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Aberration

A

deviation; abnormality

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Abstruse

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difficult to comprehend

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Affability

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friendliness; cordiality

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Affluence

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wealth and status

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Alleviation

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making less severe

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Amalgamation

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mixture or joining of different components

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Amassed

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accumulated

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Arcane

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esoteric

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Augmenting

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increasing in size or number

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Belied

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contradicted

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Benevolent

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kindly

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Callous

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cruel and unfeeling

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Candid

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truthful; honest

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Coalition

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a union of two parts

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Concordance

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agreement

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Conflagration

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big fire

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Copious

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in large amounts

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Dearth

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shortage

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Debacle

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disaster

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Disarming

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charming; unthreatening

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Disillusioned

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freed from wrong ideas

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Disparaging

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criticizing

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Embellished

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decorated

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Empathetic

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understanding in an insightful way

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Encompassed

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included; surrounded

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Endorsement

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support; approval

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Entourage

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group of followers; retinue

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Equanimity

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peace of mind; balance; calm

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Eradicating

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wiping out; destroying

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Esoteric

A

obscure

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Exacerbated

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made worse

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Excised

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cut out

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Exotic

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strange; foreign

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Faction

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section; group with common interests

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Finagle

A

wheedle; wangle; trick

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Grating

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harsh; rasping

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Gratuitous

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free; unwarranted

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Hackneyed

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commonplace; over-used

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Insightful

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perceptive

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Insolence

A

rudeness

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Intrigued

A

interested and curious

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Intuition

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sixth sense; ‘gut feeling’

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Languid

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lacking energy; weak

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Lobby

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  1. to try to persuade, 2. entrance hall
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Lucid

A

clear

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Marred

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spoiled; ruined

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Meager

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small; scanty

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Monotonous

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dull; repetitive

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Motley

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varied; miscellaneous

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Opting

A

choosing

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Overhaul

A

renovate

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Preclude

A

prevent

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Precursors

A

forerunners

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Purportedly

A

apparently claiming

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Ratify

A

give official approval to

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Resilience

A

strength; ability to withstand

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Retraction

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removal; ‘taking back’

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Sporadic

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intermittent; on and off

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Spurned

A

shunned; rejected

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Substantiated

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backed up; given supporting evidence

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Supplant

A

replace

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Truculence

A

stubbornness

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Unequivocal

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certain; cannot be disputed

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Voluminous

A

large; bulky; extensive

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Winnow

A

sift; separate good from bad

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