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equipoise

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(noun) equal distribution of weight; equilibrium

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errant

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(adjective) traveling; itinerant; peripatetic

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eschew

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(verb) to shun or avoid

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estimable

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(adjective) worthy; formidable

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evince

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(verb) to show dearly; to indicate

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excoriate

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(verb) to censure scathingly; to upbraid

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exegesis

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(noun) critical examination; explication

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exemplar

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(noun) typical or standard specimen; paradigm; model

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expatiate

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(verb) to descant; to discourse; to discuss or write about at length

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expiate

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(verb) to atone or make amends for

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expostulate

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(verb) to argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest

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expurgate

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(verb) to remove obscenity; to purify; to censor

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exscind

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(verb) to cut out or extirpate

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extant

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(adjective) existing; not destroyed or lost

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extirpate

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(verb) to destroy; to exterminate; to cut out; to exscind

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fallow

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(adjective) untilled; inactive; dormant

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fatuous

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(adjective) silly; inanely foolish

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feckless

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(adjective) ineffectual; irresponsible

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felicitous

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(adjective) apt; suitably expressed; well-chosen; apropos

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fetid

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(adjective) stinking; smelly; malodorous

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fetter

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(verb) to shackle; to put in chains

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filigree

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(noun) an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns

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florid

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(adjective) flowery; ruddy; ornate

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foment

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(verb) to incite; to rouse

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forbearance

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(noun) patience; willingness to wait

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forestall

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(verb) to act in a way to hinder; to exclude or prevent an action; to avert

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forswear

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(verb) to renounce; to disallow; to repudiate

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fracas

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(noun) noisy quarrel; imbroglio; brawl

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fractious

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(adjective) quarrelsome; rebellious; unruly; refractory; irritable

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frieze

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(noun) a semi-sculptural, raised-surface ornamental facade to a building

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froward

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(adjective) intractable; not willing to yield or comply; recalcitrant

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gainsay

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(verb) to deny, dispute, contradict, to oppose

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gambol

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(verb) to skip about playfully

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garner

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(verb) to gather and save; to store up

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gauche

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(adjective) crude; awkward; tasteless

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gossamer

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(adjective) delicate; insubstantial or tenuous; insincere

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guile

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(noun) artfulness; trickery; chicanery; duplicity

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hallow

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(verb) to make holy; to consecrate

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harrow

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(verb) to distress; to create stress; to torment

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heretical

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(adjective) unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma

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hermetic

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(adjective) sealed by fusion; airtight

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heterodox

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(adjective) unorthodox; heretical; iconoclastic

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hirsute

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(adjective) hairy; shaggy

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homiletics

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(noun) the art of preaching

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homily

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(noun) a sermon or morally instructive lecture

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iconoclastic

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(adjective) attacking cherished belief; heretical; heterodox

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idyll

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(noun) a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode; ma literary or musical piece describing such

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ignominious

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(adjective) shameful; dishonorable; ignoble; undignified

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imbroglio

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(noun) difficult or embarrassing situation

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impassive

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(adjective) expressionless; stoic; stolid; unsusceptible to emotion; apathetic; phlegmatic

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imperious

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(adjective) commanding; masterful; arrogant; domineering; haughty

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importune

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(verb) to ask incessantly; to beg; to nag

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impugn

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(verb) to attack or assail (verb)ally; to censure; to execrate

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impute

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(verb) to attribute to a cause or source; to ascribe

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indefatigable

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(adjective) doggedness; tirelessness

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indolent

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(adjective) lazy; listless; torpid

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ineluctable

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(adjective) certain; inevitable

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ingenuous

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(adjective) guileless; trusting; naive; credulous

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inherent

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(adjective) ingrained within one’s nature; intrinsic; innate; firmly established

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inimical

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(adjective) hostile; adverse; unfriendly

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