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Abashed

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Ashamed or sorry

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Annihilated

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Wiped out

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Anomalies

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Oddities; things that don’t fit the pattern

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Antipodes

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Places on opposite sides of the globe

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Apprehension

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Worry; nervousness

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Arduous

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Hard and difficult

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Articulate

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Able to express something well in words

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Assuage

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To make less

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Auspicious

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Fortunate,

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Avuncular

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Acting like an uncle; kindly

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Axiom

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Something that is taken to be true; basic idea that can’t be questioned

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Bellicose

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Aggressive

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Benign

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Kindly

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Bereft of

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Without; deprived of

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Bifurcation

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Division into two

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Blatantly

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Obviously

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Chided

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Scolded

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Clairvoyant

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Able to see into future/ another dimension

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Coddled

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Overprotected; kept warm

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Comely

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Attractive

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Complacent

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Smug; over-confident

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Convivial

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Sociable and friendly

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Cornucopia

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literally a horn filled with fruits, symbol of plenty

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Cosmopolitan

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Composed of various nationalities

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Deferential

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Showing respect

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Deterrent

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Something that puts one off; preventive

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Dichotomies

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Divisions into two parts

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Diffident

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Shy;hesitant

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Docile

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Placid; easily lead

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Fathom

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  1. (v.) work out, understand

2. (n.) measure of depth

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Funerary

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Concerned with funerals

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Galvanized

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  1. stirred into action, stimulated

2. coated with zinc

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Grandiose

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Exaggerated; too great; on a grand scale

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Haughty

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Arrogant

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Levity

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Lack of seriousness; humor

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Mellifluous

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Pleasant-sounding

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Miscreants

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Wrong-doers

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Ousted

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Pushed out of a position

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Panacea

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Remedy of all ills

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Perusal

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Careful reading

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Presumptuous

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Assuming too much; arrogant

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Profiteer

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Someone who seeks to make unjustified profits

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Qualification

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Something added to modify an opinion

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Reticent

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Shy; Unwilling to reveal information

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Reverential

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Showing respect

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Sanctimonious

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Hypercritically holy; making a pretense of religious feelings

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Stoic

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Brave; Able to tolerate whatever life throws at you

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Symbiotic

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Mutually advantageous; close relationship

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Syncopated

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With strongly accented rhythm

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Tacit

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Unspoken; Understood even though not spoken in words

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Taunted

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Teased; mocked

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Temperate

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Mild; moderate

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Unqualified

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Without hesitation; complete and total

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Unrelenting

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Never giving up; non-stop

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Unwarranted

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Unjustified

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Watershed

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  1. area between two river basins

2. turning point

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