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What does evaluate mean?

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to determine or set the value or amount of

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What does prohibit mean?

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to forbid by authority or law

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What does instigate mean?

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to cause by incitement

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What does meander mean?

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to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course

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What does replenish mean?

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to make full or complete again

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What does resume mean?

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to take up or go on with again after interruption

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What does evacuate mean?

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to leave empty, vacate

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What does haggle mean?

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to bargain in a petty, quibbling

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What does endorse mean?

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to approve, support, or sustain

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Baffled

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to confuse, bewilder, or perplex

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Baffle

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to confuse, bewilder, or perplex

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Premises

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a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.

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Deceit

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the act or practice of deceiving, concealment or distortion.

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Compassion

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a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune.

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Skepticism

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doubt or unbelief with regard to a religion.

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Emphatic

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uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis, strongly expressive.

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Luxurious

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given to pleasure, especially of the senses, voluptuous.

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Ecstatic

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of, pertaining to, or characterized by ecstasy.

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Prosperous

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having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.

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Authentic

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not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.

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Ignorant

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lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.

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Dire

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causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.

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Suspicious

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tending to cause or excite

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Infrequent

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happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.