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DEFINITION

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abacus

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frame with balls for calculating

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abate

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to lessen to subside

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abdication

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giving up control authority

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aberration

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straying away from what is normal

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abet

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help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)

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abeyance

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suspended action

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abhor

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to hate to detest

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abide

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be faithful to endure

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abjure

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promise or swear to give up

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abraded

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rubbed off worn away by friction

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abrogate

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repeal or annul by authority

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abscond

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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)

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abstruse

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difficult to comprehend obscure

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abut

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border on

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abysmal

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bottomless extreme

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acarpous

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effete no longer fertile worn out

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acclaimed

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welcomed with shouts and approval

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accolade

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praise approval

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accretion

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the growing of separate things into one

There was an accretion of ice on the car’s windshield.

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adamant

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kind of stone inflexible

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admonitory

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containing warning

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adorn

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add beauty decorate

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adulteration

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making unpure poorer in quality

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affable

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polite and friendly

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affinity

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close connection relationship

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aggravate

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make worse irritate

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agile

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active quick-moving

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agog

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eager/excited

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ail

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trouble be ill

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alacrity

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eager and cheerful readiness

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alcove

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recess/partially enclosed place

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allegiance

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duty support loyalty

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alleviate

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make (pain) easier to bear

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alloy

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to debase by mixing with something inferior

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aloof

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reserved indifferent

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amalgamate

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mix combine unite societies

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ambidextrous

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able to use the left hand or the right equally well

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ambiguous

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doubtful uncertain

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ambivalent

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having both of two contrary meanings

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ameliorate

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improve make better

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amortize

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end (a debt) by setting aside money

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anguish

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severe suffering

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animosity

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strong dislike

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antidote

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medicine used against a poison or a disease

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antithetical

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direct opposing

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apartheid

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brutal racial discrimination

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aplomb

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self-confidence

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apostate

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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions

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apotheosis

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deification glorification to godliness

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appease

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make quiet or calm

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apprehensive

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grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future

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apprise

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give notice to inform

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approbation

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approval

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apropos

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appropriate to the situation apt

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apt

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well-suited quick-witted

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arabesque

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a complex ornate design

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arboreal

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of connected with trees

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ardor

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enthusiasm

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arduous

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steep difficult ascent laborious

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argot

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jargon slang

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arrant

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in the highest degree

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arrogance

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proud superior manner of behaviour

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articulate

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speak distinctly connect by joints

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ascend

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go or come up

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ascertain

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get to know

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ascetic

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practicing self-denial austere stark

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ascribe

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consider to be the origin of or belonging to

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aseptic

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surgically clean

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asperity

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roughness harshness ill temper irritability

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aspersion

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slander

cast aspersions on her integrity

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assail

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with attack violently

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assiduous

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diligent hard-working sedulous

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assuage

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make smth (pain desire) less

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asterisk

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the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)

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astringent

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substance that shrinks

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astute

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clever quick at seeing to get an advantage

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atonement

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repayment death of Jesus

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attenuate

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make thin. weaken enervate

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attune

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bring into harmony

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audacious

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daring foolishly bold impudent

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augury

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omen sign

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august

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majestic venerable

marked by majestic dignity or grandeur

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auspicious

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favorable successful prosperous

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austere

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severely moral and strict simple and plain

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auxiliary

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helping supporting

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aver

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affirm assert prove justify

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aversion

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strong dislike

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avid

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eager greedy

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avow

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admit. Declare openly

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baleful

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harmful ominous causing evil

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balk

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obstacle purposely to get on the way of

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baneful

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causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive

The legislation could have a baneful effect on the poor

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barrage

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artificial obstacle built across a river

1.
a. A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of friendly troops to screen and protect them.

b. A rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles, as from small arms.
2. An overwhelming, concentrated outpouring, as of words: a barrage of criticism.

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barren

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not good enough unable to have young ones without value

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bask

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in enjoy warmth and light

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beatify

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to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to

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bedizen

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to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner

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belabor

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Verb
Argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail: “they belabored the obvious”.

Attack or assault (someone) physically or verbally.

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bellicose

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belligerent pugnacious warlike

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belligerent

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(person nation) waging war

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benefactor

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person who has given help

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benevolence

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wish or activity in doing good

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benign

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kind and gentle mild (climate)

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bequest

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arrangement to give smth at death

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berate

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scold sharply

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bereft

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rob or dispossess of smth (material)

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bewilder

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puzzle confuse

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bigot

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stubborn narrow-minded person

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bilge

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bulge the protuberance of a cask

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blandishment

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flattery coaxing

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blandness

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polite manner comforting uninteresting

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blatant

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noisy and rough

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blithe

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cheerful casual carefree

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bogus

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sham counterfeit not genuine

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boisterous

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loud noisy rough lacking restraint

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bolster

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give greatly needed support

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boorish

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crude offensive rude

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brash

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hasty rush cheeky saucy

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brass

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yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)

: brazen self-assurance : gall

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brazen

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Bold and without shame.

Made of brass.

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breach

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opening broken place breaking

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brittle

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easily broken

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broach

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bring up announce begin to talk about

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brook

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to tolerate endure

I will not brook insults from my own employees.

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buoyant

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able to float light-hearted

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burgeon

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grow forth send out buds

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burnish

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to polish rub to a shine

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cabal

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a scheme or plot a group of plotters

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cadge

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to beg to get by begging

She cadged money from her sister

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cajole

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use flattery or deceit to persuade

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calipers

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metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument

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calumny

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slander aspersion

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candid

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frank straight-forward

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cant

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insincere talk/jargon

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cantankerous

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bad-tempered/quarrelsome

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canvass

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discuss thoroughly sort of touting

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castigate

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to chastise correct by punishing

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castigation

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severe punishment

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catalyst

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substance that causes speeding up

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caustic

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biting sarcastic

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censure

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expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke

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centurion

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leader of a unit of 100 soldiers

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chary

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cautious wary

slow to grant, accept, or expend <a></a>

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chastened

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corrected punished

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chastisement

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punishment

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chauvinist

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a blindly devoted patriot

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chicanery

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The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose

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chisel

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steel tool for shaping materials

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churl

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bad-tempered person

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clamor

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shout complain with a lot of noise

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clientele

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customers

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clinch

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come to grips/settle conclusively

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cling

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to resist separation

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clot

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half-solid lump formed from liquid

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cloture

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closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting

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coagulation

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change to a thick and solid state

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coalescing

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coming together and uniting into one substance

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coax

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get smb to do smth by kindness

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coda

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passage that completes a piece of music

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coddle

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treat with care and tenderness

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coerce

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compel to force to make obedient

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coeval

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of the same period coexisting

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cogent

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strong convincing

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cogitate

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think deeply mediate

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cognizant

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being fully aware of

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colander

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bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water

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collusion

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secret agreement for a deceitful purpose

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combustion

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process of burning

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commemorate

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keep the memory of

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commodious

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having plenty of space for what is needed

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commuter

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person who travels regularly

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complaisance

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tending to comply obliging willingness to please

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compunction

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feeling of regret for one’s action

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conceal

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hide keep secret

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conceit

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over-high opinion of too much pride

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conciliatory

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reconciling soothing comforting mollifying

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concord

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agreement or harmony

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concur

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agree in opinion happen together

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condense

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increase in density strength make laconic

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condone

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forgive

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congeal

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make or become stiff and solid

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conjoin

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to join together

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connoisseur

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a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)

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connotation

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suggestion in addition to

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consequential

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pompous self important

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console

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give comfort or sympathy to

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conspicuous

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easily seen remarkable

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consternation

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surprise and fear dismay

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constrain

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compel

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constrict

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make tight or smaller

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consume

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get to the end of

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consummate

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perfect/make perfect/complete

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contemn

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to scorn or despise

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contentious

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argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome

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contiguous

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touching neighboring near

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contrite

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filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing

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contumacious

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insubordinate rebellious

the teacher threatened to punish the contumacious student

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salutary

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(esp. with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) Producing good effects; beneficial.

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Specious

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Superficially plausible, but actually wrong: “a specious argument”.
Misleading in appearance, esp. misleadingly attractive: “a specious appearance of novelty”.

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sedulous

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(of a person or action) Showing dedication and diligence: “he watched himself with the most sedulous care”.

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otiosity

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  1. Lazy; indolent.
  2. Of no use.
  3. Ineffective; futile
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regnant

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Reigning; ruling.

Currently having the greatest influence; dominant.

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fugacious

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lasting a short time

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