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Juxtaposition

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The placing of two things side by side

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Jaded

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Cynical; tired; bored

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Labyrinth

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Maze

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Lampoon

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To ridicule

The love child of to lamp and the spoon got ridiculed

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Levity

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Humor; lightheartedness

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Lilting

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Pleasantly rising and falling as in voices or songs

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Maelstrom

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  1. Giant whirlpool

2. Violent storm

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Malediction

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A curse

A “mal@ addiction

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Manifest

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  1. Adjective obvious

2. Verb to demonstrate

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Martyrs

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One who dies or suffers for a cause or person

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Meander

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To wander about without direction or purpose

A meander wanders for a meaning

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Mirth

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Happiness

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Momentous

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Very important

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Morbidity

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Unhealthiness; gloominess

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Mundane

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Common

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Musty

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Stale-smelling

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Nebulous

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Vague; unclear

The meaning of nebulous is so unclear

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Nettle

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To annoy

Poking me with a needle wil nettle me

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Nocturnal

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Relating to the night

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Oaf

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A big, clumsy, stupid person

Olaf

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Obsequious

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Overly submissive; ass skidding

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Officious

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Pushy

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Opulence

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Wealth

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Ordination

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A ceremony for initiation of a priest

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Outlandishness

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Unconvdntnuojal

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Pacifist

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A person strongly opposed to war

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Paltry

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Unimportant

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Papyrus

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Paper made from the papyrus plant

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Parochial

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  1. Narrow minded

2. Relating to a church’s parish

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Pathogenic

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Capable of causing diseases

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Peccadillo

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Small crime

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Penitent

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Sorry

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Perdition

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Hell; damnation

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Perjure

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To lie under oat

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Peruse

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To read carefully

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Pithy

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Short and to the point

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Phoenix

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Bird that symbolizes immortality

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Platitude

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Cliche

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Plight

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Bad situation

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Polemical

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Deliberately controversial

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Posterity

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Future generations

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Prattle

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Foolish or meaningless talk

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Précis

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Summary

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Prestidigitation

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Magic tricks

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Prodigious

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Very big

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Proliferation

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Rapid growth in numbers

Prolifers don’t have a problem with rapid growth in population

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Propriety

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Proper behavior

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Protocol

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Rules for proper behavior

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Provisional

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Temporary

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Pulverize

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To crush

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Purse

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To bring together

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Quack

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A dishonest person

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Quarantine

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Strict isolation to prevent the slews of a disease

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Quiescence

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Stillness

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Ramshackle

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Shaky

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Ratify

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To approve

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Rebut

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To oppose

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Red herring

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Misleading clue

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Refute

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To reject

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Relinquish

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To give up

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Repast

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Meal

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Repose

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Rest

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Reproach

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To scold

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Repulse

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To repel

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Resurgence

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Rising up again

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Revile

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To insult

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Rider

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An addiction document

Rides behind the first documents

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Rogue

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One who cheats or plays tricks

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Ruddiness

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Reddish in complexion

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Runt

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A weak, undersized animals

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Saga

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Long story of adventures

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Salve

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  1. Noun a soothing lotion
  2. Verb to soothe
    Saliva is a soothing lotion
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Saunter

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To walk slowly

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Scintillating

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Exciting

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Scrupulous

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Moral

Scriptures are scrupulous

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Seditionist

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Revolutionary

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Self effacement

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Modesty

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Serrated

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Having sharp edges

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Shortchange

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To give less than the correct amount

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Skinflint

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Laziness

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Smear

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To ruin the reputation of

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Snarl

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To tangle

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Soliloquy

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A speech given by one person

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Sophomoric

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Immature

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Spangle

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A small sparking object

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Sporadic

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Stopping and starting

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Stasis

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A stat of not moving

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Squander

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To spend time wastfully

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Stench

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Bad smell

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Stoke

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To stir up and feel fuel to

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Stratum

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One of many layers

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Stupefaction

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Astonishment

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Subjugate

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To conquer or oppress

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Subvert

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To overthrow or ruin

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Sullen

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Resentful

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Superficial

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Shallow

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Supplement

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  1. Noun something added

2. Verb to add

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Surmount

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To overcome

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Swarthy

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Having a dark complexion

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Table

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To delay considering something

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Tangential

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Off the topic

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Tawdry

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Cheap

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Threadbare

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Worn out

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Titter

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Short, nervous laugh

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Torrid

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  1. Hot

2. Passionate

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Transient

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Short lived

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Trifle

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To treat as unimportant

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Truncate

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Wickedness

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Ubiquitous

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Everywhere at the same time

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Underplay

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To play down

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Unflappable

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Calm

You can’t get the clam bird to flap it’s wings

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Unnerve

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Go make nervous

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Unquenchable

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Unable to be satisfied

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Unsound

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  1. Not logical

2. Unhealthy

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Upbraid

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To criticize harshly

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Vacillate

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To change back and forth

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Vanity

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Excessive pride in ones own appearance

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Vendetta

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Plan for revenge

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Veracity

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Truth

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Verve

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Enthusiasm or energy

Do verbs with verve

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Vignette

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  1. Small picture

2. Short description

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Virtuoso

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Someone with a lot of talent

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Vivid

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1 bright
2. Strong
3 clear

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Voluminous

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Big

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Wail

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To cry loudly

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Warranted

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Justified

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Wheedled

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To persuade by flattery

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Wholesome

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Healthful

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Winsome

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Winning

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Workaday

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Ordinary

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Yearning

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A strong desire

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Zenith

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The highest point

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