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bastion

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stronghold;fortress;fortified place

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ascendancy

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supremacy; domination

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axiom

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a self-evident rule of truth, a widely accepted saying

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ardent

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passionate, enthusiastic

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augment

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to make bigger, to add to , to increase

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antipathy

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firm dislike

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beget

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to give birth to , to create, to lead to , to cause

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abstruse

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hard to understand

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abate

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to subside, to reduce

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awry

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off course, twisted to one side

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appreciate

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to increase in value

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beset

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to harass, to surround

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amorous

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feeling love, especially in a sexual sense; in love ; relating to love

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austere;

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unadorned, stern, forbidding, without excess

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appropriate

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to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use

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archetype

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an original model or pattern

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allusion

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an indirect reference, a hint

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avuncular

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like an uncle, especially a nice uncle

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equine

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horse related

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aberration

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something not typical; a deviation from the standard

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assiduous

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hardworking; busy;quite diligent

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approbation

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approval, praise

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acerbic

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sour; severe; like acid in temper, mood or tone

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assuage

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to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve

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blatant

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1) brazenly obvious; flagrant: a blatant error in simple addition; a blatant lie.
2) offensively noisy or loud; clamorous: blatant radios.
3) tastelessly conspicuous: the blatant colors of the dress.

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feline

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cat related

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blithe

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carefree, cheerful

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abnegate

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to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

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ambience

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atmosphere; mood; feeling

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burlesque

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a ludicrous mocking, lewd imitation

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analogy

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a comparison of one thing to another; similarity

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beleaguer

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to surround; to besiege; to harass

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avow

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to claim, to declare boldly to admit

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bequest

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something left to someone in a will

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apocryphal

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of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious

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abash

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to make ashamed

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benefactor

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one who provides help, especially in the form of a give/ donation

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allege

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to assert without proof

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abstinent

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voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant that is not good for you

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autonomous

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acting independantyl

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belligerent

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combative; quarrelsome, waging war

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auspicious

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favorable, promising, pointing to a good result

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broach

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to open up a subject for discussion often a delicate subject

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autocratic

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ruling with absolute authority, extremely bossy

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canine

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dog related

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ursine

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bear related

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adherent

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follower; supporter; believer

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piscine

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fish related

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artifice

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a clever trick; cunning

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ameliorate

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to make better or more tolerable

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adroit

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skillful, dexterous, clever; shrewd

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artful

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crafty; wily;sly

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avarice

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greed, excessive love of riches

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audacity

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boldness, reckless daring, impertinence

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agnostic

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one who believes that the existence of god can be neither proven nor disproven

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banal

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unoriginal, ordinary

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apartheid

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the former policy of racial segregation and oppression in the republic of south africa

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belabor

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to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent

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blight

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a disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys

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arbiter

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one who decides; a judge

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bureaucracy

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관료 조직/ 비 능률, 수많은 규제 형식주의로 대변

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affectation

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unnatural or artificial behavior; usually intended to impress

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amenable

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ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable:

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ambivalent

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undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously

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agrarian

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relating to land; relating to the management of farming of land

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abstract

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theoratical

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accolade

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an award, an honor

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attrition

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gradual wearing away, weakening or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers/size

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aristocratic

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of noble birth; snobbish

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procine

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pig related

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arcane

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mysterious; known only to a select few

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bovine

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cow related

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burgeon

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to expand, to flourish

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apprehensive

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worried; anxious

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bourgeois

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middle class, usually in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional

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apotheosis

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elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something

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alacrity

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cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

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adverse

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unfavorable

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capricious

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unpredictable; likely to change at any moment

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bemused

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confused, bewildered

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apathy

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lack of interest

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benign

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gentle, not harmful, kind, mild

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aesthetic

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having to do with artistic beauty, artistic

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adulate

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wild or excessive admiration; flattery

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belie

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to give a false impression of; to contradict

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abysmal

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extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless

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abortive

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unsuccessful

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anitthesis

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the direct opposite

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affinity

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sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity

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affluent

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rich, prosperous

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amenity

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pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature

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anachronism

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something out of place in time or history; an incongruity

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bane

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poison, torment, cause of harm

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aphorism

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a brief often witty saying a proverb

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aloof

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uninvolved; standing off keeping one’s distance

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abject

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hopeless, extremely sad and servile, defeated