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1
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Keen

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Very sharp

Quickly able to sense or understand

Felt strongly

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Jubilant

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Having or showing great joy

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Jest

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A funny saying or action

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Jeer

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To remark in a loud, mocking, abusive manner

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Irate

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Very angry

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Inundate

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To overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with

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Insolent

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Rude, arrogant, or not showing respect in speech or behavior

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Insipid

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Not interesting

Having bland or uninteresting flavor

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Insinuate

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To suggest subtly and indirectly

To cause to be introduced by subtle and indirect means

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Inquiry

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A process of looking for truth or correct information

A question or request for info.

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Innocuous

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Not capable of causing damage

Having in annoying or offensive qualities

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Innate

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Belonging to or existing in someone or some organism the time of birth

Of the essential nature of something

Originating solely in the mind and not from experience

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Ingress

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The act of going in
The right to enter
A place or means of entrance

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Ingenuity

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The quality of, or an instance of being ingenious

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Indignant

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Feeling or showing anger about something considered to be unfair or without value

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Incisive

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Marked by clear, penetrating thought

Of or relating to their incisors

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Inane

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Lacking of meaning or substance

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Impulsive

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Acting without thinking or planning

Done as a result of a sudden desire

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Impasse

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A situation that allows no escape or no solution

A road or path that has no outlet

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Kinesiology

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The study of human motion

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Apiary

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A place where bees are kept

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Miser

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A greedy, stingy person who lives in a poor way in order to save money

Frugal

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Philanthropy

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Feeling of love toward humankind

An organization that supports charitable causes

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Perilous

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Causing or involving great danger

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Truculent

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Extremely hostile or belligerent

Savagely and fiercely cruel or harsh

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Aggravate

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To make worse

To bother or annoy

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Mollify

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To ease or soothe someone- calm down someone

To lesson the violence
To lesson the rigidity

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Repugnant

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Extremely distasteful

In direct opposition

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Trifle

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Something with very little value

To treat someone or something lightly

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Insecticide

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A poison used to kill insects

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Refute

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To show to be mistaken

To demonstrate the falseness or error of

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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly disobedient

That denies control or manipulation

One who is recalcitrant

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Ravenous

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Very hungry

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Pungent

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Sharp and strong in taste or smell

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Prudent

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Showing good judgment and caution

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Prone

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Having a habit of doing something

Ex. He is prone to working very hard

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Reminisce

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To recall past experiences often with fondness or pleasure

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Pacify

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To calm or bring peace of mind to

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Overt

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Openly apparent

40
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Ostentatious

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Done or designed with the intention of impressing others and Consequently overly showy or grandiose

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Opulent

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Having or displaying wealth

Very abundant

42
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Opaque

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Not letting light pass through

Having a flat dull face

43
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Omit

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To leave out

44
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Ominous

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Having a sign of future evil or trouble

45
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Obtuse

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Not keen or quick to notice, feel, or comprehend

Rounded or blunt at the tip

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Obstinate

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Not willing to change one’s ideas

47
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Null

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Not having legal force

Not having any value

In math, not having any element or members

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Noxious

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Harmful, dangerous, especially to health

49
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Novice

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A person with little or no experience at a particular job/activity

50
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Nostalgic

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A longing for the past

51
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Noncommittal

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Not revealing what one’s preference, feeling, or opinion is

52
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Negate

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To render ineffective or invalid

To deny the correctness or existence of

53
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Mystify

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To confuse or puzzle, often on purpose

54
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Pretentious

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Making or inclined to make a showy display of one’s wealth, achievements, or the like

55
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Prejudiced

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An opinion without knowing the facts

Hatred or unfair treatment for a person without cause

56
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Predominate

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To exercise authority or control

To be the greater or greatest in importance, prominence, or amount

57
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Pragmatic

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Concerned with actual causes and effects rather than abstract theories or ideas

Of or relating to the theory of pragmatism

58
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Perplexed

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To puzzle, confuse, or cause uncertainty

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Perpetuate

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To cause to last or be remembered

60
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Permeate

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To pass or diffuse through

To penetrate, spread, or become diffused

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Patron

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A regular customer of a shop, restaurant, or some other business

A person who gives money to support a group or cause

62
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Partisan

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A person who is strongly or actively devoted to some cause, idea, group, or person

63
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Parsimonious

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Excessively frugal

64
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Parody

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A humerous imitation in print, music, or performance of a serious person, work of art, or publication

65
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Paltry

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Small, trifling, or worthless

66
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Palpable

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Easy to sense or perceive

Able to be touched, felt, or handled

67
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Unruly

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Not easy to restrict

68
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Uncouth

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Lacking manners

Awkward or peculiar inform or appearance

69
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Trite

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Ineffective or stale because of frequent repetition

70
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Trifle

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Something that has very little value or importance

To treat someone or something without seriousness or respect

71
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Toil

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Long or difficult work

72
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Zany

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Silly or comical

Fantastically different or far fetched

73
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Writhe

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To twist or turn the body as in pain, discomfort

74
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Wrath

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Fierce anger

75
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Wily

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Clever deceitful

76
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Weary

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Tired in body or mind

To make weary

77
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Wax

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To grow or increase in amount, size, strength

78
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Wane

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To become slowly less in size

To become less powerful, rich or strong

79
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Voracious

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Consuming large quantities of food

Having a great. And constant desire for a particular activity or pursuit

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