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Unit 2/3 Flashcards

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To satisfy the need of, try to make things easy and pleasant; to supply food and service

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Cater

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Ready for use at hand

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Available

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Usual, expected, routine

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Customary

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To persuade not to do something

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Dissuade

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A person her starts up and takes on the risk of a business

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Entrepreneur

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A pice of burning wood, a trouble maker; an extremely energetic or emotional person

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Firebrand

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Risk, peril

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Hazard

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To expose to danger or harm; to gamble

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Hazard

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To killing of one person by another

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Homicide

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A lack of interest or concern

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Indifference

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Filled with resentment or anger over something over something unjust, unworthy or mean

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Indignant

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Absolutely necessary, not to be neglected

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Indispensable

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To apply or grease; to make smooth slippery, or easier to use

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Lubricate

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Shared, felt or shown equality by two or more

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Mutual

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To throw a stream of things; to strike successively; to hurry

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Pelt

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An easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths; a widespread evil

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Plague

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To annoy or bother

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Plague

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Balanced, suspended, calm; calm controlled, ready for action

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Poised

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A government in power; a form or system of rule or management; a period of rule

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Regime

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To make slow, delay, hold back

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Retard

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Allowing light to pass through; easily recognized or understood; easily seen through or detected

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Transparent

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Wholly unharmed

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Unscathed

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Full of life lively alive; moved to actin

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Animated

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A family of young animals, especially birds; any group having the same nature or origin

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Brood

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To think over Ina worried or unhappy way

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Brood

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To reach a high point of development; to end, climax

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Culminate

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Throughly

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Downright

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A loafer, idler; a buzzing or humming sound a remote-control device; a male bee

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Drone

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To drive or urge on

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Goad

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Something used to drive or urge on

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Goad

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To give in a wish or desire, give oneself up to

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Indulge

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One of the materials in a mixture, recipe, or formula

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Ingredient

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Able to read and write showing an excellent educational background; having knowledge or training

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Literate

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To come into view; to appear in exaggerated form

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Loom

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A machine for weaving

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Loom

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The quality of giving off light, brightness, glitter, brilliance

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luster

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Mixed of different kinds

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Miscellaneous

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A public speech for a formal occasion

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Oration

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Cross, comparing, irritable;contrary

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Peevish

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To boil or foam; to be excited or disturbed

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Seethe

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To burn slightly

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Singe

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One of a kind; unequaled; unusual; found only in a given class, place, or situation

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Unique

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Vertical, straight; good, honest

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Upright

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In a vertical position

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Upright

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To establish the truth or accuracy of, confirm

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Verify

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To have a string and earnest desire

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Yearn

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S for available

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Obtainable, on hand

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S for cater

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Pamper, indulge, gratify, provide

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S for customary

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Regular, normal, traditional

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S for dissuade

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Discourage, talk out of

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S for entrepreneur

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Businessperson, impresario

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S for firebrand

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Hothead, agitator, rabble-rouser

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S for hazard

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Danger, venture

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S for homicide

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Manslaughter, murder

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S for indifference

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Apathy, unconcern enthusiasms

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S for indignant

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Offended, resentful, outraged, exasperated

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S for indispensable

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Essential, crucial, vital

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S for lubricate

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Oil, grease

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S for mutual

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Two-sided, joint, shared, reciprocal

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S for pelt

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Bombard, shower, pepper

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S for plague

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Epidemic, pestilence, pester, vex

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S for poised

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Collected, self-confident, ready

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S for regime

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Administration, rule

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S for retard

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Slow down, restrain, impede

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S for transparent

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Clear, translucent, obvious

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S for unscathed

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Unhurt, sound, intact, unimpaired

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A for unscathed

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Injured, damaged, harmed, hurt

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A for Transparent

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Frosted, sooty, smoky, unclear, indistinct

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S for retard

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Hasten, speed up,

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A for poised

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Nervous, tense

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A for plagued

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Boon, blessing

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A for indifference

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Interest, concern, indifference

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A for indignant

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Pleased, delighted, overjoyed, elated

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A for indispensable

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Unnecessary, nonessential

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A for mutual

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One-sided, unilateral

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A for available

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Unobtainable, not to be had

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A for cater

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Frustrate, deny, refuse

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A for customary

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Strange, odd, unusual, untraditional

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A for dissuade

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Persuade, talk into

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A for firebrand

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Peacemaker, pacifier, conciliator

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S for animated

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Energetic, vigorous

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A for animated

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Dull, lifeless, dead, flat

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S for brood

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Ponder, meditate, worry, agonize

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S for culminate

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Conclude, terminate

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A for culminate

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Kick-off, begin, initiate, commence

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S for downright

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Total, out and out, unqualified

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S for drone

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Bum, do nothing, hum, buzz, purr

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A for drone

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Hard worker, workaholic

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S for goad

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Prod, spur on, incite

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A for goad

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Curb, check, restrain

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S for indulge

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Oblige, humor, cuddle, pamper

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A for indulge

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Deny, refuse

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S for ingredient

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Element, component, constituent, factor

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S for literate

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Educated, trained

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A for literate

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Unlettered, unschooled, ignorant

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S for loom

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Emerge, surface, hover, tower

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S for luster

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Gloss, sheen, shine

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A for luster

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Tarnish, dullness

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S for miscellaneous

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Varied, Assorted, motley

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A for miscellaneous

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Identical, uniform, homogeneous

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S for oration

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Address, harangue

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S for peevish

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Crabby, cranky, testy, stubborn

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A for peevish

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Agreeable, amiable, even-tempered, pleasant

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S for seethe

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Churn, simmer, stew

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S for singe

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Scorch, char, sear

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A for singe

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Incinerate

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S for unique

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Unparalleled, distinctive, singular

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A for unique

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Ordinary, commonplace, run-of-the-mill

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S for upright

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Perpendicular, virtuous,

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A for upright

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Horizontal, prone, dishonest, corrupt

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S for verify

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Prove, validate, substantiate

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A for verify

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Disprove, refute, discredit

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S for yearn

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Crave, want, long for

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