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1
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Guile

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Deceit or trickery

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Gregarious

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Outgoing, sociable

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3
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Garrulous

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Tending to talk a lot

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4
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Frugality

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A tendency to be thrifty or cheap

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5
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Foment

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To arouse or incite

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6
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Florid

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Excessively decorated or embellished

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Fervid

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Intensely emotional; feverish

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8
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Fawn

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To grovel

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Fanatical

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Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion

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Explicit

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Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression

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Exonerate

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To clear of blame

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12
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Exigent

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Urgent; requiring immediate action

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Exculpate

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To clear from blame; prove innocent

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14
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Exacerbate

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To make worse

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15
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Euphemism

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Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one

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16
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Eulogy

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Speech in praise of someone

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17
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estimable

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Admirable

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Esoteric

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Known or understood by only a few

19
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Erudite

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Learned, scholarly, bookish

20
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Erratic

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Wandering and unpredictable

21
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Equivocate

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To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

22
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Ephemeral

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Lasting a short time

23
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Enumerate

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To count, list, or itemize

24
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Enigma

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A puzzle; a mystery

25
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Engender

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To produce, cause, or bring about

26
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Enervate

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to reduce in strength

27
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Emulate

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To copy; to try to equal or excel

28
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Elegy

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A sorrowful poem or speech

29
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Efficacy

A

Effectiveness

30
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Dupe

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To deceive; a person who is easily deceived

31
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Dogmatic

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Dictatorial in one’s opinions

32
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Dogma

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A firmly held opinion, often a religious belief

33
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Dissonance

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A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds

34
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Dissemble

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To present a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions or character

35
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Disparate

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Fundamentally different; entirely unlike

36
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Discern

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To perceive; to recognize

37
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Disabuse

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To set right; to free from error

38
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Dirge

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A funeral hymn or mournful speech

39
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Dilettante

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Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

40
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Dilatory

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Intended to delay

41
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Dilate

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To make larger; to expand

42
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Diffident

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Lacking self-confidence

43
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Diatribe

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An abusive, condemnatory speech

44
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Desultory

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Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

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