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abet

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to encourage, assist, aid, support

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aver

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to affirm, declare confidently

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blatant

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noisy in a coarse, offensive way

obvious/conspicuous

especially in an unfavourable sense

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broach

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to bring up or begin to talk about a subject

to announce/introduce

to break the surface of water

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buttress

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to support, prop up, strengthen

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carousal

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noisy revelry or merrymaking

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collate

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to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities

to arrange in order for specific purposes

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connoisseur

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an expert, one who is well qualified to pass critical judgements

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disconsolate

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deeply unhappy or dejected

without hope

beyond consolation

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encumber

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to weigh down or burden

to fill up/block up/hinder

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foment

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to promote trouble or rebellion

to apply warm liquids to

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grisly

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frightful, horrible, ghastly

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herculean

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characterised by great strength

very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength

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impassive

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showing no feeling or emotion

inanimate

motionless

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inauspicious

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unfavourable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future

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incontrovertible

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unquestionable, beyond dispute

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nonplussed

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puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss

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opportune

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suitable/convenient for a particular purpose

occurring at an appropriate time

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prolific

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abundantly productive, profuse

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rejoinder

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a reply to a reply

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amenable

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willing to follow advice/authority

tractable

submissive

responsive

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berate

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to scold sharply

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carnage

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large scale slaughter or loss of life

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credulous

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too ready to believe, easily deceived

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expatiate

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to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail

to move about freely

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extraneuous

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coming from the outside, foreign

present but not essential

irrelevant

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inception

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the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process

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infirmity

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a weakness or ailmeny

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jejune

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lacking in nutritie value, lacking in interest or substance

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obdurate

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stubborn, unyielding

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potpourri

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a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items

a general mixture

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precocious

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showing unusually early development

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sententious

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self-righteous

characterised by moralising

saying much in few words

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supplicate

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to beg earnestly and humbly

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surfeit

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an excess or overindulgence

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tortuous

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winding, twisted, crooked, highly involved, complex, devious

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turgid

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swollen, bloated, filled to excess, overdecorated or excessive in language

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adamant

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firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible

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brouhaha

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a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbb

uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified

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bulwark

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a strong defense or protection

a solid wall like structure for defense

to provide such defense or protection

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choleric

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easily made angry, bad-tempered

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cloy

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to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence

to glut, satiate, surfeit

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curtail

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to cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected

to reduce

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deference

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courteous yielding to the wishe and ideas of another person

great respec marked by submission, as to a superior

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demeanor

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the way a person behaves

overall impression made by manner

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impromptu

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without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done

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mawkish

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excessively or objectionably sentimental

having a mildly sickening flavour

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mollify

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to soften, make gentle, pacify, to calm

assauge, appease, placate, to reduce in intensity

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onus

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something that is heavy or burden

a stigma

blame

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presentiment

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a vague sense of approaching misfortune

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profligate

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given over to dissipation and self-indulgence

immoral

recklessly extravagant

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remit

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to send or hand in (as money)

to cancel

to forgive, pardon

to lessen, diminish

to put off, postpone, defer

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requisite

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neede, necessary, regarded as essential

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sartorial

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of or pertaining to a tailor or his work

having to do with clothes and dress

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thwart

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to oppose successfully

to prevent/frustrate

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