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Aftermath

A

Something that follows from an event, especially one of a disastrous or unfortunate nature
Consequence, result, impact

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Antipodes

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Polar opposites

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Decipher

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Decode; make out the meaning of translate

Figure out

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Elite

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The best

Choice, superior

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Hazy

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Misty, vague, confused, lacking distinctness or clarity

Unclear

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Inexplicable

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Unable to be explained
Perplexing
Unaccountable, unexplainable

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Judicious

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Prudent, wise, sensible

Cautious

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Paraphernalia

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Personal belongings

Accessories, ornaments, supplies

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Plaudit

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An enthusiastic expression of approval

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Posthumous

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Occurring after one’s death

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Quail

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To cower

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Remonstrate

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Protest, objection
Object
Argue, challenge, dispute, object

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Rote

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Routine
Repetition
Automatic, repeat

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Specify

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State in detail, to point something out

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Unassuming

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Modest, unpretentious

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Zealot

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Great enthusiasm, an excessively zealous person, fanatic

Enthusiast

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Aud

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To hear
Latin
Auditorium

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Aqueduct

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Bridge-like structure that carries water

Water conduct

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Caravan

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Group of travelers, large covered vehicle for conveying passengers

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Chastise

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To discipline, especially by corporal punishment

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Demean

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To lower in dignity, honor, standing

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Edifying

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To improve morality

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Elicit

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To draw out or bring forth, evoke

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Exhilarating

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To enlighten, to enliven

Invigorating

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Farrier

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A blacksmith

One who shoes horses

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Gratuitous

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Free, being without apparent reason

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Gird

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To encircle, to surround, enclose

Prepare for action, brace

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Inter

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To place a dead body in a grave or tomb, bury

Entomb

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Interrogate

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To ask questions, many questions

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Placid

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Pleasantly calm or peaceful

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Primitive

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Crude, something that hasn’t evolved

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Pugnacious

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Tough, strong, inclined to fight readily

Aggressive, antagonistic, combative

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Wend

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Not straight path
Travel
Alter, change, journey

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Mort

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Death
Latin
Morgue

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Abasement

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To reduce or lower, as in rank, to lower, put or bring down

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Aegis

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Protection

Shield

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Chronicle

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A chronological record of events

To record

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Deem

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To form or have an opinion, judge
Believe
To believe, call, consider, expect

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Engender

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To produce, cause, create
Bring into existence
To begin, produce, provoke

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Enigma

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Puzzle, mystery

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Ensconce

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To settle securely, deeply involved

Entrench, Install, establish

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Hasten

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Hurry something along

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Hypothetical

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Assumed by hypothesis, supposed

Conjectured, imaginary, theoretic

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Lucrative

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Profitable, moneymaking

Well-paid, rewarding

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Odorous

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A distinct smell

Fragrant, aromatic

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Plausible

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Believable

Possible, reasonable, likely

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Rarity

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Something rare, unusual

Infrequency, oddity

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Tedium

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The quality or state of being wearisome, tediousness

Boredom

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Temper

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Particular state of mind or feelings, change it

Attitude

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Triad

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A group of three

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Tort

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Twist
Latin
Torture

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Abstract

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Odd, thought if apart from concrete reality

Theoretical, conceptual

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Adept

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Very skilled, proficient

Highly Skilled

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Antithesis

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Opposition, contrast, direct opposite

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55
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Betrothed

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Engaged to be married

Fiancé

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Copious

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Large in quantity or number, abundant, plentiful

Bountiful

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Credulous

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Willing to believe or trust too readily, gullible

Believable

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Demented

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Crazy, insane, mad

Twisted

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Earthy

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Realistic, practical

Coarse

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Eccentric

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Irregular, not situated in the center

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Remit

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To transmit or send money, to refrain from inflicting or enforcing
To return, send, pass on, dispatch

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Resonant

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Resounding or echoing

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Sepulcher

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A tomb, grave, or burial place

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Synthetic

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Not real or genuine, artificial, of chemical origin
Unreal
Unnatural, insincere

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Tangent

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Diverting from a point, touching at a single point

Detour

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Tempo

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Characteristic rate, rhythm, pace

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Undulate

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To move with a sinuous or wavelike motion

Move in waves

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Fid

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Faith
Latin
Confident

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Abet

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Encourage, support, usually in wrongdoing

Assist

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Accord

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To be in agreement or harmony, agree, o grant, bestow
Agreement
To be in agreement

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Awl

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A pointed instrument for piercing small holes in leather, wood, etc
Saw

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Coerce

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To compel by force

To force one’s will

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Contrite

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To be sorry, caused by showing sincere remorse
Remorseful
To have guilt or remorse

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74
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Enfranchise

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To set free, liberate, as from slavery

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75
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Fodder

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Coarse food for livestock, raw material

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Incorrigible

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Incapable of being corrected

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Insight

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An instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, understanding, perception

78
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Nullify

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To void, to deprive something of value

79
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Oust

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To expel or remove from a place or position

Force out

80
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Pestilence

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A deadly or virulent epidemic disease, filth

Plague

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Repudiate

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To reject with disapproval or condemnation, send back, to cast off or disown
To reject outright

82
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Reverent

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Deeply respectful

Respectful, awed

83
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Sage

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A profoundly wise person

84
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Umbrage

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Offense, annoyance, displeasure, leaves that afford shade, as the foliage of trees
To take offense, reluctant, indignation

85
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Cred

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Belief
Latin
Creed

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Averse

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Against it, don’t like it

Unaccustomed, reluctant, disinclined

87
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Blighted

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Withered, discoloration, to destroy, ruin

Caused

88
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Census

A

Account of population

89
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Disclaim

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To deny, disown, to reject the claims or authority of

90
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Enshroud

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To shroud, conceal, to cover

Covered

91
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Hemorrhage

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To bleed profusely

92
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Inexorable

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Extremely stubborn, incapable of being altered
Merciless
Stubborn, unyielding, unchanged

93
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Reputable

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Held in good repute, honorable
Acclaimed
Highly rewarded, trustworthy

94
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Roisterer

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Someone who behaves loud and obnoxiously

Trouble-making

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Spawn

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To create, to start

Begin

96
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Stipulate

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Making an agreement, providing condition

To agree, insist on, instruct

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Surplus

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An amount, quantity greater than needed

Abundance

98
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Tangible

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Capable of being touched, definite, not vague
Concrete
Touchable, certain, substantial

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Toga

A

Loose outer garment worn in ancient Rome

Robe

100
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Vigilante

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Someone who takes the law into one’s own hands

101
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Vindictive

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Wanting revenge

Vengeful, spiteful, unforgiving

102
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Cide

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Kill
Latin
Suicide

103
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Abridged

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To reduce or lesson

Shortened

104
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Acrid

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Sharp or bitting to the taste or smell

105
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Annex

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Attached building, to attach

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Anthropomorphic

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Resembling human form

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Antiquated

A

Old-fashioned

Outdated

108
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Carnage

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Dead bodies, as of those slain in battle, the slaughter of a great number of people
Slayings

109
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Distend

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To expand by stretching, to spread

Swollen

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Epistle

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A letter, one if the apostolic letters in the new testament

111
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Factotum

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Handyman or servant

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Flay

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To strip off the skin or outer covering

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Grotto

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Cave or cavern

114
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Overseer

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Supervisor, manager

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Pariah

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An outcast

116
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Penury

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Extreme poverty

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Squeamish

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Easily nauseated or disgusted

Queasy

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Transcribe

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To make an exact copy of

119
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Clude

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Shut
Latin
Include

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Alumni

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Former student of a specific school

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Aphorism

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Short witty saying with meaning

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Arbitrary

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Random

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Bandy

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To pass from one to another, exchange

124
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Credence

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To give belief to something

125
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Cull

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To gather, select, pick

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Exorbitant

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Exceeding the bounds, highly excessive

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Gullible

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Easily mislead, deceived, cheated

128
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Intrepid

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Brave, fearless

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Pander

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Profits from the weaknesses or vices of others

Cheat

130
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Redress

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To reply in defense

Amend

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Reprehensible

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Bad beyond repair

Cannot be explained

132
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Restitution

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Amends

Compensation

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Resurgent

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To come back

Resurrection

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Transpose

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To transfer or transport

Switch

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Vile

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Wretchedly bad

Abominable

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Gress

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Step
Latin
Progress

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Annotated

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Containing explanatory notes

138
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Appraise

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To asses the value if something

139
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Bulwark

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Fortification

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Catalyst

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Something that jumpstarts a process

141
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Chasten

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To provide suffering as punishment

142
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Conifer

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Any needle bearing trees

143
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Embellish

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To enhance with additions

144
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Hidebound

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Ultra conservative in nature, not wasteful

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Impassive

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Without emotion, apathetic, unmoved

146
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Inaugurate

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To formally start

147
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Pervade

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To become spread throughout

148
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Skimp

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To be extremely sparing

149
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Stalwart

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String, brave, valiant

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Stilted

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Fake, artificial, unnatural

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Sleek

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Smooth or glossy

152
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Treatise

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Treaty, formal document

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Flu

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Flow
Latin
Fluent

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Abbreviated

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Shortened, made briefer

155
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Acquiesce

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To give consent, to go along with

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Assiduous

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Hard working, diligent

157
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Detract

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To take away from the whole

158
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Enclosure

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The act if enclosing or state if being enclosed

159
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Eschew

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Shun, avoid

160
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Heathen

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Uncivilized person

161
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Impart

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To share, communicate something

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Mannerism

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Habitual or characteristic manner

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Nebulous

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Hazy, unclear, cloudy or cloud-like

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Recoil

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To draw back, come back

165
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Remuneration

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Reward, payment for services

166
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Rime

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Frost formed by the freezing of supercooled water droplets in fog onto solid objects

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Suave

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Smoothly agreeable or polite

168
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Virulent

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Deadly poisonous

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Writ

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Formal document, formal act

170
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Graph

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Write
Greek
Photograph

171
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Amorous

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Showing or expressing love

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Chaos

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State of utter confusion or disorder

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Demeanor

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Conduct, behavior, deportment

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Divulge

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To disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown)

175
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Deluge

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Flood, overrun, overwhelm

176
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Ephemeral

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Anything short-lived

177
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Epitome

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A condensed account, especially of a literary work, abstract

178
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Fatalistic

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Submission to fate, acceptance of all things and events as invitable

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Gorge

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Mall canyon, stuff with food

180
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Guttural

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Of or pertaining ti the throat, harsh, throaty

181
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Mimic

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Copy or imitation of something

182
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Paramount

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Supreme ruler, overload

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Portcullis

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Gate

184
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Replenish

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To supply with fresh fule

185
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Rigorous

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Rigidly severe or harsh, extremely inclement

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Temporal

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Of or pertaining to time, worldly

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Phil

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Love
Greek
Philip

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