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Enigma

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Perplexing speech or text a riddle puzzle

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Buffoon

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A person given to clowning and joking

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Adamant

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Impervious to please or reason firm

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Amalgamate

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To become combined unite or blend

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5
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Capitulate

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To surrender

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Avaricious

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Immoderately desirous of wealth or gain greedy

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Limpid

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Easily intelligible clear chill

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Destitute

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Lacking means of subsistence poor

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Verbose

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A great and usually excessive number of words

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Accord

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To conform or agree

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Abridge

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To reduce the length of written text

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12
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Berserk

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Destructively or frenetically violent

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Broach

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To bring up a subject for discussion

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14
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Brooch

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A relatively large decorative pin

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Cite

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To quote as an authority or example

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Procrastinate

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To put off doing something

17
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Terse

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Brief and to the point

18
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Rectify

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To set right

19
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Masticate

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To chew

20
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Allusion

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An instance of indirect reference