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Enhance

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To intensify or improve

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Glutton

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Someone who consumes too much food or drink

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Tout

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To publicly brag

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Brawn

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Muscular strength

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Delineate

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To describe accurately

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Nefarious

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Extreme wickedness

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Efface

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Erase or to rub it out

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Hinder

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To delay progress

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Vernacular

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Every day speech or slang

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Hiatus

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A break or vacation

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Querulous

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Grumbling or grumpy

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Engender

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To create or to cause

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Obliterate

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To destroy completely

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Copious

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Abundant or plentiful

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Obscure

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Dark, Unknown, or hard to understand

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Pugnacious

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Eager to fight

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Quell

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To pacify or calm

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Artisan

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A person who is skillful with his or her hands

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Kindle

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To start a fire, ignite, or arouse

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Bucolic

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Charmingly rural

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Pretentious

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Making ridiculous claims

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Gullible

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Easily deceived

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Convivial

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Fond of partying; festive

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Discreet

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Sneaky or unnoticeable

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Discrete

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Disconnected, separate, or distinct

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Fabricate

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To lie

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Gesticulate

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To make gestures when talking

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Laud

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To praise or to applaud

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Belabor

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To repeat or to an absurd extent

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Corrobate

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To confirm; to back up with evidence

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Amorous

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Feeling loving

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Decorous

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Proper; in good taste

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Expedite

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To speed up the progress of

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Idyllic

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Naturally peaceful

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Juxtapose

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To place side by side

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Incandescent

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Brilliant; giving off heat and light

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Exasperate

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To annoy thoroughly

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Discordant

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Lacking harmony and agreement

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Volatile

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Highly unstable; explosive

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Distend

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To swell; to expand

42
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Fecund

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Fertile; productive

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Sage

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A wiseman; to be wise through experience and reflection

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Vacuous

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Lacking ideas or intelligence

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Deride

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To ridicule

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Assail

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To attack with with words or force

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Benevolent

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Generous; kind

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Scrutinize

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To examine very carefully

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Histrionic

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Overly dramatic

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Didactic

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Intended to teach; morally instructive

51
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Reiterate

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To say again; to repeat

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Conflagration

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Huge fire; inferno

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Induce

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Cause to happen

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Soporific

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Causing sleep; very boring

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Anarchy

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Lawlessness; an absence of government or control

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Strident

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Shrill; high pitched

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Nonchalant

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Not showing any concern or worry

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Malleable

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Easy to shape or bend

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Ludicrous

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Absurd; ridiculous

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Abridge

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To shorten or condense

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Lethargy

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Sluggishness; laziness

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Recondite

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Hard to understand; over one’s head

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Conspicuous

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Standing out; obvious

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Archaic

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Outdated; ancient

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Imminent

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Just about to happen

66
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Predator

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One that prays or destroys

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Coalesce

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To fuse or unite

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Exalt

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To glorify or praise

69
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Exult

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To celebrate

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Extraneous

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Irrelevant; unnecessary

71
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Incantation

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A chant or spell

72
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Assuage

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To soothe; to relieve

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Insuperable

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Incapable of being overcome or solved

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Assiduous

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Hard-working; busy

75
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Indulgent

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Lenient; yielding to desire

76
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Avarice

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Greed for money or riches

77
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Squander

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To waste

78
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Penurious

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Stingy; relating to great poverty

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Debunk

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To prove wrong

80
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Eccentric

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Unconventional; a little kooky

81
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Desiccate

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To dry out

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Diverse

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Different; various

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Loquacious

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Talking a lot or too much

84
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Maudlin

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Wallowing in self-pity

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Farcical

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Absurd; ludicrous

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Vibrant

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Lively; full of vitality

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Virulent

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Extremely poisonous; full of hate

88
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Contemptuous

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Expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect

89
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Enigma

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A mystery

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Labyrinth

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A maze

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Prevaricate

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Do you deviate from the truth

92
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Imperceptive

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Difficult to perceive by the senses; barely noticeable

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Lucid

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Clear; easy to understand

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Repudiate

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To reject; to disown; to renounce

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Superficial

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Relating to the surface; shallow

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Primordial

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Formed long ago; primitive

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Mellifluous

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Sweetly flowing

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Provincial

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Limited in outlook; narrow

99
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Contrite

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Admitting or feeling guilt

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Incessant

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Unceasing

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