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Abashed

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ashamed or sorry

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Allusion

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indirect reference

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Ambivalent

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undecided; unclear

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Analogy

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comparison

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Anecdote

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short account/story

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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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(adj.) 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; indicative of a successful outcome

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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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Banal

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dull; unoriginal

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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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Cacophonous

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very noisy; unpleasant sounding

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Cantankerous

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irritable and difficult to please

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Captivating

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fascinating

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Chided

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scolded

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Clairvoyant

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able to see into the future/another dimension

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Coddled

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over-protected; 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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Conducive to

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suitable for; leading to

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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 etc; symbol of plenty

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Cosmopolitan

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composed of varied nationalities

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Counterfeiter

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faker; someone who makes fake money, for example

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Decipher

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decode; work out meaning

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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; a 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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Digression

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going off the point

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Discriminating

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  1. able to make fine distinctions between; having good taste, 2. favoring one side/group and acting against another
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Docile

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placid; easily lead

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Elite

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the upper levels in a society; the privileged ones

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Equitable

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fair and equal

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Equivocal

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ambiguous; something that can be interpreted in more than one way

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Exhilarating

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exciting

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Fathom

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  1. (v) work out; understand, 2. (n) measure of depth
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Fervent

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passionate

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Filial

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concerned with the relationship between child and parent

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Foreboding

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sense of doom

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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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Hilarious

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very funny

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Hyperbole

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over-exaggeration

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Impetuous

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impulsive

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Indecipherable

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cannot be decoded; cannot be worked out

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Irresolute

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lacking firmness; inability to decide or commit

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Levity

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lack of seriousness; humor

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Loquacious

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talkative

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Mediocre

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average

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Mellifluous

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pleasant-sounding

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Metaphor

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figurative speech; using implied comparisons

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Miscreants

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wrong-doers

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Mitigated

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made less severe

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Naive

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unsophisticated; simple and inexperienced

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Nonchalant

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assuming an appearance of not caring; indifferent

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Obliterated

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wiped out

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Ousted

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pushed out of a position

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Pacifists

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people who oppose war

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Panacea

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remedy for all ills

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Paradoxically

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counter to what one would think; contradictory

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Personification

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  1. attributing human qualities to something non-human, 2. acting as an example of
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Perusal

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careful reading

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Placid

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calm and peaceful

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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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Propagandist

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someone who spreads ideas

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Proximity

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closeness

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Qualification

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something added to modify an opinion

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Reconcile

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bring disputing sides together; overcome bad feeling

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Respite

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break from work etc.

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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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Revisionists

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people who revise; anti-revolutionaries

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Sanctimonious

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hypocritically holy; making a pretense of religious feeling

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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 thought not expressed 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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Understatement

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making something seem less important than it is

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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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