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Guile

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Deceit; trickery (varka)

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Edify

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Enlighten

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Equivocate

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To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

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Exponent

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One who champions or advocates; representative

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Fetid

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Smrdljiv, truo

Foul-smelling; putrid

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Frenetic

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Frantic, frenzied, pomaman

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Ford

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Preći peške preko reke

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Glower

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To glare or stare angrily and intensely; frown

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Hegemony

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The domination of one state or group over its allies

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Eschew

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To shun; to avoid (as sth wrong or distasteful)

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Fatuous

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Stupid, absurd, foolishly self-satisfied

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Encomium

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Warm praise, euology, panegyric

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Esoteric

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Known or understood only by a few

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Frugality

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Tending to be thrufty or cheap

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Flag

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To decline in vigor, strength, or interest

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Expurgate

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To censor

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Erratic

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Wandering and unpredictable

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Ethos

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Beliefs or character of a group

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Iconoclast

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One who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions

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Emulate

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To copy, to try to equal or excel, imitate

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Epicure

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Person with refined taste in food and wine

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Exigent

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Urgent, requiring immediate action

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Ersatz

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Fake

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Fallow

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Dormant (skriven), unused

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Florid

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Excessively decorated or embellished

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Furtive

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Secret, stealthy

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Embellish

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To add ornamental or fictitious details

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Estimable

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Admirable

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Fecund

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Fertile, fruitful, productive

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Gestation

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Growth in process from conception to birth

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Erudite

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Learned, scholarly, bookish

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Fractious

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Unruly (neukrotiv), rebellious

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Effrontery

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Audacity, impudent boldness

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Hapless

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Unfortunate, having bad luck

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Enervate

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To reduce in strength

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Foment

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To arouse or incite (pobuditi ili podstaći)

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Gambol

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To dance or skip around playfully

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Hoary

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Very old, posedeo od godina

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Fervid

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Zealous, intensely emotional, feverish

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Fanatical

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Acting excessively enthusiastic, filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion

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Glib

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Fluent in an insincere manner; offhand; casual

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Effigy

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Stuffed doll, likeness of a person

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Ebullient

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Exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits

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Eclectic

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Selecting from or made up from a variety of sourced

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Lament

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To express sorrow, to grieve

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Juncture

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Point of time, especially where two things are joined

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Invidious

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Envious, obnoxious, or offensive; likely to promote ill-will

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Interregnum

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Period between reigns (vladavina)

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Ingratiate

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Flatter; to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage

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Impugn

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To call into question; to attack verbally

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Impasse

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Stalemate; blocked path; dilemma with no solution

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Languid

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Nezainteresovan (indifferent); lacking energy; slow

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Kindle

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To set fire or ignite, excite or inspire

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Itinerant

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Wandering from place to place; unsettled; nomadic

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Intransigent

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Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled

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Iniquity

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Sin; evil act

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Inchoate

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Not fully formed; disorganized

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Imperturbable

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Not capable of being disturbed

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Laconic

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Using few words

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Judicious

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Sensible; showing good judgement

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Investiture

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Ceremony conferring authority (krunisanje)

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Inter

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To bury

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Ingrate

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Ungrateful person

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Imprecation

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A curse

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Imbue

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To infuse, dye, wet or moisten

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Lampoon

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To ridicule with satire; tease; ismejavati

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Keen

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Having a sharp edge; intellectually sharp; perceptive

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Irascible

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Easily made angry

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Intractable

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Not easily managed or manipulated

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Inimical

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Hostile; unfriendly

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Incarnadine

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Pocrveneti; blood-red in color

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Impecunious

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Poor, having no money

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Lachrymose

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Tearful

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Jocular

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Playful, humorous

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Invective

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Abusive language

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Insurrection

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Rebellion

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Ingenuous

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Showing innocence or childlike simplicity

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Implacable

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Unable to calm down or made peaceful

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Ignoble

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Having low moral standards, not noble in character, mean

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Larceny

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Theft of property

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Knell

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Sound of funeral bell; omen of death or failure

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Jettison

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To discard; eject; to get rid of as unnecessary or encumbering

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Inundate

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To overwhelm; to cover with water

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Inquest

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An investigationn, an inquiry

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Impetuous

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Impulsive; quick to act without thinking

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Kudos

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Fame, glory, or honor

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Jingoism

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Beligerent support od one’s country; nacionalizam

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Inure

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Become used to; to harden; accustom

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Insipid

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Lacking interest or flavor; dull

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Inexorable

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Nepopustljiv (unyielding), inflexible

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Impious

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Not devout in religion

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Idiosyncrasy

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Eccentricity

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Lapidary

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Relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them

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Intrepid

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Fearless; resolutely courageous

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Inculcate

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To teach; impress in mind; da ne kažem isprati mozak

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Impervious

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Otporno; impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected

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Fidelity

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Vernost

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Decorum

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Appropriateness of behaviour (being polite)

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Dupe

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To deceive, a person who is easily deceived

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Dyspeptic

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Gloomy and irritable

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Demagogue

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One who loves to moralise, nameće svoje mišljenje

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Deleterious

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Subtly or unexpectedly harmful

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Diurnal

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Existing during the day

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Coterie

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An intimate group of persons with a similar purpose

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Contrite

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Apologetic, regretful; deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong

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Dither

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To act confusedly or without clear purpose

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Desultory

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Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

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Diffident

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Lacking self-confidence

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Discern

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To percieve or recognize

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Diatribe

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An obusive, conemnatory speech

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Distend

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To swell, inflate or bloat

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Dilate

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To make larger, to expand

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Demur

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To express doubts or objections

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Cosset

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To pamper, treat with great care

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Deference

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Respect; courtesy

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Diaphanous

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Allowing light to show through; delicate

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Dilettante

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Someone with amateurish and superficial interest in a topic; amateur

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Castigate

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To punnish or criticize harshly

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Convoluted

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Intricate and complicated

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Dictum

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Authoritative statement

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Calumny

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Klevetati; false and malicious accusation

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Deride

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To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock

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Cogent

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Convincing and well-reasoned

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Desiccate

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To dry out thoroughly

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Contumacious

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Rebellious

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Credulous

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Too trusting; gullible

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Accretion

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A growth in size; an increase in amount

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Deface

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To mar the appearance; vandalize

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Droll

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Comic, entertaininy, funny, witty

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Abeyance

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Temporary suppresion or suspension

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Abjure

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To reject

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Dissemble

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To present a false appearance; to disguuse one’s real intentions or character

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Apocryphal

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Of questionable authority or aythenticity

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Aggrandize

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To increase in power, influence, and reputation

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Abate

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To reduce in amount, degree, or severity

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Attenuate

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To reduce in force or degree, weaken

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Augury

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Prophecy, prediction of events

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Blight

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To afflict, destroy

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Bilk

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To cheat; defraud

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Dissonance

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A harsh and disagreeable combination especially of sounds

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Condone

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To overlook, pardon, or disregard

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Axiom

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Premise; postulate; self-evident truth

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Dilatory

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Intended to delay

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Coalesce

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To grow together to form a single whole

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Distaff

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The female branch of a family

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Dogma

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A firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief

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Ambigious

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Doubtful or uncertain, can be interpreted several ways

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Disparate

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Divergent, fundamentally different; entirely unlike

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Disabuse

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To set right; free from error

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Aerie

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A nest built high in the air, an elevated, often secluded dwelling

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Candid

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Impartial and honest in speech

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Catholic

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Universal; broad and comprehensive

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Assuage

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To make sth unpleasant less severe

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Bifurcate

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To divide into two parts

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Anodyne

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Sth that calms or soothes pain

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Abase

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Nepoštovanje; to humble; disgrace

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Abscond

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To leave secretly

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Abstemious

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Moderate in appetite

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Acidulous

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Sour in taste or manner

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Cabal

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A secret group seeking to overturn sth

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Dirge

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A funeral hymn or mournful speech

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Collusion

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Collaboration; complicity; conspiracy

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Bonhomie

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Good-natured geniality; atmoshpere of good cheer; druželjubivost

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Boor

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Crude person, one lacking manners or taste

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Circumspect

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Cautious, aware of potential consequences

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Arbitrate

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To judge a dispute between two opposing parties

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Debutante

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Young woman making debut in high society

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Corroborate

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To support with evidence

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Aberrant

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Anomally

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Cloying

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Excessive; sickly sweet

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Adulterate

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To make impure

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Alacrity

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Speed or quickness

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Anachronism

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Sth out of place in time

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Canard

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A lie

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Bombastic

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Pompous in speech and manner

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Decorous

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Proper; tasteful; socially correct

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Doctrinaire

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Rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic

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Alleviate

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To make more bearable

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Arbitrary

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Determined by chance or impulse

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Bolster

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To support; prop up

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Affected

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Phony; artificial

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Amulet

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Ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits

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Assail

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To attack; assault

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Analogous

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Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to

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Acme

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Highest point; summit; peak

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Articulate

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Able to speak clearly and expressively; eloquent

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Burnish

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To polish

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Curmudgeon

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Cranky person, usually old

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Cupidity

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Greed; strong desire

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Craven

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Lacking courage

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Advocate

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To speak in favor of

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Chauvinist

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Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which it belongs

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Abstain

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To choose not to do sth

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Declivity

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Downward slope

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Ardor

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Intense and passionate feeling

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Apostate

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One who renounces a religious faith

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Arrogate

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To claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right

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Dogmatic

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Authoritarian, bossy, masterful, overbearing, peremptory; dictatorial in one’s opinions

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August

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Dignified; grandiose

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Austere

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Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated

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Blithe

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Joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought

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Caustic

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Sarcastic

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Burgeon

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To grow and florish

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Amortize

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To diminish by installment payments

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Connoisseur

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A person with expert knowledge, or discriminating tastes

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