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alienate

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(v) make someone feel estranged

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apathy

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(adj) lack of interest or enthusiasm

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apropos

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(adj) with reference to, concerning / very appropriate for a particular occasion

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apt

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(adj) suitable in circumstances / quick to learn / have the tendency to do something

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cloak

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(v) something act to hide or disguise

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consensus

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(n) a general agreement

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distort

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(v) pull or twist out of shape / give a misleading or false account of or impression of

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divergent

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(adj) tending to be different or develop in different situations

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elated

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(adj) make someone ecstatically happy

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enchant

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(v) fill someone with great delight / put under a spell

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entrenched

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(adj) (of an attitude, belief or habit) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change / ingrained

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exotic

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(adj) organizing in or characteristics of a distant foreign country / specially produced

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exploitative

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(adj) treat other unfairly to gain advantage

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foreseeable

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(adj) able to be predicted or foresee

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forsake

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(v) renounce

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gratify

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(v) give someone pleasure or satisfaction

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heed

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(v) pay attention to / take notice of

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judicious

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(adj) showing, having done with good judgement

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lucid

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(adj) expressed clearly, easy to understand

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pertinent

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(adj) related to a matter or issue / apposite

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propriety

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(n) conformity to commonly accepted standards of behavior / the condition of being right

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scintillation

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(n) shining brightly / brilliantly clever

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sensational

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(adj) creating public interest or exciment

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sophisticated

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(adj) having, revealing or involving a great deal of knowledge and worldly experience in culture or fashion

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strife

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(v) anger or bitter agreement over fundamental issues

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understated

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(adj) presented or expressed in a subtle but effective way

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unscrupulous

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(adj) not scrupulous / having or showing no moral principles

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veracity

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(n) conformation to facts / habitual truthfulness

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virulent

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(adj) (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in effects / bitterly hostile

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violate

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(v) (of a substance) easily evaporated at normal temperature / liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse

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antedate

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(v) precede in time

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banish

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(v) send someone away from a country as an official punishment / get rid of

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bridle

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(v) used to control movement / show one’s anger

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comply

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(v) act in accordance with a wish or command

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crestfallen

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(adj) sad and dissapointed

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curtain

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(n) piece of material / a disastrous outcome

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elucidate

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(v) make something clear / explain

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feckless

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(adj) lacking initiative or strength in character / feeble

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fester

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(v) (of wound) become septic / (of feeling) become worse

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iconoclastic

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(adj) criticizing cherished beliefs or institutions

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immure

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(v) confine or enclose against their will

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improvise

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(v) create or perform spontaneously without prep

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inhibit

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(v) prevent / make someone self-conscious

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inscrutable

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(adj) impossible to understand or interpret

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evade

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(v) escape or avoid something

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lionize

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(v) give public attention and approval to someone

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monotonous

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(adj) dull / lacking in variety

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peculiar

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(adj) strange / particular / special / belonging specially to

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premeditate

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(v) think or plan beforehand

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profligate

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(v) wasteful in use of resources / licentious, dissolute

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recondite

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(v) restore / settle / show to be compatible / reconcile

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refine

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(v) remove impurities / make small changes to improve

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relinquish

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(v) voluntarily cease to keep or claim / give up

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ruminate

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(v) think deeply about something

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skittish

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(adj) (of animal) easily scared / (of person) unpredictable, playfully frivolous

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superflous

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(adj) unnecessary, especially more than enough / redundant

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synoptic

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(adj) of or forming a general summary / taking or involving comprehensive mental views

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thorough

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(adj) complete with regard to every details

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visionary

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(adj) thinking about or planning the future with imagination

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vociferous

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(adj) expressing by vehement opinions, loud and forceful / outspoken

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