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1
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Humorous; playfully joking

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facetious

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Meant to impress others; flashy

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ostentatious

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Best possible; most favorable; most desirable

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optimum

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Something that causes damage, harm, or loss

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detriment

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Experienced through the imagination; not experienced directly

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vicarious

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Skillful in using the hands or body

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dexterous

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Careful about moral standards; conscientious

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scrupulous

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Sociable; enjoying and seeking the company of others

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gregarious

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Good judgement or tact in actions or speaking

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discretion

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Having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling

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sensory

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To bring about by moving others to action; stir up

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instigate

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Fundamental; necessary to learn first

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rudimentary

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Able to recover quickly from harm, illness, or misfortune

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resilient

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To work together on a project; cooperate in an effort

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collaborate

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A person totally devoted to a purpose or cause

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zealot

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16
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To silence or suppress; crush

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squelch

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17
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To respect deeply; revere

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venerate

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Downhearted; hopeless; overwhelmed with sadness

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despondent

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Reviewing the past; considering past events

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retrospect

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To make fun of; mock; refuse to take seriously

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scoff

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To place close together; especially in order to compare or contrast

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juxtapose

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A great lack of energy; inactivity due to laziness; sluggishness

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lethargy

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Able to be interpreted in more than one way; not clear

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ambiguous

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Without sense or meaning; foolish

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inane

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A person opposed to established ideas or beliefs, especially in politics or religion

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dissident

26
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To decorate; beautify by adding details

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embellish

27
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To support financially; provide a grant or contribution

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subsidize

28
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To spend or waste a little at a time

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fritter

29
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Unintentional; accidental

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inadvertent

30
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Happening now and then; occasional

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sporadic

31
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To surrender (something); give (something) up

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relinquish

32
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Done or acting in a hurry, with little thought; impulsive

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impetuous

33
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Tearfully sentimental; overly emotional

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maudlin

34
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To criticize or scold harshly

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berate

35
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Existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time

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ubiquitous

36
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The highest point or condition; peak

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zenith

37
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To make unsympathetic or unfriendly; alienate

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estrange

38
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Not capable of error or failure; unable to make a mistake

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infallible

39
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Overjoyed; having an intense feeling of well-being

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euphoric

40
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To return to an earlier, generally worse, condition or behavior

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regress

41
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Inactive; alive but not actively growing, as if asleep

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dormant

42
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To spread or scatter widely; distribute

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disseminate

43
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Not able to be canceled or undone; irreversible

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irrevocable

44
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A rapid spread or increase

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proliferation

45
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To confirm; strengthen with further evidence; provide proof of

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corroborate

46
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To cause to happen quickly, suddenly, or sooner than expected

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precipitate

47
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To lift, especially with some mechanical means, like a cable

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hoist

48
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A fake; a person who falsely claims to have some special skill or knowledge

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charlatan

49
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To branch off in different directions from the same starting point; to become different

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diverge

50
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Illegal

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illicit

51
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Life, lively

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vit, viv

52
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Outside, beyond

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extra-

53
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Time

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chronic, chrono

54
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Free, freedom

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liber, liver

55
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Away, separation, removal

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de-

56
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Before, preceding

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ante-, anti

57
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Voice, call

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voc, vok

58
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Sleep

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dorm

59
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Throw, toss

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ject

60
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Kill killing, killer

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-cide

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