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abate

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subside or moderate

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aberrant

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abnormal or deviant

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abeyance

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suspended action

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abscond

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depart secretly and hide

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abstemious

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sparing in eating/drinking; temperate

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admonish

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warn

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adulterate

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make impure by adding inferiour substances

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aesthetic

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artistic

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aggregate

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gather

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alacrity

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eagerness

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alleviate

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relieve

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amalgamate

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combine

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ambiguous

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unclear in meaning

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ambivalence

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conflicting emotional attitudes

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ameliorate

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improve

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anachronism

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misplaced in time

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analogous

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comparable

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anarchy

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state of disorder

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anomalous

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abnormal

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antipathy

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dislike; aversion

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apathy

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lack of caring

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appease

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pacify

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apprise

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inform

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approbation

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approval

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appropriate

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acquire

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arduous

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hard

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artless

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without guile; open and honest

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ascetic

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practicing self-denial; austere

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assiduous

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diligent

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assuage

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ease or lesson; satisfy hunger; soothe anger

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attenuate

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make tinner; weaken; lessen

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audacious

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daring

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austere

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stern

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autonomous

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self-governing

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aver

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assert confidently or declare; law term

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banal

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commonplace; trite

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belie

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contradict

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beneficent

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kindly; doing good

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bolster

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support

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bombastic

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pompous

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boorish

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rude

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burgeon

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go forth; send out buds

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burnish

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polish

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buttress

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support

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cacophonous

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inharmonious

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capricious

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unpredictable

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castignation

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punishment

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catalyst

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influences chemical reaction

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caustic

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burning; biting

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chicanery

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deception

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coagulate

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congeal

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coda

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end of music or literary composition; concludes

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cogent

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convincing

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commensurate

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proportionate

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compendium

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brief

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complaisant

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trying to please

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conciliatory

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reconciling

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condone

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forgive

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confound

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confuse

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connoisseur

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competent to act as judge

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contention

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claim

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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contrite

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penitent

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conundrum

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riddle

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convoluted

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intricate

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craven

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cowardly

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daunt

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intimidate

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decorum

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good taste in manners

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deference

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courteous regard for another’s wish

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delineate

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portray

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deride

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ridicule

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derivative

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unoriginal; from other source

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desiccate

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dry up

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desultory

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aimless

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deterrent

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discourages

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diatribe

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bitter scolding

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dichotomy

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split in two

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diffidence

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shyness

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diffuse

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wordy; spread out

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digression

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wandering away from the subject

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dirge

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lament with music

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disabuse

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correct a false impression

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discerning

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mentally quick and observant

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discordant

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conflicting

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discredit

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defame

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discrepancy

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difference

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discrete

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separate, unconnected

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disingenuous

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insincere

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disjointed

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lacking coherence

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disparage

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belittle

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disparate

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unrelated

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dissemble

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disguise; pretend

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dissolution

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looseness in morals

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dissonance

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opposite of harmony

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distend

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swell out

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distill

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purify

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diverge

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go in different ways

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divest

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strip; deprive

99
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document

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provide written evidence

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dogmatic

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opinionated

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dormant

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dupe

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easily fooled

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ebullient

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showing excitement

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eclectic

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selective; different sources

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efficacy

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power to produce desired effect

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effrontery

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shameless boldness

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elegy

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poem or song in lamentation

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elicit

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drawn out by discussion

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embellish

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empirical

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based on experience

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emulate

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endemic

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prevailing amoung a group of people in an area

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enervate

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engender

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ephemeral

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short-lived

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equanimity

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calmness of temperment

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erudite

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learned; scholarly

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esoteric

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hard to understand

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eulogy

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expression of praise; funeral

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exacerbate

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exculpate

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clear from blame

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exigency

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urgent situation

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extrapolation

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projection

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facetious

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fatuous

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fawning

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trying to please by flattery

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felicitous

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fervor

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intensity of feeling

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flag

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droop; grow feeble

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flout

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forestall

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prevent taking action in advance

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forment

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gainsay

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garrulous

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goad

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grandiloquent

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using high sounding language

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gregarious

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gouge

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overcharge

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guileless

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without deceit

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harrangue

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long speech

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iconoclastic

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attacking cherished traditions

142
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immutable

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unchangeable

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impair

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impassive

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without feeling

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imperturbable

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implacable

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not capable of being pacified

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implode

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burst inward

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incongruity

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lack of harmony; absurdity

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indigence

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indolent

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inert

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ingenuous

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`naive and trusting

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inherent

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firmly est. by nature or habit

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insensible

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unconscious

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insipid

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lack flavor; dull

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insularity

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narrow-minded; isolation

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intractable

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unruly; stubborn

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intransigence

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refusal of any compromise

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inundate

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inured

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accustomed

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invective

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irresolute

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uncertain how to act; weak

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laconic

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brief and to the point

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lassitude

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weariness; languor

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latent

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potential but undevloped

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laud

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levity

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lack of seriousness

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loquacious

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lucid

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easy to understand

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magnanimity

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generously

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malleable

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capable of being shaped; impressionable

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maverick

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mendacious

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misanthrope

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one who hates mankind

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mitigate

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mollify

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morose

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neophyte

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recent convert; beginner

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obdurate

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obsequious

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slavishly attentive

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obviate

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make unecessary

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occlude

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shut; close

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officious

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meddlesome

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onerous

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burdensome

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opprobrium

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infamy; villification

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partisan

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one-sided; commited to a party

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pathological

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pertaining to disease

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paucity

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pedantic

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showing off learning; bookish

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penury

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severe poverty

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perennial

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long-lasting

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perfidious

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treacherous; disloyal

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perfunctory

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superficial

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permeable

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porous; allow liquids/gas to pass through

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phlegmatic

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piety

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devoutness

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plasticity

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ability to be molded

198
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platitude

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trite remark

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precipitate

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rash; premature

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prevaricate

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pristine

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probity

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uprightnes

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prodigal

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proliferate

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grow rapidly

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propitiate

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propriety

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correct conduct

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proscribe

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banish; outlaw

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pungent

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sharp in taste or smell

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quiescent

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rarefied

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made less dense (gas)

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recalcitrant

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determined to resist authority

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refractory

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refute

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relegate

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banish to inferior position

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reproach

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express disapproval

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reprobate

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person hardened in sin; no decency

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repudiate

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rescind

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reticent

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reserved; inclined to silence

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salubrious

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satiate

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satisfy fully

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solicitous

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soporific

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sleep-causing

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specious

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seeming reasonable but incorrect

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stint

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thrifty; set limits

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stolid

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striated

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parallel bands; grooved

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strut

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supporting bar

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supersede

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cause to be set aside

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supposition

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hypothesis

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tacit

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understood but not put in words

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tangential

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only slightly connected

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torpor

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sluggishness

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tractable

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truculence

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aggressiveness

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vacillate

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waver; fluctuate

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venerate

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veracious

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viable

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viscous

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skicky, gluey

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vituperative

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abusive; scolding

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welter

GRE High Frequency (253 Words) (1 decks)

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