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To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

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Assuage

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A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

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Coalition

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Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

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Decadence

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To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

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Elicit

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To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

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Expostulate

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Use so often as to lack freshness or originality

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Hackneyed

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A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

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Hiatus

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A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

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Innuendo

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To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

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Intercede

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Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

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Jaded

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Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

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Lurid

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Worthy, deserving recognition and praise

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Meritorious

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Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

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Petulant

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A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

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Prerogative

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Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook…

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Provincial

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To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

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Simulate

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To rise above or beyond, exceed

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Transcend

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Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion

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Umbrage

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Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable

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Unctuous

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The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

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Approbation

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To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

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Ameliorate

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Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

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Aplomb

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Pompous or overblown in language; full of high sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

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Bombastic

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Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication an poise; without feathers

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Callow

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Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; to let saline flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

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Drivel

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A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

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Epitome

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To urge strongly, advise earnestly

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Exhort

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By virtue of holding a certain office

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Ex officio

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To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

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Infringe

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To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others

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Ingratiate

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One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

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Interloper

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Belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

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Intrinsic

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To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

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Inveigh

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Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

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Lassitude

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A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

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Millennium

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Secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; to hide, cover up; eclipse

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Occult

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To spread through, penetrate, soak through

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Permeate

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To fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; characterized by excessive haste; moisture; the product of an action or process

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Precipitate

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Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

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Stringent

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To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof

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Surmise

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To have an intense dislike or hatred for

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Abominate

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The modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend

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Acculturation

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Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not congenital

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Adventitious

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To assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute

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Ascribe

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45
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Roundabout, not direct

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Circuitous

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To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

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Commiserate

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To direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit

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Enjoin

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To make easy, cause to progress faster

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Expedite

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To make amends, make up for; to avert

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Expiate

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A state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action

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Ferment

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51
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Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental

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Inadvertent

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52
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Existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously

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Nominal

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Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position

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Noncommittal

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54
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To steal something that has been given into one’s trust; to take improperly for one’s use

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Peculate

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55
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A natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially or human character or behavior)

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Proclivity

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56
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Composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances

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Sangfroid

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Resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government

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Seditious

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Thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported

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Tenuous

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Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)

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Vitriolic

60
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To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end

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Wheedle

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Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

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Affable

62
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To increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater

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Aggrandize

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Shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion

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Amorphous

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An original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing

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Archetype

65
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That which surrounds (as an atmosphere; a distinctive air or personal quality

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Aura

66
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Illegal traffic, smuggles goods; illegal, prohibited

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Contraband

67
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Scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

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Erudite

68
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Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thin, light cloth

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Gossamer

69
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Incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically

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Inscrutable

70
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Relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

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Insular

71
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Incapable of being changed or called back

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Irrevocable

72
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A natural inclination or predilection toward

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Propensity

73
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Peevish, complaining, fretful

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Querulous

74
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To argue with someone against something, protest against

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Remonstrate

75
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To disown, reject, or deny the validity of

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Repudiate

76
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Able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly

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Resilient

77
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To re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

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Reverberate

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Coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed

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Scurrilous

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Persistent, showing industry and determination

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Sedulous

80
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Thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, disreputable

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Sleazy

81
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A general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution

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Amnesty

82
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Self-government, political control

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Autonomy

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Self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle

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Axiomatic

84
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To adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely

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Blazon

85
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A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

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Caveat

86
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Fair, just, embodying principles of justice

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Equitable

87
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To free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort

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Extricate

88
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To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts

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Filch

89
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To mock, treat with contempt

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Flout

90
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Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable

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Fractious

91
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A rule of conduct or action

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Precept

92
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Beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome

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Salutary

93
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Bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm

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Scathing

94
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To whip, punish severely; a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism

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Scourge

95
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Funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal

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Sepulchral

96
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Tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; something that induces sleep

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Soporific

97
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Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical

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Straitlaced

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Lasting only a short time, fleeting; one who stays only a short time

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Transient

99
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Not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity

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Unwieldy

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Dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force

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Vapid

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Abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual

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Anomalous

102
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A damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming

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Aspersion

103
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Extremely strange, unusual, atypical

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Bizarre

104
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Abrupt, blunt, with no formalities

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Brusque

105
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To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises

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Cajole

106
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To punish severely; to criticize severely

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Castigate

107
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To plan with ingenuity; to bring about through a plan

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Contrive

108
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A leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power

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Demagogue

109
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To free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking

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Disabuse

110
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Weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom

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Ennui

111
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A chain or shackle places on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains; to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent

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Fetter

112
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Very wicked, offensive, hateful

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Heinous

113
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Not subject to change, constant

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Immutable

114
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One who rebels or rises against authority; rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on

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Insurgent

115
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A delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality

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Megalomania

116
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Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud

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Surreptitious

117
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To go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law

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Transgress

118
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To change from one nature, substance, or form to another

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Transmute

119
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Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another

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Vicarious

120
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A position requiring little or no work; an easy job

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Sinecure

121
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Severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

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Austere

122
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Performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good

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Beneficent

123
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Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

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Cadaverous

124
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To prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate

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Concoct

125
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Coarse, unfeeling; stupid

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Crass

126
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To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate

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Debase

127
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To commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaiminate, pollute

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Desecrate

128
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To confuse; to disturb the composure of

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Disconcert

129
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Grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated

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Grandiose

130
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Trifling, unimportant

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Inconsequential

131
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A breaking of a law or obligation

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Infraction

132
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To make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

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Mitigate

133
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To rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; the act of looting; booty

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Pillage

134
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To talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

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Prate

135
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Very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette

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Punctilious

136
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Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

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Redoubtable

137
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To find fault with, scold, rebuke

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Reprove

138
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The act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage

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Restitution

139
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Strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

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Stalwart

140
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Open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected

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Vulnerable

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