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Opening, gap

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Breach

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Warn, caution

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Admonish

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Bandit

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Brigand

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Prudent, cautious

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Circumspect

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Seize for military or official use

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Commandeer

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Clumsy, hard to handle

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Cumbersome

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Complete standstill

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Deadlock

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Scattered fragments, wreckage

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Debris

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Difficult or perplexing situation

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Dilemma

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Destroy, wipe out

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Efface

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Spread freely or widely

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Diffuse

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Mess up, state of confusion

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Muddle

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Stubborn in ones narrow opinion

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Opinionated

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Annual, lasting

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Perennial

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Inclined to beforehand

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Predisposed

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Let go, give up

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Relinquish

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Save, save from fire or wreckage

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Salvage

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Sudden and violent but brief, fitful

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Spasmodic

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False, counterfeit

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Spurious

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Uncontrolled, unrestrained

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Unbridled

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Stop proceedings for a time

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Adjourn

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Foreign, strange

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Alien

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Pleasing in appearance

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Comely

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Make up for, repay for services

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Compensate

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Immoral in behavior

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Dissolute

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Not regular or consistent

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Erratic

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Process of drive or forcing out

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Expulsion

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Deceptive move, pretense

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Feint

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Food for horses or cattle

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Fodder

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Strengthening or build up

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Fortify

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Difficult to read

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Illegible

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Make fun of, sneer

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Jeer

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Profitable

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Lucrative

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Average, ordinary, undistinguished

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Mediocre

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Spread, reproduce, increase rapidly

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Proliferate

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Conquer by force

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Subjugate

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Tease, torment

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Tantalize

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Brief and to the point

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Terse

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Soil, stain, tarnish

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Sully

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Firm, unfearing

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Unflinching

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Make shorter

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Abridge

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Follower, supporter

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Adherent

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Angry argument

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Altercation

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Youthfully angelic in appearance

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Cherubic

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Pardon or overlook

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Condone

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Disagree, disagreement

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Dissent

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Drive out something harmful

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Exorcise

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Famous, outstanding

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Eminent

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Make, manufacture, invent

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Fabricate

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Angry

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Irate

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Raider, plunderer

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Marauder

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Extreme fatness

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Obesity

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Extremely poor person

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Pauper

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Steal in small amounts

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Pilfer

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A split or break

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Rift

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Likeness, outward appearance

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Semblance

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Overcome, rise above

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Surmount

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Bring to an end

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Terminate

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Commonplace, overused

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Trite

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Seize or hold without right

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Usurp

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Run off and hide, steal away

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Abscond

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Approach or admittance

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Access

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Lack of government or law

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Anarchy

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Hard to do, difficult

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Arduous

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Favorable, fortunate

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Auspicious

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Prejudiced, favoring one side

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Biased

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Free from tangles or complications

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Disentangle

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Frighten, dishearten

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Daunt

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Lifeless

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Animate

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Destined, predetermined

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Fated

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Mislead by trickery

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Hoodwink

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Burn to ashes

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Incinerate

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Excessive or overblown in manner

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Pompous

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Fearless, unshakable

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Intrepid

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Theft

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Larceny

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Bending readily, easily influenced

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Pliant

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Very steep cliff, edge of disaster

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Precipice

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Make right, correct

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Rectify

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Temporary relief, postponement

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Reprieve

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Call bad names, attack verbally

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Revile

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Person who shares in a crime

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Accomplice

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Destroy completely

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Annihilate

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Unreasonable, based on sole opinion

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Arbitrary

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Change-causing agent

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Catalyst

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Shameless, bold

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Brazen

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Mass flight, leaving on a large scale

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Exodus

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Make easy, assist

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Facilitate

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Beyond control, uncorrectable

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Incorrigible

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Hidden, present but unrealized

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Latent

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Given to fighting

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Militant

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Gloomy, unfriendly

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Morose

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Obscure, dim, dark

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Opaque

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Chief, above all others

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Paramount

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Foolish talk, baby talk

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Prattle

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Scold, find fault with

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Reprimand

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Contradict with evidence

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Rebut

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Slavery

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Servitude

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Careless and hasty

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Slapdash

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Inactive, sluggish, dull

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Stagnant

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Yield, give way to superior force

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Succumb

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Make up for

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Atone

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Cut down, shape with an axe

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Hew

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Slavery

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Bondage

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Believable

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Credible

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Pay

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Defray

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Hardworking, industrious

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Diligent

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Sad, dreary

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Doleful

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Frightful, horrible

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Ghastly

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Hold back, interfere, big basket

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Hamper

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Poor

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Impoverished

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Never stopping

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Incessant

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Complicated

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Intricate

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Clear

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Lucid

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Occurring after death

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Posthumous

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Overly neat or proper

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Prim

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Bitterly sarcastic

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Sardonic

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Unnecessarily excessive

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Superfluous

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Replace with something else

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Supplant

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Jeer, insult, mock

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Taunt

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Holding firmly

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Tenacious

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Farewell

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Adieu

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Arrival, coming

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Advent

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Tip, highest point

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Apex

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Absorb, understand fully

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Assimilate

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Long, angry speech

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Tirade

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Not genuine

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Bogus

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Unreasonably high

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Exorbitant

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Time between, temporary

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Interim

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Flood, overflow

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Inundate

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Speak evil of, slander

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Malign

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Wander about, wind about

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Meander

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Large city

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Metropolis

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Very important

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Momentous

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Noisy, uncontrollable, disorderly

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Obstreperous

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Thoughtful

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Pensive

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Dangerous

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Perilous

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Poorly made or crafted

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Shoddy

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Lively

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Sprightly

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Rude, bad-tempered

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Surly

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Idle wanderer

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Vagrant

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Make impure, corrupt

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Adulterate

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Skillful with both hands

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Ambidextrous

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Increase

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Augment

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Deprived of, made unhappy

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Bereft

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Position or arrange, utilize

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Deploy

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Ill-humored, gloomy, stern

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Dour

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Courage in face of difficulties

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Fortitude

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Stare with open mouth

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Gape

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Taunt with words

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Gibe

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External appearance, cover, mask

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Guise

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Sly, treacherous

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Insidious

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Hint

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Intimation

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Wealthy

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Opulent

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Easily bent, yielding

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Pliable

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Say again

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Reiterate

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Dull, unresponsive

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Stolid

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Uncertain, hesitant, experimental

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Tentative

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Untidy, not combed

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Unkempt

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Word for word

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Verbatim

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Cautiously

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Warily

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Skillful, capable

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Adroit

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Friendly

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Amicable

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Averse

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Warlike

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Belligerent

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Kindly, charitable

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Benevolent

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Hasty, not thorough

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Cursory

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Deceit, treachery

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Duplicity

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Praise

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Extol

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Practical

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Feasible

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Distort face uncomfortably

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Grimace

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Purest form of something

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Quintessence

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Large-scale destruction

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Holocaust

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Not affected by or hurt by

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Impervious

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Impulse, moving force

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Impetus

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Danger

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Jeopardy

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Extremely careful

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Meticulous

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Longing for the past, homesickness

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Nostalgia

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Move backward to earlier condition

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Retrogress

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Examine closely

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Scrutinize

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Lukewarm, unenthusiastic

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Tepid

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Enemy, opponent

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Adversary

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Turn away, make indifferent

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Alienate

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Clever trick, ingenious device

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Artifice

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Compel, force

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Coerce

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Coward, cowardly

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Craven

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Relating to the art of cooking

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Culinary

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Erase, wipe out

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Delete

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Death

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Demise

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Enliven, cheer

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Exhilarate

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Trouble by repeated attacks

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Harass

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Unseeded or unplowed

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Fallow

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Harsh, strong, severe

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Inclement

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Ponder, think dreamily

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Muse

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Unimportant

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Negligible

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Make long lasting or permanent

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Perpetuate

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Example to possibly imitate

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Precedent

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Related to punishment

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Punitive

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Set right, remedy

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Redress

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Stay for a time, temporary stay

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Sojourn

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Suave, refined in manner

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Urbane

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Connected to

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Affiliated

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Find out

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Ascertain

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Acheivement

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Attainment

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Pass on as an inheritance

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Bequeath

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Convincing

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Cogent

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Move toward a single point

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Converge

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Scatter, spread about

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Disperse

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Regard highly

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Esteem

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Erase, wipe out

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Expunge

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Limited in scope

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Finite

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Unable to be hurt

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Invulnerable

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Lie in hiding

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Skulk

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Spiteful, showing ill-will

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Malevolent

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Unconcerned, confident and cool

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Nonchalant

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Knowing everything

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Omniscient

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Cure-all

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Panacea

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Exact, careful, highly social

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Scrupulous

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Proud and contemptuous

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Supercilious

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Beyond explanation, mysterious

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Uncanny

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Pardonable, easily excused

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Venial

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Unselfish, concerned about others

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Altruistic

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Express agreement

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Assent

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Supporter

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Benefactor

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Courteous and fair

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Chivalrous

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Mercy

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Clemency

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Scarcity

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Dearth

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Shy

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Diffident

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Difference, lack of agreement

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Discrepancy

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Make a start, go abroad

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Embark

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Easily done

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Facile

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Unconquerable

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Indomitable

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Incapable of error

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Infallible

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Trudge or walk heavily

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Plod

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Stinging, biting

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Pungent

234
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Neglectful in duty

A

Remiss

235
Q

Rest

A

Repose

236
Q

Boldness

A

Temerity

237
Q

Harsh, threatening

A

Truculent

238
Q

Sincere, real

A

Unfeigned

239
Q

Extremely poisonous

A

Virulent

240
Q

Give consent, yield

A

Accede

241
Q

Wave threateningly

A

Brandish

242
Q

Include, contain, be made up of

A

Comprise

243
Q

Skillful, nimble

A

Deft

244
Q

Deprived of necessities of life

A

Destitute

245
Q

Clearly stated

A

Explicit

246
Q

Root up, destroy completely

A

Extirpate

247
Q

Not appropriate

A

Inopportune

248
Q

Unexpected, mockingly inappropriate

A

Ironic

249
Q

Stale, moldy

A

Musty

250
Q

Meddling, excessively forward

A

Officious

251
Q

Unfavorable, threatening

A

Ominous

252
Q

High point, peak

A

Pinnacle

Honors English II (3 decks)

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