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Abbreviate

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To make briefer or shorten

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Abrasive

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Rough, grinding, irritating

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Abridge

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To shorten or reduce

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Absolve

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To free from guilt

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Abstain

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To refrain or hold back

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Accentuate

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To emphasize or stress

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Acrimonious

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Biting or harsh

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Adaptable

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Able to change

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Adulation

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Extreme admiration

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Adversary

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Enemy or opponent

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Adversity

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Misfortune or hardship

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Aesthetic

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Relating to art or beauty

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Affected

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False or artificial

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Aggressive

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Forceful, attacking, energetic

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Alacrity

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Prompt or speedy

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Allege

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To state without proof

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Alleviate

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To make better or more bearable

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Ambiguous

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Having two or more possible meanings

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Ambivalent

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Uncertain or having contradictory feelings

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Amiable

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Likeable, agreeable, friendly

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Amicable

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Friendly and peaceable

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Amplify

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To expand or increase

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Anachronistic

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Out of the proper time

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Anarchy

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Absence of law or order

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Anomaly

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Something different or irregular

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Antagonism

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Hostility or conflict

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Antiseptic

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Very clean or fighting infection

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Apathy

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Lack of interest or concern

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Arable

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Able to grow crops

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Arbiter

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A judge or referee, able to settle disputes

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Arbitrary

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Random or based on personal preference

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Arcane

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Little known, mysterious, obscure

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Ardor

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Strong feeling of passion/energy

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Arid

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Very dry and boring

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Ascetic

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Practicing self discipline

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Assiduous

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Working with care and attention

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Astute

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Observant and intelligent

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Atypical

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Unusual, not typical

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Audacious

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Bold, daring, adventurous

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Audible

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Able to be heard

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Auspicious

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Promising good fortune

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42
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Authoritarian

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Demanding blind obedience to leaders

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Belated

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Delayed past proper time

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Belie

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Present false appearance

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Benevolent

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Wishing or doing good

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Berate

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To scold or criticize

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Bereft

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Lacking or deprived of

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Bombastic

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Inflated or pompous in style

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Bourgeois

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Middle class

50
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Buttress

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Something that supports or strengthens

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Camaraderie

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A sprit of friendship

52
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Candor

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Open and honest

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Capricious

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Unpredictable

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Carnivorous

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Meat eating

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Carping

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Unfairly/excessively critical

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Catalytic

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Causing, bringing about, producing a result

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Caustic

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Burning or corrosive

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Censure

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Placing blame

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Chaos

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Extreme disorder

60
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Circuitous

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Indirect, winding

61
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Circumlocution

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Speaking in a roundabout, confusing way

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Circumscribe

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Defined by limits or boundaries

63
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Circumvent

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To get around or avoid

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Clandestine

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Cloying

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Overly sweet or sentimental

66
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Cogent

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Forceful and convincing

67
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Cognizant

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Aware and mindful

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Cohesive

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Unified, sticking together

69
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Collaborate

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To work together

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Colloquial

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Informal in language, conversational

71
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Competent

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Having the skill and knowledge needed

72
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Complacent

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Smug, self-satisfied

73
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Composure

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Calm and self-assured

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Conciliatory

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Seeking agreement/compromise

75
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Concise

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Expressed briefly and simply

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Condescending

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Having an attitude of superiority toward another

77
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Condolence

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Pity for another’s sorrow, sympathy

78
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Confidant

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Someone entrusted with another’s secrets

79
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Conformity

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Agreement or adherence to rule/custom

80
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Consensus

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General agreement among a group

81
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Consolation

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Relief or comfort from sorrow/suffering

82
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Consternation

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shock, amazement, dismay

83
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Consummate

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to complete, finish or perfect

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Contaminate

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to make impure

85
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Contemporary

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modern, current; from the same time

86
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Contrite

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sorry for past misdeeds.

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Conundrum

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a riddle, puzzle, or problem

88
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Convergence

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the act of coming together in unity of similarity.

89
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Convoluted

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twisting, complicated, intricate.

90
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corroborating

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supporting with evidence; confirming

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corrosive

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eating away, gnawing, or destroying

92
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Credulity

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willingness to believe, even with little evidence

93
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Criterion

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a standard of measurement or judgement

94
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Critique

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a critical evaluation

95
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culpable

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deserving blame; guilty.

96
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Cumulative

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made up of successive additions.

97
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Curtail

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to shorten

98
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Debased

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lowered in quality, character, or esteem

99
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Debunk

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to expose as false or worthless.

100
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Decorous

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having good taste; proper, appropriate

101
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Decry

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to criticize or condemn

102
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deduction

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a logical conclusion, especially a specific conclusion based on general principles.

103
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Delegate

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to give authority or responsibility.

104
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Deleterious

105
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Delineate

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To outline or describe.

106
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Demagogue

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a leader who plays dishonestly on the prejudices and emotions of his followers.

107
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Demure

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modest or shy

108
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Denigrate

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To criticize or belittle

109
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Depose

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To remove from office, specially from a throne.

110
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Derelict

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Neglecting one’s duty.

111
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Derivative

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Taken from a particular source.

112
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Desolate

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empty, lifeless, and deserted; hopeless, gloomy.

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Destitute

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Deter

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To discourage form acting

115
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Detractor

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someone who belittles or disparages

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