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1
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Affect

A

To take on, assume
behaving in an artificial/pretensious way

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Afford

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To grant (to afford an opportunity)

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3
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Appropraite

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To seize

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Arrest

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To put a stop to, halt

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5
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Basic

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Fundamental, essential,

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Bent

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Liking or preference for

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Capacity

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Ability

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Chance

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to attempt

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Check

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to control, limit (efforts were made to check the disease)

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Clear

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Obvious, evident

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Common

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widespread

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Compromise

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to endanger or make vulnerable

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13
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Constitution

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build (A sturdy constitution)

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14
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Conviction

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A strong belief

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15
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Currency

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Acceptance (An idea gains Currency)

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Ecocnomy

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Thrift (an economy pack)

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17
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Element

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component, aspect

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18
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Elevated

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Lofty, high minded, idealistc

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19
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Establish

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To prove, validate (To establish the accuracy of a theory)

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Execute

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To carry out (to execute orders)

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21
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Exercise

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To put into use, carry out a function (an exercise in public relations)

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22
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Exploit

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TO make use of

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23
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Facility

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the ability to do something easily (he had a facility for languages)

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Faculty

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Ability or aptitude

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25
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Fancy

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To like

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Fine

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Narrow, thin (Fine lines)
Delicate elegant
Keen, highly attuned

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Fundamental

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Basic, essential

28
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Grave/gravity

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Seriousness

29
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Nature

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character, personality

30
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Observe

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to follow (to observe a law)

31
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Plastic(ity)

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Able to be shaped or changed

32
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Poor

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Inferior, substandard, ill

33
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Provoke

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to elicit (To provoke a reaction

34
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Qualify

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To provide more detail, make less extreme

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Range

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Scope

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Raw

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unrefined, unfiltered

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Realize

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to achieve (a goal)

38
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Reconcile

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To bring together opposing idas

39
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RElate/Relay

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To pass on along information

40
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Reservations

A

doubts misgivings

41
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Reserve

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to hold off on (to reserve judgement)

42
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Scale

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level (repeat on a large scale)

43
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scarp

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to eliminate

44
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Sheer

A

Utter complete

45
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Sound

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Stable valid (A sound argument)

46
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spare/ severe

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Plain, unadorned

47
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Static

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Unchanging

48
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Store

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Reserve, stock (A store of food)

49
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Strength

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Significance

50
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Sustain

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To withstand

51
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temper

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to moderate, make less harsh

52
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train

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to fixate on (to train one’s eye)

53
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treat

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to alter

54
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uniform

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constant, unvarying

55
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unqualified

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Absolute

56
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upset

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to interfere with an unexpected outfome

57
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urge

A

to argue in favor of

58
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want

A

lack

59
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weight

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seriousness importancing

60
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yield

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to reveal (an experiment yields results)

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