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tableau

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dramatic scene or picture

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tabulation

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systematic listing by columns or rows

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tacit

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silent, not expressed

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taciturn

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speaking very little

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talisman

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a good luck charm

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tangent

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touching

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tantamount

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equivalent to

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tarn

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small lake or pool

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tarry

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linger, delay

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taurine

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like a bull

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tawdry

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cheap showy flashy

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temerity

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reckless, boldness, rashness

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temper

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moderate, soften or tone down

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temperate

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not extreme, moderate

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temporal

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pertaining to time

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temporize

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to be indecisive, evasive, delay an action

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tenacious

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stubborn, persistant, holding on

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tendentious

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biased favoring a cause

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tenet

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doctrine, belief

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tensile

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capable of being stretched, elastic

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tenuous

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flimsy, slender, without substance

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terminus

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boundary, limit

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terpsichorean

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pertaining to dancing

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terse

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brief

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thanatology

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study of death or dying

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theocracy

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government by religious leaders

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thrall

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a slave

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threnody

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a funeral song

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thwart

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prevent hinder

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timorous

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fearful, cowardly

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titter

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to laugh in self-conscious way

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token

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symbol; slight unimportant

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tome

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large, heavy book

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toothsome

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tasty

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torpid

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inactive, sluggish

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torsion

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twisting, bending

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tortuous

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twisting winding

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torturous

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causing extreme pain

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tractable

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easy to manage

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traduce

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speak badly of

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trappings

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article of dress, equipment

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travail

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very hard work, intense pain

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treatise

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book about some particular subject

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treble

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three times as much

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tremulous

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quivering, trembling

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trenchant

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keen or incisive

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trepidation

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fear, alarm

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tribulation

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trouble

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trite

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commonplace, worn out, stale

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truckle

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to submit, yield

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truculent

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savage, brutal

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truism

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self-evident, obvious truth

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truncheon

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a club

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tryst

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a secret meeting

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tumid

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swollen, bulging

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tumult

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confusion

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turbid

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muddy, unclear

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turgid

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swollen

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turmoil

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confusion

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turpitude

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baseless, shameful, behavior

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tutelage

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instruction

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twain

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two

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tyro

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beginner

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ubiquitous

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present everywhere

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ulcerous

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infected

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umbrage

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a feeling of resentment

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unassailable

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unable to be attacked

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unctuous

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oily, excessively polite

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unequivocal

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clear, definite

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unfledged

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immature

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unmitigated

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absolute, not lessened

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unseemly

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not in good taste

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untenable

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unable to be defended or upheld

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unwieldy

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hard to manage because of size or weight

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upbraid

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to scold, to find fault with

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urbane

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refined, suave, citified

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urchin

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a mischievous child

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ursine

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like a bear

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usurp

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seize illegally

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usury

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excessive amount of money charged as interest

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uxorious

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overly fond of one’s wife

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vagary

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an odd notion, unpredictable action

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vainglorious

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boastfully proud

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valedictory

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saying farewell

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vanguard

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front part

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vapid

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tasteless tedious, uninteresting

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vaunt

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brag or boast

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veer

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change direction

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vegetate

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lead a dull inactive life

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vehement

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forceful, furious

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venal

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corrupt, able to be bribed

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veneer

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outward show that misrepresents

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venial

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excusable, minor

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veracious

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truthful, honest

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verisimilitude

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appearance of truth

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veritable

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true, actual, genuine

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verity

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truth

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vernacular

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native language, informal speech

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vernal

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pertaining to spring

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vertiginous

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whirling, dizzy, unstable

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verve

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, energy, enthusiasm

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vestige

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a trace

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vex

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irritate annoy

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viands

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various food

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viceroy

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a representative a deputy appointed by a sovereign to rule a province

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vicissitudes

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unpredictable changes, ups and downs

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victuals

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food

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vie

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compete

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vindicate

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clear from guilt or blame

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virago

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loud, bad-tempered woman, a shrew

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virile

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manly, masculine

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visage

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appearance

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viscous

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sticky

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vitiate

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weaken, impair

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vitreous

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of or like glass

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vitriolic

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biting, sharp, bitter

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vituperate

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scold, criticize

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vociferous

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loud, shouting

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volant

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capable of flying

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volition

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free will

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voluble

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talkative, fluent

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voracious

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extremely hungary, greedy

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votary

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loyal follower

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vouchsafe

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grant, allow, permit

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vulpine

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like a fox, clever

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waif

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homeless person

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wan

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pale, weak, tired

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wane

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gradually decrease in size or intensity

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wangle

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to manipulate, obtain by scheming or by underhanded methods

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wanton

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reckless, immoral

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warble

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sing melodiously

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wastrel

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spendthrift, one who wastes

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wax

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grow in size or intensity

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wend

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direct one’s way

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wheedle

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coax or to persuade

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whet

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stimulate, make sharp

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willful

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stubborn, contrary

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wily

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tricky, sly

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windfall

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unexpected good fortune

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winsome

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pleasing, charming

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withal

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nevertheless in spite of all

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wizened

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withered, shriveled

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wolfish

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ferocious

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wont

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accustomed

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workaday

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ordinary, everyday

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wraith

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ghost, apparition

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wrest

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take away by force

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wroth

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angry

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wry

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ironic

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xenophobia

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fear of foreigners

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xyloid

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pertaining to wood

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yen

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intense desire

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zealot

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fanatic

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zenith

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highest point

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zephyr

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gentle breeze

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