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Ameliorate

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To improve, make better

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Approbation

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Praise, official approval

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Assuage

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Satisfy, to make easier

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Disabuse

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To free from error

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Extricate

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To free from entanglements or difficulties

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Immutable

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Constant, not subject to change

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Intrinsic

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Inherit, essential, pertaining from body part

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Tenuous

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Thin, not dense

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Transient

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Fleeting, for short time

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Vicarious

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Performed throughout another

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austere

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sever, stern

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beneficent

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performing acts of charity

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cadaverous

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pale

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concoct

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to prepare by adding ingredients

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crass

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course

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debase

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to lower in character or value

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desecrate

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to contaminiate, pollute

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diconcert

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to confuse

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grandiose

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absurdly outrageous

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inconsequential

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unimportant

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infraction

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breaking of law or obligation

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mitigate

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to make milder

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pillage

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to plunder

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prate

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talk foolishly

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punctilious

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very careful, exact

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redoubtable

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inspiring fear

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reprove

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to find fault with

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restitution

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act of restoring

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stalwart

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strong, sturdy, brave

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vulnerable

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open to attack

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acrimonious

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stinging, bitter

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bovine

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cow or ox

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consternation

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confusing

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corpulent

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fat, large body

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disavow

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deny responsibility

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dispassionate

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calm, free from emotion

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dissension

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disagreement

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dissipate

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to cause to disapper

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expurgate

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to cleanse, purify

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gauntlet

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protective glove

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hypothetical

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based on assumption or question

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ignoble

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mean, low, unhonorable

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impugn

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to call to question

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intemperate

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lacking self control

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odium

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hatred, contempt

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perfidy

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faithlessness, treachery

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relegate

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to place in lower position

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squeamish

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inclined to nausea

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subservient

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obedient

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susceptible

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open to, easily influenced