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1
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Simplistic

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Adj.

1: inaccurately portraying complex situations as simple

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Cynical

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Ajd

1: skeptical or pessimistic

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Innovative

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Adj.

1: creative or new

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Promote

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Verb

1: to further

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Ambiguous

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Adj

1: vague

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Appreciate

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Verb

1: to value
2: to increase

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Contempt

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Noun

The act of looking down on something as worthless or beneath one

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Contemptuous

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Adj

Lowly, able to be disregarded

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Foster

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Verb

To create or support

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Insightful

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Adj

Perceptive

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Prosper

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Verb

To do well

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Critical

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Adj

Important and serious

Judging too harshly

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Discern

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Verb

To notice

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Dismissive

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Adj

Not giving proper consideration

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Institution

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Noun
The act of sensing things without knowledge
A place of learning

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Intuitive

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Adj

Demonstrating the ability to sense things without knowledge

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Ironic

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Adj

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Compromise

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Verb

1: to reach an agreement
2: to weaken or endanger

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Alleviate

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To lessen

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Ascertain

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To find out determine

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Beneficial

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Good

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Benign

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Kind not dangerous

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Bungle

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To mess up

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Conclusive

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Leaving no room for doubt

Definite

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Converge

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To come together

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Detach

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To separate

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Detached

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Emotionally separate or different

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Discriminate

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To notice or act upon differences

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Discriminating

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Noticing subtle differences

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Dispense

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To distribute

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Enlighten

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To make wiser

To inform

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Enlightening

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Educational

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Ensure

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To make certain

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Erratic

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Random out of control

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Exploit

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To use often unfairly

An adventure

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Futile

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Useless hopeless

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Humility

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Humbleness

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Immerse

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To completely submerge

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Indifferent

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Not caring at all

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Inhibit

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To limit

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Inhibition

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A limitation or behavior

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Inquire

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To ask

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Intrigue

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To interest

A mysterious adventure

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Monumental

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Very important

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Naïve

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Inexperienced and easily fooled

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Objective

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Factual unbiased

A goal

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47
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Obligatory

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Required

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48
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Orderly

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Neat tidy

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Ornate

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Intricate

Complex

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Pertinent

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Relevant

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Precursor

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Something that comes before

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Prestigious

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Held in high regard

Honorable

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Prominent

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Clear important

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Refute

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To prove false

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Regard

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To look at consider

An opinion

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Reserved

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Set aside

Emotionally uncommunicative

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Rigorous

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Thorough

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Selective

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Choosy

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Speculate

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To guess

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Stark

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Without luxury

Harsh

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Subjective

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Determined by opinion

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Trivial

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Unimportant

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63
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Trivialize

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To make unimportant

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Tyrant

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Cruel leader or arrogant person

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Tyrannical

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Arrogant

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66
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Uniform

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Same
Consistent

A standard outfit

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Versatile

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Able to do things in a variety of ways

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68
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Wary

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Cautious

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69
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Weary

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Very tired, exhausted

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70
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Abandon

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To leave behind

Wildness

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Abate

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To stop

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Absolutist

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Not allowing for for any exceptions

73
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Academic

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Scholarly, mor technical than realistic

74
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Acclaim

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To praise

Praise

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Account

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To be provided a reason

A version

76
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Adopt

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To take in; to begin using

77
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Afford

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To be able to pay for, to allow

78
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Affordable

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Inexpensive

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Allocate

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To measure out, assign

80
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Animated

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Full of energy

81
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Appeal

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To ask; to be attractive the act of asking; attraction

82
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Apprehensive

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Anxious

83
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Assess

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To judge or determine the value of

84
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Attract

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To pull closer, interest

85
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Baffle

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To frustrate or confuse

86
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Beneficiary

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Someone who benefits

87
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Benevolent

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Showing kindness

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Bland

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Lacking flavor, boring

89
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Buoy

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To cause to float

90
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Catalog

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To list

A list

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Coherent

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Holding together, making sense

92
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Compensate

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To make up for; to pay

93
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Compliment

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To praise

94
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Complimentary

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Free

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Condense

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To pack tighter or shorten

96
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Condescending

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Rudely looking down on others; arrogant

97
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Conservative

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Moderate, traditional

98
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Conservation

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The practice of attempting to preserve things the way they are

99
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Conspicuous

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Standing out

100
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Conviction

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Firmness determination

A ruling

101
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Debunk

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To prove false

102
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Decisive

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Deciding quickly and firmly

103
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Deficit

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A lack

104
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Denude

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To strip

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Desert

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To abandon

Arid landscape

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Designate

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To appoint

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Diplomatic

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Behaving properly and with poise

108
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Disclose

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To reveal

109
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Divert

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To cause to change direction

110
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Diversion

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A pleasant entertainment

111
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Elaborate

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To explain in detail

Complex

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Emphatic

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With emphasis

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Encompass

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To include, surround

114
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Endure

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To last, especially through difficulty

115
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Evasive

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Avoiding

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Exasperated

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Totally frustrated

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Exhibit

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To show

118
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Exhibitionist

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A show off

119
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Extraneous

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Unnecessary, extra

120
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Extremity

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An extension or end

A hardship

121
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Fathom

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To understand

122
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Favoritism

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The act of playing favorites

123
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Fictitious

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Fake or false

124
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Flourish

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To do well

A stylish action

125
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Fraudulent

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Dishonest

126
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Hypothetical

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Not real

127
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Idealize

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To worship

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Immobile

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Not able to move

129
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Impartial

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Unbiased, fair

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Inaudible

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Not able to be heard

131
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Inconclusive

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Including

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Incredulous

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Not believing, doubtful

133
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Induction

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The act of letting in

134
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Ingenious

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Brilliant, highly intelligent

135
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Instigate

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To cause

136
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Instrumental

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Essential, important

137
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Integrate

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To bring into

138
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Invigorate

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To fill with energy

139
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Integrity

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The power to hold together

High degree of morality

140
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Lavish

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Fancy and expensive

To give a great amount

141
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Legislate

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To pass into law

142
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Lobby

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To argue in favor of something

143
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Lobbyist

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Someone who does argue for a cause professionally

144
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Marginal

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Unimportant, small

145
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Miser

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A greedy person

146
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Momentous

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Very important

147
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Negate

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To cancel out, make a void

148
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Negligible

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Minor or easily done

149
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Noteworthy

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Interesting

150
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Notorious

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Famous for being bad

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Obstruct

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To block

152
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Perplex

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To confuse

153
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Petty

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Concerned with unimportant details; small-minded

154
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Provocative

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Interesting, tending to produce controversy

155
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Proximity

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Closeness

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Receptive

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Easily accepting

157
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Recessive

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Fading away

Easily overpowered

158
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Reciprocate

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To give back

159
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Reciprocity

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Giving back

160
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Redeem

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To exchange for money

To save

161
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Redundant

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Unnecessarily repeating, wordy

162
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Regal

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Royal, acting like a queen or king

163
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Reiterate

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To repeat

164
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Remnant

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A left over

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Retain

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To keep

166
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Revere

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To deeply respect

167
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Reverential

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Showing deep respect

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Rhetorical

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Intended to convince

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Rhetoric

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The act of convincing through style alone

170
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Robust

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Strong

171
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Salvage

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To save from destruction

172
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Sanctimonious

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Holier-th and-thou; condescending

173
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Sanctity

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Holiness, sacredness

174
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Scorn

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The act of looking down on something or someone

175
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Sedate

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To calm someone.

Calm and peaceful.

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