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Abash

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to make ashamed

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Abate

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to subside, to reduce

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Abdicate

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step down from the position of power/responsibility

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Aberration

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not typical, a deviation from the standard

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Abhor

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to hate very much

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Abject

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hopeless, extremely sad

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Abnegate

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to reject

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Abortive

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unsuccessfull

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Abridge

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to shorten

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Absolute

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perfect, total, unlimited

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absolve

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free from the sin/obligation, to forgive

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Banal

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unoriginal

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Bane

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poison, cause of harm

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Bastion

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Stronghold, fortress

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Beget

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to give birth, to create

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Belabor

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to go over repeatedly

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Beleaguer

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to surround

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Belie

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to give false impression of, contradict

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Belittle

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to make to seem little

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Cacophony

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Harsh sounding

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Cadence

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Rhythm, rise and fall of sound

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Cajole

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to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn’t want to

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Callow

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Immature

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Candor

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Truthfulness, sincere honesty

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Capitalism

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an economic system in which businesses are owned by private companies/citizen

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Capitulate

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to surrender

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Capricious

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Unpredictable

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Caricature

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a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect

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Castigate

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to criticize severely

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Catalyst

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anything or anyone that make happen things without involved directly

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Daunt

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to make fearful

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Dearth

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lack,scarity

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Debacle

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violent breakdown

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Debauchery

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wild living (sex, alcohol, drugs etc.)

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Debilitate

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to weaken

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Decadent

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Decaying

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Decimate

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to kill or destroy a large part of

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Decorous

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proper, in good taste

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Deduce

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to conclude from evidence

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Defame

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libel or slander

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Ebullient

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Bubbling with excitement

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Eccentric

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not conventional

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Eclectic

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choosing the best from many sources

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Edify

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to enlighten

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Efface

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to erase

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Effusion

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a pouring forth

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Egalitarian

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believing in the social and economic equality of all people

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Egocentric

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selfish

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Egregious

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extremely bad

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Fabrication

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a lie, something made up

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Facetious

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humorous

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Facile

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fluent

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Faction

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a small organized group within a larger one which mostly in the disagreement with the organization

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Farcical

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absurd, ludicrous

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Fastidious

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showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise, meticulous

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Fatalist

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someone who believes that future events are already determined and that humans are powerless to change them

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Fatuous

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Foolish, silly

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Fauna

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animals

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Fecund

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fertile, productive

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Garrulous

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Talkative; chatty

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Genre

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type or category

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Genteel

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refined, polite

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Gesticulate

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to make gestures especially when speaking or in place of speaking

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Glut

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surplus, overabundance

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Grandiloquent

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pompous, using big words to sound fancy

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Grandiose

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absurdly exaggerated

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Gratuitous

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unjustified, unprovoked

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Gravity

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seriousness

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Gregarious

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sociable, enjoy the company of others

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Guile

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cunning; artfulness

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Hackneyed

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overused; trite (same as bromide)

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Hapless

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unlucky

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Harbinger

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Forerunner, signal of

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Hedonism

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the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life

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Hegemony

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leadership; especially of one nation over another

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Heresy

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any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs

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Hermetic

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impervious(unaffected) to external influences

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Heyday

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golden age

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Hiatus

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break; often from work

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Hierarchy

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an organization based on rank or degree

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Histrionic

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overly dramatic

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Homily

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sermon, a long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof; a lecture

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Homogenous

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uniform

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Husbandry

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thrifty management of resources

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Hyperbole

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an exaggeration used as a figure of speech

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Hypothetical

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uncertain, unproven