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1
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dupe

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to deceive a person;someonw who is easily deceived

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2
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duplicity

A

deceitfulness in speech or conduct; double-dealing

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3
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eclectic

A

selecting from or made up from variety of sources

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4
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effigy

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sculpture or model or person

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5
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elegy

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a sorrow poem or speech

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6
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elocution

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art of clear and expressive speech

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7
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enervate

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to reduce in strenght

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8
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engender

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to produce,cause or bring about

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enigmatic

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puzzling;mysterious

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10
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ephemeral

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lasting a short time

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epithet

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a word of phase, use unvectivley as a term of abuse

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12
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equivocate

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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

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13
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erudite

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learned;scholarly,bookish

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14
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esoteric

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known or understood by only a few

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15
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estimable

A

admirable

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16
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exculpate

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to clear blame;prove innocent

17
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excerbate

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to increase bitterness or violence

18
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expound

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to set fouth in detail

19
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exultant

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to show or feel triumphant joy

20
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fawn

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to spoil, to lavish extreme attention on

21
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fiduciary

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of a trust; held or given in trust

22
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foment

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to arouse or incite

23
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forestall

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to prevent by advance action

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gradiloquent

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pompous or inflated in language

25
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guile

A

deceit or trickery

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heterodox

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holding unorthodox opinions, different from the norm

27
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iconoclast

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pretending to have virtues or qualities one does not have

28
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impassive

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showing or feeling no emotion

29
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impugn

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to challenge as false

30
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inchoate

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not fully formed;disorganized

31
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inculpate

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to charge with fault

32
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incursion

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a hostile entrance into a place

33
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indolence

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being lazy

34
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ineffable

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inexpressable, cannot be put into words