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Presumptuous

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Would it be presumptuous of me to ask for seconds?

Bold to the point of rudeness

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Abhor

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I abhor lima beans; they taste awful to me

To loathe or detest

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Taint

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I think this rib roast is tainted; don’t eat it

To affect with something harmful; contaminate

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Abstemious

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No more for me I’m being abstemious

Sparing in the use of food or drink

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Satiated

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I’m totally satiated I could not eat another bite

To satisfy fully

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Replete

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I’m feeling replete no more mashed potatoes for me

Gorged with food, sated

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Superfluous

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No thanks more food would be superfluous

Unnecessary

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Surfeit

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I have already had a surfeit of dinner no more please

Excess, overindulgence

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Vacillation

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I’m vacillating between going to a movie or going to the mall
Wavering, going back-and-forth

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Apathy

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I’m completely apathetic I’ll do whatever you want to do

Lack of interest or caring

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Precarious

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No, my mental state is to precarious to just stay here

unstable, insecure

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Penchant

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I have a penchant for blue suede shoes

A strong taste or liking

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Paucity

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I have such a paucity of clothes that I am barely have anything to wear
Small amount or number

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Prodigal

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I know you may believe I am being Prodigal, but I really need this MP3 player
Wasteful

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Spendthrift

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Do you think I would be a spendthrift if I bought this $100 shirt
A person who spends money wastefully

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Novice

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A person who is new at something

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Revere

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To regard with awe

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Truncate

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Sadly, the newspaper could only print a few hundred words, so she had to truncate her story considerably
Shorten by cutting off

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Succumb

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Though he tried to resist, Larry succumbed to his desire for a triple-chocolate fudge sundae
To give way to superior force

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Slander

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After the politician was accused of slander, Alexandra decided to terminate her work for his campaign
Untruthful spoken attack someone’s reputation

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Sobriety

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Being quiet or serious

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Testimony

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Statement in support of something, often under oath

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Debunk

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To expose the falseness of something or someone

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Truant

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He is a known truant; last week, he showed up at school only twice
Someone who cuts school or neglects his or her duties

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Repeal

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To take back a law or other decision

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Swindle

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To cheat out of money or property

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Preclude

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If I have steak for my last meal, would that preclude my having lobster as well?
To make impossible

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Tract

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Tracts of land

A piece of land

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Patent

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It is patently obvious that I won’t get a fair trial

Obvious, readily visible

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Tacit

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Implied, not stated outright

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Objective

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Not affected by personal feelings

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Void

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To invalidate

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Innocuous

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Causing or intending little or no harm

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Elusive

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Cleverly avoiding or escaping

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Infallible

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Unable to be proven wrong

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Trite

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Overused, lacking freshness

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Quibble

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N. To make a minor objection, v. a small objection

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Stylized

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I found the book to be so stylized that I couldn’t empathize with the characters
In a particular style, often an unrealistic one

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Synopsis

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Plot summary

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Phenomena

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Occurrences, facts, or observable circumstances

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Esoteric

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Known only by a select few

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Marred

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Impaired the perfection of

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Obliterate

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To wipe out, remove all traces

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Vanquish

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Overpower an enemy completely

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Ominous

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Signaling something evil is about to happen

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Nullified

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The offsetting penalties nullified each other

To make invalid or worthless

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Negated

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The personal foul negated the touchdown, and the play had to be done over
To destroy the validity of something

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Premonition

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I had a premonition about this game so I bet my life savings

A feeling that something is about to happen

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Unheralded

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Unnoticed or unappreciated

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Unprecedented

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Without parallel

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Mitigate

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To make less severe

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Soporific

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Causing sleep

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Pastiche

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Piece of music, writing, or art combining several different sources or styles

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Provincial

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An 11 o’clock curfew is so provincial

Having a narrow scope

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Tantamount

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Equivalent in effect or meaning

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Renounce

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To give up or put aside

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Indomitable

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Unable to be subdued or overcome

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Innate

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Existing in a person since birth; part of the character of something

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Omniscient

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Having complete knowledge

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Temper

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To moderate, to make less extreme

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Vitality

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Energy, liveliness

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Methodical

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Orderly, having a set system

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Mundane

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Ordinary or commonplace

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Predecessor

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Person who precedes another in a office or a position

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Subordinate

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Placed in a lower order or rank

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Zeal

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Enthusiasm, intensity

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Urbane

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Highly sophisticated

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Wry

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Dryly humorous

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Succinct

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Brief, concise

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Serene

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Calm, peaceful

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Resolute

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Strongly determined

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Transcendent

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Going beyond known limits

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Taciturn

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Being of few words

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Reticent

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Untalkative, shy, reluctant to speak

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Unwitting

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Unaware

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Dupe

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A person easily deceived

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Miser

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One who saved greedily

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Recluse

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Someone who lives in seclusion

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Stoic

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Not affected by passion or feeling

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Strident

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Harsh, grating

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Vociferous

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Loud

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Tirade

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A long, harsh, often abusive speech

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Verbosity

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The use of too many words

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Sullen

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Sad, sulky

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Torpid

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Without energy, sluggish

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Tactful

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Saying or doing the proper thing

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Antidote

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Remedy for a poison

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Impudence

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Bold disrespectful or rudeness

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Incorrigible

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Not capable of being reformed

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Indelible

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Incapable of being erased

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Stupefy

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To make less alert

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Wily

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Artful, cunning, deceitful, sly

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Parochial

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Having a narrow scope

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Meager

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Lacking in the amount or a quality; poor

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Morose

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Gloomy; ill tempered

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Obsolete

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Outdated

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Extraneous

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Not pertinent or relevant

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Trite

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Overused. Lacking freshness

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Unseemly

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Unbecoming

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Tumultuous

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Characterized by a noisy uproar

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Sanction

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V. To give permission; n. A coercive measure designed to make a person or persons comply

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Levity

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Lightness; lacking seriousness

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Usurp

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To seize power by force

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Magnate

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A person of great influence in a particular field

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Repudiate

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To cast off or disown; to refuse to acknowledge

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Sentinel

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A guard, a watchman

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Divergent

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Moving in different directions from a common point

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Reconcile

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To settle a problem

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Tenet

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Idea or belief

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Pious

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Having reverence for a god

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Conflagration

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A widespread fire

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Stimulus

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Something that causes a reaction

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Residual

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Describing the part left over

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