person

642
Q

lithe

A

bending twisting

643
Q

loll

A

rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog’s tongue)

644
Q

lope

A

move along with long strides

645
Q

loquacious

A

talkative garrulous

646
Q

lucubrate

A

write in scholarly fashion

647
Q

luculent

A

easily understood lucid clear

648
Q

lugubrious

A

mournful excessively sad

649
Q

lull

A

become quiet or less active

650
Q

lumber

A

move in a clumsy/noisy way

651
Q

luminary

A

star light-giving body

652
Q

lurk

A

be out of view ready to attack

653
Q

lustrous

A

being bright polished

654
Q

macabre

A

gruesome suggesting death

655
Q

macerate

A

make or become soft by soaking in water

656
Q

machination

A

plot scheme (esp. evil)

657
Q

maladroit

A

tactless clumsy

658
Q

malapropism

A

misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)

659
Q

malevolence

A

wishing to do evil

660
Q

malign

A

injurious speak ill of smb tell lie

661
Q

malinger

A

to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty

662
Q

malleable

A

yielding easily shaped moldable adapting

663
Q

manacle

A

chains for the hands or feet

664
Q

massacre

A

cruel killing of a large number of people

665
Q

matriculation

A

be admitted enter a university as a student

666
Q

maudlin

A

sentimental in a silly or tearful way

667
Q

maul

A

hurt by rough handling

668
Q

maverick

A

rebel nonconformist

669
Q

mellifluous

A

sweetly flowing

670
Q

mendacity

A

dishonesty

671
Q

mendicant

A

a beggar

672
Q

mercurial

A

quick changeable in character fleeting

673
Q

meretricious

A

attractive on the surface but of little value

674
Q

mesmerize

A

hypnotize

675
Q

meticulous

A

giving great attention to details

676
Q

mettle

A

quality of endurance or courage

677
Q

mettlesome

A

courageous high-spirited

678
Q

middling

A

fairly good but not very good

679
Q

minatory

A

menacing threatening

680
Q

mince

A

pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize

681
Q

misanthrope

A

person who hates mankind

682
Q

mischievous

A

harmful causing mischief

683
Q

miser

A

person who loves wealth and spends little

684
Q

misogynist

A

one who hates women/females

685
Q

moderation

A

quality of being limited not extreme

686
Q

mollify

A

make calmer or quieter

687
Q

molt

A

moult lose hair feathers before new growing

688
Q

morbid

A

diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)

689
Q

morose

A

ill-tempered unsocial

690
Q

muffler

A

cloth worn round the neck/silencer

691
Q

multifarious

A

varied motley greatly diversified

692
Q

mundane

A

worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday

693
Q

myriad

A

very great number

694
Q

nadir

A

lowest weakest point

695
Q

nascent

A

coming into existence emerging

696
Q

nebulous

A

cloud-like hazy vague indistinct

697
Q

negligent

A

taking too little care

698
Q

neophyte

A

person who has been converted to a belief

699
Q

nexus

A

a connection tie or link

700
Q

nibble

A

show some inclination to accept (an offer)

701
Q

noisome

A

offensive disgusting (smell)

702
Q

nonchalant

A

not having interest

703
Q

nonplused

A

greatly surprised

704
Q

nostrum

A

a quack remedy an untested cure

705
Q

noxious

A

harmful

706
Q

nugatory

A

trifling/worthless

707
Q

obdurate

A

hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible

708
Q

obfuscate

A

to darken make obscure muddle

709
Q

oblivious

A

unaware having no memory

710
Q

obloquy

A

abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation

711
Q

obsequious

A

too eager to obey or serve

712
Q

obstreperous

A

noisy loud

713
Q

obtain

A

to be established accepted or customary

714
Q

obtrusive

A

projecting prominent undesirably noticeable

715
Q

obtuse

A

blunt/stupid

716
Q

obviate

A

to make unnecessary get rid of

717
Q

occluded

A

blocked up

718
Q

odious

A

repulsive hateful

719
Q

odium

A

contempt dislike aversion

720
Q

odor

A

smell favor reputation

721
Q

officious

A

too eager or ready to help offer advice

722
Q

ominous

A

threatening

723
Q

onerous

A

needing effort burdensome

724
Q

opaqueness

A

dullness/not allowing light to pass through

725
Q

opprobrious

A

showing scorn or reproach

726
Q

ossify

A

to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea

727
Q

ostensible

A

seeming appearing as such professed

728
Q

ostentation

A

display to obtain admiration or envy

729
Q

ostracism

A

shut out from society refuse to meet talk

730
Q

overhaul

A

examine thoroughly to learn about the condition

731
Q

overweening

A

presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk

732
Q

paean

A

song of praise or triumph

733
Q

palate

A

roof of the mouth sense of taste

734
Q

palatial

A

magnificent

735
Q

palliate

A

lessen the severity of

736
Q

palpability

A

can be felt touched understood

737
Q

palpitate

A

tremble beat rapidly and irregularly

738
Q

panegyric

A

formal praise eulogy

739
Q

paradigm

A

a model example or pattern

740
Q

parenthesis

A

sentence within another one smth separated

741
Q

pariah

A

an outcast a rejected and despised person

742
Q

parsimonious

A

too economical miserly

743
Q

partisan

A

one-sided committed to a party biased or prejudiced

744
Q

patron

A

regular customer person who gives support

745
Q

paucity

A

scarcity a lacking of

746
Q

peccadillo

A

small sin small weakness in one’s character

747
Q

pedantic

A

bookish showing off learning

748
Q

pedestrian

A

commonplace trite unremarkable

749
Q

pellucid

A

transparent easy to understand

750
Q

penchant

A

strong inclination a liking

751
Q

penitent

A

feeling or showing regret

752
Q

penurious

A

poor/stingy

753
Q

penury

A

extreme poverty

754
Q

peregrination

A

traveling about wandering

755
Q

peremptory

A

urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate

756
Q

perfidious

A

treacherous faithless

757
Q

perfidy

A

treachery breaking of faith

758
Q

perfunctory

A

done as a duty without care

759
Q

perilous

A

dangerous

760
Q

peripatetic

A

wandering

761
Q

perish

A

be destroyed decay

762
Q

perjury

A

willful FALSE statement unlawful act

763
Q

permeate

A

spread into every part of

764
Q

pernicious

A

harmful injurious

765
Q

perpetrate

A

be guilty commit (a crime)

766
Q

personable

A

pleasing in appearance attractive

767
Q

perspicacity

A

quick judging and understanding

768
Q

pertain

A

belong as a part have reference

769
Q

pest

A

destructive thing or a person who is nuisance

770
Q

petrified

A

taken away power (to think feel act)

771
Q

petrify

A

to make hard rocklike

772
Q

petrous

A

like a rock hard stony

773
Q

petulant

A

unreasonably impatient

774
Q

philistine

A

a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge

775
Q

phlegmatic

A

calm sluggish temperament unemotional

776
Q

picaresque

A

involving clever rogues or adventurers

777
Q

pied

A

of mixed colors

778
Q

pinch

A

be too tight take between the thumb and finger

779
Q

pine

A

waste away through sorrow or illness

780
Q

pious

A

dutiful to parents devoted to religion

781
Q

piquant

A

agreeably pungent stimulating

782
Q

pique

A

hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity)

783
Q

pitfall

A

covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger

784
Q

pith

A

essential part force soft liquid substance

785
Q

pivotal

A

of great importance (others depend on it)

786
Q

placate

A

soothe pacify calm

787
Q

plaintive

A

mournful melancholy sorrowful

788
Q

plaque

A

flat metal on a wall as a memorial

789
Q

platitude

A

a trite or banal statement unoriginality

790
Q

plea

A

request

791
Q

plead

A

address a court of law as an advocate

792
Q

plethora

A

glut

793
Q

pliant

A

pliable easily bent shaped or twisted

794
Q

plod

A

continue doing smth without resting

795
Q

pluck

A

pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers)

796
Q

plumb

A

get to the root of

797
Q

plummet

A

fall plunge steeply

798
Q

plunge

A

move quickly suddenly and with force

799
Q

poignant

A

deeply moving keen

800
Q

poncho

A

large piece of cloth

801
Q

ponderous

A

heavy bulky dull

802
Q

portent

A

omen marvelous threatening

803
Q

precarious

A

uncertain risky dangerous

804
Q

precepts

A

rules establishing standards of conduct

805
Q

preclude

A

prevent make impossible

806
Q

precursory

A

preliminary anticipating

807
Q

predilection

A

special liking mental preference

808
Q

predominate

A

have more power than others

809
Q

preen

A

tidy/show self-satisfaction

810
Q

premature

A

doing or happening smth before the right time

811
Q

preponderance

A

greatness in number strength weight

812
Q

presage

A

warning sign

813
Q

presumption

A

arrogance

814
Q

preternatural

A

not normal or usual

815
Q

prevalent

A

common

816
Q

prevaricate

A

to equivocate to stray from the truth

817
Q

prim

A

neat formal

818
Q

pristine

A

primitive unspoiled pure as in earlier times unadulterated

819
Q

probity

A

uprightness incorruptibility principle

820
Q

proclivity

A

inclination

821
Q

procrastination

A

keeping on putting off

822
Q

prodigal

A

wasteful reckless with money

823
Q

prodigious

A

enormous wonderful

824
Q

profane

A

worldly having contempt for God

825
Q

profligacy

A

shameless immorality

826
Q

profligate

A

wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant

827
Q

profundity

A

depth

828
Q

profuse

A

abundant/lavish

829
Q

proliferate

A

grow reproduce by rapid multification

830
Q

prolix

A

tiring because too long

831
Q

prone

A

prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)

832
Q

propagation

A

increasing the number spreading extending

833
Q

propinquity

A

nearness in time or place affinity of nature

834
Q

propitiatory

A

conciliatory appeasing mitigating

835
Q

propitious

A

auspicious presenting favorable circumstances

836
Q

prosaic

A

everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian

837
Q

proscribe

A

denounce as dangerous

838
Q

protracted

A

prolonged

839
Q

provident

A

frugal looking to the future

840
Q

provisional

A

of the present time only

841
Q

provoke

A

make angry vax

842
Q

prudence

A

careful forethought

843
Q

prudish

A

easily shocked excessively modest

844
Q

prune

A

dried plum silly person

845
Q

pry

A

get smth inquire too curiously

846
Q

pucker

A

wrinkle

847
Q

pugnacious

A

fond of in the habit of fighting

848
Q

puissance

A

strength

849
Q

punctilious

A

precise paying attention to trivialities

850
Q

pundit

A

pedant authority on a subject

851
Q

pungency

A

sharpness stinging quality

852
Q

purvey

A

provide supply

853
Q

pusillanimous

A

cowardly craven

854
Q

putrefaction

A

becoming rotten

855
Q

pyre

A

large pile of wood for burning

856
Q

quack

A

person dishonestly claiming to smth

857
Q

quaff

A

drink deeply

858
Q

quail

A

lose courage turn frightened

859
Q

qualm

A

feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness

860
Q

quandary

A

state of doubt or perplexity

861
Q

quell

A

suppress subdue

862
Q

quibble

A

try to avoid by sophistication

863
Q

quiescence

A

state of being passive/motionless

864
Q

quiescent

A

at rest dormant torpid

865
Q

quirk

A

habit or action peculiar to smb or smth

866
Q

quixotic

A

generous unselfish

867
Q

quotidian

A

banal everyday

868
Q

rabble

A

mob crowd the lower classes of populace

869
Q

raconteur

A

person who tells anecdotes

870
Q

raffish

A

low vulgar base tawdry

871
Q

ramify

A

to be divided or subdivided to branch out

872
Q

rancorous

A

feeling bitterness spitefulness

873
Q

rant

A

use extravagant language

874
Q

rapacious

A

greedy (esp for money)

875
Q

rarefy

A

to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine

876
Q

rave

A

act with excessive enthusiasm

877
Q

reactionary

A

opposing progress

878
Q

rebuff

A

snub

879
Q

recalcitrant

A

disobedient

880
Q

recant

A

take back as being FALSE give up

881
Q

recast

A

cast or fashion anew

882
Q

recidivism

A

relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior

883
Q

reciprocity

A

granting of privileges in return for similar

884
Q

recitals

A

a number of performance of music

885
Q

recluse

A

person who lives alone and avoids people

886
Q

recompense

A

make payment to reward punish

887
Q

reconcile

A

settle a quarrel restore peace

888
Q

recondite

A

little known abstruse

889
Q

recreancy

A

cowardice a cowardly giving up

890
Q

recuperate

A

become strong after illness loss exhaustion

891
Q

redeem

A

get back by payment compensate

892
Q

redoubtable

A

formidable causing fear

893
Q

refine

A

make or become pure cultural

894
Q

refractory

A

stubborn unmanageable untractable

895
Q

refulgent

A

shining brilliant

896
Q

regale

A

to delight or entertain to feast

897
Q

regicide

A

crime of killing a king

898
Q

reiterate

A

say or do again several times

899
Q

rejuvenation

A

becoming young in nature or appearance

900
Q

relapse

A

fall back again

901
Q

remonstrate

A

to protest object

902
Q

render

A

deliver provide represent

903
Q

renovate

A

restore smth to better condition

904
Q

renowned

A

celebrated famous

905
Q

repast

A

meal

906
Q

repel

A

refuse to accept/cause dislike

907
Q

repine

A

at be discontented with

908
Q

reproach

A

scold upbraid

909
Q

reprobate

A

person hardened in sin one devoid of decency

910
Q

repudiate

A

disown refuse to accept or pay

911
Q

repulsive

A

causing a feeling of disgust

912
Q

requite

A

repay give in return

913
Q

rescind

A

repeal/annul/cancel

914
Q

resigned

A

unresisting submissive

915
Q

resilience

A

quality of quickly recovering the original shape

916
Q

resort

A

to frequently visit

917
Q

restive

A

refusing to move reluctant to be controlled

918
Q

resuscitation

A

coming back to consciousness

919
Q

retard

A

check hinder

920
Q

reticent

A

reserved untalkative silent taciturn

921
Q

revere

A

have deep respect for

922
Q

reverent

A

feeling or showing deep respect

923
Q

riddle

A

puzzling person or thing

924
Q

rift

A

split crack dissension

925
Q

rivet

A

fix take up secure metal pin

926
Q

roll

A

call calling of names

927
Q

rotund

A

rich and deep plump and round

928
Q

ruffian

A

violent cruel man

929
Q

rumple

A

make rough

930
Q

sagacious

A

having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage

931
Q

salacious

A

obscene

932
Q

salubrious

A

healthful

933
Q

salutary

A

remedial wholesome causing improvement

934
Q

sanctimony

A

self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety

935
Q

sanction

A

approval (by authority) penalty

936
Q

sanguine

A

cheerful confident optimistic

937
Q

sanity

A

health of mind soundness of judgement

938
Q

sash

A

long strip worn round the waist

939
Q

satiate

A

satisfy fully

940
Q

saturnine

A

gloomy dark sullen morose

941
Q

savant

A

person of great learning

942
Q

savor

A

taste flavor smth

943
Q

sawdust

A

tiny bits of wood

944
Q

scabbard

A

sheath for the blade

945
Q

scent

A

smell (esp pleasant)

946
Q

scorch

A

become discolored/dry up/go at high speed

947
Q

scribble

A

write hastily

948
Q

scurvy

A

mean contemptible

949
Q

secular

A

material (not spiritual) living outside monasteries

950
Q

sedulous

A

persevering

951
Q

seminal

A

like a seed constituting a source originative

952
Q

sententious

A

short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs

953
Q

sequence

A

succession connected line of

954
Q

sere

A

make hard and without feeling

955
Q

sermon

A

reproving a person for his faults

956
Q

serrated

A

having a toothed edge

957
Q

serration

A

having a toothed edge

958
Q

servile

A

like a slave lacking independence

959
Q

sever

A

break off

960
Q

severance

A

severing

961
Q

shallow

A

little depth not earnest

962
Q

shard

A

piece of broken earthenware

963
Q

sheath

A

cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool

964
Q

shrewd

A

astute showing sound judgement

965
Q

shrill

A

sharp piercing

966
Q

shun

A

keep away from avoid

967
Q

shunt

A

send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion

968
Q

sidestep

A

step to one side

969
Q

simper

A

(give a) silly/self-conscious smile

970
Q

sinuous

A

winding undulating serpentine

971
Q

skiff

A

small boat

972
Q

skit

A

short piece of humorous writing

973
Q

slack

A

sluggish dull not tight

974
Q

slake

A

to assuage to satisfy allay

975
Q

slate

A

king of blue-grey stone propose criticize

976
Q

sluggard

A

lazy slow-moving person

977
Q

slur

A

join sounds/words (indistinct)

978
Q

smolder

A

burn slowly without flame

979
Q

snare

A

trap

980
Q

snub

A

treat with contempt

981
Q

soar

A

rise fly high

982
Q

sober

A

self-controlled

983
Q

sobriety

A

quality or condition of being sober

984
Q

sodden

A

soaked saturated

985
Q

soggy

A

heavy with water

986
Q

solvent

A

of the power of forming a solution

987
Q

somatic

A

of the body

988
Q

soot

A

black powder in smoke

989
Q

sophisticated

A

complex subtle refined

990
Q

sophistry

A

fallacious reasoning faulty logic

991
Q

sophomoric

A

self-assured though immature affected bombastic overblown

992
Q

soporific

A

producing sleep

993
Q

sordid

A

wretched comfortless contemptible

994
Q

spear

A

weapon with a metal point on a long shaft

995
Q

specious

A

illogical of questionable truth or merit

996
Q

splenetic

A

bad-tempered irritable

997
Q

splice

A

join (two ends)

998
Q

sponge

A

porous rubber for washing live at once expense

999
Q

spurious

A

FALSE counterfeit

1000
Q

spurn

A

have nothing to do reject or refuse

1001
Q

squalid

A

foul filthy

1002
Q

squander

A

spend wastefully

1003
Q

squat

A

crouch/settle without permission

1004
Q

stanch

A

to stop the flow of a fluid

1005
Q

steeply

A

rising or falling sharply

1006
Q

stentorian

A

extremely loud and powerful

1007
Q

stickler

A

person who insists on importance of smth

1008
Q

stigma

A

mark of shame or disgrace

1009
Q

stigmatize

A

describe smb scornfully

1010
Q

sting

A

smth sharp

1011
Q

stingy

A

spending using unwillingly

1012
Q

stint

A

to be thrifty to set limits

1013
Q

stipple

A

paint with dots

1014
Q

stipulate

A

state or put forward as a necessary condition

1015
Q

stolid

A

showing no emotion impassive

1016
Q

stray

A

wander lose one’s way

1017
Q

streak

A

long thin move very fast

1018
Q

striated

A

striped grooved or banded

1019
Q

stride

A

walk with long steps

1020
Q

strut

A

a supporting bar

1021
Q

stygian

A

hence dark gloomy

1022
Q

stymie

A

to hinder obstruct or block

1023
Q

subdue

A

overcome bring under control

1024
Q

sublime

A

extreme astounding

1025
Q

submerge

A

put under water liquid sink out of sight

1026
Q

suborn

A

induce by bribery or smth to commit perjury

1027
Q

subpoena

A

written order requiring a person to appear in a low court

1028
Q

substantiation

A

giving facts to support (statement)

1029
Q

subsume

A

include under a rule

1030
Q

succor

A

assistance relief in time of distress

1031
Q

suffice

A

be enough

1032
Q

suffocate

A

cause or have difficulty in breathing

1033
Q

sullied

A

to be stained or discredited

1034
Q

summarily

A

briefly without delay

1035
Q

sumptuous

A

magnificent

1036
Q

sundry

A

various miscellaneous separate

1037
Q

supercilious

A

disdainful characterized by haughty scorn

1038
Q

superfluous

A

more then is needed or wanted

1039
Q

superimpose

A

put smth on the top

1040
Q

supersede

A

take the place of

1041
Q

supine

A

lying on the back slow to act passive

1042
Q

suppliant

A

asking humbly beseeching

1043
Q

supplicate

A

make a humble petition to

1044
Q

suppress

A

prevent from being known put an end to

1045
Q

surcharge

A

additional load/charge

1046
Q

surfeit

A

satiate feed to fulness or to excess

1047
Q

susceptibility

A

sensitiveness

1048
Q

swerve

A

change direction suddenly

1049
Q

sycophant

A

person who flatter to the rich and powerful

1050
Q

synopsis

A

summary or outline

1051
Q

taciturn

A

untalkative silent

1052
Q

tadpole

A

form of a frog when it leaves the egg

1053
Q

talon

A

claw of a bird of prey

1054
Q

tamp

A

tap or drive down by repeated light blows

1055
Q

tamper

A

interfere with

1056
Q

tangential

A

suddenly changeable

1057
Q

tarnished

A

lost brightness

1058
Q

tassel

A

bunch of threads

1059
Q

taunt

A

contemptuous reproach hurtful remark

1060
Q

taut

A

tightly stretched

1061
Q

tautology

A

a repetition a redundancy

1062
Q

tawdry

A

cheap gaudy showy tacky

1063
Q

teetotal

A

oppose to alcohol

1064
Q

temerity

A

boldness brashness intrepidness

1065
Q

temperance

A

abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation

1066
Q

temperate

A

showing self-control

1067
Q

tenacity

A

firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on

1068
Q

tenuous

A

insubstantial flimsy weak

1069
Q

tepid

A

lukewarm

1070
Q

terse

A

brief and to the point

1071
Q

testiness

A

witness/evidence

1072
Q

thrift

A

care economy thriving prosperous

1073
Q

thwart

A

obstruct/frustrate

1074
Q

timid

A

shy easily frightened

1075
Q

timorous

A

fearful timid afraid

1076
Q

toady

A

obsequious flatterer

1077
Q

tonic

A

smth giving strength or energy

1078
Q

topple

A

be unsteady and overturn

1079
Q

torment

A

severe pain or suffering

1080
Q

torpid

A

sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant

1081
Q

torque

A

twisting force causing rotation

1082
Q

tortuous

A

devious/not straightforward

1083
Q

tout

A

person who worries others to buy smth to use his service

1084
Q

tractable

A

easily controlled or guided

1085
Q

transgress

A

break go beyond (a limit)

1086
Q

transient

A

temporary fleeting

1087
Q

transitory

A

brief

1088
Q

travesty

A

parody/imitation

1089
Q

trenchant

A

forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive

1090
Q

trepidation

A

alarm excited state of mind

1091
Q

trickle

A

flow in drops

1092
Q

trifling

A

unimportant

1093
Q

trite

A

not new

1094
Q

truce

A

(agreement) stop of fighting for a time

1095
Q

truculence

A

aggressiveness ferocity

1096
Q

trudge

A

walk heavily

1097
Q

turbid

A

muddy having the sediment stirred up

1098
Q

turbulence

A

being uncontrolled violent

1099
Q

turgid

A

excessively ornate swollen or bloated

1100
Q

turmoil

A

trouble disturbance

1101
Q

turpitude

A

wickedness shamefulness

1102
Q

turquoise

A

greenish-blue precious stone

1103
Q

tyro

A

tiro beginner

1104
Q

ubiquitous

A

present everywhere

1105
Q

ulterior

A

situated beyond

1106
Q

umbrage

A

offense resentment

1107
Q

uncouth

A

rough awkward

1108
Q

underbid

A

make a lower bid then smb else

1109
Q

undermine

A

weaken gradually at the base make smth under

1110
Q

undulate

A

to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate

1111
Q

unearth

A

discover and bring to light

1112
Q

unencumbered

A

easy-going trifle

1113
Q

unfeigned

A

not pretended sincere

1114
Q

unscathed

A

unharmed unhurt

1115
Q

untoward

A

unfortunate inconvenient

1116
Q

upbraid

A

scold reproach

1117
Q

urbane

A

elegant refined in manners

1118
Q

vacillation

A

being uncertain hesitating

1119
Q

vagary

A

strange act or idea

1120
Q

vain

A

without use result conceited

1121
Q

valiant

A

brave

1122
Q

valorous

A

brave

1123
Q

vanquish

A

conquer

1124
Q

veer

A

change direction

1125
Q

venal

A

ready to do smth dishonest

1126
Q

veneer

A

surface appearance covering the TRUE nature

1127
Q

veneration

A

regard with deep respect

1128
Q

veracity

A

truth

1129
Q

verdant

A

fresh and green

1130
Q

verisimilitude

A

appearing TRUE or real

1131
Q

veritable

A

real rightly named

1132
Q

verve

A

spirit vigor enthusiasm

1133
Q

vestige

A

trace or sign

1134
Q

vex

A

annoy distress trouble

1135
Q

vigilance

A

watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order

1136
Q

vigilant

A

member of a vigilance committee

1137
Q

vigorous

A

strong energetic

1138
Q

vilify

A

slander say evil things

1139
Q

vindictive

A

having a desire to revenge

1140
Q

virago

A

a loud domineering woman a scold or nag

1141
Q

visceral

A

of the internal organs of the body

1142
Q

viscous

A

sticky/semi-fluid

1143
Q

vitiate

A

lower the quality weaken the strength

1144
Q

vituperate

A

curse abuse in words

1145
Q

vivacious

A

lively high-spirited

1146
Q

volatile

A

changeable inconstant fickle unstable explosive

1147
Q

volubility

A

fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language

1148
Q

voluble

A

fluent

1149
Q

waffle

A

talk vaguely and without much result

1150
Q

waft

A

scent waving movement carry lightly through

1151
Q

wag

A

merry person

1152
Q

warmonger

A

person who stirs up war

1153
Q

warrant

A

authority written order guarantee

1154
Q

wean

A

to turn away (from a habit)

1155
Q

weigh

A

measure hoe heavy smth is

1156
Q

welter

A

turmoil a bewildering jumble

1157
Q

wend

A

to go proceed

1158
Q

whimsical

A

full of odd and fanciful ideas

1159
Q

wince

A

show bodily or mental pain

1160
Q

woo

A

try to win

1161
Q

writ

A

written order

1162
Q

yarn

A

tale story fibers for knitting

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