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1
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Present in large quantities.

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Abundant

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To gradually collect.

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Accumulate

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Refusing to change an opinion.

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Adamant

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Enough to suit your needs.

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Adequate

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Close to or next to.

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Adjacent

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Unfavorable; against one’s desires.

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Adverse

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7
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To combine.

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Aggregate

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To put aside for a specific purpose.

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Allocate

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9
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Having several potential meanings; unclear and difficult to understand.

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Ambiguous

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10
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To change for the better; to improve.

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Amend

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11
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Plentiful.

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Ample

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12
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Deviation from the norm.

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Anomaly

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13
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To tease or be hostile towards a person or group.

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Antagonize

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14
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To give credit.

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Attribute

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15
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Based on a whim or random decision.

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Arbitrary

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16
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Requiring a lot of effort.

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Arduous

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17
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To lessen a negative feeling.

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Assuage

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18
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To increase or make larger.

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Augment

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19
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To scold.

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Berate

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20
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Rude and tactless.

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Brash

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21
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Abrupt to the point of rudeness.

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Brusque

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22
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A harsh, unpleasant mixture of noise.

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Cacophony

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23
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To express strong disapproval.

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Censure

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24
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Arranged in order of time or date.

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Chronological

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25
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To combine or grow together.

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Coalesce

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26
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To force someone to do something against their will.

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Coerce

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27
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Being aware or having knowledge of something.

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Cognizant

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28
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Uniting; becoming one.

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Cohesion

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29
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To occur at the same time.

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Coincide

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30
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To hide.

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Conceal

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31
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To agree.

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Concur

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32
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To restrict or repress.

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Constrain

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33
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To consider thoughtfully.

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Contemplate

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34
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To go on without stopping.

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Continuously

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35
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To make known.

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Convey

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36
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Abundant.

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Copious

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37
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To gradually wear away.

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Corrode

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38
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Burdensome; clumsy

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Cumbersome

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39
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To significantly decrease.

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Deplete

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40
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To discourage.

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Deter

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41
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To differ from the norm.

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Deviate

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42
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To plan or create.

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Devise

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43
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A sharp criticism or attack.

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Diatribe

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44
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To wander from the main subject.

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Digress

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45
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A situation where one must choose between two difficult choices.

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Dilemma

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46
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To shrink or reduce.

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Diminish

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47
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Too large or small when compared to something else.

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Disproportionate

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48
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To misrepresent.

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Distort

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49
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To cause a change of course.

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Divert

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50
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To reduce unpleasantness or difficulty.

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Ease

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51
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Moving speech or writing.

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Eloquent

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52
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Incorrect.

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Erroneous

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53
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To avoid or escape.

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Evade

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54
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Worthy of imitation.

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Exemplary

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55
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Not admitting the majority.

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Exclusive

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56
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To increase in size.

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Expand

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57
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An act of making something longer.

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Extension

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58
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A time when there is an extreme lack of food.

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Famine

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59
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To change continually.

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Fluctuate

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60
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To strengthen.

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Fortify

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61
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A skeletal structure designed to support something.

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Framework

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62
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Unnecessary; of little importance

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Frivolous

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63
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Communication that is distorted and unclear.

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Garbled

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64
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Pompous; overly important.

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Grandiose

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65
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Overused and unoriginal.

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Hackneyed

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66
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Lacking planning.

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Haphazard

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67
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In a hurry.

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Hasty

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68
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Something that causes delay or resistance.

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Hindrance

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69
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To worsen.

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Impair

70
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To strongly suggest.

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Imply

71
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To force upon.

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Impose

72
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To reduce to poverty.

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Impoverish

73
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A reason to do something.

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Incentive

74
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Continuing without pause.

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Incessant

75
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A minor part.

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Incidental

76
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To urge on.

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Incite

77
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A preference.

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Inclination

78
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Untiring

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Indefatigable

79
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Not able to be challenged.

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Indisputable

80
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To guess based on evidence.

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Infer

81
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To hinder or restrain.

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Inhibit

82
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An investigation to determine the truth.

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Inquiry

83
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Necessary to complete the whole.

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Integral

84
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To combine.

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Integrate

85
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To explain the meaning of something.

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Interpret

86
Q

To come between people, objects, or an event and change what is happening.

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Intervene

87
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Fearless.

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Intrepid

88
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Highly detailed.

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Intricate

89
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Intrusive.

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Invasive

90
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Easy to anger.

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Irascible

91
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The use of words to give a meaning opposite to their literal meaning.

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Irony

92
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Uncertain.

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Irresolute

93
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Words specific to a certain job or group.

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Jargon

94
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Together.

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Jointly

95
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A special talent or skill.

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Knack

96
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To fall behind.

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Lag

97
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To mock or ridicule.

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Lampoon

98
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To become weak; to be neglected.

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Languish

99
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Wary.

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Leery

100
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Merciful; less harsh.

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Lenient

101
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Ridiculous.

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Ludicrous

102
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To fix.

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Mend

103
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Gloomy, depressed.

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Morose

104
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Lazy, neglectful.

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Negligent

105
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Indifferent, unexcited.

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Nonchalant

106
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To unfairly burden.

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Oppress

107
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A typical example of something.

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Paradigm

108
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Frugal, stingy.

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Parsimonious

109
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To join in.

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Partake

110
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Preferring one option over others.

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Partial

111
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Something existing in very small amounts; scarcity.

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Paucity

112
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Located on the side or edge.

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Peripheral

113
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To penetrate or pass through.

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Permeate

114
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To continue, especially when facing opposition.

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Persist

115
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Relate.

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Pertain

116
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A record of opinions or votes.

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Poll

117
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Powerful.

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Potent

118
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Practical, sensible. Down-to-earth.

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Pragmatic

119
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To come before.

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Precede

120
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Widespread.

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Prevalent

121
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Previous or earlier.

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Prior

122
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Offspring.

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Progeny

123
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To do well.

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Prosper

124
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Nearness in time or space.

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Proximity

125
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The distance between two things, often the maximum and the minimum.

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Range

126
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To sternly disapprove or reprimand.

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Rebuke

127
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To give a brief summary.

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Recapitulate

128
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To retreat.

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Recede

129
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To supervise or control a process so that it functions correctly.

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Regulate

130
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To strengthen with added support.

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Reinforce

131
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To express disapproval or disappointment.

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Reproach

132
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To feel bitterness or anger towards someone or something.

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Resent

133
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To come to a firm decision.

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Resolve

134
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To continue to do something or keep something.

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Retain

135
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  1. To draw back in.
  2. To withdraw something after it’s found to be untrue.
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Retract

136
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Used just for style or impact.

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Rhetorical

137
Q

Stiff; unyielding.

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Rigid

138
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Something that serves as protection or ensures safety.

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Safeguard

139
Q

To very carefully examine.

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Scrutinize

140
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Thinly scattered.

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Sparse

141
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To form a theory without strong evidence.

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Speculate

142
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Alone; without others.

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Solitary

143
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Gloomy; depressing.

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Somber

144
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To calm or comfort.

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Soothe

145
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Filthy and unpleasant.

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Squalid

146
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Sluggish, showing little movement.

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Stagnant

147
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Coming after something in time.

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Subsequent

148
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A person or thing acting in place of another.

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Substitute

149
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Difficult to notice right away.

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Subtle

150
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Enough to serve a particular purpose.

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Sufficient

151
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To take the place of something else.

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Supplant

152
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  1. To temporarily stop.
  2. To hang something from somewhere.
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Suspend

153
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Serving as a symbol.

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Symbolic

154
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Relating to a specific subject or craft.

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Technical

155
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Situated at the end.

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Terminal

156
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Changing from one state or condition to another.

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Transition

157
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  1. See-through material.
  2. Easy to detect.
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Transparent

158
Q

The fee for instruction at a school.

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Tuition

159
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Not attracting attention.

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Unobtrusive

160
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Unharmed.

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Unscathed

161
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Unfair.

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Unjust

162
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To waver or be indecisive.

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Vacillate

163
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A judgement or decision.

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Verdict

164
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A small trace of something that is disappearing or has already disappeared.

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Vestige

165
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A small container used to hold liquids.

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Vial

166
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To speak poorly of; to slander.

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Vilify

167
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Taking up a lot of space.

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Voluminous

168
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On the contrary.

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Whereas

169
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Completely.

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Wholly

170
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Occurring over a large region.

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Widespread

171
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To droop and become limp.

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Wilt

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