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Abash

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To make ashamed; to embarrass

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Abject

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Hopeless; extremely sad and servile; deflated

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Accede

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To give in; to yield; to agree

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Accrete

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To increase by growth or addition

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Adduce

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to bring forward as as an example or as proof; to cite

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Advent

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Arrival; coming; beginning

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afflectation

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unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress

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Aghast

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terrified; shocked

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allege

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assert without proof

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allusion

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an indirect reference to something else; a hint

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Anathema

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Something or someone loathed or detested

a formal ecclesiastical curse and excommunication

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Ancillary

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Subordinate; Providing assistance

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Antecedent

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Something that went before; A preceding cause or event

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Antipathy

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Firm dislike; a strong feeling of aversion

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Aphorism

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A brief, witty saying; a proverb

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Apostasy

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abandonment or rejection of faith or loyalty

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Apposite

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Suitable; pertinent

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Arbiter

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One who decides; a judge

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Archetype

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An original model or pattern

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Arrant

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Utter; very bad; unmitigated

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Astute

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Shrewd; keen in judgment

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Augment

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To get bigger; to add to; to increase

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Avow

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To claim; to admit or declare

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Belabor

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To go over repeatedly or to an absurd extend

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Beleaguer

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To surround; to besiege; to harass

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Benign

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Kind; not harmful; mild; gentle

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Bereave

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To deprive or leave desolate, especially through death

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Blithe

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Carefree; Cheerful; happy; GAY

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Brook

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To bear or tolerate; to put up with something

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Callow

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Immature

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Catholic

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Universal; Embracing everything

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Cavil

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To quibble; to raise trivial objections

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Chagrin

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Humiliation; embarrassed disappointment

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Choleric

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Hot-tempered; quick to anger

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Circumspect

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Cautious

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Coalesce

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To come together as one; to fuse; to unite

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Cognizant

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Fully informed; knowledgeable; aware

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Collusion

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Conspiracy; secret cooperation

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Consonant

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Harmonious; in agreement

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Contumely

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Rudeness; insolence; arrogance

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Convivial

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fond of partying; festive

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Coterie

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A select group of close associates

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Cull

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To pick out from among many; to select; to collect

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Cursory

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Hasty; Superficial

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Debauchery

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Corruption by sensuality; intemperance; wild living

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Deprecate

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To express disapproval of

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Dilapidated

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Broken down; fallen into ruin

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Discomfit

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To confuse; To disconcert; To thwart the plans of; To defeat in battle

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Doggerel

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Comic, loose verse

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Enormity

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Extreme evil or wickedness

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Epicure

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A person with refined taste in wine and food

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Epitome

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A paradigm; a perfect example of something

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Evince

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To show or demonstrate clearly; Manifest

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Exposition

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A setting forth of meaning or intent; A discourse intended to explain

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Facile

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Fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy

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Fetter

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To restrain; to hamper

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Flag

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To weaken; to slow down

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Flippant

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Frivolously shallow and disrespectful

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Foment

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To stir up; to instigate; to foster

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Forbear

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To refrain from; to abstain

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Founder

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to fail; to collapse; to sink

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Fulsome

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Offensively flattering or insincere; repulsive

Abundant or copious

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Gambit

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A scheme to gain an advantage; a ploy

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Genial

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Cheerful and pleasant; friendly; helpful

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Gratuitous

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Given freely; unjustified; uncalled for; unprovoked

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Hermetic

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Impervious to external influence; sealed; airtight

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Idyllic

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Charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful

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Indolent

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Indulgent

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Lenient; Yielding to desire

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Ineluctable

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Inescapable; unavoidable

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Inexorable

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Relentless; Inevitable; unavoidable

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Inveterate

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Habitual; deeply rooted

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Largess

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Latent

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Present but not visible or apparent; Potential

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Levity

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Lightness; frivolity; unseriousness

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Magnate

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A rich, powerful, or very successful businessperson

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Manifest

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Visible; evident

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Maudlin

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Foolishly sentimental

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Maxim

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A fundamental principle; An old saying

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Motility

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Spontaneous movement

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Noisome

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Offensive or disgusting; stinking; noxious

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Nominal

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In name only; Insignificant

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Oblique

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Indirect; At an angle

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Palliate

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To make less severe or intense; to make an offense seem less serious

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Partisan

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Having a bias in support of a party, group, or cause

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Patina

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Surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation

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Paucity

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Placid

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Calm and peaceful

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Plaintive

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Expressing sadness or sorrow

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Plumb

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To measure the depth of something

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Portent

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An omen; a sign of something to come in the future

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Precipitous

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Presage

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To portend; To foreshadow; To forecast or predict

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Privation

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Lack of comforts or necessities; poverty

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Provincial

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Limited in outlook to one’s own small corner of the world; narrow

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Putative

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Commonly accepted; supposed; reputed

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Quay

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A landing on the edge of the water; wharf; pier

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Queue (verb)

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To get in line

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Quintessential

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Being the most perfect example of something

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Rampart

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A fortification; A bulwark of defense

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Redolent

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Fragrant; aromatic; suggestive or reminiscent

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Remonstrate

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To argue against; to protest; to raise objections

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Remuneration

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payment; recompense

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Renaissance

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A rebirth or revival

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Replete

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Completely filled; abounding

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Reproach

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To scold, usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace

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Reprobate

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A wicked, sinful, depraved person

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Respite

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A period of rest or relief

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Sagacious (sagacity)

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Wise/wisdom

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Sage

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A wise person

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Salutary

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Healthful; remedial; wholesome

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Temerity

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Recklessness; audacity; foolhardy; disregard of danger

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Turpitude

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Shameful wickedness and depravity

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Unalloyed

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Undiluted; unadulterated; pure

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Usury

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Lending money at an extremely high rate of interest

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Verdant

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Covered with green plants; leafy; inexperienced

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Vestige

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A remaining bit of something; a last trace

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Vitiate

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To make faulty or defective; impair; to corrupt morally

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Wizened

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Shriveled; withered; shrunken

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Vicissitude

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a change or variation

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turbid

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obscured; turbulent

confused; muddled; disturbed

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Homily

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a sermon or moralizing discourse

an inspirational saying

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simpatico

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congenial; likable

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Maudlin

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foolishly sentimental

weakly emotional

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quagmire

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predicament; dilemma; quandry

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Depredate

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plunder or pillage or lay waste

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myrmidon

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a completely unquestioning follower

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Libertine

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A rake or licentious person

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Utilitarian

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Value is based on utility and usefulness

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fecund

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Prolific; fruitful; productive and creative

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debauchment

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corruption and sensuality

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virescent

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turning green or greenish

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risible

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arch

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mischievous

playful

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verdant

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covered with green things

Green as in unexperienced

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facile

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easily done and superficial

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convivial

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friendly; agreeable

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nostrum

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quack or ineffective medicine

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adjuvant

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auxiliary; something that assists or helps

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pulchritude

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comeliness; beauty

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caned

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to beat with a stick

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indolent

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someone that avoids exertion; slothful

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brusque

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abrupt; blunt; rough

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parlous

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semiotic

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pertaining to signs and symbols

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transmute

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change; transition

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trundle

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roll along

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sang-froid

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eremitic

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reclusive; alone

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piteous

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pathetic; pity

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besmirch

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to soil or tarnish

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bleat

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babble; prate

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turpitude

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vile or shameful

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stopgap

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temporary substitute

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modicum

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a moderate or small amount

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perpetuity

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having the character of being perpetual

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