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Practice Test 3 Flashcards

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Economy

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Conciseness

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Subjectivity

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Bias

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Repudiate

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Refuse to be associated with

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Extol

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Praise highly

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Infirm

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Sickly

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Eschew

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Reject

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Entail

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Involve as a necessary element

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Pedantry

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Excessive display if learning

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Disparaged

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Regarded as being of low worth

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Raze

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Completely destroy

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Conditioned

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Characterized by a consistent pattern of behaviour

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Dissemination Circumspection

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Spread Caution

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Attenuate

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To weaken or reduce in force

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Conflate

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To merge

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Atrophy

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Weaken from disuse

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Align

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Line up

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Disseminate

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Spread like seed

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Domineering

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Over bearing and preachy

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Pedantic

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Acting like a know it all

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Conciliatory

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Acting to bring people together

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Didactic

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Preachy

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Dogmatic

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Condescendingly preachy

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Prosaic

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Ordinary

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Solicitation

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Request for help

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Rejuvenation

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Restoration of one’s youth

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Admonish

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Mildly reproof

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Pertinacity

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Strong persistence

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Resilient

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Able to endure hardships

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Tenacity

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Ability to hold fast

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Stoutness

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Courage ir sturdiness

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Craven

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Cowardly

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Pontification

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Haughty, self imp speech

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Circumlocution

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Indirect, evasive speech

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Mutability

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Ability to change

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Astuteness

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Keen ability

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Anachronism

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Something out of place or out of time

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Interlocutor

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Someone who takes part in a conversation

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Quandary

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Perplexing situation

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Anthology

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Collection if literary works

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Insipid

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Dull, tasteless

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Ephemeral

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Short lived

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Egregious

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Blatant or extreme

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Abate

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Decrease

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Attenuated

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Decreased

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Compromised

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Rendered vulnerable

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Despotic

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Tyrannical

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Squandered

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Wasted

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Amenable

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Obidient

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Conglomeration

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Collection

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Insubordination

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Disobedience

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Prudence

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Careful management

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Bastion

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Well fortified area

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Transient

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Short lived

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Surreptitious

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Secretive

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Fickle

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Tending to change ones mind

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Repudiation

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Rejecting the value if something

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Vilified

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Defamed

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Beguiled

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Deceived by charm

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Belligerent

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Pugnacious

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Matriarchal

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Female dominated

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Avuncular

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Good natured uncle

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Incapacitated

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Disabled

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Raze

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To destroy completely

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Quixotic

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Idealistic, lacking realism

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Profound

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Deep, insightful

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Influx

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A flowing in

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Endorse

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Support

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Alimony

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An allowance

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Hedonist

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Pleasure seeker

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Miscreant

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Villain

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Curator

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Manager

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Inexorable

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Relentless

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Temerity

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Recklessness

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Dissipate

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To disperse

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Frugal

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Good with your money

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Toady

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One who flatters; sycophant

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Fawn

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Give excessive praise

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Insubordination

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Resistant to authority

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Mercenary

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One who is paid to fight

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Acrimony

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Harsh words

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Mirth

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Laughter

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Fastidious

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Difficult to please

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Nefarious

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Wicked

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Odious

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Worthy if hatred

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Mellifluous

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Sweet sounding

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Heretic

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A person with controversial opinions

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Iconoclast

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One who attacks tradition

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Itinerant

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Wandering

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Deftness

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Skill in movement

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Dexterity

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Skill

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Perfidious mess

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Unfaithfulness

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Mercurial

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Changing, volatile

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Phlegmatic

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Sluggish

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Loquacious

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Very talkative

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Defoliate

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To lose leaves

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Disavowed

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Sworn off

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Decimate

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Destroy

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Demarcate

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To set boundaries

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Desiccate

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To dry out

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Console

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To call together

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Putrid

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Rotten

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Delectable

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Delightful

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Piquant

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Pleasant

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Recapitulate

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Summarize

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Cogent

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Convincing

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Unintelligible

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Incapable of being understood

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Regret

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Penitence

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Prescience

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Foresight

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Rhetorical

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Used to persuade

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Felicitous

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Apt

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Obtuse

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Dense, unintelligent

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Disenfranchise

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To deprive the rights of

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Perquisite

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A top, gratuity

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Arbitrary

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Whimsical

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Thrifty

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Economical

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Perfunctionary

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Performed in a mechanical fashion

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Invective

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Abusive language

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Belligerent

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War like

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Truculent

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Ready to fight

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Disenfranchise

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Deprive the rights of

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Frugal

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Economical

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Perquisite

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A tip, gratuity

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Arbitrary

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Whimsical

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Gratification

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Pleasure

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Pastoral

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Relating to country life

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Frenetic

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Frantic

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Itinerant

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Traveling from place to place

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Decorous

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Proper

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Sedate

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Calm

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Contentious

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Quarrelsome

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Delectable

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Delightful

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Cogent

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Convincing

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Dissipation

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Wasteful expenditure

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Desiccation

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Drying out

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Penitence

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Regret

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Coalesce

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To fuse together

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Perfidious

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Unfaithful

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